SUMMARY OF THREE TOPICS。。。。

Along the lectures from the beginning to present, the topics which influence me the most or make me memorable are using information system in gaining competitive advantages, four types of globalizing models, as well as the web-based recruitment and staffing. All these topics have a common connection which link to the information system. In today advanced technology, human resource information system (HRIS) with its objectives already well-known to be used in worldwide.

            Competition just like the air we breathe, which competition is always surrounding us, can be beneficial or in contrary. The most strongest, powerful and capable confronted the global challenges will be able to survive in today competitive business world. In business context, competiveness is essential in order to provide better and quality life for the consumers. To survive in business world, market share leader must to develop effective and efficient strategies to counter back those forces from the others competitors which in same market. The winner mostly creatively has the outstanding ideas to insight the actual needs of consumers besides control the trend of market.   

            Through information system, organizations need to look for and develop new, creative approaches in order to increase productivity and effectiveness and able to competing with global market. There have four types of organizational models which encompass Multinational, Global, International and Transnational Model. Each of the models has its advantage; however, when in an environment which great deal of complexity, diversity, most of the organizations cannot manage and adapt such situation. The design of the transnational model was used to face the complexity of market and changes constantly of business environment. One of the efficiencies of using is combination of the knowledge sharing environment locally and globally.

            Nowadays, E-recruitment system has been widely used in hiring eligible applicants and has been replaced the traditional way of recruitment, such as face to face interview. This indeed bring convenient for applicants and organizations. Recruiting is a crucial process which needs to be well conducted to recruit right person to job position although it will has weaknesses like time consuming because of missing information.

Web Based Human Resource Planning: Recruiting and Staffing。。。。

In today competitive base global environment, if organizations want to survive, they must searching efficient, effective or highly productive strategy due to attain highly qualified workforce. Seem worldwide is move towards an advance technology, therefore the use of technology especially on the processes of recruitment and staffing did beneficial for organizations. Either for the small entrepreneurs or large organizations was started using E- recruitment system to hire the right and the most qualified applicants to fit the specific job position. Moreover, if a company needed to recruit certain people on certain job vacancies, they can straight online post attractive or creativity advertisements rather than using manual boring way, for example through newspaper.

            In the field of HRM, recruitment and staffing already considered as one of the most important task for organization. However, the process of recruitment also emphasize on those highly most eligible applicants who with diverse backgrounds. This is because users of online recruitment can come from different ethnic and different level of qualifications. However, online recruitment system can be more beneficial for the person who computer base literate only. Consequently, this can enable people to think critically and creativity to fix weaknesses due from the computerizations on recruitment systems.

            E-recruitment system is well-known system in recruiting and this is beneficial when knowing how this system functioned and helping organization to select the potential employee into the job through the online application. There have some examples of outsource recruitment such as MONSTER. Through this chapter, I can comprehend front end, back end user and GUI which as effective way for interaction between human and computer. Furthermore, although online system can reduce turnover, reduce cost and time, such as on advertisement, get feedback information shortly and make appropriate selection, however, there still have several weaknesses, such as the overload information, strict security system and the need of update system constantly.

            

On Globalizing HRIS。。。。

Since the world driven by technological and scientific, on the organization worldwide, hence to survive in this business world, people need to constantly adapt to keep pace with it and get know well regarding to the knowledge of HRIS, first we should know the globalizing HRIS which related to how organizations figure out with effective, creative strategies due to survive in competitive business market.

          Generally, there are four types of HRIS models which identified as Multinational, Global, International and Transnational models. It is important to learn these models which can provide framework about globalizing HRIS with the different strategic needs and different demands as well as take account and responsive effectively when business environment changing. Besides emphasize local and regional differences, there is needs also global integration and identification well diversity and complexity in the worldwide organization. Multinational Model is more sensitive on the local and regional differences, which responsiveness and sensitivity more on local needs rather than centralization. For example, McDonald is considered as multinational company because it was just fitting the local needs and different cultural which is ‘halal’ for Islamic countries, however not for Hong Kong.

          Furthermore, Global Model is focus more on building single standardized and centralizes organization than elements of local needs, regional and national differences. This is an independent system which can manage their business in all the divisions around the world. For the International Model, it is learning, sharing approaches which facilitates transfer and adaption of knowledge to local business and control them. However, I thought Transnational Model is the most flexible system either globally and locally demands because it is well-designed just to face the complexity and able to adapt the changes business environment. In addition, this model is able to balance between central and local control when confronting demands of conflict around worldwide. 

Using Information System for Gaining Competitive Advantages。。。。

Nowaday, corporate human resource has acknowledge to play a significant role which the most effective and efficient new technologies in making the works simpler and more modernized especially in the human resource department is HRIS. The business world full of challenges, and competitive, therefore, it needs to learn information system which can give advantages and able to compete with others competitors. Besides, through the use of information system in gaining competitive advantage, appropriate competitive strategies need to identify due to confront with competitive forces.

            PESTLE and SWOT analyses are the important elements which will be influence the current status of an organization besides can understanding well and identify those external environment and link to the impacts, foreseeable what will be happened next and in future whether with low profit or high profit. To defeat the others competitors, it is essential to learn these analyses which can identify and recognize the best strategy advantage over the competing firms, and analyzing competitors. Generally, it is beneficial to know well PESTLE and SWOT due to have a clear mind and big picture about the external factors and competitors.

            In competitive forces, due to succeed in business world, organization must expertise knowing well five important elements. An example for the rivalry food industry is Burger King and McDonald which both of them were fast-food industries and more on producing burgers. New entrants, such as KFC is a new company which provides almost same products and services in same industry. For the substitute products, the competing on the price will be determine the preferred of customers will selected. If there is promotion on beef burger, there is less customers to choose chicken burger. Bargaining power of customer occur when the choices are increase and customer get confusing. However when there is bargaining power of supplier, organization need to collaborative with supplier which might be increase the prices and lead to the cost of products increase also. 

ABOUT ME。。。

ABOUT ME。。。

Let me introduce myself and briefly about my personal background. My name is Choy Chiau Wei and I’m from Tampin, Negeri Sembilan. However, my hometown is Kampar, Perak. I have three siblings-one eldest sister who worked as a nurse, two younger sisters who still in school-age and we living happily with my both parents. Currently, I was taking course of Bachelor Degree of Psychology (Industrial and Organizational Psychology) in University Technology of Malaysia, Skudai, Johor. I’m final year student who in the last semester taking the subject of Human Resource Information System (HRIS) with the code subject- SHP 3423.

            In these three year of degree life, most of my subjects taken or scope studied were more on psychological field, such as development psychology and cognitive psychology, but some subjects will related to or touching a bit field of human resource, for example training and development and organization development. However, I could not adapt myself and found it tough and challengeable more than I could image toward this new subject, new knowledge. Nevertheless, I was tried to get exposure regarding this course which in today technology advance world, I believe I can gain more knowledge and skill, learn more about this new knowledge and used for my future career. It was beneficial too, I indeed wonder.

            From my point of view, HRIS is taught about how to function a system by using technology which dealing with the matter of human resource. In today advance technology world, most of the large companies or organizations, either small entrepreneur were started changing the manual processes, for example hardcopy in recording the applicant’s information or resume while in recruited and selected potential employees into technology system which using E-recruitment system nowadays. Company or organization which using HRIS will be able to compete in the competitive business market.