Summary

Human Resource Information System (HRIS) is the combination of Human Resource Management (HRM) and Information Technology (IT), which means that use information system to manage and implement HR activities such as payroll, employee attendance, performance appraisal, employee record and others.

There are five competitive forces which are rivalry among existing firm within an industry, threats of new entrants, substitute products, the bargaining power of customers and suppliers. Besides that, there are five competitive strategies which include cost leadership, differentiation strategy, innovation strategy, growth strategy and alliance strategy. In addition, there are other competitive strategies such as look in customers and suppliers, build in switching costs, erect barriers to entry, build strategic IT capabilities and leverage investment in IT.

There are three different strategic needs for an organization to determine the HRIS model used in it which are responsive to locative, global efficiency and knowledge sharing. There are four HRIS model which are global model, multinational model, international model and transnational model. Global model is central oversight, multinational model is local autonomy, international model is the combination of global model and multinational model, and transnational model is one that embraces and exploits such paradoxes.