Monday, 28 May 2012

Role of technology in supporting Performance



Each enhancement in performance understanding should be reinforced through the use of technology. There are three categories of technology role in supporting performance. There are The Web, Third-party Vendors and Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP).

The Web is manage to be function as a system used by certain organization in order to provide a system of overall performance of the organization such as the performance appraisal and others. Without The Web, there is no role of technology in supporting performance. There are only coordinate manually by the Human Resource Management.

Next, I will discuss about Third-party vendors. Here, the third-party vendor does not have any relationship with the organization who wants to apply the technology. They can be outsourced technology assistance which provides the organization with the focus/ specific area of Human Resource Management. We know that there are several elements include in the Human Resource Management such as Performance Appraisal, Induction System, Benefit and Compensation System, Performance Management, Selection and Recruitment.

The last category is Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP Providers). Based on Internet encyclopedia, ERP is defined as “An enterprise planning system is an integrated computer based application used to manage internal and external resources, including tangible assets, financial resources, material and human resources”. During 1990, ERP market was dominated by few vendors namely SAP, BaaN, Oracle, People Soft and JD Edwards, who were also known as big five of ERP market. 

As a conclusion, we can see that there are many leading-edge technologies in supporting performance. They have their own strength and weaknesses. By the way, it is up to the organization to make a decision. In my opinion, there are factors that affect the choosing of Third-party vendors or ERP Providers. The organization also must to take an account towards their financial sources and the suitability vendors for organization system.

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