Mr. Khalil Abnan

The information technology is all set to play an all pervasive role in human resource management. Today we are in information technology (IT) era. Every organization will be affected by it. Many organisations have already started use of it. Information technology facilitates storing and regaining huge information quickly with the help of hardware and software networks and workstations at lesser costs. Information technology enables combination and configuration of data to create distinctly new information which aids in making quick decisions.

The global expansion of trade and commerce has facilitated the companies to go global needing a communicating network to fulfill their needs. IT network enables to communicate with persons in any part of the world. In this way it helps to have an access to any information for making quick decisions. Human resources can be utilized in the best possible manner with the help of information technology to have the competitive edge by increasing operational efficiency of human resources and speedily increasing the productivity.

The next century will be dominated by the use of information technology. The advanced knowledge is made accessible today itself. IT will be a boon for human resource management. A large amount of information relating to job analysis, job design, job specification and description, performance evaluation, job evaluation, salary structure, salary and allowances of each employee and executive, their increments with date, time of retirements leave records, the expertise, knowledge obtained by employees and what not can be stored, combined and recon-figurative and make it available at the fingertips of the manager within seconds, thus saving time and cost and increasing substantially the productivity and efficiency of the employees.