EFFECT OF ELECTRONIC RECORD KEEPING ON HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STAFF OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT TRAINING INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

Electronic record keeping in relation to Human Resources Management (HRM), can be said to have moved into the center of attention in every organisation considering the intense innovation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). As a result, management development institutions must invest in filling the communication and information technology gaps through acquisition of ICT tools, training of HRM staff and implementation of e-records keeping in the human resource management department. The objective of the study is to provide evidence on the relationship between e-records keeping and human resource management department in selected management development institutions, in response to the call by previous study that information technology influences human resource practices in organisation performance. The sample size for the study were 159 of the total population of 177 of the human resource staff of the respondent management development training institutions. Regression analyses was run to examine the relationship between electronic record keeping and human resource management staff and it was found that the independent variables showed a significant positive relationship with human resource management department in an organisation. The use of information and communication technology assures human resource management staff department efficiency, the study therefore recommended the use of information and communication technology records keeping so as to allow for proper improvement among the human resource management staff in an organisation.