| dc.description.abstract | The main purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between Human Resource
Information Systems (HRIS) and Learning Organization at the selected chartered
universities in Kenya. The study adopted descriptive design to determine the relationship
between human resource information system and learning organization at the selected
chartered universities in Kenya by 2011. The target population comprised seven public
and five private chartered universities; the total number was twelve universities. Data for
the study was primary obtained by use of a survey tool. It was collected using a
questionnaire. The filled questionnaires were checked for completeness and then coded
and the data analyzed. A correlation model for establishing presence and magnitude of
dependence using significance levels was applied to establish the relationship between
Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) and learning organization. The findings of
the study established that human resource information system is used in the selected
chartered universities in Kenya; the institutions have adopted HRIS in computer based
training; the impact on adoption and implementation of HRIS involved the regulatory as
an environmental impact on adoption and implementation of human resource information
system and an effective HRIS provides information on just about anything the company
needs to track and analyze about employees, former employees, and applicants. The
study made recommendations that a functional Human Resource Information System
should create an information system that enables an assimilation of policies and
procedures used to manage the firm‟s human capital as well as the procedure necessary to
operate the computer hardware and software applications; most chartered universities in
Kenya have decentralized structure, number of branches, regional campuses and
numerous employees these institutions should introduce a certain level of human
resource information system in human resource department. Human Resource
Information System, like other information systems should be flexible and adaptable to
changes. | en_US |
