The role of information and communication technology in the developing human resource management : a case study of faculty and staff affairs at the Najran University

Abstract EN

The study aims to identify the uses of information and communication technology to support the shift in the practice of the affairs of faculty members and employees at the Najran University towards electronic management, and to know the availability of an infrastructure for information and communication technology necessary to implement the use of human resources management electronically.

The findings chow that: 1) there is full clearness for the importance of e-HRM at different managerial levels, 2) the availability of sufficient infrastructure at (ICT) Centers that could be used to start the changing process to e-Management in general and to e-HRM specifically, and 3) Full support by university leaders to the changing process to the administrative e-Management.

Finally, the results show the misuse of some services related to human resources management electronically such as: Electronic tests in the recruitment process, Evaluation of staff performance electronically, the identification training needs electronically.