This Is a Hypothetical task
Assume that you are an HR expert and the owners of a small business come to you with the following problem. They have a company with less than 40 employees. They have been taking care of all HR paperwork informally, mostly on slips of paper and with memos. They want you to supply them with a human resource management information system (HRIS) – how computerized it is will be up to you, but they can only afford a budget of $5,000 upfront (not counting your consulting), and then about %400 per year for maintenance. You know from your HR training that there are various sources of paper-based and online systems.
After reading the application case above, you are to answer the following tasks.
Note: You can refer to Page 609 for the original text written and copyrighted by Gary Dessler, Ph.D.
Tasks
Describe How and Why HR in small businesses is different than that in large firms.
Explain Why HRM is important to small businesses.
Illustrate with examples how you would create a human resource system for these small businesses.
