ABSTRACT
Keywords: MIS, HR, CIMA, HRIS and Saudi Airlines
Historically, human resource information has largely been seen as a necessary tool in the hiring, administration, and, ultimately, separation of employees. Over the years, these processes have not changed dramatically, but the way the information is gathered and stored has. Going back to a time prior to the proliferation of technology in the workplace, an employee would submit a paper application to a prospective employer. There would be general information about the employee, including name, sex, age, social security number, employee’s address, education, marital status (in some cases), employment history, and so on. This information would be stored in a folder for the HR department to access as necessary [2]. Once the employee was hired and placed on the payroll, the application could be used to provide some information to the finance department for pay purposes, while other information could be used internally by the HR department to track hiring practices and recruitment. Over time, additional information about the employee would be placed in the folder, including benefits, performance reviews, promotions, discipline, and training. Generally, employees were responsible for updating their own records, while the employer was the
1 INTRODUCTION
Management information systems is no doubt an efficacious tool for modern business practitioners; its role in decision-making cannot be over emphasized because effective decision-making is ultimately a function of accurate, timely, relevant, complete and economical information, which MIS produces. Information resources have become of high demand in today organizations and MIS is the only option for the satisfaction of such demands. Entrepreneurial spirit and business judgment (that human ability to weigh intangibles and ambiguity) will always be important in decision making [1]. But the risks of personal bias, repeating past mistakes, acting on guesses or following hunches unnecessarily, can be limited if a culture of evidence based decision making is fostered. Providing evidence in the form of financial and management information has long been the basis for accountants’ role in the decision making process. Supporting the strategic planning process and providing the metrics and analysis to support evidence based decision making are important. But these will no longer suffice.
