Title: Sustainability in HRIS implementation through effective project management

Authors: Sanjay Mohapatra, Amar Patnaik

Addresses: Xavier Institute of Management, Behind Fortune Towers, Bhubanswar 751013, India. ' Xavier Institute of Management, Behind Fortune Towers, Bhubanswar 751013, India

Abstract: This paper discusses sustainability of an already published implementation framework, which would help in achieving stakeholders| objectives. The framework has been found to be feasible for small organisations where employee strength is less than 2,000. However, in large organisations, spanning across geographies, it becomes difficult to implement HRIS applications and many times such implementations have not been successful because of lack of stakeholders| involvement, end users acceptance of features of the application, non-alignment of business goals with functionalities of human resource information systems and non-commitment from senior management. The paper discusses how step by step these parameters be addressed by using the published framework. The methodology adapted is case study for HRIS implementation for FAO has been illustrated. The benefits of such an approach are enormous in terms of on time implementation and meeting business needs.

Keywords: human resource information system; HRIS; sustainable implementation; stakeholders; end user involvement; human resource management; HRM; sustainability; implementation frameworks; stakeholder objectives; employee strength; small and medium-sized enterprises; SMEs; large enterprises; non-alignment; business goals; functionalities; non-commitment; senior management; Food and Agriculture Organization; United Nations; UN; FAO; international organisations; project organisation; project management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPOM.2011.038865

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 2011 Vol.3 No.1, pp.78 - 90

Received: 07 Mar 2010
Accepted: 24 May 2010
Published online: 14 Jan 2015 *

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