The 1987 'Computers in personnel' survey results
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The results of a study on the use of computers in personnel management are discussed. The study was jointly conducted by the Institute of Manpower Studies and the Institute of Personnel Management in the UK. Most personnel departments use a centralized location to input and access information. The number of mainframe computers used in computerized personnel information systems has decreased from 75% in 1982 to 46% in 1987. The number of stand-alone minicomputers used in personnel has increased from 5% in 1982 to 16% ,but their usage is starting to level off. The usage of microcomputers has increased from 4% in 1982 to 33%, due largely to their increased processing capabilities. More organizations are using computers to create manpower budgets, and personnel managers are more concerned with the need to ensure data security.
Publication Name: Personnel Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5761
Year: 1987
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The 1986 'Computers in personnel' survey results
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The 1986 'Computers in Personnel' survey, taken each year by Britain's Institute of Personnel Management and Institute of Manpower Studies, indicate that automation efforts in British personnel departments have not slowed. The survey indicates that: data base technologies are currently creating the most interest; microcomputers used by personnel staffs are most often not networked; most personnel systems rely on centralized data input organizations; 70 percent of the computerized personnel systems have segregated data input and data analysis duties; most systems are linked to word processing systems to facilitate report preparation; 33 percent of the systems installed in Britain during 1986 had applications in areas of absence control; and manpower planning systems will be the demand of the future.
Publication Name: Personnel Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5761
Year: 1986
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The 1985 'computers in personnel' survey results
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The 1985 Computers in Personnel survey, conducted by the Institute of Personnel Management and the Institute of Manpower Studies in Great Britain, found that computers are not changing centralized management as much as expected, have made major inroads into personnel services, and are tending away from mainframe computers toward less expensive micros. Automation of personnel procedures was the largest growth application, with manpower budgeting and development also popular computer application areas within human resource departments.
Publication Name: Personnel Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5761
Year: 1985
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