● employee records;
● payroll;
● sick pay and maternity pay calculations;
● equal opportunity monitoring;
● production of standard letters and contracts;
● absence recording and monitoring;
● annual leave records;
● enquiries;
● attendance recording;
● disciplinary recording.
The features that were not so highly rated were:
● psychometric testing;
● IiP evaluation;
● shift or roster planning;
● organization charting;
● succession planning;
● ’what-if’ modelling;
● jobs/skills matching;
● workforce planning;
● training needs analysis;
● appraisal records;
● salary modelling.
AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM
The IPD guide on using computerized personnel systems (1999b) states that an effec-
tive system will have the following features:
● meets business needs;
● user-friendliness;
● good reporting facilities;
● flexibility;
● value for money;
● good supplier support;
● reliability.
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