Case Application 1-A: Growers\' Choice Page 24 A boring internship suddenly gets

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Case Application 1-A: Growers' Choice Page 24 A boring internship suddenly gets interesting when the antiquated, but common HR policies and practices of an organic grocer collide with a manager's attempt to do the right thing. Students are asked to diagnose what went wrong, what needs to be done to fix it and how technology can be used. Please read and analyze this case before answering the questions below. There will be a short presentation for additional points when we get back Questions: 1. In what ways could HRIS software make the HR department more efficient at Growers' Choice? How could it have prevented the problem with the falsified time sheets? (LO 2) 2. Explain the legal and ethical issues involved in the case. (LO 3,9) 3. How can Growers' Choice improve their views of diversity and work/life balance? (LO 5) 4. Research: Examine the Careers section of two to three supermarket chains in your area. What evidence do you find of HR use of technology?

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Grower's choice is a store who deals in electric lights and lamps. Management is really necessary for any store which is in electronics as thier are number of products and knowing location of the products is very much necessary. Management of inventory in the chain and resource management is also very much required.

By implementing the HRIS system Grower's Choice can have following improvements and its efficiency ;-

• Grower's Choice's inventory system would be automated and control over the inventory available stock would be much easier has all the information would be available into the system in just a click.

• Improved information about the employees of the organisation and there were pattern as well as the progress report can be easily inspected over the human resource information system.

• As all the system is digital reliability increases by great margin and this would definitely affect the efficiency of the company.

• Cross Store access of the data is possible in Human Resource information system. Data for the system can be accessed from anywhere in the world which enables the managers to keep an eye on other stores as well as there store.

• HR activities in the company can get awaited electronically. Electronic activation of the HR activities increases the overall efficiency of the system and reduce the costs

For a disabled bookkeeper there is no other thing more beneficial than HRIS.

By implementing HRIS system into the bookkeepers store, we doesn't have to move everywhere in the store to find the documentation which would make it easier for him to manage the store.

There was a very less work in terms of managing and creating papers for the store as well as managing books. Management of books can be done electronically which will reduce the number of errors in management and increase the efficiency without leaving their seat.

Manual timesheet making is an intense process which can be very hectic. As the bookkeeper is disabled it would be more problematic for him to keep a track of his worker every hour. By implementing the HRIS into the system, we can remotely capture the data required for the time sheets and can also create them over the HRIS software. This specific processes would make it easier for him to manage and run has in store as well as making the time sheets.

Implementation of such a specific human resource information system as well as keeping an eye on the diversified activities would help grover's choice to maintain better standard in maintaining diversity inside the organisation. Learning about the literature and learning about the different cultures would also enable globus choice to understand different cultures and to improve the land of diversity implemented in to the organisation.

After visiting whole foods market as well as walmart I found that technology is being used vary widely for implementation of Human Resource Management. Each and every section of the organisation from recruitment to managing the human resource in the organisation and work structure is assessed with the help of Advanced Technologies. Human resource Information Systems as well as different electronic record systems have been implemented in such a specific supermarkets for increasing the availability of opportunities for better management and to provide better support to the wall structure of operation.

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