Oct 23, 2026  
2026-2027 Academic Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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BUS 2030 - Human Resource Information Systems


Credits: 2

Catalog Description
With the emergence of the Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERPS) that integrates various business modules within the company’s information database, Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) has become a crucial focus for Human Resource professionals. Students will learn basic concepts, terminology, functions, and outputs necessary to secure, maintain, and utilize human resource data in operations and strategic planning.

Additional fee to student: No

Learner Outcomes
  1. Demonstrate effective communication skills in written and spoken form.
  2. Use established techniques to perform the critical analysis of information and to propose solutions to problems arising from that analysis.
  3. Demonstrate teamwork skills in conjunction with problem-solving, decision-making, critical-thinking, and other transferable skills necessary for employment.
  4. Apply basic concepts and technology to common HRIS needs.
  5. Explain relational databases and how they support the foundation of HRIS.
  6. Apply human resource theories and principles in the design and utilization of HRIS systems.
  7. Estimate the costs and benefits of acquiring and maintaining Enterprise Human Resource Information Systems.
  8. Demonstrate a plan for the utilization of HRIS in the development of modules for job analysis and planning, training and development, performance management, benefits, payroll, and compensation.

Major Areas of Course Content
  1. Improving organization performance by implementing Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS)
  2. Current trends and issues in HRIS
  3. Relational databases as a foundation for HRIS
  4. HRIS system design considerations and planning for implementation
  5. Needs analysis for HRIS
  6. HRIS system design and acquisition
  7. Cost analysis and justification of HRIS systems
  8. HRIS: job analysis and planning
  9. HRIS: training and development issues
  10. HRIS: performance management, benefits, compensation, payroll
  11. Security and privacy issues with HRIS

Credit for Prior Learning Options
Course-Specific Exam

Credit for Prior Learning Option Procedure(s)
Upon request, an instructor of the course, working in consultation with a business division teaching peer, will develop and administer an appropriate examination.



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