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Over the next two years, Human Resources will take its processing systems from
Fred Flintstone to the Jetsons.
That's what Kay Straughn, associate director for Human Resources and Payroll,
told Employee Forum members at the forum's
June 3 meeting.
With a new computer system called InPower, HR processing tasks that have
relied on old-fashioned paperwork will be handled electronically. Scheduled to
be up and running by October, the project's first phase will give HR
facilitators and administrators desktop access to the technology. The second
phase, due in 1999, will move the technology campuswide via the Internet.
"This [the first release] is just setting a foundation for the future,"
Straughn said.
InPower will streamline HR tasks such as position creation and hires, Straughn
said, "significantly" reducing processing time.
As an example of how the system will help with hiring employees, she said
InPower will automate analysis of salary equity within departments, one of the
tasks that must be performed before a salary amount can be offered to a
prospective employee.
"Hopefully, that will cut down tremendously on the time it takes to make an
offer," she said.
Included in the project's second release will be vacation and sick-day totals
listed on paycheck stubs, Straughn said.
In other business at the meeting, the forum:
While mentioning no specific frequency, the forum uses a quarterly schedule as
an example. According to Ken Litowsky (Human Resources), a member of the forum
committee that brought the proposal to the full panel, regular meetings will
improve communication within departments.
"Employees don't know what's going on--we [the forum] know and the HR
facilitator knows, but often it stops there. ... What we're trying to promote
is communication from the highest manager to the lowest-grade unit," Litowsky
said.
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