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E-HRM’s Impact on an Environmental Scanning Process: How Can Technology Support the Selection of Information?

E-HRM’s Impact on an Environmental Scanning Process: How Can Technology Support the Selection of Information?

Manel Guechtouli
Copyright: © 2010 |Volume: 6 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 1548-3908|EISSN: 1548-3916|EISBN13: 9781609609177|DOI: 10.4018/jthi.2010070104
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Guechtouli, Manel. "E-HRM’s Impact on an Environmental Scanning Process: How Can Technology Support the Selection of Information?." IJTHI vol.6, no.3 2010: pp.53-66. http://doi.org/10.4018/jthi.2010070104

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Guechtouli, M. (2010). E-HRM’s Impact on an Environmental Scanning Process: How Can Technology Support the Selection of Information?. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI), 6(3), 53-66. http://doi.org/10.4018/jthi.2010070104

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Guechtouli, Manel. "E-HRM’s Impact on an Environmental Scanning Process: How Can Technology Support the Selection of Information?," International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI) 6, no.3: 53-66. http://doi.org/10.4018/jthi.2010070104

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Abstract

This paper examines HR Management issues in Environmental Scanning (ES) process. Although literature claims that selecting information in this kind of processes is central, the authors are using the concept of “intelligent filters” (Simon,1983) to understand how human attention can be managed for selecting strategic information in a complex environment. The author examines HR executives and the way they deal with issues related to ES and focuses on an empirical study in a big technological firm, where the use of an internal reporting and communication system (the weekly) was studied. This author finds that this particular system can be considered as an “intelligent filter”, requiring both human and technological resources. Finally, suggestions that the system is used by HR executives in order to organize communication and coordination in an ES process but also to increase the participation and involvement of all employees in such a process are made.

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