RELEVANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MODERN MANAGEMENT

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In recent years, managers of both private and public organizations in developing countries have been struggling to double production and improve service delivery in their organizations. Successful organizations in the western world were, however, identified with the use of Information Technology (IT). The paper examined the magnitude of IT and its application in human resource management. Four organizations from private and public sectors were selected from all. Two organizations from each sector, members of staff, Human Resource (HR) professionals and managers of these organizations were targeted. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the staff and unstructured interviews were designed to gather data from the HR practitioners and managers of these organizations. Staff motivation, wage and salaries, strategic management and organizational leadership were mentioned as factors when put together with IT would augment productivity in any given economy.

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: : managerial innovation, HRM, e-government, Information Technology Management, risk management, administrative requirements, enhancing management, effective recruiting, data management, cost-reduction and efficiency, career development and human capital management, automation of HR processes, advanced candidate search

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