LAWSON HRIS

The need for human resource information system in organization has no longer becomes an
otion but rather a necessity as long as effecti!eness and efficiency are the goals of the
organization" This has been due to aradigm shift resulted by globalization from manual business
oeration to digital or comuterized mode of oeration" As a matter of facts# information
technology lays a $ey role to dri!e all oerations %ithin organization frame%or$"
&onse'uently# the use of information technology can both ma$e HR more strategic and by doing
so increase the !alue that HR adds to the business" Noe# R"A et al""()**+,
The increasing ressure to suort strategic ob-ecti!es and the greater focus on shareholder
!alue has led to changes in both -ob content and e.ectations of HR rofessionals (/all# )***,"
Similarly# Schuler et al"# ()**0, and 1ayfield et al"# ()**2, noted that one such ma-or changes
included contemorary use of Information Systems (IS, in suort of the HR1 rocess"
The go!ernment of the 3nited Reublic of Tanzania as a result of a desire for erformance
imro!ement has established a 4ublic Ser!ice Reforms 4rogram (4SR4 0 5 ), %ay bac$ )**0
%hich among other things intended to imro!e ublic ser!ice deli!ery" These reforms came %ith
so many things such as %or$ing en!ironment imro!ements# erformance araisal system#
lanning for human resources etc"
To achie!e the same ser!ice deli!ery ob-ecti!e effecti!ely and efficiently in a gro%ing number of
ublic ser!ants# the go!ernment through 4resident6s Office 4ublic Ser!ice 1anagement (4O 7
4S1, came out %ith a human resource information system $no%n as La%son to be used in the
ublic ser!ice" This is a hea!y in!estment %hich also needs to be assessed on its %orthiness"