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WEB BASED COMPENSATION AND PLANNING

Nowadays, there are many great organization take place in order to developing system management that are related with human resource information system (HRIS).  Hence, there is one system that is found in the human resource function of compensation is Web-Based Compensation and Planning.  In generally, we know and understand that HRIS can assist organization in order to improving productivity and wage management compensation to employees through the system which is via computerized system. 

Other than that, compensation planning are be made by the mainframe computer tracking payroll at any time it is very hard to handle due to the only mainframe computers are tracking all of the payroll and if anything happen to the mainframe will be affect the ability to give accurate amount of salary.  As we know, payroll is the one transactional process through compensation planning that is transferred to employees, state, and local income, but for payroll taxes are withheld from employees checks. Payroll system includes compensation data, benefits data and deduction data.  The employee can enter or update any data and control the data without need of the HR role (Thite, Mohan and Kavanagh, Michael, J, 2009).

Besides that, in HRISs has build a system in compensation and planning function that will help in processing employee payroll checks, taxes and benefit deductions.  For example, a Michigan-based company before this used a traditional system to keep track of compensation and benefit for its employees, but now this company has use HRIS to keep and track of 180 employees in 7 different locations.  This system provides accurate, up-to-date information about employees compensation and easy to access from different location (Williams, Chuck, 2009).

In addition, the role of compensation it’s so important in management tool for attracting and motivating the employees in order to compete with other organization.  However, there are have other names of Web-Based Employee Compensation and Planning that related in the compensation system which is e-Compensation.  This system is almost same with the Web-Based Compensation and Planning.  E-compensation to gather, store, manipulate, analyze, utilize and distribute compensation data and information and at the same time represents as a web-based enabled approach to a variety of compensation tools.  Therefore, this system have advantages that will help an organization to enhance into designing and administering compensation program towards in competitive environment (Stone, Dianna, L. and Geutal, Hal, 2005).

Besides that, Web-Based Compensation and Planning have several of advantages.  Firstly, this system its ability to create report and presentation.  This is because the system will be able in the efficiency operational of the organization particularly in the recording of the data on salaries and employees benefits.  Secondly is allowing the business to streamline the administration of employee compensation and benefits.   This advantage help top management in managing payroll employee benefit without using complicated system.   Lastly, the managers have ready access to information that is useful both to them and to their employees and do not have to go through a third party.  This is because it’s easy for manager to access the data without ask the favor from other consultation that requires in this field.  

Web-Based Employee Compensation and Planning also give implication to the management.  Firstly, online compensation and benefits subsystem will not leave HR departments “untouched”.  This is because employees have a authorities in order to manage and enter the data regarding their payroll and benefits without asking from the manager.  Secondly is E-Compensation and E-Benefits system seen to be the strategic integration of the HRIS with the company strategy, structure and culture.  This system can enhanced the productivity management of the organization, hence, ensure that to create a good environment by using the advance technology among the workers.  Besides that, Web-Based Employee Compensation and Planning is the one compensation tools that provided for management and administration that easy to access and record by employees.  At the same time, will improve the productivity and developing the image of organization at international stages.

REFERENCES:

Thite, Mohan and Kavanagh, Michael, J. (2009). Human Resource Information Systems: Basics, Applications, and Future Directions. United State of America : SAGE Publication

Stone, Dianna, L. and Geutal, Hal. (2005). The Brave New World of her: Human Resources in the Digital Age. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Williams, Chuck. (2009). Management. South- Western: South-Western Cengage Learning.