WEB-BASED EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE

The term of Web-based employee self service may be a strange term to some of us. However, it is actually a system that is commonly implemented by most of organizations. What is actually a web-based employee self service? Web-based employee self service is an intranet application or software invented especially for employees to easily access and administer their accounts and personal records, and some company even allow their employees to request their leave there on the website.

This application eliminates the traditional system of paper and form-based other than helping the organization in reducing time spent on the traditional system. Besides, web-based employee self service do bring a lot of benefits and advantages to the organization as whole, including the employees and the managers itself.

For instances, web-based employee self service helps employee to access to their personal information easily, view additional personnel or company information, submit holiday requests, self certify sickness and also plan their very own rosters and even view departmental rosters.

As for managers, this web-based employee self service also provides them with some benefits. For instances, the managers are able to authorise or decline any holiday requests made by the employees, record employees’ absences, approve or decline rosters’ requests, log job changes and also view reports for forecasting.

Via this web-based employee self services, requests that have been made by the employees will automatically routed to managers for approval or denial and everything is recorded automatically in the database. Plus, managers are also able to easily access to employees’ records, observing it and make some amendments. (Kavanagh et. al, 2012)

Another thing about web-based employee self service is, as it is via a web-browser, there is no need to install any additional software to every employees’ PC. Thus, it helps the organization in saving its costs in the software instalment’s part.

Another advantages of implementing web-based employee self service is it helps in employee empowerment. The employees have the opportunities to control over their own careers, development and even their options in reward.

In sum, web-based employees self service is a fundamental service that should be installed in every organization’s system.

REFERENCES:

1. Kavanagh, M. J., Gueutal, H. G., & Tannenbaum, S. I.(1990). Human resource information systems. Boston: PWS-Kent.