Vision Statement

Its business model relies completely on the Internet; therefore its business operation relies almost completely on technology. At the same time, the art and science of Human Resources Development is experiencing a shift in focus and purpose so profound that some authorities call it a new paradigm (La Pointe, 1998).

The vision conceived for this company is an "electronic" or "computerized" (to the extent possible) Human Resources Department. To illustrate this vision, we will show several examples of how such a program would work. As an organizational tool, we will use the following sequence: a) Computerized Hiring; b) Computerized Intake; c) Computerized training; d) Computerized Record Keeping.

There are numerous databases and web sites for job posting that are available for both employees and employers to interact. On these sites, it is the tradition for the employer to post the job or jobs that need filling. In the computer technology field, it is not uncommon for such a listing to run several hundred words, and offering great amounts of detail about the company that are impo

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in his name once, it would be entered in as many as 20 different forms. This wouldn't work in a lot of companies, but for a company such as Idea-X, which is a complete Internet company, it would be ideal. Having this information on a database that was input by the employee also saves valuable HR time. In addition, since it is sometimes essential to have the employee's signature on certain documents, at the end of the process, the required paper forms can be printed out, leaving only the signature and the date signed to make the form complete. Computerized Training In an Internet company, much of the employee interaction is in the form of database input, output, or manipulation. Employers are learning that once meaningful skill descriptions, such as "Skilled in Excel" are essentially meaningless. For instance, Company X might be using Excel 97 while Company Y might be using Excel 2000. Or an employee might have experience with Excel 2000 on an NT platform and come to a company that uses Excel 2000 on a Linux or Unix platform. Some companies spend a great deal of training time trying to make data processors fit into a form that is uncomfortable or impossible to do. The most effective way of training in a computer compan
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