The role of information systems in human resource management

Persistency of the organization, competitive advantage and realization of extra profit, in contemporary environment, are directly connected with balance of the resources available to the firm. One of the key issues of successful business is human resource management and that process is under great influence of modern information technology. Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) are systems used to collect, record, store, analyze and retrieve data concerning an organization’s human resources, but it is not merely reduction of administrative procedures. The importance of HRIS system is multifaceted, ranging from operational assistance in collecting, storing and preparing data for reports, simplifying and accelerating the processes and controlling the available data, reducing labour costs for HR departments, and providing timely and diverse information to the management of the company, based on which it is possible to make quality strategic decisions related to human capital. The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of HRIS and to give a comprehensive insight of the subject. Special focus in the paper will be on companies in Serbia, which have started to apply this concept, but in most situations not widely, but just partially. They must be aware that positive results can be expected only if this subject is approached in the right wayHuman resource management, information systems, HRIS, ERP

Some possible effects of common agricultural policy (CAP) on Romanian agriculture during the 2014 - 2020 financial perspective: How much does the paradigm really change?

Common Agricultural Policy has a major impact on the Romanian agricultural sector, being one of the most important European policies affecting such an important part of the economy and population, and now it is passes through a new reform. Reconsidering the perspective of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) during the next financial framework 2014-2020, will impose new conditions, both in the European agricultural sector reform and to the Romanian one as well, including adaptation to the new realities imposed by the CAP philosophy. The paper presents a short analysis regarding the possible effects on the Romanian agriculture in the perspective of the new CAP reforms, taking into account two main aspects: reform of direct payments system and the greening measures adopted for 1st CAP Pillar

The role of information systems in human resource management

Persistency of the organization, competitive advantage and realization of extra profit, in contemporary environment, are directly connected with balance of the resources available to the firm. One of the key issues of successful business is human resource management and that process is under great influence of modern information technology. Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) are systems used to collect, record, store, analyze and retrieve data concerning an organization’s human resources, but it is not merely reduction of administrative procedures. The importance of HRIS system is multifaceted, ranging from operational assistance in collecting, storing and preparing data for reports, simplifying and accelerating the processes and controlling the available data, reducing labour costs for HR departments, and providing timely and diverse information to the management of the company, based on which it is possible to make quality strategic decisions related to human capital. The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of HRIS and to give a comprehensive insight of the subject. Special focus in the paper will be on companies in Serbia, which have started to apply this concept, but in most situations not widely, but just partially. They must be aware that positive results can be expected only if this subject is approached in the right way

A Data Model for Documents' Electronic Archiving

Authors present in this paper a model that can be used to organize the data in an electronic archive. It will be explained, first of all, the archive concept, the electronic archive concept and the document management concept. It will be presented, afterwards, an object oriented model proposed by the authors of the storage data in an electronic archive.archive, electronic archive, document management, object oriented data model.

Scenario for implementation of renewable energy sources in Romania

Renewable energy sources represent an alternative to fossil fuels like coal, oil and gases. The pollution generated burning fossil fuels for industrial development and the limited character of energetic fossil resources imposes the necessity to replace them with other sources of energy. The renewable energy sources have some specific characteristics that involve a process of implementation adapted to the region particularities. The paper present a scenario for implementing the renewable energy sources into the Romanian economy, taking account to the specific socio-economic aspects of Romanian society. The target of this scenario is 2020 when Romania needs to ensure 24% of gross energy consumption from renewable sources

Romanian agriculture in the context of new cap philosophy - approaches and tendencies

The approach of the economic role of agriculture in the new European context, implies understanding into a new vision of the mechanism of functioning of this complex system of activities that do not reduces himself only to the agricultural production and to the agro food industry, generally, but they have major implications for the employment, to the use of natural potential of each economy, especially in shaping the rural society, which has continued to hold a signifcant share in European economies. This paper aims to analyze some aspects in the evolution of the CAP to the Community level and influences that it has on Romanian agriculture

COMMON MARKET ORGANIZATION A NEW CHALLENGE IN REFORMING THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY

The achievement of any policy, including CAP, involves building a complex operation mechanism, tools and specifc levers to ensure the achievement of the objectives at the highest degree. The substantiation of these instruments and their adjustment to the new conditions imposed by CAP feld application requires both political measures imposed by the EU Member States as well coordination with the functional mechanism of the free market, in the general context in combating distortions in their application

THE INFLUENCES OF THE CULTURAL MODELS ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION STRUCTURES IN ROMANIA AND SOME EU-28 COUNTRIES - A PERSPECTIVE

The evolution of the Common Agricultural Policy and the changing of its paradigm was a subject of extensive consideration in the literature, but never the implications of specific cultural aspects on agricultural performance and production structures were ever taken into consideration. The main aim of the paper is the analysis of the some aspects regarding the influences of the cultural models on agricultural production structures in Romania and some EU- 28 countries, form a larger perspective, starting with the CAP transformations over the time and the European agricultural model, analysing the role of the multifunctional agriculture in shaping the holding’s structure and performances, and in the last it is considered the role of agriculture and rural communities in promoting renewable including bio-fuels

Heuristic Methodology for Estimating the Liquid Biofuel Potential of a Region

This paper presents a heuristic methodology for estimating the possible variation of the liquid biofuel potential of a region, an appraisal made for a future period of time. The determination of the liquid biofuel potential has been made up either on the account of an average (constant) yield of the energetic crops that were used, or on the account of a yield that varies depending on a known trend, which can be estimated through a certain method. The proposed methodology uses the variation of the yield of energetic crops over time in order to simulate a variation of the biofuel potential for a future ten year time period. This new approach to the problem of determining the liquid biofuel potential of a certain land area can be useful for investors, as it allows making a more realistic analysis of the investment risk and of the possibilities of recovering the investment. On the other hand, the presented methodology can be useful to the governmental administration in order to elaborate strategies and policies to ensure the necessity of fuels and liquid biofuels for transportation, in a certain area. Unlike current methods, which approach the problem of determining the liquid biofuel potential in a deterministic way, by using econometric methods, the proposed methodology uses heuristic reasoning schemes in order to reduce the great number of factors that actually influence the biofuel potential and which usually have unknown values