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    Running head: Individual Assignment 1 BSA/375: FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT Based on the Riordan Manufacturing HR System Proposal, discuss the importance of the information - gathering phase in the HRIS implementation process. What are the key questions that need to be addressed during this phase, and how do these questions help define the scope and feasibility of the project? In your answer, also reflect on how the selection of HRIS vendors can impact the success of the project. Word Count Requirement: 400 - 500 words.

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    Individual Assignment 2 Introduction Riordan Manufacturing is an international manufacturing firm that focuses on plastic mold injections (Riordan Manufacturing, 2012) . Riordan has major customers in a variety of industries, including automobile parts, the Department of Defense, beverage companies, and consumer product manufacturers. Currently, Riordan has more than 550 employees and annual earnings of $46 million. One of the primary parts of Riordan’s mission focuses on their employees. As the mission states, “We will maintain an innovative and team oriented working environment. By assuring that our employees are well informed and properly supported, we will provide a climate focused on the long term viability of our company” (Riordan Manufacturing, 2012) . To fulfill this part of their mission, it is important that Riordan understands their workforce, knows who they have working for them, what their employees’ skill sets are, and identifies ways to continue recruiting and hiring talented employees, as well as educating and training current employees. To ensure consistency and effectiveness through all of the human resource - related processes, competitive organizations have implemented human resource management systems, information systems solutions that focus on managing the organizations most important assets – their people. Information - Gathering In order to make sure that the proposal meets Riordan’s expectations, there are two primary phases of the information - gathering stage that must take place. The first is documenting and cataloging all of the current processes completed by human resources, as well as other departments that may also touch HR process, such as payroll (Heathfield, 2010) . A good portion of this phase is probably alread y

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    Individual Assignment 3 done; if not documented, at least the processes are understood by key individuals in mid - level management positions. Discussing hiring, firing, training, compensation, time tracking, and other HR - related duties with them will give sufficient information to look at where things are. Once current processes have been identified and documented, the project team can start researching what solutions are available. Researching existing HRIS (human resource information systems) solutions will be a key component, as that is the most likely outcome of the project. While the possibility of a home - grown system will be considered, typically for a company the size of Riordan Manufacturing, an out - of - the - box, slightly customized solution is the best option. It will be important to work with other subsidiaries of Riordan Corporation to learn from their experiences as well, and their might even be some advantages to pricing by considering their provider for HRIS systems. JDEdwards and SAP are the two largest ERP systems that offer an HRIS module as part of their package or independent of any other system (HR - Guide.com, 2011) . Because they are market leaders and the two most common systems used by Fortune 500 companies, they are also the most expensive and complex. These systems also tend to provide more benefit the more they are used, as scale is very important, so some of the smaller systems such as Apex, HRMS Solutions, People - Trak and SimpleHR may be vendors to consider. The primary objective of the information - gathering stage is to answer three questions. First, what are we doing now as far as HR processes? Second, what do we need to be doing? Third, what systems are available to do what we need to be doing? While the first two questions are primarily internal and strategic, the third will include meetings and presentations by vendors after a RFP is issued.

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    Individual Assignment 4 Throughout this information - gathering process, it will be very important to stay focused on the scope of the project. Larger vendors will sell the organization - wide benefits of an entire ERP system, which – while potentially beneficial – is beyond the scope of this project. To ensure that the information we need is required a specific project plan will be developed to guide the activities of the project team. Any deviations from the plan, including skipping steps or adding steps, will need to be approved by the project manager. Scope and Feasibility Plan The scope of this project has been defined by the management of Riordan Manufacturing. It includes a project proposal and feasibility study for implementing a human resource information systems solution to help fulfill Riordan’s mission of attracting, hiring, and retaining knowledgeable and qualified employees, as well as ensuring current employees are constantly presented opportunities to maintain and increase their skills. All human resources processes should be considered as part of the scope. That doesn’t mean that all will ultimately be a part of the HRIS system, but they should all be considered so that if they aren’t a part of the final system there is a clear understanding of why they are excluded, not simply because the project team didn’t consider them. The key systems that will be focused on at the outset of the project will be approving and posting job openings, payroll and benefit administration, time and effort reporting, personnel files, time off reporting, and HR compliance documentation. Each of these processes has a number of sub - processes that will need to be documented, for example, tax and withholding calculations for payroll. Part of the proposal will be a more detailed feasibility study. At this point, it is certainly a solution that management is willing to consider, and after some very high - level considerations for the

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