Leveraging Technological Research Methodologies to Improve Employee Performance in Organizations
Ikisiri
The effective management of human resources in organizations is imperative for attaining optimum performance and eventual profitability. The increasingly competitive marketplace has compelled organizations to work towards attaining operational excellence, which heavily relies on the performance of its human resources. The adoption of cutting-edge research techniques has emerged as a pivotal strategy as organizations endeavour to achieve operational excellence. However, human resource managers have had to grapple with various challenges associated with the management of employee data generated and managed through digital platforms and tools, including issues such as data safety and security. This paper explores the intersection between tech-enhanced, advanced research methodologies and employee performance that is geared toward sustainable economic growth at the organizational level. Notably, the paper examines big data analytics as a tech-enhanced research tool leveraged by organizations in a bid to understand their human resource and the best way they can be managed to ensure high performance, which translates into high productivity and competitiveness in their respective sector or industries. In particular, this paper conducts a comprehensive review of recent extant literature regarding the adoption of big data analytics, which has revolutionized how organizations collect and analyze vast amounts of data, thereby enhancing their decision-making process. The reviewed literature focused on human resource aspects such as recruitment and selection; employee development; employee performance management and compensation structures. The review revealed that big data has emerged as a critical tool for managing large volumes of data that are acquired via numerous digital tools as organizations grapple with the integration of technology into their human resource practices. The technologies have helped human resource managers with these structured and unstructured data, they gain insight that in turn, guides their decision-making processes and improves the overall operational efficiency. The review outlines the transformative potential of integrating big data tools with human resource management and recommends that organizations should invest in these tools to enhance their recruitment and selection, employee development, performance measurement and upgrade their compensation structure.
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