The document discusses Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS). It defines HRIS and explains their purpose is to systematically store employee data to aid HR planning, decision making, and reporting. It outlines key HRIS applications like personnel administration, salary administration, and leave tracking. The benefits of HRIS are also summarized, such as faster data retrieval, reduced costs, improved analysis and decision making. Potential barriers to implementing HRIS are also mentioned such as lack of management commitment and proper needs analysis. Finally, examples of common HRIS software solutions are provided.