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Big Data in Organizations and the Role of Human Resource Management

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Reviewed:: Jan 6, 2020 by Business

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Overview:

Big data are changing the way we work. This book conveys a theoretical understanding of big data and the related interactions on a socio-technological level as well as on the organizational level. Big data challenge the human resource department to take a new role. An organization’s new competitive advantage is its employees augmented by big data.

This book conveys a theoretical understanding of big data and the related interactions on a socio-technological level as well as on the organizational level. Big Data challenges the human resource department to take a new role. An organization’s new competitive advantage is its employees augmented by big data. For the purposes of this summary, chapters 1 and 2 were reviewed.

Type of Material:

Open (Access) Textbook

Recommended Uses:

This could be the basis of a standalone course, but may be more effective as supplemental material for students, and could be lecture material or used as part of course discussions for in-class activities. Assignments could be based around individuals, teams, and homework.

Technical Requirements:

Google Chrome Version 72.0.3626.109

Adobe Reader version 19.010.20098

Quicktime 7.78.80.95

Java 8 Update 161

Adobe Flash 32.0.0.142

Identify Major Learning Goals:

To understand the theoretical foundation of big data
To understand the relation of Human Resource Management and Big Data.
To learn the role big data play within an organization

Target Student Population:

The target population should be graduate-level business students.
This also may be very useful to HR practitioners in organizations.
Faculty members and instructors may also find a number of topics useful for research and teaching

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

This is most appropriate for those experienced in or those who have a foundational understanding of human resources. Thus it is most useful at a graduate level, professionals, and for graduate research in general. Users should be able to use a browser and search the Internet and download this book as a PDF file or view it with a PDF viewer.

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Strengths:

This is a recent publication (November 2016) and thus very relevant
Chapter 1 is the introduction that provides a statement of the problem, the state of current research, terminology and the objective of the book.
Chapter 2 provides a theoretical framework that includes epistemologies, the limitations, big data pitfalls.
Different perspectives are addressed at the socio-technological level, the organizational level and at the human resources level for effective integration of the big data concepts.
It is very flexible and easy to read and understand.
it gives inputs and gives a detailed overview of the material and upgrades learners' knowledge.
Design is modular and is effective which helps is multiple user groups.

Concerns:

It is highly research-based and beginners may find difficulty in understanding things if they don't have basic knowledge about Big Data and Human Resources Management.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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This is a very effective teaching tool
This material is made in such a way that students and teachers can easily navigate and learn with given concepts and gets an idea about the research objective.
Provides the latest approaches and concepts, including research frameworks analytical and mentation and results.

Concerns:

Readers want to be aware that this was not written in the USA and there may be differences in data privacy and access in different countries.
Basic distortion of big data knowledge is another issue.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Clear and accurate instructions for Ease of use.
Material is very easy to navigate as the page details and numbers are given very clearly and it has a very nice look.
The research details are given
It is very effective and in page numbers.
Uses very effective boxes, columns, etc.

Concerns:

More examples need to be added and the content can be simplified too.

Other Issues and Comments:

Basically this is very good research both in terms of students, teachers, and also professionals.
Helps to get authenticated information on Big data
It also helps to get basic and more descriptive ideas about the relationship with human resources.
Good for a researcher's point of view too.

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