The Influence of Human Resource Information System on Organizational Performance in Tanzania; A case of ZanzibarPorts Corporation

ABSTRACT: In today’s knowledge-based economy, Technology is playing a key role in shaping every area ofour life. The Advances in technology brings innovative techniques and methods of doing business in the worldof competitive corporate. Technological innovation in every business function has significant impact onperformance of organizations and it helps to improve the competitiveness of the firms and thus increasing thecompany’s value. This study was conducted at Zanzibar Ports Corporation in Tanzania. The purpose of the studyis toassess the influence of human resource information system (HRIS) on organizational performance atZanzibar Ports Corporation. The study adopted a case study research design with quantitative and qualitativeresearch approaches. A Sample size of 226 respondents was selected using simple random and purposivesampling techniques. The sampled respondents were given questionnaires and data was analyzed using IBMSPSS version 20 and content analysis was used to present data obtained from interviews.The study findingsrevealed that HRIS has a positive influence on organizational performance. This was reflected by high mean of3.85916 and standard deviation of 1.044994 respectively. The study concluded that human resource informationsystem has a positive influence on organizational performance through among others helping in supportingstrategic decision-making operation, program and policy assessment or daily operational matters; providinginformation regarding employment and retention strategies facilitate quality information to management tomake informed decisions; enhancing competitiveness through developing and increasing HR operations;speeding up information dissemination and facilitate changes and reduction of administrative workload byminimizing the boring, repetitive and routine tasks.

Key words: Human resource information system, organizational performance.