E-HRM is relatively a new term in Bangladesh which is called the internet-technology-supported human resource management used today in various private industries through the power of web-based technology. It has brought a great change in the way of traditional HRM functions. The aim of this paper was to identify the key practices of e-HRM instead of traditional HRM practices in the private industry of Bangladesh for making our current HRM practices more need-based, effective and practical oriented. Data were collected from the total number of 108 respondents including all HR officers, senior officers and professionals etc through a close-ended structured questionnaire survey from January to April 2022. In this case, a five point Likert scale has been used to design the whole questionnaire. A simple random sampling technique has been used to reach the sample respondents. The collected data has been analyzed though Garrett ranking method in this study to find out the research result. The study found some of the key practices of e-HRM in the private industry such as e-communication (62.26%); e-personal profile (64.44%), e-training (64.53%), e-application tracking (66.36%), e-recruitment (66.57%). Based on the study, it was recommended that, our private industry should continue to practice e-communication, e-personal profile, e-training, e-application tracking, e-recruitment in place of the conventional HRM practices.
KeywordsElectronic Human Resource ManagementTraditional Human Resource ManagementFunctions of E-HRM
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