The best human resource information systems include HR metrics to help you get a great look at your company. By asking the human resource information systems for various types of data you can get a detailed look at numerous different types of information including turnover rate, turnover costs, new hire costs, the average cost of benefits, and even the return on investment of specific employees. The data human resource information systems provide to you allow you to see which areas of your company are costing you too much money and which ones are worth your time. Using HR metrics from human resource information systems, you can create short and long term strategies for improving each aspect of your company's inner workings.

The Schlage HandKey-2 uses hand geometry to identify each user. Adding and deleting users is easy and the system can be expanded to support more users as your needs grow. Supports multiple credentials, including proximity, magnetic stripe, bar code, iClass and MIFARE. Field-installable Ethernet module. Outdoor enclosures available. Field-upgradeable and expandable memory options to support from 512 to 240,000 users. Three user-definable outputs to connect other devices like audible or silent alarms, door locks or lighting systems. Specially formulated antimicrobial coating on the platen inhibits the growth of bacteria, mold and mildew, limiting the spread of germs. Coating lasts for the life of the product. Blue hand outline on the platen facilitates easy enrollment and reduces errors during verification.

Improved guest experience is the top driver for mobility investments, cited by 76 percent of hospitality venues surveyed. Hospitality decision makers are investing in mobile technologies to support customer-facing applications that improve guest services by handling wireless email, guest/attendee check-in, table-side order/payment or event ticketing, among others. Sixty-one percent of respondents plan to deploy some form of video capabilities, including video surveillance, video conferencing and streaming video, in public access areas such as lobbies. Fifty-eight percent of surveyed hospitality organizations deploying mobile technology today see improved customer satisfaction. 

Avero Slingshot's server performance tools are designed to provide the operator with detailed and comparative, peer-to-peer insights to help coach, train and challenge their servers. Server performance may also be tracked for selling whole categories of items, such as bottled water, wines-by-the-glass or desserts - an ideal tool for conducting sales incentive programs. In addition, since Avero Slingshot is compatible with USHG's multiple POS systems, it creates a common platform by which to analyze, trend, compare and contrast a company's various businesses. Slingshot not only helps protect the investment operators make in their POS systems, but also extends the useful life of the systems while making the data work even harder for them. Damian Mogavero, CEO and Founder of Avero said, "USHG is a renowned industry leader in service and hospitality so we are thrilled by their continued commitment to Slingshot. USHG's decision to standardize with Avero Slingshot is part of a recent trend that we are pioneering within hospitality, to use business intelligence tools as a way to stay firmly in front of operational challenges. As former hospitality professionals, we have a great appreciation for their accomplishments, and look forward to a collaborative future."

Abacre Hotel Management System is a new generation of hotel or motel management software for Windows. It is a complete solution, beginning with reservations and check in or check out, and ending with billing and tax reports. The user interface is carefully optimized for high speed input and the prevention of common mistakes. It is designed for using on multiple computers, and contains reliable and secure authorization levels. The program can be set up for any currencies, taxes, and gratuities. Payments can be accepted by cash, credit cards, or checks. For managers, there is a rich set of reports that shows a complete picture of hotel operations and life cycles: sales by room, sales by room type, sales orders in restaurants or retail, payment methods, and automatic tax calculations. By standardizing the entire hotel management process, the software radically improves the quality of guest handling and accounting. It's easy to install and easy to use. Very affordable licensing allows this software to be used in any environment from small family-owned hotels to large chains.

Policy and regulatory mechanisms E-waste is very much a subject dealt with by individual states, even though the movement (or dumping) of e waste blurs state boundaries. In order to address the transborder issue, the United Nations (UN) introduced the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. So far 134 countries have recognised this convention. Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US are yet to ratify it. Nevertheless, ratification of the Basel Convention has not necessarily led to policy or legislative responses. In some countries where legislation has been developed, the success has been mixed. For instance, despite all legislative efforts to establish sustainable e waste recycling in many developed countries such as the UK – also party to 1994 European Community convention that bans the export of hazardous waste to anywhere outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) – these laws often lack effective implementation or regulations. Good recycling calls for efficient collection points, appropriate recycling technologies, and integrating streams of waste in a country or region with appropriate recycling infrastructures in place.

A program called Mixologists lets patrons play bartender by creating and ordering concoctions of whatever cocktails and mixers they click on. The system is able to remember users' drink orders and, one day, may be able to offer customers the same drink at other Harrah's locations, such as when they play a slot machine. Another program lets users watch YouTube videos, either by searching or choosing from a list of popular videos. Harrah's officials said they reached a licensing deal with YouTube on Wednesday. The table also includes a program called Flirt, which lets customers sitting at any such table in the lounge see and chat with each other, take and e-mail pictures and even trade cellphone numbers. "In a different point in my life, I might use Flirt a lot," Stanley said. Other programs let users play video games or get information about restaurants, shows, nightclubs and other Harrah's attractions. Pete Thompson, Microsoft's general manager of surface computing, said the table's computer was designed so businesses can customize it to meet their needs. "This is very open. There's no scripting," Thompson said. "People feel a sense of freedom." Thompson said the computer uses a camera behind the screen to detect hand movements, which become visible to the camera like silhouettes once users press their fingers on the table. That lets the table display high resolution images but still function as a table, he said. Unlike a typical computer monitor, you can still set drinks on it.

Outlook Government economists predict that jobs for computer and information systems managers will grow faster than the average for all careers through 2018. There will likely be more job openings than qualified job seekers. Those with expertise in cyber security should find themselves in demand. For an edge in the job hunt, combine specialized technical knowledge with strong communication and business skills. One way to do that is to earn a master of business administration (M.B.A.) with a concentration in information systems.

Nowadays global distribution systems interconnect almost everything within the hospitality industry, from hotels to car rental companies and travel agencies. There are four major GDS available: Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre and WorldSpan. Some of the advantages provided by GDS are their availability (99,9% of the time), their response times (up to a fraction of a second), their multiple booking capability, as well as their top of the line architecture. On any given day, a GDS will be capable of accessing over 50000 hotels and approximately 1000 airlines. Through GDS systems, people are able to book various hotel rooms, tours, airline seats, cruises and even limousines.

eably, they are actually different; IP telephony has to do with digital telephony systems that use IP protocols for voice communication, while