A study on the place of human resources information system in sustainable human resources management

Today, with globalization, organizations are in a race not only with local organizations but also with other organizations operating in similar fields around the world. The speed of technological changes requires human resources who can work without interrupting their activities in every field where they are directed in order not to stay out of the game, adapt to the 'new' and not slow down. For this reason, the concept of sustainability emerges in the phenomenon of human resources management in organizations and is gaining more importance today. With these developments, organizations try to include qualified and competent human resources, ensure organizational belonging, and reduce workforce turnover by creating a happy working environment for human resources. In order to manage all these, they need information systems. Human resources information systems help managers about human resources to provide fast, accurate and quality information flow. In this way, the efficiency of human resources can be increased and a competitive advantage can be provided to the organization. In this study, the place of Human Resources Information System in Sustainable Human Resources Management has been discussed through human resources practices, and it has been tried to investigate how much benefit sustainable human resources management is provided through human resources information systems in a public bank operating in Turkey. Within the scope of the study, qualitative research was conducted and data were collected and analyzed by interviewing public bank human resources managers. As a result of this study, the human resources managers interviewed stated that they use human resources information systems on three main themes: competitive advantage, efficiency / low cost and measurability in order to make human resource management sustainable. In the first part of the study, "Human Resources Information System", in the second part "Sustainable Human Resources Management" were discussed, in the last part, "the place and importance of Human Resources Information System in Sustainable Human Resources Management" was evaluated and it was aimed to contribute to the literature.