Applicability of enterprise resource planning in human resource management in high-rise building construction

Abstract

Human Resource (HR) Management is of great significance in construction industry as it has a direct impact on the performance of construction projects. Mostly construction of high-rise buildings faces the challenge of managing its HR with the rapid design and development of them. Thus, the industry has come out with some strategies to overcome them. However, these strategies did not provide a complete solution. Therefore, construction industry needs an appropriate way to manage its HR and thus calling for an Information Technology (IT) solution which in turn is Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Consequently, the aim of investigating the applicability of ERP in managing HR in high-rise building construction became a paramount concern in this research. Accordingly, this research was adopted a qualitative approach with a set of semi-structured interviews focusing industrial professionals and ERP experts to accomplish the aforementioned aim. Subsequently, the collected data were analyzed rigorously through content analysis. The relationship between information from the literature sources and from the industry professionals with respect to main advantages of ERP system and key features of ERP system, it is recommendable to be used in managing HR through overcoming HR challenges completely in high-rise building construction.