Employee self-service allows an employee to handle many job-related tasks (such as applications for reimbursement, updates to personal information[2], and access to company information) over the company’s intranet[4] or portal[5], via mobile device, or through specialized kiosks, and may be confined to a company’s private network or may be part of a Web self-service solution. ESS software is available as a stand-alone product or as a component of some larger application[3], such as an enterprise resource planning[1] (ERP) product.
A collection of software programs that is typically tightly integrated, which ties together all of an enterprise's various functions - HR, finance, manufacturing, sales, etc. This software also provides for the analysis of this data to plan production, forecast sales, analyze quality, and so on.
The by-product of having data in an HR System. Data is gathered and reviewed providing information for decision making.
A private computer network that uses Internet technologies to securely share any part of an organization's information or operational systems with its employees. The data on an intranet is behind the company’s firewall, meaning that it cannot be accessed by individuals or other computers that are not part of the organization. Sometimes the term refers only to the organization's internal website, but often it is a more extensive part of the organization's computer infrastructure and private websites are an important component and focal point of internal communication and collaboration.
