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AmericanJournalofIndustrialandBusinessManagement,2013,3,497-506()497AStudyonDevelopingtheRoleofHumanResourceInformationSystemsforGoodLeadershipHariniMethuku1,HatimRamadan21DepartmentofAdministrativeandFinancialServices,OmanCollegeofManagementandTechnology,Barka,SultanateofOman;2BusinessDepartment,HigherCollegeofTechnology,Muscat,SultanateofOman.Email:[e-mail],[e-mail]22nd,2013;revisedJune22nd,2013;acceptedJuly22nd,2013Copyright©2013HariniMethuku,HatimRamadan.ThisisanopenaccessarticledistributedundertheCreativeCommonsAttribu-tionLicense,whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperlycited.ABSTRACTTheresearchisahumanandcontextorientedstudyinthefieldofinformationsystems(IS),humanresourceinforma-tionsystems(HRIS),leadership,humanresourcemanagement(HRM)andtacitknowledgearefocusedinthestudy.HRISandleadershiparetwomainconceptsoftheresearch,whereasHRMprovidesanapplicationareaandmanagerialactivitiesofleadershipforHRIS.Tacitknowledgeisusedtodescribeandinterpretactionsthatmakeleadershipactivi-ties,sensitiveandsuccessful.Thetheoreticalframeworkconsistsofwhenthinkingandactinginthecurrentway,whatkindofinformationsystemsitproduces,andwhenthinkingandactinginanotherway,whatkindofinformationsys-temsitcreates.Theframeworkhasitsbaseonthinkingandactinginaconventional,routineandstereotypedway,whichhinderstheprocessofobserving,findingout,applyingandusingalternativethoughtsandactionsalthoughtheymightprovideusefulandinnovativesolutionsoractivitiesforISdesign.Themainideaistounderstand,interpretandtodescribethephenomenonoftheactivitiesofgoodleadershipandthephenomenonoftheroleofHRISinthecaseor-ganizations.Keywords:HumanResourceInformationSystems;HumanResourceManagement;Leadership;TacitKnowledge1.IntroductionHumanresourceinformationsystems(HRIS)andtheactivitiesofgoodleadershipfromthebasicphenomenonarebeingconsideredfortheresearcharea.ThestudycontributesdescriptionofdevelopingtheroleofHRIStotheactivitiesofgoodleadershipandthestudyissignifi-cantbecausetheresearchofHRISisinitsearlystageanditneedstobehighlightedforwiderstudies,inprac-ticetheuseandtheexploitationofHRISshouldbecon-sideredfromalternativeperspectivesandthusthere-searchcontextisunconventionallycomparedwiththeapplicationareawhereinHRIShavebeendesignedandimplemented.HRISaredesignedfortheactivitiesofhumanresourcemanagement(HRM)andtheapplicationareaistheactivitiesofgoodleadership.ThereasonforthechoiceoftheapplicationareaistoobserveandfindoutdetailsandaspectsoftheroleandtheuseofHRIS.2.MethodologyofStudyThehuman-andcontext-orientedstudyintheinforma-tionsystems(IS)disciplineisthethreadofthestudy.Thehuman-orientationmeansthatratherthanfocusingonahumanresource(HR)informationsystemasasystem,thestudyisontheroleofthesysteminconcretehumanactivitiesofleadership.Thus,theactivitiesoftheleadersformtheresearchcontext.Thisstudy,however,focusesondevelopinghuman-orientedandsensitiveISutilizingthemeaningoftheroleofISintheorganization.Thestudyisconceptualresearchwhereextensivestudyismadeinthecontextofinformationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT).Thefocusisontheleaders’goodac-tivities.Intheorganizationalcontextaninformationsys-temispartoftherealitywheredifferentactivitiesoccur.Theuseofaninformationsystemfromtheuser’spointofviewdoesnotworkinitself,ratheritprovidestheuserwithabeneficialtooltowork.Basedonthepreviousconception,fromthecontextualpointofviewthemainquestionsaddressedare:whatHRISmeanforthegoodleadersand;whatistheroleofHRISwhentheleadersareexecut-ingtheirleadershipactivities.Copyright©2013SciRes.AJIBMAStudyonDevelopingtheRoleofHumanResourceInformationSystemsforGoodLeadership4982.1.ObjectivesTounderstandhowthegoodleadersexecutetheirlead-ership;TounderstandtheroleofHRISintheirleadershipactivities;TodiscusstheroleandthedevelopmentofHRISinthesensitiveandhuman-orientedapplicationarea.2.2.ProblemStatementTofindouttheHRinformationsystemasasystemisnotdevelopeddirectlybutadescriptionofthedevel-opmentconstructiscreatedtogiveapictureofwhatkindofissuesshouldbetakenintoaccountwhentheHRinformationsystemisdevelopedtobenefittheactivitiesofgoodleadershipaswellasthewholeor-ganization.Toattaintheobjective,theempiricalstudyfocusesontheactivitiesofgoodleadershipfirstandthenonexaminingtheroleofHRISinthoseactivities.2.3.Scope&PurposeofStudyThepurposeistogiveatheoreticaloverviewtoun-derstandtheresearchcontext.Inaddition,duetothehumanresearchcontext,leadershipisexaminedfromanindividualperspectiveratherthanfromastrategic,proceduralorasabusinessviewpoint.HRISarere-gardedasorganizationalISandtheyaredesignedforandreflectedbytheactivitiesofHRM.Therefore,theconceptofHRMisincludedintheresearch.Tacitknowledgeisutilizedtounderstand,interpretandtodescribethehumanity,sensitivityandtheindi-vidualityoftheactivitiesofgoodleadershipattheempiricallevel.TheyhaveasignificantrolewhenexaminingtheleadershipactivitiesanddevelopingtheroleofHRISinthe