Functional units, management levels, and geographically dispersed locations may all have the need to ______.

A(n) ______ allows you to ask a question based on one or more tables in a database.

The change agent is a person who is responsible for leading an organizational change or someone who is influential and can communicate and motivate others to accept a change by informal means.

Although the ______ architecture is more complicated, the complexity is hidden from the user.

Getting end users involved in the development of a system can help with user acceptance.

During the ______ phase of the system development life cycle, an organization’s current capabilities are documented, new needs are identified, and the scope of an HRIS is determined.

A focus on data, storage, processing, and flows at the operational level and efficient transaction processing is referred to as a management information system (MIS).

In a DFD, processes are the mechanism through which data are transformed, manipulated, created, and so on into output such as a report, a decision, and the like.

Employees may interface with the HRIS through a Web portal.

In terms of estimating costs and benefits for a new HRIS, the critical time period is ______.