They are a great method for training new employees in an organization or delivering online lectures in educational institutions. The many features of an LMS have made it a popular choice among organizations and educational institutions. Integrating HR with LMS has several benefits and here’s a list of six such benefits.
1.Easier and Accurate Data Entry
LMS requires data entry of all employees and so does the HRIS. Integrating both of them means that you only need to enter the data once which will save you the time of having to enter the data twice. All employee information like educational background, experience etc. are required for both the systems, so it’s better to integrate them so that you just have to enter all the information once and you’re done.
Dual information entry also means room for error. There’s a higher possibility of data discrepancy if you have to enter data twice. Even a minor error of a digit or letter can change the data records and cause problems. So the integration of both the systems is going to be highly beneficial for data entry purposes.
2. Identify Talent
LMS tracks a trainees’ progress and sends regular updates and reports to the management. This progress tracker and records will help the HR identify top talent in the organization, which will further help them allocate the trainee to the correct work profile. After identifying the talented resources of the organization, an LMS will enable you to provide further training to make them more skilled and resourceful.
On the other hand, those trainees who may be lacking in their progress can get regular feedback and intervention from the HR, which will ensure that they do their best to improve on their training and courses.
3. Easier Induction and Onboarding Process
When a new employee is hired, the HR needs to conduct their induction and onboarding process. Integrating this with the LMS will make it easier to train employees. Each time an employee is hired, they can be trained and inducted with the LMS, making the training and induction process easier, time-saving and diverse in terms of its teaching methods.
The feature of accessibility in an LMS is the most beneficial for the HR. An employee sitting anywhere at any time can receive training and the courses and lessons can be managed by the organization.
4. Effective Online Training
While the online training that LMS provides makes it easier to train employees, it’s a more effective form of training as well. LMS provides the analytics of the data of an employee to provide more personalized results, based on which you can get a complete record an overview of the progress of an employee. It will show you their job description, past and present performances, and their training progress. This will become difficult if you don’t integrate your HR with LMS because then you’ll have to analyze the data first and then compile the information, whereas an LMS does this for you automatically.
5. Analytics and Patterns
If you integrate LMS with HR, you will be able to use the LMS data and progress reports to analyze patterns like training to turnovers, promotions due to training, contentment with training, work productivity with training. This will further help the managers in making decisions regarding promotions, track the productivity of employees which will help managers take measures to improve work productivity and turnovers. All of these will help the organization’s overall work productivity.
6. Cost Saving
Instead of discarding your entire HRIS because you don’t like the way your LMS works with it, you can simply get an LMS that you know will work for your organization’s needs. The LMS software selection process is much more affordable and cost effective than getting a whole new HRIS.
Conclusion
LMS integration with HR is going to be very beneficial for an organization. It will save time which means cost saving and also produce higher work productivity. It’s important to train employees if you want them to manage their responsibilities better. Tracking their progress and performance is also important to make any changes in the training process of the company for better results. LMS makes multiple jobs possible on one platform. You don’t need to segregate the work of HR and training with LMS integration.