With AI being touted as the new kid on the block, the HR function in organizations is witnessing a sea change with the advent of new data-driven analytical processes. Till now HR has been about employees already working within an organization and potential entrants to it. What happens when machines and bots enter the scene?
AI Revolution in HRM is all about debunking the conventional wisdom and redrawing the contours of passé management to include machines into its definition. This book discusses the benefit, challenges and applications of AI in the HR function. It also highlights issues in implementation and considers the impact of AI-based HR systems in the organization. Further, the book provides tips and insights on how to deal with the challenges and implementation issues ranging from data privacy to system bias and up-skilling of current employees. It is builds on a wide variety of cases ranging from large global organizations to startups. This book will ensure that HR professionals and general readers fully understand the concepts of AI and its relevance to the HR profession. Equipped with the knowledge of AI-based tools and systems, it will help the HR department make their organizations more vibrant and stable by embracing the developments in AI technology. AI Revolution in HRM will be an insightful and helpful read for HR professionals and AI enthusiast.
Dr Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay is a PhD from MNNIT, Allahabad, India. He is Associate Professor at the Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India. He has more than 19 years of teaching and research experience. He was awarded the first prize in the AIMS-GHSIMR Doctoral Student Paper Competition at IIM Ahmedabad. He holds a certificate of proficiency in strategic management awarded by the Strategic Management Forum, India. His research interests include the application of AI, VR and AR in management, technology adoption, branding, structural equation modelling and mediation analysis. Dr Komal Khandelwal is a doctorate in management and an Assistant Professor at CMS Business School, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore, India. She holds a postgraduate degree in Commerce (HRM) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. She had won the first prize in the AIMS-IRMA Doctoral Student Paper Competition at MICA, Ahmedabad. She has 14 years of academic and research experience. Her research interests include sales training, AI, VR, AR in HRM, research methods, structural equation modelling and mediation analysis. Jayanthi Iyengar is the former chief of Bureau of the Economic Times, New Delhi. As a bureau chief and financial editor, she covered several Indian budgets and interviewed successive Indian finance ministers, senior bureaucrats and business leaders. During her 30-year career as a journalist, she worked with several Indian newspapers, including the Times of India, the Economic Times, Business Standard and the Pioneer. She was also a columnist for the Hindu Business Line and the Maharashtra Times. During her brief stint as a freelancer, her work has been published in four continents, including North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. She has covered China, India and East Asia extensively and has written on a wide range of subjects, including finance, Indian tax and corporate laws, capital markets, retail, financial engineering, cards technology and business. Currently, she is pursuing her doctorate at Symbiosis International (Deemed University) in media studies.
