-HRM s th plnnng, mplmnttn nd pplctn f nfrmtn tchnlgy fr bth ntwrkng nd spprtng t lst tw ndvdl r cllctv ctrs n thr shrd prfrmng f HR ctvts.
-HRM s nt sm s HRS (Hmn rsrc nfrmtn systm) whch rfrs t CT systms sd wthn HR dprtmnts. Nr s t th sm s V-HRM r Vrtl HRM - whch s dfnd by Lpk nd Snll s "... ntwrk-bsd strctr blt n prtnrshps nd typclly mdtd by nfrmtn tchnlgs t hlp th rgnztn cqr, dvlp, nd dply ntllctl cptl."
-HRM s n ssnc th dvltn f HR fnctns t mngmnt nd mplys. Thy ccss ths fnctns typclly v ntrnt r thr wb-tchnlgy chnnls. Th mpwrmnt f mngrs nd mplys t prfrm crtn chsn HR fnctns rlvs th HR dprtmnt f ths tsks, llwng HR stff t fcs lss n th prtnl nd mr n th strtgc lmnts f HR, nd llwng rgnztns t lwr HR dprtmnt stffng lvls s th dmnstrtv brdn s lghtnd. t s ntcptd tht, s -HRM dvlps nd bcms mr ntrnchd n bsnss cltr, ths chngs wll bcm mr pprnt, bt thy hv yt t b mnfstd t sgnfcnt dgr. 2007 CPD srvy stts tht "Th ntl rsrch ndcts tht mch-cmmntd-n dvlpmnt sch s shrd srvcs, tsrcng nd -HR hv hd rltvly lttl mpct n csts r stff nmbrs".