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Volume 5, Issue 1

Automation in IT Industry and its HR Fallout

Author(s)

Narendra Singh Chaudhary, Shivinder Phoolka, Ruby Sengar and Bharat Bhushan

Affiliations
  1. Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Noida, Constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune
  2. Assistant Professor, Punjabi University Regional Centre for Information Technology and Management, Mohali, Punjab
  3. Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Noida, Constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune
  4. Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Noida, Constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune
Abstract

The article has tried to highlight the impact of automation on human resource in the present scenario in IT industry and has also attracted attention towards the legal challenges organisations may face due to shift towards digital era. The findings suggest that automation is taking away jobs in the IT industry and also impacting its profitability and sustainability. Automation on one hand is providing ample opportunities in the business world but also giving a sign of unexpected challenges for HR professionals where they have to balance both employees’ personal goals on one hand and organisational goals on other keeping the legal provisions into consideration.

Keywords

Automation, IT Industry, Unioni- zation, HR Professional, Layoff.

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