“A Study on Transformation in Technological Based Biometrics Attendance System: Human Resource Management Practice”

In contemporary era, there is strong level of imitation practiced on a regular basis in private sector as well as public. The prevalence of ghost worker syndrome is observed across the three pillars of the government. The employers are concerned about the absenteeism among employees of the workforce and complexity in monitoring the student's attendance in the lectures. Biometric identification system facilitated by fingerprint is a unique method utilized for a lifetime. Biometric system comprises of the process of verifying identity of individuals by analyzing the human body features which is utilized in immense number of aspects utilizing different purposes, especially workforce attendance; the nexus of this paper is to throw light on the attendance monitoring software using fingerprint biometric techniques in a university milieu. Although, there are the abundant benefits that the biometric technique offers and the impact is felt across various spheres, mostly the beneficiary come across the issue of delineating the appropriate procedure while keeping the cost benefit element in the focal. The study focuses on describing the system of attendance management by subsuming the biometric technique with the conventional workforce attendance monitoring system which highly influences the efficiency and productive capacity of firm. This study uses qualitative (exploratory) research methodology, it is pure exploring study, where detailed knowledge of Biometrics, Biometrics Attendance System and it's usage in HR practices has been shared. However the study shows that biometric identifier is effective and economic for employee's attendance monitoring software for firms as a part of HR practices. Therefore, the focus should be kept on the various factors prior to recommending a biometric technique as the mode of improvising the productive capacity of any organization's business performance.