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1.1 HRIS Implementation Plan: Logical and Physical Design of the ATS
The successful implementation of an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) at Larson Properties
requires a deliberate and structured systems development approach, in which a clear
distinction is made between logical and physical design considerations. The logical design
represents the conceptual foundation of the system and is primarily concerned with defining
the functional requirements that the ATS must satisfy in order to support organisational
recruitment and selection objectives. At this stage, the HR team must undertake a
comprehensive evaluation of existing recruitment practices in order to identify inefficiencies,
procedural bottlenecks, and areas of fragmentation that require technological intervention.
This involves a systematic decomposition of the recruitment lifecycle into its core
components, beginning with workforce planning and job requisition authorisation,
progressing through vacancy creation, candidate sourcing, application management,
automated screening, shortlisting, interviewing, and ultimately selection and onboarding
integration. Each of these stages must be carefully structured to ensure that the ATS
enhances process efficiency, strengthens decision-making accuracy, and ensures
consistency in recruitment outcomes. Additionally, the logical design must define the data
architecture of the system, specifying the categories of information to be captured and
processed, including applicant demographics, academic qualifications, professional
experience, competency evaluations, and compliance-related documentation.
Equally important is the definition of system users and their respective access privileges,
ensuring that HR personnel, line managers, and external applicants interact with the system
in a controlled and secure manner. The logical design must also incorporate reporting
functionalities capable of generating strategic human capital insights such as recruitment
cycle time, cost efficiency metrics, and workforce diversity analytics. Importantly, this phase
ensures alignment between the ATS and broader organisational governance frameworks,
including ethical recruitment principles, labour regulations, and data protection obligations.
In this sense, logical design functions as the intellectual blueprint that determines what the
system must achieve in order to create organisational value (Kavanagh, Thite & Johnson,
2020).
1.1 HRIS Implementation Plan: Logical and Physical Design of the ATS
The successful implementation of an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) at Larson Properties
requires a deliberate and structured systems development approach, in which a clear
distinction is made between logical and physical design considerations. The logical design
represents the conceptual foundation of the system and is primarily concerned with defining
the functional requirements that the ATS must satisfy in order to support organisational
recruitment and selection objectives. At this stage, the HR team must undertake a
comprehensive evaluation of existing recruitment practices in order to identify inefficiencies,
procedural bottlenecks, and areas of fragmentation that require technological intervention.
This involves a systematic decomposition of the recruitment lifecycle into its core
components, beginning with workforce planning and job requisition authorisation,
progressing through vacancy creation, candidate sourcing, application management,
automated screening, shortlisting, interviewing, and ultimately selection and onboarding
integration. Each of these stages must be carefully structured to ensure that the ATS
enhances process efficiency, strengthens decision-making accuracy, and ensures
consistency in recruitment outcomes. Additionally, the logical design must define the data
architecture of the system, specifying the categories of information to be captured and
processed, including applicant demographics, academic qualifications, professional
experience, competency evaluations, and compliance-related documentation.
Equally important is the definition of system users and their respective access privileges,
ensuring that HR personnel, line managers, and external applicants interact with the system
in a controlled and secure manner. The logical design must also incorporate reporting
functionalities capable of generating strategic human capital insights such as recruitment
cycle time, cost efficiency metrics, and workforce diversity analytics. Importantly, this phase
ensures alignment between the ATS and broader organisational governance frameworks,
including ethical recruitment principles, labour regulations, and data protection obligations.
In this sense, logical design functions as the intellectual blueprint that determines what the
system must achieve in order to create organisational value (Kavanagh, Thite & Johnson,
2020).
