The sites of human resources and organization of information in public universities state of southern Brazil

Abstract

Introduction: The organization of information in human resources sites has the purpose of providing institutions and users with agility, speed and time saving in order to seek information that is needed. Thus, through the organization of information, the search, selection, storage and information retrieval processes are strengthened, contributing to information and knowledge access as well as dissemination and sharing. Sites emerge as part of this important process.
Objective: To analyze the structure of the information organization from the human resources websites of public state universities in southern Brazil.
Methodology: The study is characterized as an exploratory and descriptive research. Data collection consisted of document analysis and the instrument used was the form, consisting of five of the fifteen rules by Eckerson (1999).
Results: It was observed that most universities provide users with a certain kind of help, such as Contact Us, allowing the user to contact the specific sectors to solve their problems and providing content for download. As for the type of documents available, the Decrees, Edicts, Standards, Requirements and Resolutions predominate.
Conclusion: It was concluded that universities use the human resources sites to provide its contents, but it is believed that more investment is needed concerning information organization in these sites.