Bimonthly "Human Resource Management" (HRM)
Table of Contents - 3-4/2007 (english version)
From the Editor - Zdzisław Jasiński
ARTICLES
Zofia Hasińska and Katarzyna Sipurzyńska-Rudnicka The Demand for Blue-Collar Workers in the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone
This study presents the results of research on blue-collar worker demand in companies operating within the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone. The analysis addresses general employment size and structure issues in 2006 as well as the projected level of recruitment and layoffs for the 2007-2010 period. In line with the Zone's present and foreseeable future production structure, employee demand is concentrated on blue-collar workers, especially skilled workers. Optimistic predictions on the part of employers pertaining to changes in overall employment figures for the 2007-2010 period correspond with a very favorable appraisal of employment effects within the Zone during the ten years of its operations to date.
Maria Wanda Kopertyńska Motivating Workers in the Production Sphere: Research Experience
This article presents motivational factors applicable to workers in the field of production. It demonstrates the needs and expectations of such employees in line with research primarily derived from economic practice. It also highlights the specifics of financial and non-financial incentives applicable in the case of this group of employees.
Anna Cierniak-Emerych and Małgorzata Gableta Participation of Blue-Collar Workers in Decision Making Processes
This study highlights changes in the production sphere of companies stemming from technical and technological transformation as well as the introduction of modern management solutions. It is against this backdrop that the issue of blue-collar worker participation in decision making processes is examined. It is the most immediate variant of such participation--direct participation-that serves as a focus. At the same time, reference is made to the social policy standards of the European Union as well as the results of empirical studies conducted in manufacturing companies active in Lower Silesia.
Barbara Chomątowska The Influence of Human Resources on Shaping Work System Adaptability
Any contemporary work system should have and continuously develop its adaptive capacity. This is prerequisite to not only existence, but primarily development in a difficult and complex environment. The adaptability of various work systems is not the same. It is determined by many factors: personnel, technology, organization, and the economy. They all can facilitate or impede the undertaking of adaptation effort by the individual work systems.
Bearing in mind the co-existence and mutual interdependence of these factors, the article concentrates on the role of human resources in molding the adaptive capacity of work systems. It also undertakes an effort to demonstrate how to build adaptive capacity in work systems on the basis of the adaptability of workers.
LEADERS' FORUM
HRM in a Venezuelan Paper Mill
Piotr K. Szabunia
COMMUNIQUÉS
Marian Oczachowski Social and Organizational Determinants Shaping Work Conditions in the Company
Ireneusz Bielski Human Resources in Creating Competitive Capacity in Manufacturing Companies
Henryk Król and Antoni Ludwiczyński
Managing Human Resource and the Competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises
PORTFOLIO OF METHODS AND TOOLS
Agnieszka Żarczyńska-Dobiesz Introducing a New Employee to Work
The aim of this article is to present an induction method for new recruits in a company. The applied approach depends many factors, among which the most important include the experience of the newly employed worker, the size and financial standing of the company, and the culture of the organization. Induction-the last element of the recruitment process--should be a conscious activity aimed at preparing the newly recruited employee to best perform entrusted duties and responsibilities.
Iwona Janiak-Rejno Multilevel Identification of Training Needs as a Research Method for Analyzing Work Systems
The key element of the labor system created by a company is the employee and his or her competencies. A significant way to increase staff competencies is investment in training. The objective of this article is the presentation of a tri-level method for identifying the real training need of employees and indicating proposals for tools and techniques that can be used at each of the described levels.
REVIEWS. DISCUSSIONS
Bieniok H. (Editor), Company human resource management systems - Antoni Ludwiczyński
FROM THE EDITOR'S SHOWCASE
HRM in Production Organizations - Ewa Wyglądała
CHRONICLE. INFORMATION
5th Personnel Congress, From the Perspective of Strategy - Monika Nowacka-Sahin
Results of the 8th edition of the Human Resource Management Leader Competition
- Editorial Staff
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