A Good Practice Guide To Managing Human Resources in Regional SMEs

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A Good Practice Guide To Managing Human Resources in Regional SMEs

Original language description

This publication provides innovative and practical perspectives (underpinned by theory and university-SME collaborations) to support regional SMEs in managing people. It is based on the assumption that SMEs should enhance decent work and working lives to impact organisational performance positively as well as local economies. It we recommend readers contextualise this knowledge and adopt a ‘best fit’ application to the ideas discussed in the text. This publication includes nine chapters structured as follows. The methodology is explained first, with the core sections focusing on the main topics identified for SMEs as key in these five regions (countries). The authors' own research, literature review, and mapping of specific needs of SMEs with whom we have collaborated in five European countries were used to identify key topics: HR strategic planning and people resourcing, recruitment and retention of qualified workers (along with a system of reward management and performance evaluation), building of the employer brand and corporate social responsibility. In the first eight chapters, the topic is always presented in the context of literature, followed by mini case. studies with practical tools. These are based on findings from both quantitative and qualitative research, from intensive collaborations with HR managers and students in selected SMEs and from the shared international insights gained from SHARPEN partnerships in the regions of the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom. The final chapter presents region specific details from the five SHARPEN partners, e.g. commonalities and differences and specific human capacity building challenges. This chapter also contains the main findings of a survey conducted by authors among SMEs in these regions on the topic of human resources management. The appendices comprise case studies from SMEs, which provide more detailed information on practical solutions to specific challenges.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

B - Specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

ISBN

978-1-86218-167-0

Number of pages

268

Publisher name

University of Huddersfield Press

Place of publication

Huddersfield, UK

UT code for WoS book

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