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In the XXI century it is the people who determine a competitive advantage of companies. Their knowledge, skills, experience, predisposition and creativity are the most valuable assets that any firm may possess. Thus, in order to manage human resources effectively and efficiently, it is necessary to fulfil tasks in the field of human resources in a thoughtful and consistent way. These activities are: staff planning and selection, motivation and training system and evaluation of employees. The analysis of the above-mentioned personnel functions in small companies presented in this article allows to answer the following three principal questions. The first question refers to defining a human resources management model in the examined companies; the second one: whether in small companies human resources management comes down only to so-called administering of human resources or it has a broader meaning (fulfilling the above-mentioned functions); the third one: what the scope and the stage of fulfilling particular elements of human resources management are. The answers to such questions show the maturity degree of the executives, showing their approach to fulfilling the personnel functions.