The Practice of Human Resource Management by Very Small Business Entrepreneurs

• Authors: Barczyk Casimir C.

Title variants

PL

Praktyka zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi przez bardzo małe przedsiębiorstwa

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

This paper explores the nature of entrepreneurship in the United States and provides a basic definition and examples. It explores how HRM is practiced by very small business entrepreneurs. The central question underlying this research is what HRM practices help initiate and sustain entrepreneurship. Three questions are examined including the extent to which 17 HRM practices are outsourced or performed internally. How these entrepreneurs obtain their knowledge of HRM is also explored. Finally, the percentage of time entrepreneurs invest in HRM activities is addressed. It was found that very small business entrepreneurs perform most HRM activities in-house. They are self-taught in HRM-related matters and spend approximately 15% of their time engaged in human resource activities. Implications for how HRM can contribute to the success of entrepreneurial firms are discussed

PL

W artykule przeprowadzono analizę charakteru przedsiębiorczości w Stanach Zjednoczonych oraz podano jej podstawową definicję i przykłady. Analiza obejmuje sposób zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi przez bardzo małe przedsiębiorstwa i jest próbą odpowiedzi na główne pytanie badawcze: jakie praktyki w tym zakresie pomagają w inicjowaniu i utrzymaniu działalności przedsiębiorczej? Zbadano trzy zagadnienia: stopień zlecania 17 czynności związanych z zzl na zewnątrz (outsourcing) i wykonywania ich wewnątrz przedsiębiorstwa; sposób pozyskiwania przez tych przedsiębiorców wiedzy o zzl; odsetek czasu, jaki przedsiębiorcy poświęcają na czynności związane z zzl. Ustalono, że bardzo małe przedsiębiorstwa wykonują większość tych czynności samodzielnie. Same również uczą się zagadnień związanych z tym obszarem i poświęcają około 15% czasu na wyżej wspomniane czynności. Omówiono ponadto implikacje, jakie zzl może nieść dla sukcesu przedsiębiorstw.

Keywords

EN

entrepreneurship; human resources knowledge; human resource management outsourcing; very small business entrepreneurs

PL

przedsiębiorczość; wiedza o zasobach ludzkich zarządzanie zasobami ludzkimi; outsourcing; bardzo małe przedsiębiorstwa

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Problemy Zarządzania
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 1/2018 (73), t.2
• Pages: 11-24

Dates

published

2018-03-02

Contributors

author

Barczyk Casimir C.

• Department of Managerial Studies, College of Business, Purdue University Northwest

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Identifiers

ISSN

1644-9584

DOI

10.7172/1644-9584.73.1