Human Resource Management in Micro and Small Enterprises

• Author: Virag, C.E. - Albu, R.G.
• Position: Master School in Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Brasov - Dept. of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Brasov
• Pages: 165-172

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov

Series V: Economic Sciences • Vol. 7 (56) No. 2 - 2014

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN

MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES

C. E. VIRÁG1 R. G. ALBU2

Abstract: The main goals of this study are, on the on e hand, to describe the

existing situation regarding the human resource management in micro and

small enterprises, and to highlight the manner in which this should be

managed to bring a number of benefits to organisations from this sector, on

the other hand,. To achieve this goal, previous research a nd publications

from important authors in this domain were consulted. Furthermore, the

case of a micro-enterprise from Braşov was studied – Delis Dana S.R.L. to

analyse the manner in which the human resources management functions

were actually implemented.

Key words: micro enterprise, small enterprise, human resources

management functions.

1 Master School in Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Braşov.

2 Dept. of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Braşov.

1. Introduction

A manager needs access to a large

amount of information in order to run a

successful business. In a large enterprise,

the collaboration with experts in different

domains is possible, but in a small

organisation, financial resources do not

allow this. In this situation, a small

enterprise’s manager should gain the

knowledge from different fields by

learning from publications in order to take

decisions based on theoretical aspects and

examples. The human resource

management represents one of the essential

processes in an organisation, considering

that without the human resource a

company cannot exist. The main purpose

of this study is to help small organisation

managers find the information they need

about human resources management, in a

material which integrates theoretical

aspects, adapted for small firms’

characteristics, with specific examples. To

accomplish the main aim of this study, it

will contain two parts. In the first part,

using information revealed by previous

research, it will describe the manner in

which the activities of human resource

management are and should be

accomplished in small enterprises, and in

the second one, it will describe the manner

in which this activities are effectively

accomplished in a small enterprise from

Braşov.

2. Objectives

Considering the extent of hu man resource

management as a field of study and the

diversity of its specific practices, this

publication has tried to group the activities