The challenges of HRM activities at MNC subsidiaries in CEE region: Based on CEEIRT 2015/16 research

Abstract

Nowadays the human capital becomes one of the key factors of companies' success. Human resource management activities have to contribute to the employees' satisfaction and the companies' business results in the same time. Multinational companies in general have more developed and more effective management practice than local companies. This is the way the subsidiaries of multinational companies (MNC) have an important role in the spreading the modern human resource management (HRM) practice in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The aim of this paper is to analyze the challenges of HRM activities at the MNC subsidiaries in CEE region based on 2015/16 CEEIRT research results focusing on Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Serbia. A special attention will be given the following areas: the functions of the headquarters' HR department, the critical areas of HRM, the key competences of HR managers, the knowledge flow and the methods of personal competency development of HR managers.

Keywords

• human resource management
• multinational companies
• central and eastern europe
• hr department
• ceeirt