Diverse Human Resources – Motivation and State of Knowledge about Demographic Trends in Organizations of the Visegrad Group V4 Countries

Trends in employment and labour productivity in the woodworking industry in selected EU countries. Labour productivity and employment levels are among the most important factors determining the development of enterprises, regardless of the nature of their economic activity. From the point of view of the furniture industry, whose significant position in the ranking of producers and exporters is influenced by the woodworking industry, the main supplier of raw material for production, it seems important to analyse the dynamics and structure of employment, as well as to assess the use of human resources in wood processing companies. The main objective of the paper was to compare selected aspects of the labour market and the efficiency of human resources use in the European Community, with particular emphasis on the countries belonging to the Visegrad Group. The research was supplemented by a detailed analysis of men employed in the woodworking industry and their belonging to particular age groups. On the basis of the conducted analyses it was indicated that there are differences in the aspect of production potential, employment level and labour productivity.

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The Workforce Aging and Challenges for Policy and for Business. The Case of Italy

Review of European Studies ◽

10.5539/res.v11n4p60 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 60

Author(s):

Alessandra De Rose ◽

Filomena Racioppi ◽

Pietro Checcucci ◽

Maria Felice Arezzo ◽

Corrado Polli

Keyword(s):

Human Resources ◽

International Organizations ◽

Aging Process ◽

Demographic Trends ◽

Professional Activities ◽

Working Age ◽

Workforce Aging ◽

Working Age Population ◽

Using Data ◽

Implementing Strategies

Across Europe, the working age population is decreasing and aging. In this study, with reference to Italy, we analyze the main demographic trends underlying these processes. By using data from the continuous Labor Force Survey, we show the effects of the overall population dynamics on workforce age structure and its composition by professional activities and economic sector. We argue that the observed changes in the labor market are only partially due to demographic trends since they are strictly intertwined with the rigidity of the Italian economic system. We then illustrate the results of two sample surveys conducted among large and small-medium Italian enterprises, respectively. The main result is that the Italian businesses are moderately aware of the aging process of their human resources, and only a few are worried about it. Only few larger companies are actively implementing strategies of age management in order to cope with the issue. Finally, we discuss the implications for the policy of the above results, also in the light of recommendations from the international organizations.

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Rural Community Organizations in Lithuania: Analysis of Teritorial Network

Filosofija Sociologija ◽

10.6001/fil-soc.v31i4.4347 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Simona Ščerbinskaitė

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Human Resources ◽

Rural Community ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Average Distance ◽

Community Organizations ◽

Essential Elements ◽

Rural Settlements ◽

Demographic Trends ◽

Territorial Disparities

Rural areas in Lithuania have been experiencing negative changes for some time now: over three decades, the rural population has decreased by 270 thousand; moreover, 2011 data shows that more than 4 rural settlements were no longer inhabited. Rural community organizations (RCO) are often identified as one of the effective tools that can slow down these negative changes and enable development of rural areas. Based on similar essential elements (social capital, identity, leader) RCO can be considered as an institutionalized form of community. They both depend on human resources and their relationships. In 2020, total of 1,887 rural community organizations were registered in Lithuania, their network consisted of 1,745 rural settlements. 118 of these had more than one RCO in their territory, as a result, rural community organizations were clustered in area. The estimated average distance between RCO was 3.7 kilometers. The analysis revealed that a statistically significant part of the RCO is concentrated near municipal administrative centers: at a distance of 10 kilometers from them (that is, 37.3% rural areas of the country), 45.2% of all rural community organizations are concentrated. Due to demographic trends, territorial disparities in representation occur: the smallest representation is in the suburban municipalities near the big cities, and the highest one is in the sparsely populated municipalities of South-Eastern and Northern Lithuania.

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The trends in employment and labour productivity in the pulp and paper industry in the selected EU countries

Annals of WULS, Forestry and Wood Technology ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0013.7694 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 108 ◽

pp. 119-127

Author(s):

EMILIA GRZEGORZEWSKA ◽

JUSTYNA BIERNACKA ◽

IZABELA PODOBAS

Keyword(s):

Human Resources ◽

Paper Industry ◽

Labour Productivity ◽

Pulp And Paper Industry ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Pulp And Paper ◽

Gdp Growth ◽

Work Efficiency ◽

The World ◽

Visegrad Group

The Trends in Employment and Labour Productivity in the Pulp and Paper Industry. Despite many challenges, the pulp and paper industry is a dynamically developing branch of industry in the world. It seems that especially growing competition from less developed countries, such as Indonesia, and the falling demand for paper may be reasons for the difficulties of pulp and paper factories, i.e. decreasing profitability of paper production and number of employed in this industry in recent years. From the perspective of the employment volume and related work efficiency, it was interesting to examine and assess employment and the use of human resources in pulp and paper industry, especially in the countries of the Visegrad Group, which economies have been characterized by stable GDP growth in recent years. The paper analyses the value of pulp and paper industry production and its structure in the Visegrad Group countries relative to EU28 countries and employment and age structure of the employed

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