Use of talent management by organizations in one of the regions of Czech Republic

The article aims at bringing information on the scope and the level of talent management at organizations in one of the Czech Republic regions, in the Moravian-Silesian Region. On the basis of the data acquired by the questionnaire survey it has been found that organizations in the above-mentioned region are implementing the system of talent management on a small scale: this approach is used by 3.8% of the organizations, that is only 9 out of 237 (100%) of the respondents. The main reasons why this approach is not used is either that organizations have no knowledge of it or there is lack of financial and personnel resources. The article suggests recommendations for a wider application of talent management in Czech practice.Web of Science1361053552

Are you prepared for a crisis? Survey at Czech small enterprises

A vulnerable position of small enterprises, their effort to understand the threats resulting from potential crises acted as an impulse for research aimed at mapping the current level of their preparedness for a crisis situation sorting out or the adaptation to changed conditions at the market. The paper interprets the results of the questionnaire survey at small enterprises in Czech Republic in 2009. The overall result of the questionnaire survey was finding that managers of small and medium enterprises knew threats relatively well, and they were aware of them but they did not prepare themselves in advance for their negative consequences, the preparation for crisis situations in those small enterprises was not considered a "normal" part of managers' work.Web of Science1371141140

Evaluation of key positions and employees management level in manufacturing industry - The Czech case

Human resources management, especially the key employees management, has fundamental influence on companies' sustainable business, which has to be considered as the priority of any business functioning. The aim of this paper is to evaluate current level of the key positions and employees management in the Czech business environment and to propose a process of its effective implementation and application in practice. Online questionnaire survey was provided using 105 companies operating in manufacturing industry of the Moravian-Silesian region as the sample. Statistical methods of data analysis were used. Fisher exact test, coefficients Phi and Cramer's V were counted to test relations between variables. The survey results include an evaluation of the present situation as it comes to the use of the key positions and employees management system as well as an identification of interests in new system implementation. There was a low rate of use of given system in these business, with two thirds of companies showing an interest in implementing the new system. The process of implementation and the use of the key positions and employees in practice was proposed. The process is suggested in the way to make its content and form be a certain guide and help for companies to realize particular activities of this process. It would contribute to the successful realization of complex and systematic approach towards the work with the key positions and employees.Web of Science121art. no. 24

Prepared for a crisis? Basic elements of crisis management in an Organisation

The aim of this paper is to identify the basic elements that must be taken into account when constituting the complete process of crisis management in an organisation. This study explains the following: the identification of the basic elements; the sequence of the basic elements’relationships in the creation of crisis management; the reason for their importance in this process; terms; and the person/team responsible for their determination. The identification of the elements is based on a mind map. The logic progress of each action is presented in the network. Detailed graphical and tabular representations of the verbal accompaniment have been used to highlight the diversity of the activities and skills required when creating crisis management in an organisation. Thus, the elements presented and their relationships are a tool for managers. Their practical usefulness has been confirmed in several applications in different organisations

Evaluation of the employees’ engagement factors importance methodology including generation Y

Employee engagement has a major impact on both, staff performance and overall organisation performance. Factors affecting the level of engagement vary depending on the age of the workers. These differences should be recognised by the organisation and taken into account when increasing workers’ engagement. Aim of this article is to introduce a new way how to evaluate the importance of employees’ engagement factors including also generation Y and provide the results of practical implementation of pilot research. The methods used to fulfil the aim were the modification and addition of already existing engagement model, which, however, does not reflect the differences of young employees on the labour market, and also Saaty’s method of determining weights. To fulfil the objectives, the authors have executed a survey by using the written questionnaire on a sample size of 664 respondents. Main outputs of the article include proposal of adjusted engagement model, questionnaire used to evaluate the importance of engagement’s factors and pilot practical application of evaluating the engagement’s factors of employees in a selected company

The application of winning key metrics in a metallurgical firm

This article is focused on creating a system of metrics and its application in a metallurgical fi rm. Its aim is to highlight the dangers associated with the creation and application of an eff ective system of metrics. Its objective is also to demonstrate the process (initial steps) in the development of this system in the real family metallurgical fi rm. In the experimental part an example of causal links among key metrics in the chosen metallurgical fi rm is presented. Risks associated with the selection of appropriate metrics are presented for discussion.Web of Science53473072

The level of occupational safety and health promotion in Czech family manufacturing enterprises

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the level of occupational safety and health (OSH) promotion in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is currently a hot topic in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. SMEs are very often family enterprises in the Czech Republic. The goal of the research, conducted on a sample of 1056 respondents, was to find out how Czech family manufacturing enterprises approach the promotion of OSH. Empirical research methods were used and data were processed using statistical methods. Chi-square test was used to identify the specifics in manufacturing enterprises to determine the relationship between OSH principles or processes and the size of the enterprise. An analysis of the surveyed enterprises was done regarding their KPIs in the field of OSH. To understand changes in the KPIs significance before and during the Covid-19 pandemic, Wilcoxon signed rank test was used. All of the KPIs were tested with ANOVA analysis to find out, whether the importance of each indicator is related to the size of the enterprise. The most important finding is that although the situation regarding principles of OSH promotion is not good in the surveyed enterprises, they still manage to implement OSH promotion processes very well. The research can provide guidance on how to assess the level of OSH promotion in such SMEs and can help to define activities to improve OSH promotion. The paper may be beneficial for practitioners involved in OSH promotion and in another manufacturing SMEs.Web of Science157art. no. 10594

Economic and social aspects of three generations' well-being. Czech study

The subject of the research is the issue of understanding the values of well-being by three generations of age. The surveys were attended by 5,000 respondents. After evaluation using the Analytical Network Process (A.N.P.) method, when the significance of individual sub-criterion was compared, research questions about potential differences in well-being values were answered. Significant differences in view of well-being during the three generations have been identified. For the 'youth' group the evaluation of the finance criterion is significantly prevalent, a strong preference for community well-being is defined for the 'grandparents' group. For the 'parents' group the evaluation of the criteria is balanced. The existence of the U-shape was detected. The results provide further information to compare the understanding of well-being values, which differ not only within the national region, but also internationally. Practical implication lies in stimulating the debate about the need to know well-being, e.g., by employers and state institutions, not only at the local level, because this knowledge and subsequent relevant interventions bring benefits to all interest groups.Web of Scienc

Employee well-being evaluation and proposal of activities to increase the level of health's area - The Czech case

Well-being and its evaluation, is currently considered one of the key trends in the practice of companies in the world and in the Czech Republic. Research in the field of well-being confirms that there is a positive correlation between a company's well-being and the company's performance. Satisfied and healthy employees contribute to the prosperity of the company through their higher work productivity and efficiency, and indirectly, through reduced incapacity for work and presenteeism. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the employees' well-being of a specific company in the Czech Republic and propose activities for increasing the level of the most problematic of five areas of employees' well-being. The authors formulated two research questions and two hypotheses. Research questions were answered on the basis of the evaluation of an online questionnaire survey among 463 production staff of the company, hypotheses were statistically confirmed. The main results of this article include the identification of the most problematic area of well-being-the area of health-as well as the proposal of specific activities to improve the level of this area, the introduction which should achieve higher level of employees work productivity. The benefits of well-being show that companies should pay attention to it.Web of Science111art. no. 1

Research on using the Tecnomatix Plant Simulation for simulation and visualization of traffic processes at the traffic node

Simulation software Tecnomatix Plant Simulation was originally created for a modelling and subsequent simulation of production and logistics processes. Its variability, however, opens its use also in other areas such as transport in urban agglomerations. Based on that, research was implemented to verify the program's application in urban transport, specifically to visualize and simulate traffic processes at the traffic node. The paper describes a methodology which made it possible to create a simulation program for traffic light intersections, and presents examples of the simulation model application. The proposed methodology will enable the application of Tecnomatix Plant Simulation to create a complex simulation model of the logistics process. It will mainly enable to simulate the field of production logistics and city logistics within one simulation model.Kultúrna a Edukacná Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR, KEGA: 005TUKE-4/2022, 018TUKE-4/2022, 313011T567, APVV-21-0195, IGA/FLKŘ/2022/001, RVO/FLKŘ/2022/0