HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE LIGHT OF THE NATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

Abstract

„A manager who interprets employees from different cultural groups without awareness of cultural norms can miss or misread important signals in their communication.“, said Professor Michael Morris.

Recently organiзational culture has become often topic in literature, along with the characteristics of its influence on the organiзation’s success. Since organiзations are operating in the frames of the societies themselves (states, nations), the research regarding mutual interest of organiзational culture and national culture becomes very significant.

This paper examines the influence of the national and organiзational culture at the organiзation in general, and in particular from the aspect of managing human resources. Hence, intellectual capital is very important resource for the organiзation, and strong organiзational culture is the prerequisite for the companies’ success; managing human resources and organiзational culture are inseparable.

Some of the methods from the area of maintaining human resources are also mentioned, which create and

maintain strong organiзational culture, and which are also applied by successful worldwide companies.

The final conclusion points out that various types of trainings for the employees are the best manner not only for the improvement of their experience and knowledge, but also for overcoming barriers created by the different national cultures, for the company’s organiзational culture strengthening and for the employees’ motivation.