«ЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСКИЕ РЕСУРСЫ» В СИСТЕМЕ ПОНЯТИЙ МЕНЕДЖМЕНТА И ЭКОНОМИКИ ТРУДА

Abstract

The article presents a comparative analysis of the approaches of domestic and foreign researchers to the definition of the concept “human resources”. It has been found that in the scientific literature there is no single generally accepted definition of the concepts “human resources” or “human resources management”. As a result of insufficient study of the conceptual apparatus, the relationship, interconnection and place in the system of economic knowledge of many theoretical constructs in the field of personnel management, human capital, human and labor resources become unclear. The main stages of the study of the essence of economic phenomena proposed by the economist-theorist V.N. Belkin are the following: assigning a name to a phenomenon, using terms adopted in science; definition of the content of an economic concept; definition of political and economic essence of the concept under consideration; description of the relationship of the concept studied with other concepts adopted in this field of science. Based on the analysis, the system-forming elements of the concept “human resources” are highlighted, the author's approach to the definition of the concept “human resources” and its political and economic essence are formulated. It has been inferred that the definitions have the following common elements: a person as a subject of labor activity; physical and spiritual characteristics of a person that can potentially be used in his labor activity. There have been presented the author’s theoretical ideas about the relationship between the concept of “human resources” and the concepts of “labor force”, “human capital”, “labor resources”, and “organization personnel”. On the basis of the presented relationship, the position of the concept “human resources” in the system of traditional concepts of management and labor economics has been defined.