№ 2 (027), 2005
Summary
Q u e s t i o n f o r a M e m b e r o f t h e E d i t o r i a l B o a r d
WHAT LEADS A COMPANY TO KNOW THE “HUMAN POTENTIAL” OF AN EMPLOYEE?
Reply by Sergey Mordovin, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Rector of the St. Petersburg International Institute of Management (IMISP), Vice-President of the Russian Business Education Association (RABO)
Kim Wikstrom, Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Research Institute for Project-Based Industry (PBI) at Abo Akademi University (Turku, Finland)
Magnus Gustafsson, Doctor of Philosophy, — Research Institute for Project-Based Industry (PBI) at Abo Akademi University (Turku, Finland)
THE PROFITABILITY OF BUSINESS IDEAS IN AN — UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
Instability, uncertainty and unpredictability are integral characteristics of project business, claim these well-known specialists. You will achieve the best results by relaxing control.
Sergey Rasskazov, PhD in Mathematics, Professor, Supervisor of the sub-programme “Corporate Governance” at the “Sociology” Federal Centre of Staff Training (St. Petersburg)
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AS A POWER REALIZATION SYSTEM
Why is corporate governance being developed so slowly in Russia? What type of corporate governance system (insider or outsider) is more relevant in Russian conditions? A well-known expert answers these and other vitally important questions concerning the corporate governance development in our country.
Yelena Yudenko, Vice-President and Igor Lytkin, Consultant in Storage Logistics and Stock Control at Business System Engineering (Moscow)
THE ROLE OF PERSONNEL IN THE PROCESS OF “CUSTOMISATION” AND INTRODUCTION OF THE WMS
The WMS (Warehouse Management System) is one of the most important factors in the efficiency of trading and manufacturing companies. These well-known consultants describe the human problems involved in introducing and maintaining WMS, and how they can be resolved.
T h e m e o f t h i s I s s u e
PERSONNEL COSTS: HOW TO SPEND TO ECONOMIZE?
A n E d i t o r i a l R e v i e w
Elina Burganova, PhD in Sociology, Lecturer of the Faculty of Sociology at St. Petersburg State University
HOW CAN PERSONNEL COSTS BE OPTIMISED
How can the human capital of an organisation be assessed? Is it possible to economize on personnel by applying a differential approach to the various groups of employees and how can that differentiation be dangerous for a company? How can the number of staff in an organisation be optimised? Find out the answers to these questions in our editorial review.
R o u n d — t a b l e D i s c u s s i o n
HR BUDGET: WHAT ONE SHOULD NOT SAVE ON?
Tatiana Lobanova, Partner in the “Top Management Consult” Group of Companies, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor of State University—High School of Economics (Moscow)
TRADITIONAL AND NEW METHODS OF ECONOMIZING ON PERSONNEL
In the modern world economizing on personnel costs is fairly widespread. What are its basic principles? On what staff can economies be made, and how? What does “the rationalization of personnel costs” actually mean? A representative of one of Russia's leading consulting companies provides answers to these topical questions.
The Experts, all well-known consultants, answered the following questions:
1. How can personnel costs be reduced?
2. How can personnel costs be optimised?
3. In most companies personnel costs are included in production costs. What risks can this lead to for a company?
4. Which items of staff costs should be protected in a company's budget, and why?
T h e E x p e r t s:
Olga Chebotkova, Partner in Top Hunt International Company (Moscow)
Markus Gest, General Director of Staffwell Company (Moscow)
Viktoria Konstantinova, HR Manager of Ventra, one of the Mirantis Group of Companies (Moscow)
Rustam Murtazin, Senior Consultant at EKOPSI Consulting Company (Moscow)
Vladislav Musatov, General Director of Esto-Personnel Company (St. Petersburg)
Natalia Borisova, Development Manager of the Megapolis Personnel Company (Nizhny Novgorod)
COMPENSATION OF SALESPEOPLE IN NIZHNY NOVGOROD
There is constantly a high demand for specialists in the sales field. What is the level of remuneration for these specialists in various regions of Russia? One of the managers of a leading recruitment agency presents the results of wide-ranging research.
Nikolay Borisov, Managing Partner of the “Leader” Personnel Centre (Kazan)
COUNTING THE COST OF RECRUITMENT SERVICES
Many Russian employers consider the services of recruitment agencies to be too expensive. With the help of some simple calculations, the manager of a well-known recruitment agency convincingly demonstrates that the selection of qualified staff simply could not cost any less.
Galina Sartan, PhD in Psychology, Head of Department at the State Academy of Innovations, Director of the “Catharsis” Business Technology Training Centre (Moscow) DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCIES: STAGES OF IN-HOUSE TRAINING
The most effective method of increasing the qualifications of personnel is in-house training based on the assessment and formation of competencies, claims a well-known specialist.
Leonid Krol, Director of the “Klass” Personnel Training Centre (Moscow)
WHAT CAN THE TRAINED BE TAUGHT
A well-known trainer-consultant shares his reflections on top management training.
Eduard Kondratiev, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor in the Institute of Economics and Management at Penza State University of Architecture and Construction Svetlana Barmotina, Lecturer of Institute of Economics and Management at Penza State University of Architecture and Construction
WHAT CAN A COMPANY'S MANAGEMENT EXPECT FROM ITS PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT?
How is the general strategy of an organisation linked to the HR strategy? What do heads of organisations and HR managers understand by HR strategy? What role does the personnel department play in an organisation's general system of management? These leading specialists provide the results of an opinion poll of companies in the Penza region.
Vasily Pigin, General Director of Dialogue Management Consulting Company (Moscow)
WHEN CAN YOU NOT MANAGE WITHOUT AN ASSESSMENT CENTER?
The popularity of assessment centers is steadily growing. Which problems of personnel management do they help to resolve? The head of a leading firm of consultants presents his “instructions for use of an assessment center”.
Yuna Skoblikova, Director of the Green Street Company (Moscow)
THE JAPANESE MODEL OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT: MOVING AWAY FROM STEREOTYPES
Jobs for life, staff promotion based on length of service, company trade unions — these and other characteristics of personnel management in Japan are gradually becoming things of the past, claims a well-known consultant.
Dmitry Kasyanov, Trainer, Specialist in Organisational Development at «Business Consultant Training (Moscow)
A DIAGNOSIS OF “WORKING STYLES”
What is a working style? How can a person be helped by a knowledge of his working style? A leading consultant gives his answers to these questions.
Natalia Borovikova, Supervisor of Alpha Personnel Company (St. Petersburg)
THE MANAGEMENT TEAM — FACTORS OF EFFECTIVENESS
Effectiveness of the management team is one of the main conditions for company's effectiveness. But on what does the effectiveness of a management team depend? A well-known organisational consultant shares her experience.
Irina Savina, PhD in Sociology, Consultant, Partner in the Systems of Effective Technologies Consulting Group (Moscow)
THE SUBCONSCIOUS OF A COMPANY — THE RISK FACTOR
Any organisation encounters the danger of the occurrence of serious problems, at the root of which lie factors that are unknown to the management. A well-known consultant shares her reflections on cultural risks.
A special supplement to the section
“ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS”
is entitled “Formula of Success: Business Casual” — eight pages on a corporate dress code.
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