Training selection for SME employees - an analysis of the activities Cover Image

Dobór szkoleń pracowniczych w małych i średnich przedsiębiorstwach – analiza zjawiska
Training selection for SME employees - an analysis of the activities

Author(s): Andrzej Różański
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Published by: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie, Fundacja Promocji i Akredytacji Kierunków Ekonomicznych
Keywords: training; SME employees; human capital; EU support; merit-related involvement; training needs

Summary/Abstract: The objective of the present research work was to analyze the activities undertaken to design and select trainings for SME employees. The companies’ rising interest in investing in human capital, the growing use of the EU support funds within the Sectoral Operational Programmes in Poland after 2005 accompanied by a dynamic increase in the number of enterprises providing professional trainings brought about broader accessibility to educational and training services on the market. However, despite unquestionable cognitive benefits of the broad participation of SME employees in various training projects, in many cases the training did not bring spectacular results. Our analyses made in SMEs confirm that merit-related involvement in the proper selection of the trainings is of varied quality. Only one in five companies under analysis makes use of the professional tools and almost one third of the SMEs do not diagnose their training needs.

  • Issue Year: 47/2012
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 72-76
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Polish