Adjustment of a given age distribution to a desired age distribution within a required time frame is dynamically performed for the purpose of Human Resource (HR) planning in Human Resource Management (HRM). The adjustment process is carried out by adding the adjustment magnitudes to the existing number of employees at the selected age groups on the yearly basis. A model of a discrete dynamical system is employed to emulate the evolution of the age distribution used under the adjustment process. Genetic Algorithms (GA) is applied for determining the adjustment magnitudes that influence the dynamics of the system. An interesting aspect of the problem lies in the high number of constraints; though the constraints are fundamental, they are considerably higher in number than in many other optimization problems. An adaptive penalty scheme is proposed for handling the constraints. Numerical examples show that GA with the utilized adaptive penalty scheme provides potential means for HR planning in HRM.

Författarna till denna uppsats har under de senaste åren kunnat följa en explosionsartad snabb utveckling av böcker och artiklar publicerade kring konceptet Talent Management. Dessa böcker och artiklar har gemensamt att de betonar vikten av att företag adopterar konceptet och de ödesdigra följderna om de låter bli. Talent Management är enligt många ett utav det största och senaste begreppen inom personaladministration. Under personaladministrationens historia har emellertid en mängd olika begrepp kommit och gått ur tiden såsom Personnel Management, Human Resource Management och Strategisk Human Resource Management och många forskare har hävdat att dessa begrepp inte skiljer sig nämnvärt åt, utan snarare kan karaktäriseras som ett kontinuerligt strävande efter legitimitet och status av personalansvariga. Det huvudsakliga temat i detta strävande har varit att ett företags personal utgör en viktig och betydande del av organisationen och därigenom kan utgöra skillnaden mellan framgångsrika och icke framgångsrika företag. Syftet med den här uppsatsen var att ta reda på de bakomliggande faktorerna och motiven till varför företag implementerar Talent Management, samt att undersöka i vilken utsträckning konceptet kan sägas karaktäriseras av ny och värdefull kunskap. Genom att jämföra teorier om HRM och personalutveckling med normativ litteratur och intervjuer kring Talent Management har författarna kommit fram till att Talent Management inte kan sägas karaktäriseras av ny och värdefull kunskap, utan snarare som ett försök att paketera om gamla idéer och tekniker under en ny etikett. Förfat-tarna till den här uppsatsen tror att konceptet kan sägas känneteckna ännu ett försök av personalansvariga att stärka sin legitimitet och status i sina respektive organisationer. / The authors of this thesis have found that, during the last years, the world has witnessed a dramatic explosion of articles and books about the concept Talent Management. These books and articles, all emphasise the urgency for companies to adopt the concept and the devastating consequences if they don’t. The concept is by many re-searchers seen to be the top issue and, the latest trend within Human Resource Management. Nevertheless, throughout the history of the personnel profession the world has witnessed several different concepts such as Personnel Management, Human Resource Management, and Strategic Human Resource Management and several researches have claimed that these concepts describes the same thing. Some researchers have argued that the different concept instead represent a continuous rhetoric struggle by HR professionals to enhance their legitimacy and status by becoming more business oriented and demonstrate that employees indeed can make a difference in distinguish-ing successful organizations from others. The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the underlying reasoning and logic to why companies adopt talent management and explore what the concept represents in terms of new knowledge. By comparing traditional theories of HRM and HR planning with normative literature and interviews on Talent Management the authors have found that the concept does not represent any new and distinctive knowledge, but rather can be considered as an effort to repackage old ideas and techniques with a new label. The authors of this thesis believe that Talent Management is another illustration of the struggle by HR professionals to enhance their legitimacy and status in their organization.

<p>Författarna till denna uppsats har under de senaste åren kunnat följa en explosionsartad snabb utveckling av böcker och artiklar publicerade kring konceptet Talent Management. Dessa böcker och artiklar har gemensamt att de betonar vikten av att företag adopterar konceptet och de ödesdigra följderna om de låter bli. Talent Management är enligt många ett utav det största och senaste begreppen inom personaladministration.</p><p>Under personaladministrationens historia har emellertid en mängd olika begrepp kommit och gått ur tiden såsom Personnel Management, Human Resource Management och Strategisk Human Resource Management och många forskare har hävdat att dessa begrepp inte skiljer sig nämnvärt åt, utan snarare kan karaktäriseras som ett kontinuerligt strävande efter legitimitet och status av personalansvariga. Det huvudsakliga temat i detta strävande har varit att ett företags personal utgör en viktig och betydande del av organisationen och därigenom kan utgöra skillnaden mellan framgångsrika och icke framgångsrika företag.</p><p>Syftet med den här uppsatsen var att ta reda på de bakomliggande faktorerna och motiven till varför företag implementerar Talent Management, samt att undersöka i vilken utsträckning konceptet kan sägas karaktäriseras av ny och värdefull kunskap.</p><p>Genom att jämföra teorier om HRM och personalutveckling med normativ litteratur och intervjuer kring Talent Management har författarna kommit fram till att Talent Management inte kan sägas karaktäriseras av ny och värdefull kunskap, utan snarare som ett försök att paketera om gamla idéer och tekniker under en ny etikett. Förfat-tarna till den här uppsatsen tror att konceptet kan sägas känneteckna ännu ett försök av personalansvariga att stärka sin legitimitet och status i sina respektive organisationer.</p> / <p>The authors of this thesis have found that, during the last years, the world has witnessed a dramatic explosion of articles and books about the concept Talent Management. These books and articles, all emphasise the urgency for companies to adopt the concept and the devastating consequences if they don’t. The concept is by many re-searchers seen to be the top issue and, the latest trend within Human Resource Management.</p><p>Nevertheless, throughout the history of the personnel profession the world has witnessed several different concepts such as Personnel Management, Human Resource Management, and Strategic Human Resource Management and several researches have claimed that these concepts describes the same thing. Some researchers have argued that the different concept instead represent a continuous rhetoric struggle by HR professionals to enhance their legitimacy and status by becoming more business oriented and demonstrate that employees indeed can make a difference in distinguish-ing successful organizations from others.</p><p>The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the underlying reasoning and logic to why companies adopt talent management and explore what the concept represents in terms of new knowledge.</p><p>By comparing traditional theories of HRM and HR planning with normative literature and interviews on Talent Management the authors have found that the concept does not represent any new and distinctive knowledge, but rather can be considered as an effort to repackage old ideas and techniques with a new label. The authors of this thesis believe that Talent Management is another illustration of the struggle by HR professionals to enhance their legitimacy and status in their organization.</p>

The purpose of the diploma thesis is the analysis of the human resource management in the selected medium-sized company and on the basis of the acquired results suggest the arrangements for improvement of this system. For research purposes of the thesis was selected a midsize company MOTOR JIKOV Fostron plc, operating in the engineering and foundry industries. The thesis is divided into literary and analytical part. Literary part is based on information related to the management of human resources, characteristics of midsize enterprises, personnel work and personal activities within midsize companies and it is based on domestic and foreign literary sources. The analytical part deals with analysis of selected personnel activities in the company MOTOR JIKOV Fostron plc and proposing more effective function in these areas. The obtained information allow to suggest the arrangements for improvement of this system.

The purpose of the diploma thesis is the analysis of the human resource management (HRM) in the selected small companies. On the basis of the acquired results suggest the arrangements for improvement of this system. In order to conduct the research, more small companies were addressed. Only three entities were willing to provide the information. The company specialized in the sale of sport goods, the agricultural company and the centre for social services were participated in the research. All three companies have their seat in the South Bohemia. The thesis is divided into theoretical and analytical part. Theoretical part provides information about HRM issue in small companies, basic terms concerning HRM and definition of small companies including their role in the economic system are mentioned. In the analytical part there are briefly introduced the selected companies, the characteristics of the personal activities is presented and the questionnaires with important outcomes are propounded. The obtained information allow to suggest the arrangements for improvement of this system.