Open AccessSelected Practices of Human Resource Management in Social Enterprises
Author(s) -
Daniel Gach
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
edukacja ekonomistów i menedżerów
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1734-087X
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0013.5254
Subject(s) - entrepreneurship , social entrepreneurship , creativity , human resources , business , unemployment , social exclusion , phenomenon , social economy , social change , knowledge management , economic system , sociology , marketing , public relations , economics , economic growth , management , political science , market economy , computer science , psychology , social psychology , physics , finance , quantum mechanics
Entrepreneurship as a social phenomenon, although strongly associated with runningprofitable business operations is also used in relation to other forms of human activity.At different times, the approach based on creativity, activity and innovation was used bypeople to solve social problems as well, but this aspect of using entrepreneurship was onlya small part of its use. Although the concept of social entrepreneurship already appearedin practice and was included in literature in the 1970s, its understanding and applicationwas of limited character. The development and wider use of the assumptions of thisconcept took place in the 1990s. It can be pointed out that these actions were a responseto the social demand of that time, because one of the effects of technological progressin the field of computerization, robotization and automation was the increasing number ofpeople threatened by structural unemployment and exclusion. Hence the need to look foreffective solutions to emerging social problems appeared, and the decisive roles in theseactivities played (and continue to play) innovation and entrepreneurship. The effect wasthe shaping of the concept of social economy, and within it social entrepreneurship andsocial enterprises. The publication presents the essence and regional diversity of socialenterprises and the specificity of human resources within them. The publication issupplemented with examples of “smart practices” used in human resources management,and aimed at creating social and economic values in social enterprises.