Risks Associated with the Human Resources Management in Transport Companies

Abstract

Transport sector occupies a crucial position in the competitiveness growth of the Czech Republic in comparison with other EU states. The interconnectedness of markets and the ability to successfully fill new markets are associated with the quality of human resources in the sector. Their lack causes serious problems in selected transport areas and in the long run, it leads to a reduction or loss of country competitiveness. An overall increase in transport sector efficiency can be achieved, among other things, by creating quality human resources, thus increasing the knowledge capital of the society. In the Czech Republic Government top strategic document - The Transport Policy of the Czech Republic for 2014–2020 with the Prospect of 2050, this issue is dealt with in the priority Social Issues, Employment, Education and Qualification. Transport policy and the related national level strategic and legislative documents set the targets and measures to achieve these targets, which imply risks and responsibilities for transport companies. The article presents a methodical advancement which enables to find risk factors to transport companies in the HR field, determines their significance and impact on the economic results of the company. Timely detection risk ability, importance assignment of individual risk factors and the subsequent division into risk groups will allow then to determine the appropriate measures that will help reduce the risk to a predetermined level or eliminate risk causes, and thus overall to reduce the enterprise risk, to enable flexible response to changing market conditions and to increase company competitiveness.