HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE CENTERS FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANNING REGIONS IN THE REPUBLIC
OF MACEDONIA
Vesna Zabijakin Chatleska
of Macedonia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/limen.2018.279
4th International Scientific – Business Conference LIMEN 2018 – Leadership & Management: Integrated Politics of Research and Innovations, Belgrade – Serbia, December 13, 2018, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Engineering Management – Belgrade, Serbia; Modern Business School – Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Business and Management Sciences – Novo Mesto, Slovenia; Faculty of Business Management and Informatics – Novo Mesto, Slovenia; Business Academy Smilevski – BAS, Skopje, Macedonia; BAS Institute of Management, Bitola, Macedonia, ISBN 978-86-80194-15-8
under the Law on Balanced Regional Development which was adopted in 2007 with the main
goal to strengthen the capacity of networks and stimulating the development on regional level.
In order to achieve effective and efficient operation of the centers, the management of human
resources in these organizations becomes a matter of high priority because human resources
are the agents of the important developmental activities in the region. This paper explores
human resource management policies and practices that are adopted in the centers aiming to
improve the capacity and competences of the employees, and enable them to perform effectively.
Using qualitative research strategy, inductive content analysis of the documents was apply, and
semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight executive directors who represent and
manage the centers. Research results reveal the need for improvement in the way that human
resources are managed and lack of appropriate financial support from local and national
authorities and institutions. Also, the findings point to the need of increasing the number of
employees in the centers, considering the scope of work and the real opportunities to apply for
more developmental projects that are financially supported by the EU pre-accession funds as
well as available funds of other foreign and international organizations and donors.
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Websites of the centres for development of the planning regions:
https://www.southwestregion.mk/home.aspx
https://vardarregion.gov.mk/nova/index.php?lang=mk
https://www.skopjeregion.gov.mk/mk/
https://www.rdc.mk/southeastregion/index.php/mk/centarot/za-centarot
