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Title Is Human Capital Ready for Change? A Strategic Approach Adapting Porter's Five Forces to Human Resources
ID_Doc 67302
Authors Anastasiu, L; Gavris, O; Maier, D
Title Is Human Capital Ready for Change? A Strategic Approach Adapting Porter's Five Forces to Human Resources
Year 2020
Published Sustainability, 12, 6
DOI 10.3390/su12062300
Abstract This article argues for adapting Porter's Five Forces Model to strategic human resources management. The world business environment is facing real challenges: Shortage of talents, ageing of the world population, and disappearance of repetitive jobs. For a sustainable approach, the quality and stability of human capital should be analyzed strategically, based on the influence of five forces which act in the market: Competition in the industrial sector between specialists with core competencies (rivalry), demands of the hiring companies in terms of the number of employees and updated skills (organizations as buyers), recruitment companies and schools (suppliers), effects of globalization on people's migration (new entrants), and modern technologies and innovation (substitutes). The stronger the forces are, the harder it will be for the organization to select or retain valuable employees who will add value to products/services. Actual and future employees should analyze the intensity of these forces when they plan to prepare for jobs or change their career. This analysis was focused mainly on the manufacturing sector, where jobs based on repetitive or dangerous tasks may disappear in time.
Author Keywords strategy; sustainability; human capital; five forces Porter
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000523751400147
WoS Category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/6/2300/pdf?version=1584269588
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