Responding to challenges in HRM environment: the case of Lithuanian organisations

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LTReikšminiai žodžiai: HRM iššūkiai; Iššūkiai; Lietuvių organizacijos; Organizacijos aplinka; Žmogiškųjų išteklių valdymas; Žmonių išteklių valdymas; Challenges; HRM challenges; Human resource management; Lithuania; Lithuanian organizations; Organizational environment.

ENThe article deals with the topic of human resource management from the viewpoint of response to challenges posed by environmental changes. It presents the results of empirical research as well as theoretical and methodological backgrounds for its accomplishment. The goal of the research presented in this article is to determine what challenges arising in organisations’ environment, including internal, micro-, and macro-environment are significant for human resource management in organisations in Lithuania. This goal has been reached by the set of objectives, which allow firstly, to determine main changes occurring in human resource management environment, then to define current and recurrent challenges to human resource management. Finally, to examine which of these challenges are significant and which are irrelevant to human resource management in organisations in Lithuania and to discuss the reasons behind. The results of empirical research disclose that the most significant challenges for human resource management in Lithuania are corporate social responsibility, and performance/results-oriented organizational culture. The analysis also revealed a number of challenges which appear to be not relevant to organisations in Lithuania. Absence of interest in differences in business environments and in managing geographically dispersed team, and low score on diversity management show that despite scientific and professional human resource management literature arguing globalisation to be highly important, it does not play such important role for human resource management in Lithuania. [From the publication]