HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT APPROACHES OF TURKEY'S TOP INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES: A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ON ISO 500 ENTERPRISES

Year 2021, Volume: 39 Issue: 3, 391 - 410, 29.09.2021

Merve Gerçek

https://doi.org/10.17065/huniibf.806796

Abstract

Human Resources Management (HRM) is a “people-oriented” management philosophy that includes activities related to acquiring, developing, evaluating, rewarding, and retaining human resources in the right quality and quantity to achieve organizational goals. In parallel with the theoretical and strategic context of HRM, the forms of reflection on HRM practices in enterprises are among the subjects that academicians and practitioners focus on. The purpose of this study is to examine the HRM statements on corporate websites of Turkey's Largest 500 Industrial Enterprises list designated by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) in 2019. For this purpose, the document analysis method was used and the data obtained from 302 industrial organizations, whose HRM statements can be reached on corporate websites were analyzed. As a result of the content analysis, the headings under which the information about HRM were collected, the frequency of repetition of key concepts for the strategic dimension of HRM, and the naming of HRM practices were obtained. In addition, organizational culture, organizational and HRM objectives, organizational and HRM structures, expectations of organizations from employees, and prominent concepts regarding the elements that organizations specify to employees were determined in detail. In general, it was determined that the most frequently repeated word and word groups are "corporate strategies", "teamwork", "development-oriented", "human as the most valuable resource", "creativity" and "innovation".

Keywords

Human resources management, HRM practices, ISO500, industrial enterprises

TÜRKİYE’NİN BÜYÜK SANAYİ KURULUŞLARININ İNSAN KAYNAKLARI YÖNETİMİ YAKLAŞIMLARI: İSO 500’E İLİŞKİN NİTEL BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

İnsan Kaynakları Yönetimi (İKY), örgütsel hedeflere ulaşmak için doğru nitelikte ve nicelikte insan kaynağını elde etme, geliştirme, değerlendirme, ödüllendirme ve elde tutmaya ilişkin sistematik faaliyetleri içeren “insan odaklı” bir yönetim felsefesidir. İKY’nin kuramsal yönelimlerinin işletmelerde uygulamaya yansıma biçimleri, akademisyenlerin ve uygulayıcıların üzerinde çalıştığı konulardandır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, İstanbul Sanayi Odası (İSO) tarafından her yıl belirlenen Türkiye’nin en büyük 500 sanayi kuruluşu listesine 2019 yılında giren işletmelerin kurumsal internet sitelerinde İKY faaliyetleri ile ilgili açıklamalardaki kavramların belirlenmesidir. Bu amaçla, nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden belge incelemesi yöntemi kullanılmış, kurumsal internet sayfalarında İKY’ye ilişkin açıklamalara ulaşılabilen 302 sanayi kuruluşundan elde edilen veriler içerik analizi ile incelenmiştir. Yapılan içerik analizi sonucunda, İKY hakkındaki bilgilerin hangi başlıklar altında toplandığı, İKY’nin stratejik boyutuna yönelik anahtar kavramların tekrarlanma sıklığı ve İKY uygulamalarının isimlendirilmeleri ile ilgili sonuçlara ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca örgüt kültürü, örgüt ve İKY amaçları, örgüt ve İKY yapıları, örgütlerin çalışanlardan beklentileri, örgütlerin çalışanlara sunmayı belirttikleri unsurlara yönelik öne çıkan kavramlar detaylı şekilde belirlenmiştir. Genel olarak en sık tekrarlanan kelimelerin/kelime gruplarının “kurum stratejileri”, “takım çalışması”, “gelişim odaklılık”, “en değerli kaynak insan”, “yaratıcılık” ve “yenilikçilik” olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

İnsan Kaynakları Yönetimi, İKY Uygulamaları, iso500, Sanayi Kuruluşları

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