| Abstract [eng] |
The dissertation, analyses economic assessment of human resource potential in transport sector and focuses on transport management specialists’ (TMS) example. In recent economic practice, an attempt to evaluate human capital on a national or economy field scale causes a lot of problems, since economic value of organisations is measured mainly according to the criteria of material value, not the human capital. The problem mentioned is especially concerned with transport sector, which is of special importance for development of national eco-nomy. Competent human resources in the field of management have the major influence on transport efficiency. However, little attention has been paid on the role of human factor in the context of transport activity. The object of the pre-sent research is the economic assessment of human resource potential in trans-port sector. The main purpose of this research is to create the model for econo-mic assessment of human resource potential in transport sector, according to qualitative and quantitative criteria. The methods mentioned are applied in the research of the specialists market needs. The objectives of the present research are following: the analysis of transport sector and its human resource potential as the object of economic research; the economic assessment of human resource potential on the theoretical basis; the research methods applied for economic assessment of human resource potential in transport sector; the research of the transport management’s specialists market needs in Baltic Countries. The disser-tation comprises introduction, four chapters, general conclusions, a list of litera-ture, a list of author‘s publications on the topic of dissertation and 14 annexes. The introduction discusses the problem addressed and its relevance, describes the object and methodology of research, formulates the aim and tasks for work, and explains scientific novelty of the work, practical value of the research and defended propositions. In the end of the introduction, the author’s publications and conference reports on the topic of the dissertation and the structure of the dissertation are presented. The first chapter presents the analysis of transport sector and its human resource potential as the object of economic research. The chapter ends with formulated conclusions and the tasks of the dissertation speci-fied. The second chapter provides the analysis of economic assessment of human resource potential on the theoretical basis. The third chapter suggests the me-thods for economic assessment of human resource potential in transport sector. The fourth chapter investigates TMS market needs in Baltic Countries.The final part of the dissertation provides the summary of the results. On the basis of the topic of the dissertation 19 scientific articles were pub-lished and 12 conference reports were given. |
