Personnel policy of the Republic of Belarus in agriculture: trends, problems, solutions

Personnel policy provides a strategically oriented tool that allows to achieve main social and commercial goals through efficient personnel management. A comprehensive personnel policy promotes the formation of progressive labor and social relations in an organization, high-quality personnel, a favorable moral and psychological climate, which are important factors in stimulating highly productive work. Forming a rational structure of personnel and increasing the efficiency of their use is the main priority for development of agriculture, along with an increase in resource provision based on the growth of production potential. This predetermined the purpose of this paper – to study and systematize scientific approaches to defining the concept of “personnel policy”, research its structural elements and processes, identify trends, problems and propose solutions for its effective implementation. The results of the analysis of scientific literature and practical approaches to the formation and implementation of personnel policy are presented, its target guidelines for the levels “republican – industry – organizational” are defined, indicators of the quantitative and qualitative composition of personnel in agricultural organizations are analyzed, and assessment of indicators of labor productivity and labor activity is given. A problem in implementation of personnel policy at the level of agricultural organizations has been identified, expressed in the discrepancy between the actual and required number of workers in certain professions. For digitalization of the agricultural economy, a system of indicators for monitoring the staffing of this process is proposed. The conceptual diagram of correlation between personnel policy measures by levels in the agricultural sector is substantiated. Directions for improving personnel policy at the level of agricultural organizations through mentoring mechanisms and mastering competencies in the field of digital agriculture have been identified. The results of the study can be used to substantiate, develop and improve the concepts of personnel policy and program documents for problems of employment of rural labor resources in the context of modernization of the agro-industrial complex and development of rural areas based on the program-target method.

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