Human management in the micro, small and medium businesses included in the Program Expopymes of Universidad del Norte in food and confections fields.

This research aims at knowing the present situation of 48 mipymes (micro, small and mediumbusinesses) in food and confection fields in Barranquilla (Colombia), included in the ProgramExpopymes of Universidad del Norte. The situation was evaluated in terms of recruiting and selection,description of job, orientation of employee, training and formation, peiformance evaluation,management of compensation, occupational health and social welfare. Besides, it takes into accountthe main characteristics of employees, how those processes are camed out, and who the person in chargeof managing human talent is.Findings establish the difficult conditions mipymes (micro, small and medium businesses) arefacing regarding human management, because their financial capacity, culture and structure do notpermit them to have a specific area assisting the totality of requirement of their staff. The owner ormanager has to put all his/ her abilities and competencies to act as a facilitator and ledder of businessstaff. Critical processes are induction, formation and training, and welfare and occupational health,which make them less competitive in front of the globalized background of XXI Century.

• Autores: Olga Lucía Jaramillo Naranjo
• Fecha de publicación: 2011
• Institución: Universidad del Norte
• Repositorio: Repositorio Uninorte
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:manglar.uninorte.edu.co:10584/4852
• Acceso en línea: http://rcientificas.uninorte.edu.co/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/3597; http://hdl.handle.net/10584/4852
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2