Factors Affecting Performance of Employees in SMEs

Purpose: Performance is one of the most important conditions of successful existence of firms in the market. The performance of an enterprise is made up of individual labour productivity of employees. It is influenced by many factors. The paper deals with the influence of some factors of human resource management at employee individual labour productivity in small and medium-sized enterprises in the region of South Bohemia. The factors in this paper are the following: monitoring of the objectives of the company, determine company´s strategy, the existence of trade unions in the company, drawing up the plans of the number of employees.Design/methodology/approach: Our database uses both quantitative and qualitative data. The data from the documentation of an enterprise were used, such as the value (financial) indicators of production and non-production activities, including financial analysis, and the data on human resources. Economic data were also obtained by tracing in annual reports and reports of financial results of the enterprise. A questionnaire survey was a part of the research. The research sample includes 300 SMEs from South Bohemia, which were chosen by random selection.Findings: The Paper explores the factors influencing the Performances of employees in small and medium enterprises in the region. The data obtained and the results show that the factors affecting the performance of employees only include checking the fulfilment of objectives. Work performance decreases with decreasing frequency of checks.Research/practical implications: This paper deals with the influence of selected tools of human resources management in small and medium-sized enterprises on the work performance of employees. Individual labour productivity was calculated by value added divide to re-count number of employees, which is the most exact methods. Originality/value: This paper identified which tools of HR management can influenced the output of the SMEs.