The impact of human resource management on business process improvement: an analysis within the MSMEs of the textile and clothing industry

Authors

  • Andrea Dobrosavljević Independent researcher
  • Snežana Urošević University of Belgrade, Tehnical Faculty in Bor, Deparmnet of Management, Bor, Serbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/bizinfo2002019D

Keywords:

human resource management (HRM), business processes, business process improvement (BPI), small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), textile and clothing industry

Abstract

Business process improvement is necessary given the need to satisfy consumers by delivering value-added products and services. The textile and clothing industry in the age of consumerism of textile and clothing products is facing the challenge of the constant need to meet and exceed consumer expectations. Establishing the practice of continuous business process improvement, especially within the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) of the textile and clothing industry, as the largest group of companies, is of particular importance in resisting these challenges. As the textile and clothing industry is labor-intensive and a large number of processes operate on the basis of direct engagement of human resources, there is a need to examine the impact of human resource management on the establishment of the practice of business process improvement in MSMEs. Within this paper, the impact of human resource management on the improvement of business processes was examined by applying regression analysis.

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2020-12-28

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Dobrosavljević, A., & Urošević, S. (2020). The impact of human resource management on business process improvement: an analysis within the MSMEs of the textile and clothing industry. BizInfo (Blace) Journal of Economics, Management and Informatics, 11(2), 19–32. https://doi.org/10.5937/bizinfo2002019D