Open Access Article SciPap-779
Age Management in the Czech Enterprise
by Petra Chládková 1, Zdeněk Brodský 2,* and Jaroslav Pakosta 3

1 Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Pardubice, Studenská 84, Pardubice 53210, Czechia

2 Faculty of Economics and Administration, Institute of Business Economics and Management, University of Pardubice, Studenská 84, Pardubice 53210, Czechia

3 Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Pardubice, Studenská 84, Pardubice 53210, Czechia

* Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Abstract: There are no doubts that aging of European population means a fundamental transformation of the age structure of people on the labour market. This poses a threat not only to the competitiveness of enterprises. As an ideal and effective tool to solve this situation which seems to be Age management, the management style taking age, abilities and potential of employees into consideration. The article deals with Age management as an important managing tool of age diversity. The main aim is to highlight the advantages and benefits of Age management and demonstrate, that the creation of easily implemented tools of Age management, can lead to increasing workability of older individuals from small and medium-sized Czech companies. For this purpose the study of small Czech enterprise was carried out. The study was focused on finding the major problems of human resource management in mentioned company. The article shows the possible solution through the Age management practice.

Keywords: Human Resource Management, Age Management, Diversity, Work Ability

JEL classification:   M10 - General,   M12 - Personnel Management • Executives; Executive Compensation,   M14 - Corporate Culture • Diversity • Social Responsibility

SciPap 2015, 23(3), 779

Received: 25 February 2015 / Accepted: 17 December 2015 / Published: 21 December 2015