Knowledge potential development of firms: inspiration for human resources management

Goal of this paper is to notify of the research which was focused on demands in the area of knowledge potential development of firms. Knowledge as a part of companies’ and the whole society intangible assets have been getting fundamental importance during last years as they have been perceived to be important source of the competitive advantages The main interest is focused on „people oriented knowledge management“ in this paper. Possibilities for development were explored in methods and practices of strategic human resource management. There was revealed what kind of procedures, activities and processes are being perceived as important and useful to develop. The respondents assigned Teams, Cooperation, Activity, Culture and Strategy as the domains being the most important for knowledge potential development in the future. Next data were acquired by comparing the evaluation of the present situation and the future needs. There was found a difference between the present estate and the future estate (chance for future) and between the present importance and present use of opportunities (chance at present). Methods and activities of human resource management could be used for resolving of actual problems and for future knowledge potential development. The knowledge potential development can be also perceived as application field, where specific instruments of knowledge management as well as instruments of human resources management can be put into effect