HUMAN CAPITAL AS A DETERMINANT OF STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF POLAND

Human capital refers to all the competences of employees. It is a resource of knowledge, skills and attitudes existing in every human being and society as a whole, which defines capability of work and adaptation to changes in the environment, and possibility of creating new solutions. The paper is theoretical and empirical in nature and presents the role of human capital in the implementation of personnel policy in an organisation. The aim of the paper is to present diagnosis of the level of human capital that contributes to the implementation of personnel policy of public administration on the example of integration and welfare institutions examined. Empirical part of the paper presents analysis of the survey results within selected aspects of human capital management in the institutions examined. Primary data collected during a quantitative study using questionnaire surveys, with a survey questionnaire as a research tool. The questionnaire was addressed to randomly selected employees of public administration organizations of the type integration and welfare institutions located in Silesian Voivodeship (Poland). Results of research: in the area of a strategy for human capital management there is a clear lack of a comprehensive approach which would enable a consistent use of modern tools for human capital management in this type of institutions.