Definitions of the categories that determine the role of human in social and economic processes

The priorities of the national economy development indicate the growing role of a person in the economic process of creating added value and capitalization of enterprises that require new approaches to the management process in this area. This requires the definition of basic categories that define the role and place of man in the socio-economic processes and characterise a person in the process of work. The article defines the basic aspects that must be considered in the study of the categories ?staff?, ?personnel?, ?human resources?, ?cadre?, ?human potential?, ?cadre potential?, ?economically active population?, ?employment potential?, ?human capital?: evolution of concepts, level of socio-economic development, the presence or potentiality of human resources, the level of research, management paradigm. The essence, differentiation and interrelation of the given categories in the specified areas are justified. The necessity of socially responsible approach to management is underlined.