Place and Role of Personnel Audit in Slovak companies in the Industrial Revolution Stage 4.0 and 5.0

Faculty of Business Management, Department of Management, University of Economics in Bratislava, Dolnozemská cesta 1/b, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovak republic

¹ Corresponding author: miroslava.szarkova@euba.sk

Abstract

The need to effectively use the intellectual and physical potential of human resources increased especially in the phase of the fourth industrial revolution 4.0 and the onset of the fifth industrial revolution 5.0. At these stages the quality of human resources as well as their effective management create a basis for the very existence of the company and at the same time represent a "hatchery" of employees for the future development and competitiveness of the company. In these developmental stages sophisticated information on human resources, their management and leadership as well as on possible reserves in personnel processes gain great importance. This information can be provided to corporate management by a personnel audit. Based on the results of primary and secondary research, the aim of the paper is to give an overview of the use of personnel audit in companies operating in the Slovak Republic. Keywords: personnel audit, human resources, human resources management, intellectual capital.