@article{Terziev_Sotirov_Sakakushev_2019, title={HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK, PREREQUISITES FOR INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE LABOR ACTIVITY}, volume={31}, url={https://ikm.mk/ojs/index.php/kij/article/view/1422}, DOI={10.35120/kij31062003t}, abstractNote={<p>The objectives of each economic organization can only be achieved as a result of the joint work of all its staff. They are most effectively achieved, provided they are in tune with the external environment and the factors in it. Also the motivation of staff plays critical role in this, and not the least, the selection of the staff and its objectvely examined competencies.<br>The purpose of recruiting staff into the organization is to create a job reserve, taking into account the following circumstances: future change in organizational and staff relations, dismissals, relocations, retirement, premature termination of employment contracts, modification of the nature of the production program. Before making a decision to recruit new emploees, it is appropriate to identify other alternative options that can be used in the company. These include: extra work and increased work intensity; structural reorganization and use of new production schemes; reengineering; attracting specialized companies to carry out certain types of activities. Recruitment is a responsible task and the optimal number of staff needs to be taken into account when deciding how to do so. An insufficient number of workers, can have consequences, some of which may be a failure of the production program, occurrence of accidents at work, conflict situations in the collective. Labor surpluses lead to an increase in financial costs related to wages, a reduction in the interest in qualitative and highly skilled labor, the leave of skilled workers.<br>The principal and main resource of each organization is the people who work in it. Therefore, the greatest importance should be given to the study of issues relating to the management of their behavior at work, the motivation of their activities. It is workers who create the production of the organization, and although machines and appliances have become "masters" of many technological processes, the role of man in the organization not only does not diminish but is constantly increasing. In today’s dynamic economic development, people working in companies are too important, but also costly. That is why the people working in the organization are the main subject of management.<br>The management of the company creates the personnel, establishes the system of relations between the people in the organization, allows to create the necessary conditions for the fullest manifestation of the employees’ productive capacities and their intensive development, contributes to their training and growth. Management should create conditions in which workers feel satisfied with their work in the organization.</p>}, number={6}, journal={KNOWLEDGE - International Journal }, author={Terziev, Venelin and Sotirov, Branko and Sakakushev, Boris}, year={2019}, month={Jun.}, pages={2003–2007} }