Abstract:

Information technologies represent a developing industry. Thanks to innovations and, first of all, inventions within the framework of the development of software, hardware and information systems and networks, there are numerous advantages people enjoy every day through their business integration in micro-, small, as well as medium-sized and big, enterprises, particularly so where savings and salaries are the highest exactly thanks to the success of information technologies. Through the secondary and primary research studies, the differences between human resources management in the form and scope usually present in the practice of enterprises in the Republic of Serbia and the foreign practice of the majority of business activities, on the one hand, and the practice present in IT enterprises (the broader subject matter of the research), especially in small IT enterprise, as those studied in the paper are (the narrower subject matter of the research), are perceived in the paper. Small IT enterprises that develop and implement different software and other IT solutions are significant partners (suppliers) of medium-sized and big enterprises and systems, for which reason they have great significance for the economy. That is the reason why the authors have shown an interest exactly in small IT enterprises and the manner in which the function is organized, as well as the practice of human resources management in them. In order for small enterprises in the field of information technologies to ensure their growth in the first stage of their existence, they may not necessitate to the greatest extent the complete organization of the business function of human resources management; however, in order for them to ensure both growth and development in later stages, they certainly need to have the adequate organization of this business function, at least human resources specialists need since they will exclusively be dealing with these jobs, not some other jobs that will be distracting them from other work tasks and business obligations they must organize and do.