Features of the Development of the Strategy for the Management of Enterprise Personnel in the Conditions of War
Authors: Drazhner Daniil , Chala Nina 
Published: July 2024

The Russian invasion of Ukraine had a significant impact on personnel management, which in emergency conditions requires special attention, because it is an important component for the successful operation of the enterprise. The purpose of the article is to identify and research the degree of influence of the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war on the personnel management strategy of enterprises, the peculiarities of its development and the provision of recommendations on personnel management in the current conditions. The article examines the factors that appeared with the beginning of a full-scale invasion and affected the development of the company’s personnel management strategy. A personnel management strategy is considered as a list of measures and methods for managing human resources to achieve long-term goals in personnel management. The result of the study was the highlighting of the main challenges for business, which affect the development of a personnel strategy in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The authors found that such factors can be conditionally divided into two categories: the consequences of conducting military operations and the consequences caused by the change in legislation in connection with the operation of the legal regime of martial law. Among such factors that arose as a result of military operations are increased threat to the life and health of personnel, frequent interruptions of the work process, deterioration of the psychological state of personnel, and a reduction in the volume of labor resources on the labor market. Among such factors that arose as a result of the change in legislation are mobilization of employees, expansion of legislative possibilities regarding the management of working time and simplification of labor relations between employees and the employer. For the most part, the factors that emerged as a result of the war have a negative impact on personnel management and must be taken into account when building or changing personnel management strategies. However, positive factors were also identified that simplify personnel management and allow to partially compensate for the impact of negative factors.Based on the identified factors, the specifics of developing a personnel management strategy were investigated, and measures that can be implemented by enterprise management to overcome the negative consequences of these factors were proposed. These measures include transferring staff to a remote work format, setting up workplaces in safe places, relocation, ensuring that employees maintain a balance between work and personal life, providing psychological support for staff, improving staff retention measures, improving the employer’s own brand, booking employees from mobilization, risk assessment in personnel planning, and employee development strategy. In addition, it was suggested that challenges related to personnel management in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war can become a catalyst for changes that in the long run can bring a positive effect to enterprises.