LjUDSKI POTENCIJALI I UPRAVLjANjE NjIMA U LOKALNOJ SAMOUPRAVI

Abstract

In the paper, the author explains the concept of management, as a specific continuous activity of connecting higher parties in the process of performing public affairs. The management of human resources in local self-government is part of a wider process, which means the management of human resources in public administration. Public administration is a broader term than the term state administration, as it means all those performing administrative activities, both within the state organizational structure (administrative bodies and other state bodies authorized to perform administrative activities), and outside it (non-state subjects with public powers), and not only state administration bodies as performers of administrative activities. The human resources analyzed in this paper are public servants in local self government, as determined by the Law on Employees in Autonomous Provinces and Local Self-Government Units. Local officials perform tasks that are important for the successful functioning of local self-government and the realization of the rights and obligations of the citizens who live there. Their laborlegal position is characterized by a labor-legal element and an administrative-legal element, where the former predominates. The Law on Employees in Autonomous Provinces and Local Self-Government Units specifically regulates the management of human resources in local self-government. Thus, it is stated that the employer organizes human resource management tasks separately. Human resource management tasks are performed for all organizational units. The author advocates establishing the term "human potential management" as more adequate than the term "human resources management", considering that local officials are an essential element, without which the functioning of local self-government for the benefit of citizens would be impossible.