Human Resource Management – a key point for SUCCESS project CĂTĂLIN POPESCU * , AUGUSTIN MITU * , DANIELA UTA * , LUMINITA ION ** * Management-Marketing Department, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploieşti 39 Bucureşti Bvd., Ploieşti, 100680, Prahova County, ROMANIA catalin_nicolae@yahoo.com , augustin@amit.ro daniela.uta@gmail.com ** Department LOG, School engineers in Genius of the Industrial Systems, 26 rue de François de Vaux de Foletier, 17041, Cedex 1, La Rochelle, FRANCE luminita.ion@eigsi.fr Abstract: The theory for Human Resource Management (HRM) fallows different aspects of the way that companies or institutions organize their human resources (HR). This theory is also applicable for projects that have, as partners, different public or private organizations. The particularities of projects require a particular HRM, specific actions and different approaches of HR. For multinational projects the activities of HRM differ in content from the classic activities. Activities like planning and integrating HR are the most important ones and by themselves can decide the success of a project. Other important activities for projects’ HRM like: creating a communicational frame that supports complex information exchange, an equitable system of retribution for employees with different economic and social background – start defining a new form of HRM. In the case of CIVITAS – SUCCESS HR activities were implemented less based on existing, specific, theory and more based on the experience of previous projects implemented within the European Community. In the science of management most of the time theory is born out of working experience and international projects like CIVITAS SUCCESS demands a new approach of HRM. Key-words: human resource theory, experience, specific activities, international partner, retribution system 1. Introduction In order to understand the particularities of Human Resource Management (HRM) at multinational projects level, it is necessary to underline the project’s characteristics that determine HRM: - projects are limited in time; - projects involved human resources from different countries with different cultural, social and economic environment. The accurate impact of these characteristics upon HRM can be determined by analyzing each of HRM activities. Al1 HRM activities are calibrated in accordance with project’s amplitude and specificities. Differences between HRM at project level and HRM at economic agent level can be enlighten by fallowing HRM at the level of an already implemented project, CIVITAS – SUCCESS [2], project that is a part of Framework Program 6. CIVITAS is a program developed by the European Community that specifically calls for the use of technologies, which are developed but not yet mainstream and the focus should be on short/medium term alternatives, i.e. innovative bio-fuels and natural gas, including hybrid vehicles that use these fuels. SUCCESS (Smaller Urban Communities in Civitas for Environmentally Sustainable Solutions) project, as a part of CIVITAS II program, involved 3 European medium size cities: 2 of them involved as well in CIVITAS I program (La Rochelle, France and Preston, Great Britain), and a new city from south east of Europe (Ploiesti, Romania). SUCCESS project had as major objectives: • To optimize urban transport in medium sized cities in an integrated manner; • To demonstrate that clean urban transport is efficient for city activities on a medium term horizon; • To show that the involvement of all citizens is a major success factor in transport improvement; • To be accessible to everyone; transport systems must serve the needs of the whole community, not just those with the ability to purchase and maintain a car. They must be in conformity with to regulations to ensure that they can be used by all, irrespective of physical ability, wealth or gender [6]. SUCCESS objectives were met through 12 work packages split into two basic groups [4]: • eight research and demonstration work packages framed according to CIVITAS measures, which carried out the planning, development and implementation and the local technical evaluation of the project demonstration measures. All research and demonstration of SUCCESS activities were organized in the different work packages. WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on BUSINESS and ECONOMICS Catalin Popescu, Augustin Mitu, Daniela Uta, Luminita Ion ISSN: 1109-9526 170 Issue 2, Volume 7, April 2010