Employees' Health Care in the Current Business Environment (Inspiration by Bata Company before 1945)

Abstract

This article presents the results of research, which was focused on the analysis of health care in Bata management system introduced by Bata Company before 1945.This management system was introduced by Tomas Bata (1876-1932) in 1894 and lasted until 1945, when the company was nationalized due to the change in political regime.Bata management system may be perceived as very specific in the way it shows signs of modern Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Creating Shared Value philosophy (CSV). This research focuses on a subset of CSR, which includes emloyees' health care. Employees' care in Bata management system was very sophisticated and was composed of several areas such as: social care, health care, educational system, cultural background and urban development of the city. Aim of this research is employees' health care in Bata Company before 1945. Due to the fact that different aspects of CSR and CSV in Bata Company before 1945 have not been described yet, upcoming research is based on the analysis of historical documents of Bata Company. Analysis of data and interviews with witnesses of the time, who experienced Bata Management System before 1945, help us to understand how the system of employee's health care worked.The results of the research will be applied to the specific group of companies in order to test whether our findings might improve health care policy towards their employees.Prior to the application, the research of how employees, managers and senior managers perceive the employees' health care, was conducted.