Using the Z-DEMATEL method to analyze the problems of personnel management of domestic machine-building enterprises

Personnel problems in mechanical engineering are not something new for our country. So, already in the 1990s, this industry was in dire need of qualified personnel, and in 2000, due to the need to increase production volumes, the shortage of personnel began to be felt even more acutely. At present, due to a sharp increase in the state defence order and the need to load the industries adjacent to it, the problem of personnel shortage has its highest levels over the past 30 years. The results of a market survey of managers of about 1000 industrial enterprises, conducted by specialists from the Yegor Gaidar Institute of Economic Policy in April 2023, showed that about one-third of industrial enterprises faced an insufficient number of personnel as one of the main obstacles to increasing the number of products. The purpose of the study is to identify the main factors that entail the problems of managing human resources of Russian machine-building enterprises and difficulties in fulfilling orders. Using a hybrid approach, determine the importance of each factor, their meanings of mutual influence and classify them according to cause-effect.