Interrelation of categories: human resources, human capital, and human potential

The development of a modern digital society is inextricably linked with such single-order categories as human resources, human capital, and human potential. The article clarifies the interrelationships of the above categories, which makes it possible to identify the area of the highest research priority in modern conditions. The methodological basis of the research consists of the theories of human resources, human capital, human potential, and labor economics. To achieve the goals and objectives of the research, general scientific and private scientific methods were used, which include: deduction, induction, synthesis, analysis, dichotomy and modeling. The results of the study make it possible to clarify the interrelationships of management categories, which helps to reduce semantic barriers in the scientific and business communities, and also allows us to determine the category of the highest research priority in modern society, that is, the human resources. The obtained results can be applied by specialists of human resource management services in order to concretize the policy in the field of human resource management, as well as by researchers and students in the field of improving the conceptual apparatus of managerial thought.