Philosophical and Methodological Aspects of Labor Quality Management in the Era of Intelligent Machines

Purpose: The aim of the work is to identify the quality properties of labor resources and determinants of quality development, as well as the possibilities of applying the methodology of holism and individualism in managing the quality of labor resources in socio-economic systems of various hierarchical levels. Design/methodology/approach: In researches focused on the study and development of management methodology, an interdisciplinary approach is increasingly being used to enrich scientific tools and solve pressing problems. Application of interdisciplinary approach and fundamental philosophical knowledge in this work allowed synthesizing achievements of economic, sociological, behavioral sciences, theory of systems, etc. That provided an opportunity to correlate the properties of the quality of labor resources with properties of the cumatoid, in order to determine development of qualitative characteristics and to consider the applicability of philosophical and methodological approaches of holism and individualism to manage the quality of labor. Findings: It is determined that the study of the development of individual quality attributes of labor resources can be carried out from the standpoint of definitive, probabilistic or Laplace determinism. Possibilities and limitations of methodology of individualism and holism in development of conceptual principles of quality labor management are revealed. Originality/value: This study revealed that it is advisable to manage the quality of labor resources in the socio-economic systems of the macro level on the basis of the definitive determination. If necessary, study the causes and consequences of a certain state of development of the qualitative characteristics from Laplacean determinism. Also, the laws of quality development at the individual level are probabilistic determinism. Properties of labor resources and dissipation of measures determined the possibility of using methodology of holism and individualism in management of quality of labor resources. For this reason, we synthesize provisions of methodologies under consideration, with a view to ensuring unidirectional quality management across different socio-economic systems.