Empowerment of employees in gaining competitive advantageTreven, Sonja (Avtor) Kajzer, Štefan (Avtor) companyemploymentcompetitioncompetitivenessorganizational structurescreativityIn the paper, the authors emanate from various types of structures of the enterprise whereby they focus their attention on the flexible form. They examine the possibilities to encourage the employees in achieving the business objectives in enterprises with a flexible organisational structure. They particularly deal with some of the more important aspects concerning the employees, as for example: job enrichment, self-managed work teams, creativity and gathering of ideas, the question of rewarding and recognizing the efforts of the staff. They conclude the paper by presenting the manner of recruiting and training as well as giving suggestions for creating "champions"in these enterprises.19992017-07-04 08:54:04Znanstveno delo66599ISSN: 1331-0194UDK: 331.5OceCobissID: 3757084COBISS_ID: 4905244ISSN pri članku: 1331-0194NUK URN: URN:SI:UM:DK:3JWMDWUJsl