How is the workforce formed? What social and economic factors of the internal structure of an organization determine the effectiveness of its activities? What is a rational management system for an organization and its personnel? Summarizing the experience of Russian and foreign companies, the author offers a step-by-step strategy for the development and implementation of a personnel management system in organizations of various types. The methods presented in the publication will allow you to assess and measure the organizational culture of your enterprise and the level of staff satisfaction with working conditions, study the internal motives and value orientations that determine the logic of the behavior of the workforce, and as a result, independently develop an optimal “formula” for personnel actions and a holistic concept of labor resource management .The publication contains practical tools for studying the intra-organizational environment and interpreting the results, intended for business managers and management personnel departments.