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Academic Coaching Centre – przykład kreowania postaw przedsiębiorczych społeczności akademickiej

Author(s): Wioletta Suszek-Masłowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 34/2016

Research objective: The aim of the article is to verify the legitimacy of using coaching methods in developing entrepreneurial attitudes of students and to present activities undertaken by members of the Academic Coaching Centre (ACC) in the Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Quality Science of Gdynia Maritime University. The ACC uses the method of coaching to create and develop entrepreneurial attitudes among students. The research problem and methods: The research problem focuses on answering the following question: To what extent and scope, in the opinion of students, does the ability to use coaching methods contribute to the development of their entrepreneurship? The study was conducted with the use of a questionnaire sent to all 68 ACC members in the years 2012-2015. The respondents were, therefore, a general population and the survey can be considered complete. The process of data analysis was based on the classic measure of central tendency – the arithmetic average and the rate structure. The process of argumentation: Undertaking any business activity requires proper preparation of legal, technical and specific competencies. The role of university education, among others, is to ensure education on the academic level, and, as a result, to prepare students for their future careers, often in the form of self-employment. How, therefore, can we encourage the development of academic entrepreneurship among students so that they can be ready to take up economic activities, in terms of knowledge, skills and specific competencies? Research results: The results of the study allow us to verify the research problem. 94% of respondents see tangible benefits of coaching in shaping the entrepreneurial mindset and the development of potential career related to business activities. Conclusions, innovations and recommendations: Taking into account the opinions of the respondents, the method of coaching can be recommended as an effective way of promoting development and of shaping entrepreneurial attitudes among students from different fields of studies.

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Główne nurty i kierunki badań nad przedsiębiorczością kobiet

Author(s): Judyta Lubacha-Sember / Language(s): Polish Issue: 34/2016

Research objective: The aim of the article is to present, discuss and systematize the main trends and directions of studies on women’s entrepreneurship (epistemological objective) and to discuss current statistics on trends and the state of women’s entrepreneurship in the European Union, with particular emphasis on Poland. The research problem and methods: The article deals with an important and topical area of research on the inclusive entrepreneurship. In the theoretical-descriptive part, a review of subject literature is conducted on the basis of Polish and English literature. The analytical part is based on secondary data. The process of argumentation: In the first part academic papers describing women’s entrepreneurship are divided into groups according to the major research problems analyzed in them. Then, an extended analysis of barriers to women’s entrepreneurship in the light of previous studies is presented. In the last part statistical data on women’s entrepreneurship in Poland and the European Union are reported and discussed. Research results: The main research directions, identified in the review of the subject literature, include: barriers to women’s entrepreneurship, women’s motivation for starting a business, support available for women’s entrepreneurship, and a comparative study of men’s and women’s entrepreneurship. Conclusions, innovations and recommendations: Further research should be directed at understanding the mechanisms governing women’s willingness to start their own business and at identifying the existing barriers.

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The Leadership Styles and the Financial Problems in Romanian’s Companies

Author(s): Valentin Mihai Leoveanu / Language(s): English Issue: 22/2016

New business models no longer rely on expectations of increased consumption, but rewarding the saving of resources and penalizing the waste of them. Businesses based on stable cash-flows rather than speculative businesses are the ones that survive in times of crisis. The current economic environment is characterized by several features, namely: consumers are more careful with spending and seek substitutes for expensive products; economic downturn trend creates the need for new products and services such as adult education or corporate data security; consumers are looking for and choose products that provide the best value for the money spent on them. Economic and financial failure of many Romanian companies has been highlighted in recent years by the evolution of their insolvency, as emphasized the research leads by Co face Romania: the coverage of deteriorating equity was made by attracting additional debt; attracting capital was made especially over short terms with flick suppliers credit; more than half of long-term investments were unprofitable; constant increase of the average day’s sales in receivables showed an inadequate policy of commercial risk. In this context, it is important to reveal how leadership styles applied in Romanian companies has led to the development and worsening of their financial problems. The main issues relate to selective rotation pay providers according to the volume of transactions, business relations history,future interests or, simply, bargaining power and importance of each supplier.

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How To Build a Leader?

Author(s): Adrian Majuru,Ana-Maria Grigore / Language(s): English Issue: 21/2015

Romania lacks a “map of the future”. This chart of the future depends just on the human factor. More specifically, on the continuous investment in the human factor. During the last 2 decades of freedom of attitude, very few positive and sustained steps have been taken through solid arguments, with clear reference points and stages that have to be followed. It is absolutely compulsory to rebuild with new tools, as a surprise for the opponents and as an optimal solution for the supporters. This would be a new, superior creation, with an invincible astonishing result. This new tool means an effort of retraining, with a view to getting better, professional skills. This study proposes a comparative analysis, 80 years later, following the physiognomy, the attitudes and examples of good practice regarding the social mechanism through which a youngster could be calibrated into a leader of his generation, as well as finding the obstacles of the present social system. Besides the historical, social and cultural perspective of this analysis, we would take into account elements of social ethology and anthropology, and the whole thing would be built and based on an analysis with a prognosis effect for the next generation, starting from the history of the last 30 years and discussing the effects this history of the upon the very present.

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Leadership and Creativity

Author(s): Adela Coman,Cătălina Bonciu / Language(s): English Issue: 19/2014

This paper provides a review of old and new research examining contextual factors that can foster or hinder creativity at the individual and organizational level. In particular, we examine the role of leadership and the use of different human resource practices for developing a work context that is supportive of creativity. In the end, we discuss practical implications for managers and highlight some directions and areas for future research.

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Overview of European Union SMEs sector

Author(s): Vladimir-Codrin lonescu / Language(s): English Issue: 19/2014

In an international landscape characterized by continuous structural changes and a growing competitive pressure, the role of SMEs is becoming increasingly important, in their capacity as providers of employment opportunities and key-players in the prosperity of local and regional communities. The paper highlights evolutionary benchmarks of the EU SMEs, with special reference to three indicators, namely the number of firms, number of employees and gross value added. The main EU documents relating to SMEs are briefly presented, specifically the “European Charter for Small Enterprises” and “Small Business Act” for Europe. In the final part of the paper we have analyzed the “skills and innovation” principle, which is of major importance in the context of the “A Union of Innovation” Initiative, included in the Europe 2020 Strategy.

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The Power of Oratory in Modern Leadership

Author(s): Petru Ionescu / Language(s): English Issue: 19/2014

Today, more than ever before, modern leadership calls for a greater interest in message composing and conveying from the perspective of persuasive communication. High performance requires varied, extensively elaborated capacities used with maximum impact at the proper moment. Now when the communication means are rather developed and varied and quite easily accessible by anybody, besides the other capacities a real leader should feature, oratory or the art of (public) speaking takes its place back and redefines its part in relation to these modern means of conveying messages precisely by recurring to the “human” essence of the communication relation. Amid the hundreds, thousands of electronic messages, face-to-face interaction fetches that bundle of feelings and emotions the bits and hertz still fail to convey.

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Job satisfaction of academic professionals: a comparative study between the public and the private universities in Bangladesh

Author(s): Balasundaram Nimalathasan / Language(s): English Issue: 12/2010

Job satisfaction has been widely researched in the field of human resource management and organizational behavior. It is defined as an individual’s general attitude regarding his or her job. The study aimed at exploring the difference between academic professional of public and private universities in Bangladesh with respect to overall job satisfaction. It is found that academic professional of the public universities in Bangladesh are more satisfied with their jobs than those of the private universities. The study also offered some policy implications for improving the job satisfaction of academic professionals and other employees of universities in Bangladesh and other similar countries.

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Social Protection Programmes Crisis – Solutions Between Pragmatism and Paradigm Changes

Author(s): Razvan-Mihail Papuc / Language(s): English Issue: 09/2009

The aim of this paper is to examine the redefining of the support policies related to the con-temporary ‘welfare’ state from the context of the public policy proposals coordinated by the World Bank,the European Union and ‘The Third Way’ of the British economist Anthony Giddens. The new strategies of support and inclusion on the labor force market are outlined through the design of educational policies, and furthermore, emphasis is given to the transition from a generous state based on inalienable civil rights towards one within which citizenship is being replaced as grounds for access to some natural rights with the micro and macro social intervention management based on ‘testing the means’ and on the ‘management of social risks’, - while the sustainability of the proposed systems relies on the actual possibilities of concurrence between the national and regional directives, within the context of certain social risks – both national and global. The paper also examines the reforms of the ‘welfare’ state through the filter of their effectiveness and feasibility as basic requirements in the balanced implementation of the current social policies.

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The Role of Information Professionals in Reducing the Effects of Global Warming through Knowledge Management

Author(s): Priti Jain / Language(s): English Issue: 09/2009

As a result of global environmental change, global warming is the greatest environmental challenge in the 21st century. It could lead to the ultimate end of existence of earth and man. Potential catastrophic effects on the environment and for human life are one of the biggest concerns and most widely discussed issues in the world.This paper will explore how Information Professionals can build knowledge management related to global warming and thus make their contribution towards a sustainable environment. With a brief discussion of causes, effects, solutions and challenges related to global warming, the conclusion suggests a way forward for librarians and information professionals.

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Znaczenie inteligencji kulturowej w zarządzaniu międzynarodowymi zespołami projektowymi

Author(s): Dorota Simpson / Language(s): Polish Issue: 23/2017

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: This article aims at identifying the role of cultural intelligence in managing international project teams, in particular it focuses on virtual teams. The problem of cultural intelligence and its place in international business is relatively better developed in English‑language sources than in Polish ones. It was the reason to undertake this research. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The article is a review of different sources to present the place and the role of cultural intelligence in the context of various forms of team work, including virtual teams, in international environments. Usually cultural intelligence is examined in terms of intercultural management or managerial competencies. It was one of the reasons of choosing the topic related to international, virtual teams. Methodology applied in the article was based on analyses of the relevant literature, and other sources like publications of research institutions, consulting companies reports and participating observation as a member of international projects and a teacher of foreign students in Poland and in other countries. Descriptive method was utilized to present the results of the research. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The line of reasoning consists of three essential chapters. In the first, changes and trends in the work organisation and utilization of global talents were presented. The second chapter was dedicated to analysis of the concept of cultural intelligence and its components in the context of international team work. In the third chapter, types of inter‑national teams were described with particular emphasis on virtual teams and their communication problems resulting from the insufficient level of members’and leaders’ cultural intelligence. The argumentation was based on the relevant literature, results of empirical research conducted and published by various organizations and own international experience. RESEARCH RESULTS: Cultural intelligence, as a relatively new construct,is not sufficiently highlighted in the Polish literature related to human resource management, therefore the article was based on English‑language sources. The results of conducted research show the growing importance of international project teams, who increasingly work as virtual teams, where proper communication plays a key role. One of the most important barriers in their effective action is cultural misunderstanding. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:Management of companies operating in the global market should pay more attention to, recruitment and selection and intercultural training of managers involved in international activity. In particular, it relates to international projects performed by teams consisting of the representatives of different cultures who perform and communicate, in the main, virtually. It is recommended to include CQ tests into the selection procedures to examine the level of cultural intelligence of candidates. It would have also helped to design intercultural training and development tailored to the needs of employees. International teams, in particular virtual one should start their cooperation from initial face‑to‑face meetings of all members. They can be joined with intercultural training and integration activities that can result in establishing interpersonal relationships before the team starts working.

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THE TRUST IN INSTITUTIONS AND MANAGER ASSOCIATION

Author(s): Mirjana Radman- Funarić / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

Recent research suggests that greater business co-operation between enterprises is associated with a higher level of social capital of an individual. Since managers are basically people who base their activity on co-operation, the goal of this paper is to establish a link between the level of social capital of managers in cluster-based companies with their assessment of the activity and results of those activities in clusters. The analysis includes all dimensions and elements of social capital and the perception of managers on the business results of mutual cooperation. For this purpose, the Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) and the nonparametric statistical method (Kendall Tau-b correlation; τb) were used to avoid the conclusion using only one of the methods. The results have shown that there is a statistically significant, but weak, correlation between trust in institutions and active membership in associations with managers' assessment of joint activities within the cluster.This research has shown that there is a statistically significant association between multiple memberships of managers in associations with their higher grade of activity within the cluster. The results have shown that general trust and perception of compliance with the norms of citizens is negatively associated with a higher grade of cluster activity, but these results are not statistically significant.

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USING EFFICIENT CONTRACTING THEORY TO FIND OUT THE COMPANIES’EARNINGS QUALITY

Author(s): Aurelia Natasha Herman,Yanuar Nanok Soenarno / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

Profit is one of the information from financial statements that is still considered by investors or creditors. Therefore, accounting profits that have good quality are important information for potential investors and creditors in making the right decisions. Management has an information regarding the condition of the company and is likely to change or exaggerate the existing information, so efficient contract requests for financial accounting information is coming from lenders and shareholders. This study aims to examine the effect of leverage, outstanding shares, and good corporate governance on the earnings quality of manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during 2020. Leverage is measured by Debt to Asset Ratio (DAR), outstanding shares is measured by Cummulative Abnormal Return (CAR), good corporate governance is measured by the 1st level of ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard (ACGS), and earnings quality is measured by earnings quality ratio. The number of samples in this study were 104 companies that was taken by purposive sampling technique, tested using the multiple linear analysis method, and processed using SPSS Statistics 25 software. The results of this study show that outstanding shares have a positive effect on earnings quality, while leverage and good corporate governance have no effect on earnings quality.

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Wpływ zarządzania i ekonomiki mediów na funkcjonowanie polonijnego radia w nowojorskim eterze

Author(s): Barbara Leja / Language(s): Polish Issue: 48/2023

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The scientific purpose of the article is exploring the causes of disappearance of radio for Polish diaspora from New York ether.THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHOD: To what degree management and market-driven conditioning contributed to the fall of Polish radio? Does Polish radio have changes for revival? What are the prospects of development for Polish radio? In view of weekly documented subject of Polish radio, the most significant methods of research were oral history and contents of the press analysis. “Nowy Dziennik”, “Nowy Swiat” and anniversary editions were subjected to such analysis. For the purpose of deepening the analysis, historical and comparative methods were also applied.THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: Polish radio was presented against the background of radio and emigratory waves. Then, the processes of management and economy as significant elements of functioning of the radio in New York space. In what follows, new directions of development of Polish radio broadcasting and final conclusions.RESEARCH RESULTS: Respective emigratory waves carried different conditioning in which Polish radio functioned. All radio projects struggled with financial problems. There was a lack in managerial staff familiar with mass media market in the USA and reliable back shop.CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Changes would have to happen in the way of financing such activity. Apart from independent means, financial commitment on the part of Polish organizations is necessary. Broadcasting through the Internet is the solution.

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Społeczna odpowiedzialność działalności projektowej a standardy zarządzania projektami

Author(s): Tomasz Leśniowski,Emil Bukłaha / Language(s): Polish Issue: 193/2023

Social responsibility of enterprises defines the organization’s responsibility for sustainable development, includes obligations to ensure not only the continuity of its operation, but also activities to protect the natural environment, eliminate or reduce social inequalities, including extreme poverty or attention to local economic development. Taking project management into consideration, the authors believe that projects, as the main instruments of organizational development, should take into account elements of sustainable development regarding the way of organizing work, planning its execution, partial products, and final results. In this approach, it is worth emphasizing that responsibility for the area of sustainable development should be perceived as a natural element of the project scope, and taking responsibility for this area should become a customary element of management processes in project implementation, included not only in bottom-up decision-making processes but also in their methodological support. According to the authors, it is also worth clarifying the concepts of social responsibility of projects and sustainable project management. This article is devoted to the analysis of these issues.

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Ład projektowy – obszary badawcze a kierunki przyszłych studiów w świetle systematycznego przeglądu literatury

Author(s): Mateusz Szymborski,Eryk Głodziński / Language(s): Polish Issue: 193/2023

The article discusses understanding of the concept of project governance based on a systematic literature review. Its objectives are to identify current research fields and to indicate new research directions. Project governance is the management construct poorly recognizable among practitioners. Results of the systematic literature review highlight that a universally acceptable definition of project governance or its methodological framework are being sought. The paper presents that three fields of studies related to project governance are recognized: correlation with project management, utilization of management theories, exploration of features constituting project governance (e.g. leadership, trust, ethics, strategy, control, performance, contract). Comparing the obtained results with other similar studies, two additional research areas were identified: project governance as control-support system, governance of project procurement.

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Lubomír Pána et al.: Nástroje a aktuální problémy regionální politiky

Author(s): Darja Holátová / Language(s): Czech Issue: 2/2016

Review of: Lubomír Pána et al.: Nástroje a aktuální problémy regionální politiky. České Budějovice: VŠERS, 2016, 94 s., ISBN 978-80-87472-99-6.

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Historické souvislosti krizí a krizové řízení

Author(s): Dana Procházková / Language(s): Czech Issue: 2/2009

Report on Conference held at Diplomat Hotel in Prague from 23rd to 24th of November 2009.

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Manažerská komunikace v krizových situacích

Author(s): Jaroslav Erneker / Language(s): Czech Issue: 2/2006

Critical situations need effective management by virtue of effective manager’s communication. Th e article defines the basic characteristics of manager’s communication in the specific critical environment, analyzes the manager’s role and the specification of his/her way of communication in coping with critical situation, it emphasizes the importance of precautionary preparation of communication and the necessity of overcoming the barriers of communication.

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Sociální ekonomika a občanský sektor

Author(s): Marie Dohnalová / Language(s): Czech Issue: 1/2005

The majority of social scientists agree that there are chief socio/political/economic sectors in any country. Society can be analysed as a product of the public sector (state), as the private sector (market) and as the civil sector (non-governmental and non-profit sector). What distinguishes a civil sector from private and public sectors is the fact that the organisations it includes have been established on the basis of shared values and interests of a group of citizens and of those who support them. These civil organisations are independent of the state and the market, and embrace diverse types of groups, associations, unions and societies. Civil sector is sometimes identified with social economy, which reflects new types and organizational forms of companies. Social economy includes cooperatives, mutual societies, associations and foundations. In the Czech Republic the civil sector comprises of organizations that are non-governmental, private, public-serving, self-governing, and having a voluntary, grass root nature. They cultivate values such as mutual support, benevolence, solidarity, philanthropy, but also participation of citizens in decision-making processes concerning public matters. Civil sector organizations specialising in education, healthcare, social services, culture and leisure and recreation activities are the most numerous ones.

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