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The EU Development Guidelines impose high standards on the role of local government in supporting digital society. To achieve higher availability and reliability of digital public administration services towards citizens and the economic sector, the management of ICT technology must be interconnected with the business strategy of public administration. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as a part of the European Commission legal framework, sets the security of business data and processes as a basis of func...

The global market for green products is growing dynamically. In Poland, the number of green producers is increasing, while the number of purchasers of green products is not high. The ecological awareness of Polish consumers is still low. This affects consumer behavior on the green market. The basic motive for buying green products is health, not the environment. Altruistic motives play the secondary role. Green products, especially organic food, are associated with health and safety. In addition, high prices and s...

The paper considers the reasons for the low effectiveness of management activities. The fact that the poor quality of management training is not always the most urgent problem is determined. The reason for this situation is in the practiced management concept: it is necessary to develop new principles for management systems development. The management system itself determines the ways to achieve the determined goals, develops a specific program of actions. The paper analyzes modern transformational trends in manag...

Health is a fundamental individual and social value. Nowadays the market approach to health is developing as well from the rise of economic pressures and the gradual introduction of terminology and conceptual management into society. We can therefore analyze health management concepts and divide them into different functional areas, among which health marketing can also be distinguished. Currently, non-public medical institutions in Poland are increasingly competing at the level of basic care with public medical i...

The relevance of the presented research is unquestionable in the context of the new challenges, initiated by the growing processes of globalization and spasmodic trends in the world economy development, facing Russian territories. These challenges determine the need for an innovation-oriented modernization of the management system for developing territories, taking into account the reality of cyclicality and the state of the fundamental resource base that can give impulses to positive socio-economic dynamics. The ...

Many public projects in Poland end up with failure, i. e. with exceeded budget or duration. Therefore there is a need to determine the causes of problems in this type of projects. The first stage of analysing public projects problems is identifying the success and failure factors. In this article we focus on the mentioned factors in the case of infrastructure projects implemented by Polish local government units. In the first place the types of infrastructure projects implemented by Polish local government units a...

The risk of conducting a business activity refers to all entrepreneurs, it is an indispensable element of the operation of organizations on the market. This also applies to mature enterprises which have a specific market position and are characterized by stable revenue growth and financial liquidity, and moreover, which have been operating in the market for more than 10 years and their main objective is to achieve competitive advantage. Such enterprises have features which facilitate the operation on the market, a...

Attaining and sustaining of competitive advantages requires making many decisions in many areas of a complicated company system from the management. One of the areas which can contribute to a company success, and thus its managers, are methods of continuous improvement. The choice of concrete methods depends also on benefits the methods can bring and also on how complicated and organisationally and financially demanding their implementation is. The article informs about the results of a quantitative survey which w...

The import substitution policy, carried out both at federal and regional levels, today is one of the structural components of the RussiaВ’s national and economic security ensuring policy. The work examines the effect of import substitution on economic growth of the Russian economy. Authors consider the nature and the role of import substitution, its effectiveness and reasons for implementation, as well as studies issues of imports policy formation of goods and services in the Russian economy under the conditions o...

The relevance of psychological follow-upof economic processes is determined by growing interest in the human factor influence on the socioeconomic efficiency improvement. Labor psychology has well-proven the obvious link between motivation and success of the expert work.This link needs to be specified in the case of complex analysis, which includes social, economic and psychological aspect of the matter. The aim of the study was to determine the influence of personal qualities of sales managers on the economic eff...

The role of spatial planning and urban planning is essential in terms of guiding territorial cohesionS policies, which is at the heart of achieving a harmonious, sustainable development throughout the European union. Although, different approaches are being developed in the development of spatial plans and strategies across countries, they are designed to help unite government programs by identifying a wide range of government policies in the fields of the health, employment, education, transport, environment , ho...

Proper management of the innovative processes in the European regions is considered to be the key necessary to maintain position of the European economy in the world. The innovative processes are directed primarily by regional innovation strategies. Experiences of the first years of functioning of these instruments in Poland show that their implementation encountered among others awareness barriers, manifested in insufficient coordination and complexity of operations with insufficient activity of the innovation sy...

Contemporary companies increasingly are guided by the idea of sustainable development. This means paying attention to not only the economic aspect but also, equally important, social and environmental dimensions. On the other hand, stakeholders also look at the enterprise through the prism of effective action in all three dimensions of sustainability. Traditional mandatory reports (mainly financial) do not meet stakeholder expectations. It is believed that these expectations will be met only through a holistic app...

In the article the factors influencing formation of system of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in Russian companies. Considering corporate social responsibility as a subsystem of corporate governance is confirmed by the international trends of strengthening the strategic nature of corporate social responsibility, focused on creating value for business and society as a result of interaction of stakeholders. The authors propose a universal algorithm for integration of corporate social respons...

Hi-tech entrepreneurship increasingly deals with the mental capabilities of in-tellectual workers as the major resource of the post-Fordist enterprise. These workers discover and use ? on their own account ? new properties of intellect-intensive re-sources, and in doing so they acquire features that are similar to entrepreneurial quali-ties. Relying on the theory of autopoiesis, the radical subjectivist strand in econom-ics, and the radical humanist criticism of post-Fordism; we studied the major conse-quences of ...

Currently, companies are confronted with the need to respond to technological and economic changes. Companies are aware of this fact and have started a number of change projects. Internal communication plays a key role, affects attitudes and employees performance and therefore the performance of the entire organisation. The aim of the paper is to describe the state of internal communication in enterprises in the Czech Republic. An online structured questionnaire was the tool for query. Questions were divided into ...

There is a specific group of information processes performed in an organisation which are particularly linked with information acquisition, processing and rendering. And even though numerous highly advanced IT solutions are commonly available, handling of such processes often involves a considerable share of manual activities. In order to support them, one can use tools developed in spreadsheets by following the author’s signature concept referred to as “Microtools Based on the Relational Data Model”. The art...

The article considers questions of conceptual aspects in developing of knowledge management theory. The relevance of the article is due to development of innovational economics and necessity to create and to implement the knowledge management system as its component. The purpose of article is to develop theoretical and practical provisions about place and role of knowledge management at the enterprise in conditions of new economic functioning. In the study, authors designed the theoretical and practical nature of ...

Article is devoted to development of gnoseological approaches to justification of idea kreatosfer of the Arctic on philosophy of a consent and the world. The main theoretical and methodological approaches to concept of a kreatosfer are generalized. Cultural and natural sources kreatosfer of the Arctic are allocated. Kreatosfer are defined structure of formation and modeling. Role of the Arctic in development of the Russian Federation and many other countries it is very great now. In recent years considerably geopo...

Management accounting and the data obtained from it are used for internal management of the company. This way of accounting is not regulated by law; its form may differ from company to company. Current form of management accounting implies the integration of several areas. These areas include cost accounting, financial accounting, controlling, financial plans, financial analysis, price calculations, budgets, etc. This paper deals only with the areas of financial analysis in context of management accounting. Using ...

The article discusses the issue of improving handling of complaints concerning the qualitative incompatibility of fiscal devices manufactured for the retail industry. The author described the legal aspect of the issue based on the regulations in force in Poland. Taking into account the method of accounting and the rules of complaint procedure in consumer sales, he classified and characterized value and material claims. He described in detail the conditions for organizing and conducting service activities for the c...

Today more than ever, it can be considered that the management of non-financial key performance indicators is a process of constant improvement in the quality aspect of entire processes, service, products and people. The researcher expects the findings to shed light on the research and to guide future research in determining a standard for non-financial key performance indicators used in a way to communicate information as a single version. By standardising common non-financial key performance indicators, all smal...

The individuality of the manager, his personal disposition (psychological, social, physical, professional), his / her abilities, skills and knowledge is decisive for the particular person's deployment in a real crisis situation. The manager has to manage not only routine but is also responsible for managing the situation endangering the lives of people, causing extensive material damage and, eventually, rehabilitation of affected organizations. In such situations it is necessary to replace managerial management (l...

Managing the firmВ’s physical evidence includes everything tangible-from the physical facilities to brochures and business cards and the way organizationsВ’ personnel are dressed. The physical evidence can fall into different categories such as facility exterior includes what includes exterior design, signage, parking, landscaping and surrounding environment, facility interior what includes elements such as interior design, equipment, signage, layout, air quality and temperature, colours, music, scents and other t...

The aim of the research is to estimate the size and saturation of the labor market with companies, which have progressive human resource services in their management structure. The main hypothesis of the research is that the HR service development rate is determined by the dynamics and the speed of change in the management sphere of the company. The development level of the HR services is higher at stable companies, functioning at the market during the phase of active formation of the labor management theory and p...

The relevance of social media is increasing every year. Social media is an im-portant channel for marketing communication of airlines all over the world. In modern environment, social media ensures fast and purposeful reach of target market. However, the extent of communication in social media in case of airlines in Central and Eastern Europe remains unspecified. Such a lack of knowledge supposed the purpose of this pa-per: to analyse marketing communication in social media in case of airlines in Central and Easte...

Recent years have shown the increased importance in Corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting, especially among large multinational corporations. The European Di-rective 2014/95/EU requires that so-called ‘large public-interest entities’ – companies with more than 500 employees – start reporting on their non-financial indicators. How-ever there is a ‘significant flexibility’ in the disclosure of non-financial information, since no agreed-upon guidelines on CSR reporting exist. As companies are free t...

In the period of variable economy the stability of mini-economic systems is becoming one of the main categories that should be subjected to research and management. However, to date, there is no single approach to the definition of this conceptual category. The concepts of financial stability and economic sustainability are often mixed up. In addition, the existing approaches to the definition do not take into account the dynamism of the enterprise environment. The article examines the conceptual differences betwe...

The existing territorial, sectoral and professional-qualitative imbalances in the supply and demand of labor resources in regional markets make it difficult to shape the intellectual potential of the region. The purpose of the study is to justify the parameters for monitoring of staffing needs for making management decisions to eliminate imbalances in supply and demand based on adjustments to long-term and short-term forecasts of the structure and composition of labor resources. The authors use newly developed met...

The junior football game requires a specific approach at the level of each academy, depending on the characteristics of the conception of the established game. So in our case, we will refer to how to approach the construction of the game - the attack phase - depending on the reality existing at the time of the competition, the preparation of the junior players of the Craiova University Sports Club, so that they will be able to react positively to their teammatesВ’ behavior of as well as their opponentsВ’. The pape...

The paper aimed to discover several ways to modify the benchmarking method in order to increase its usage rate in Romanian enterprises. This increase would generate economic benefits for companies and for the entire society. Therefore, we have briefly presented in introduction several features of the modern benchmarking method retrieved in the specialty literature. Then we have developed a research in two fields: the academic environment and the industrial one. On one hand, we have collected the opinions of the ac...

Small and medium sized companies (SMEs) play a vital role in the securing and building a sustainable and responsible business environment of a particular region. SMEs approach to the surroundings may be based on completely different activities than large enterprises apply. The paper aims to evaluate the possibilities of implementation of social responsible activities in a selected Czech SME. In an effort to increase the continued low level of ethical character of the Czech business environment, it is SMEs that can...

One of the most widely used means in achieving firmsВ’ growth and development are mergers and acquisitions (M&As). However, numerous empirical studies have questioned the success of M&As in increasing the firmsВ’ value for their owners. Even though varying in methodology, sample size and structure, monitored time and geographical spread, the majority of research indicate that many M&As fail in accomplishing described criteria, i.e. that they do not increase the firmВ’s business success. This opens questions about ...

Negative transition in the football game mainly refers to the first reaction of a player or a group of players in order to retrieve the ball or to remove the danger of delaying the opponentsВ’ attack and achieving a rapid defence organization. Obviously, this can be achieved in various ways, which will depend on the individual and group characteristics of the players. A coach will have to find the means that will best suit his team, he will try to remove the habits of the team that does not match his players. Our ...

Businesses today simply cannot ignore corporate sustainability. It has key roles to play in long-term corporate success of an organization as well as value -inspired market services in the society. It is equally important that companies recognize the benefits of sustainability right from the very top or managerial level of the organization keep an annual record of progress made in this regard, and report as well as maintain a local engagement of stakeholders in their environment of operations. The aim of the artic...

The protection of life, health and property of individuals is now in the center of public interest. Without distinction, whether private or public sector secures the providing of such protection. Private security services plays an important role in protection of persons and property. The subject of protection is not only persons and property, but also sensitive information, which are relevant for the state interest or business entities. Based on research, private security service are not systematically selecting e...

The purpose of the research was to identify and analyse organisational solutions of strategic controlling, in particular incorporation of strategic controllers in the organisational structure, as well as controlling responsibility centres (especially in the context of the contingency theory). The results of the research were related in particular to the manpower of the controllers team, the range of responsibility and the decision-making powers delegated to strategic controllers, as well as the factors influencing...

Theoreticians and experienced practitioners agree that organisational innova-tiveness is a key factor leading to the continuation of business activity and to developing of contemporary organisations. There are many publications about innovativeness de-terminants. According to practitioners and theoreticians organizational structure is one of the important innovativeness determinant. This article presents the results of empirical research concerning the relationship between the organizational structure and the ente...

The Pharmaceutical Industry is one of the biggest industries trying to balance the relationships between innovation, competition and superior profits [1]. As we noticed, nowadays, we have many types of drugs at our disposal to buy. But what happens when many pharmaceutical manufacturers produce the same drug, with the same active substances, changing just the appealing packaging? People barely notice and, of course, they pay more for the same original drug that they used to buy. How rapidly new drugs appear on mar...

In sectoral research of entrepreneurship there is a deficit of data about medical entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurship of doctors. The medical sector is diverse because it encompasses various size business entities that specialize in many possible aspects of the medical business. It seems, however, that there are some common features of medical entrepreneurship which are worth investigating. The result of such analyses could be the construction of models of medical entrepreneurship, which would allow a better...

Manufacturing Execution Systems to support production management at the operational level are focused to the input, monitoring and evaluation of the manufacturing process. The functions of these systems are capable of collecting a large amount of data and their fast processing. It means to respond quickly to events that occur during manufacturing process. MES systems also allow rapid evaluation of key performance indicators that are linked to production efficiency. Their evaluation is based on collected data. Syst...

Organization that wants to succeed in the present market must monitor and evaluate the competition, adapt its range of products and services to market changes and reach as large number of consumers as possible. Product policy is a necessary and important part of the management and marketing of each company. The aim of the paper is the theoretical processing of the product policy and product strategy and product strategy of selected international company in terms of Slovak consumers. The present paper reports a the...

Modern trends in the development of the economy of the regions are characterized by the increased influence of competitive relations. In the article the author examines the relationship between the level of competitiveness and the level of labor productivity, confirms their high level of interconnection, which can be used to achieve sustainable growth and development of the region.

Using Big Data in organizations, regardless of their size and specific, offers significant opportunities for growing the business performance. Through the study conducted, we intend to explore the perception of managers on the use of Big Data for business development. The data collected through a questionnaire applied to 1,152 managers, from companies of different sizes and from different fields, were the basis for the creation of a database subsequently processed with appropriate software, the Statistical Package...

The research topic is formulated with the anticipation that the managers and chief executives will recognize that the salary is not the only one motivating factor at the workplace to ensure the employeeВ’s well-being. There are so many examples when the employees leave well paid jobs and good positions. One of the research tasks is to find out how a person feels at his/her workplace. If the level of well-being at the workplace is high, a higher degree of motivation is achieved. There is a range of factors influenc...

The present article looks into the issues of information economy development and methodology of enterprise management based on the functioning of new economy. The article is essentially topical as the new field of knowledge and new environment for enterprise management are being formed. The purpose of this article is drafting provisions on the subject of information economy and its impact on the whole range of enterprisesВ’ production and economic activities management. The authors have by way of research develope...

Enterprise Management in recent years requires a lot of concentration on environmental change, i.e. Increase the competitiveness of enterprises, technical and technological progress, increasing demands by customers, decreasing product life cycle and product innovation. The answer to the problems of modern management companies became controlling and budgeting . The purpose of this article is to present the role of sales budgeting in business management. The applied research methods are based on literature studies o...

Geography education in Bulgaria is conducted in conditions of centralized planning. It is organized in a system which obtains certain parameters – content, struc-ture, organization and environment. The most important factor defining the geography education statute is state educational policy which is a result of social, economic and political conditions. Public needs, nature of geography science and the essence of geog-raphy knowledge and cognition find their particular reflection in the mission of geogra-phy ed...

The relevance of the study is determined by the need to select indicators that assess the level of housing and communal development of municipalities in the metropolitan area and methods for assessing the degree of interterritorial differences in the housing and municipal development of the urban agglomeration in order to identify these differences and, subsequently, to carry out a set of measures for their equalization for harmonious development agglomeration as a whole. Based on the main alignment objectives and...

Servant leadership is a philosophy that includes methods, principles, practices and many useful concepts that can be applied to build better organizations, help businesses run more effectively and efficiently, to protect and encourage well-being. The term servant leadership is firstly used in essay “The servant as leader" and is created by Robert Greenleaf in 1970 [5]. Servant leadership is important for its approach and views of organizations, individuals and communities, it focuses on their growth and well-bei...