Full-text resources of CEJSH and other databases are now available in the new Library of Science.
Visit https://bibliotekanauki.pl

Results found: 10

first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last

Search results

help Sort By:

help Limit search:
first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last
PL
Rozwój ekonomii opartej na wiedzy pociąga za sobą konieczność poszukiwania nowych metod i narzędzi wzmacniania procesów organizacyjnego uczenia się oraz ich weryfikację. W tym kontekście wielu badaczy wskazuje na znaczenie executive coachingu jako instrumentu wspierającego zarówno indywidualne, jak i organizacyjne procesy uczenia się. W artykule podejmuje się próbę odpowiedzi na pytanie: jakimi kompetencjami i jaką wiedzą powinien charakteryzować się executive coach. Artykuł prezentuje wyniki przeprowadzonych badań jakościowych wśród menedżerów wyższego szczebla w Polsce.
EN
The development of the knowledge economy brings with it the search for new methods and tools of enhancing organizational learning processes and their verification. It is in this context that many researchers point to the importance of executive coaching as a tool supporting both individual and organizational learning processes. This article is an attempt to answer the question of what skills and what knowledge should be characteristic of an executive coach. It presents the results of qualitative research conducted among senior managers in Poland.
EN
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to answer the question: “What are the most common factors influencing effectiveness of internal communications faced by Polish organizations?” This article discusses the role of internal communications practices leading to enhancement of organizational performance. In particular, it concentrates on factors impeding the flow of information inside the organization. Later on, the article presents empirical findings. Methodology: Contemporary public relations, internal communications and employee communications texts have been reviewed to identify how internal communications is defined in literaturę and how it influences organization success. Relevant existing research was reviewed and primary research was conducted. The latter consisted of 29 in-depth interviews with employees from various Polish organizations. Results/findings: The article presents interesting results that can be especially useful for internal communications specialists and managers. It is recommended that to gain a fuller picture of the issues underlying the findings, quantitative research with relevant employees should be undertaken.
PL
Sukces współczesnego przedsiębiorstwa opiera się w dużej mierze na zdolności do odnalezienia się w środowisku międzykulturowym, a wiedza i informacja z tym związane stanowią współcześnie strategiczny zasób przedsiębiorstwa, decydujący o jego pozycji konkurencyjnej, przetrwaniu, a nade wszystko rozwoju. Celem artykułu jest pokazanie, w jaki sposób można lepiej zarządzać procesem negocjacji w ujęciu międzykulturowym, po to, by efektywnie osiągnąć stawiane uprzednio cele. Autor stara się udowodnić, iż organizacja, aby osiągać stawiane przez siebie cele, musi zaprojektować i wdrożyć proces zarządzania negocjacjami, tak samo muszą to zrobić negocjatorzy odpowiedzialni za przebieg rozmów.
EN
Success of a modern company strongly relies on the ability to function effectively in a multi¬cultural environment. The related knowledge and information are strategic resources decisive for companies’ competitive position, survival and, above all, their development. The aim of this article is to emphasize the fact that most of those involved in the negotiations focus on what they want to achieve, forgetting how critical it is to manage the process of negotia¬tions to achieve these goals. In order to achieve them, organizations have to design and implement a management process. The same must be done by negotiators. Secondly, there is a strong tendency to accept and implement the process of negotiations without asking the question how to better man¬age the process in order to accomplish the objectives previously imposed.
EN
Management in last decades has seen knowledge sharing become a key tool for the success of a variety of institutions. Many international companies and other organizations have developed knowledge management programs as key to their future development strategies. There are number of international organizations that have identified knowledge sharing as one of their core management tools. Yet despite its growing popularity, knowledge sharing remains a complex and challenging task. This article discusses what cultural barriers can impede knowledge sharing processes
EN
Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the cultural dimensions of conflict resolution. Books, numerous studies, and courses have offered perspectives on the nature of culture and its complex relationship to the transformation of conflict. This article focuses on metaphors concerning negotiations across cultures. The study attempts to contribute knowledge in the field of cross-cultural studies on language and culture, especially with regards to negotiation metaphors. The article attempts to answer a question how does the usage of metaphors for the process of negotiation differ across cultures
EN
Current changes in technology and the role of the Internet open up new opportunities for companies both to communicate with the public and organisational functionality of its own structure. The fact that Social Media entered the business landscape, can be globally experience in the novel ways of communication, particularly between all stakeholders in organisation’s environment, but also in growing tendency in search for the new knowledge and expertise in digital environment. Organisations existing in brick-and-mortar landscape, observing ongoing and continues development of the digital technologies that ubiquitously transforming the way we perceive a role of marketing and making Public Relations more fascinating discipline in the XXI century. Becoming more exposed to the public, marketers needs to understand importance of their role in the new age of digital era but more importantly to be able to adapt to a new environment by building their digital presence with accordance to tomorrow’s reality and prevailing expectations. Every geographical region has its own unique approach in practicing public relations and building their own understanding of that concept. What is more, one also has to take into consideration the relations between corporate culture and organizational environment and it’s influence on certain managerial practices. Broadening the traditional perspective and communication by the new and growing acceptance of the dot.com era, internet is defining new rules, that continuously supported by the visionary and innovatory approach of modern organisations, not only modelling PR and marketing but companies as a whole. The aim of this article is to identify the changing trends of the new PR model that continuously evolve in the digital era and changing our way of building robust two-direction communication channel. The article presents four case studies (Poland and the UK) of social media in PR on the automotive market.
PL
Celem artykułu jest diagnoza szczególnie istotnych kwestii związanych z komunikacją, które posiadają wpływ na proces dzielenia się wiedzą w międzykulturowym zespole projektowym. Autorzy przeprowadzili badania jakościowe, w których wzięło udział 14 menedżerów z 9 międzynarodowych firm działających w zakresie branż: finansów, outsourcingu i IT.
EN
The purpose of this article is to analyse the process of knowledge sharing in a multicultural project team and to present aspects of communication to improve its effectiveness. We have conducted a qualitative research study involving 14 managers from nine international companies operating in the finance, outsourcing and IT sectors. The study was designed to isolate key areas of communication and its impact on knowledge sharing in project teams.
EN
Current changes in technology and the role of the Internet open up new opportunities for companies both to communicate and to work. The fact that Social Media entered the business landscape, and in particular the recruitment landscape leads to a demand for knowledge about recruitment trends regarding social media. Contemporary social media and recruitment texts have been reviewed in order to identify what impact social media is having on the recruitment industry. It focuses on how companies and recruitment professionals are taking advantage of the social media landscape to recruit talented people. Relevant existing research has been reviewed and primary research conducted (both qualitative and quantitative). The authors have conducted 8 IDIs with recruiter from various industries. The latter consisted of 147 CAWIs with employees from various Polish organizations from several different industries. The article presents interesting results that can be especially useful for recruitment managers, specialists and company owners. It is recommended that in order to gain a fuller picture of the issues underlying the findings, quantitative research on a bigger scale should be undertaken.
|
2015
|
vol. 16
|
issue 2
89-107
EN
Background Entrepreneurship continues to gain momentum as a significant and relevant field of research. Policy makers in the rush to stimulate entrepreneurship in various countries, often rely on the success stories and prescriptions documented in the entrepreneurship literature in which most studies are set in the United States. Research aims The article present exploratory study addresses the subject of cross-cultural differences in attitudes towards entrepreneurship by focusing attention on two particular types of cultures of entrepreneurship British and Polish. Method The quantitative research (survey) was conducted in May 2014 among 153 Polish and 94 British graduate and postgraduate management students. Key findings The findings have some distinctive implications for government, policy makers and educators through determining the attitudes towards entrepreneurship among students.
EN
The main objective of our research was to compare followers evaluation of Polish middle managers in regard to their traits and behaviors, which are essential for leadership effectiveness, in the years of 2008/2009; 2010/2012; 2012 and during 1996/1997 under the GLOBE research project. As was unexpected, our research results indicate the Polish middle managers under our follow-up study scored significantly lower than their counterparts investigated under the GLOBE study in 1996/1997 on Performance Orientation, Team Orientation, Humane Orientation, Integrity, Visionary and Inspirational Leadership Dimensions, and significantly higher on Autocratic Leadership style. Our findings point to the conclusion that profound changes in political anc socioeconomic systems in Poland, have shown little effects so far on managerial values and subsequent attitudes and behaviors. We postulate that deep changes in peoples' mentality are needed to generate beneficial changes in the societal and organizational values and succeeding attitudes and behaviors.
first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last
JavaScript is turned off in your web browser. Turn it on to take full advantage of this site, then refresh the page.