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Contemporary organisation and management. Challenges and trends

Contemporary organisation and management. Challenges and trends

Anna Michałkiewicz, Wioletta Mierzejewska

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Contemporary organizations operate in an increasingly turbulent environment that generates not only predictable changes, but also “black swans”. Winning organisations must be agile, flexible and constantly learning. Changes in the management system cover each of its components, from strategy, through systems, processes, structure, staff, organisational culture and other elements. The management science follow changes both in business environment and in management of organisations. The most important trends are described and new theories emerge.

The monograph includes 29 articles written by 50 authors presenting different theoretical and empirical studies. In five parts of that book the most important challenges and trends concerning strategie management; modern approaches, methods and measures in management; sustainability and CSR; HR Management; and other were indicated. We believe that content of that book leads us to better understanding challenges and trends of contemporary organisations and management.

Introduction      9

 

PART 1. Strategic challenges for contemporary organizations   13

Michał Młody, Adam Weinert, The importance of technological anxiety for the digital transformation of industrial processing companies in Poland              15

Katarzyna Kowalska, Izabela Kowalik, Challenges faced by SMEs in their digital transformation towards Industry 4.0     35

Marta Najda-Janoszka, Value capture dynamics – opportunity-driven changes                49

Edyta Ropuszyńska-Surma, Magdalena Węglarz, Identification of new business models in micro and small enterprises in the energy sector   63

João Maciel, Joanna Radomska, Susana Costa e Silva, Challenges of international market selection – the perspective of Mexican and Brazilian multilatinas          77

Monika Sady, Piotr Buła, Dual mission of startups: defining and situating the concept   95

 

PART 2. Modern approaches, methods and measures supporting management             113

Joanna Szydło, Scientific reasoning in management. The role of abduction in research process design                 115

Grzegorz Baran, Design Science Approach to Management        131

Alicja Kowalska, The benefits of an anthropological approach in modern management sciences research          147

Amadeusz Miązek, Justyna Światowiec-Szczepańska, The application of content analysis as a research method in management sciences  159

Grażyna Wieteska, How to measure SCRES? – the perspective of flexibility and redundancy in relationships with suppliers                173

 

PART 3. Sustainability and CSR as important trends in modern management   203

Letycja Sołoducho-Pelc, Sustainable Entrepreneurship. Utopian Idea or a New Business Model for the 21st Century? 205

Monika Jedynak, Aneta Kuźniarska, Karolina Mania, Sustainable development of suppliers – a systematic review of the literature            221

Jolanta Maj, Natalia Kasperek, The Influence of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Attractiveness of Employers in the Perception of Generation Z       241

Agata Sudolska, Dorota Grego-Planer, CSR and RRI – overlapping or complementary management concepts?                253

 

PART 4. Trends in modern Human Resources Management      265

Paulina Bałys, Piotr Buła, Dorota Dziedzic, Marta Uznańska, The future of work in automated warehouse from the perspective of the employees  267

Izabela Stańczyk, Aneta Kuźniarska, Role of entities of human resource management in personnel controlling               283

Magdalena Łużniak-Piecha, Dorota Wiszejko-Wierzbicka Agnieszka Golińska, Monika Stawiarska-Lietzau, Young Women in Search for Autonomy. New Generation of Female  Professionals Entering the Labour Market 299

Celina Sołek-Borowska, Beyond gender role stereotypes – the changing view of women in IT managerial positions     315

Wojciech Ulrych, The influence of lean-oriented team performance management practices on lean service requirements                331

Piotr Sedlak, Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) as a Single-item Measure of Employee Work Satisfaction. An Empirical Evidence from Companies Operating in Poland                347

Agnieszka Herdan, Magdalena M. Stuss, Payrolling – outsourcing in human resource management      359

 

PART 5. Other trends and challenges for modern organisations              373

Agnieszka Bitkowska, Olga Sobolewska, Selected aspects of change adoption and of the functioning of business process management offices in enterprises       375

Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej, Organizational culture as a risk factor in projects        391

Piotr Jedynak, Sylwia Bąk, The role of managers in risk management    403

Izabela Konieczna, Challenges of dairy cooperatives in the area of sales marketing        417

Marcin Geryk, The Vanishing Sector. A Case Study on Private Higher Education Institutions in Poland   433

Ewa Badzińska, The Entrepreneurial University: Conceptualisation, Models and Challenges for Operationalisation of the Concept              443

Urszula Kobylińska, The quality of inter-organizational relations and the intention of commercialization of knowledge by academic entrepreneurs – a theoretical approach and outline of research         461

  • Title: Contemporary organisation and management. Challenges and trends
  • Author: Anna Michałkiewicz, Wioletta Mierzejewska
  • ISBN: 978-83-822-0334-9, 9788382203349
  • Date of issue: 2021-01-22
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_1x4c
  • Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego