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Metody i praktyki zarządzania na rzecz bezpieczeństwa ekologicznego w przedsiębiorstwach
Management Methods and Practices for Ecological Security in Enterprises

Author(s): Wojciech Huszlak
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Energy and Environmental Studies, Management and complex organizations
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: security management; enterprise security; management methods and practices

Summary/Abstract: Variability of the surroundings, multitude and complex situations make companies face huge challenges in the area of management, forcing adoption of new operational strategiesas well as making them realize the existing threats, which are integral to change.A number of terrorist events in the early 21st century resulted in an enhanced role of security in many areas of social and business life, including those concerning the operation of enterprises. Preparing an organisation for various events involves managing the continuity of operations, covering various areas of organisational security. Ensuring security of an enterprise thus requires the application of different management methods and practices. The objective of the paper is to indicate the possibility to apply management methods and practices with reference to ensuring security in an enterprise. The paper includes the identification of various areas of corporate operation that require ensuring of security. An attempt has also been made to define methods and practices applicable in managing organisational security. Critical analysis of the existing theoretical concepts related to the issues of security at the level of an enterprise and to selected management methods and practices has been adopted as the research method. An analysis of the interconnections between those concepts is also provided. The research problem has beendefined in the following question: what is the significance of the management methods and practices for corporate security? The answer to this question is related to the hypothesis stated in the paper, i.e. that the process of managing enterprise security should besupported by appropriate management methods and practices.

  • Issue Year: XV/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 73-86
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish