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Economic and Organisational Wisdom for Asian Century

Economic and Organisational Wisdom for Asian Century

Author(s): Arup Barman,Satabdi Roy Choudhury / Language(s): / Issue: 1/2015

Keywords: Organisation; Resilience; Adoption and Absorption; Ethics

The Asian Century is rich and already 14 years old. Today, Asia is in the middle of a historic transformation which has brought both challenges and opportunities. To meet these challenges, Asian leaders need to devise bold and innovative national policies for pursuing avenues for regional and global cooperation. In the similar way organisation and business in Asia will transform. This transformative whirlpool calls the Asian private sector and public sector organisations for absorption of new wisdom, values and principles in place of 20th century’s management. Overall, the capacity to respond to the changing global economic landscape through flexibility and adaptivness will carry a high premium. This paper delve the issues how Asian Organisations have already been used the wisdom during the global chaos. Deriving from the examples of Asia in the midst of global chaos in many points of time, this present paper attempts to re-focus on organisational wisdom of commitment and ability for Asian organisation, modernization, governance and helping to retool institutions, for enhancing transparency, and finally to develop accountability for organisational resilience and survival.

THE IDENTITY BASED EURO ELECTIONS? THE EURO DISCURSE OF SCEPTICISM

THE IDENTITY BASED EURO ELECTIONS? THE EURO DISCURSE OF SCEPTICISM

Author(s): Marcela Monica Stoica / Language(s): / Issue: 4/2014

Keywords: European identity; citizenship; Lisabon Treaty; European elections; democracy; nationality; nationalism

This article tries to highlight the strenghts and weakness of the European Union in the effort of building an European identity. The recent elections fom May 2014, as the results indicated, lead to the conclusion that the european citizen feels much closer to their national identity. Therefore, we will infer, that there are still different perceptions of the citizens from the Member States upon the meaning and importance of EU citizenship as the core of European identity.

Quo vadis democracy

Kam kráčaš demokracia.

Author(s): Renáta Bzdilová,Jakub Bardovič / Language(s): Slovak / Issue: 1/2016

Keywords: democracy;international scientific conference; Ľudovít Štúr;

Conference report about the fifth year of scientific conference with international participation held on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ľudovít Štúr on 26 – 27. 11. 2015.

Potencial and Limits of the Social Studies in the Primary Education Area

Potenciály a limity v spoločenskoved-nej oblasti primárneho vzdelávania

Author(s): Zuzana Danišková / Language(s): Slovak / Issue: 3/2014

The norm of non-usage and deterrence of nuclear weapons: interaction of the conceptions in case of the United States

Branduolinio ginklo nenaudojimo norma ir atgrasymas: koncepcijų sąveika jav atveju

Author(s): Neringa Bladaitė / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 4 (84)/2016

This article aims to take a closer look to the US nuclear weapons posture during the period of 2009–2015. The cornerstone of the analysis is an existing paradox – although the US is thought to be the country that maintains the norm of non-usage of nuclear weapons, in practice, the US forms the strategy based on nuclear deterrence. In order to implement the main aim of this article, theories of the norm of nuclear weapon non-usage and deterrence were taken into consideration. There are two main parts of this article. Theories that were chosen for the analysis are discussed at the first part of the article. The second part is aimed to find out how the norm of nonusage and nuclear deterrence interacts in practice. The case of the US is analyzed in terms of qualitative content analysis. The statements and remarks of high-ranking US politicians and military officers, official documents and treaties were the main empirical data of the analysis. An analysis of the theories delivered the conclusion that despite certain principal differences, the theoretical combinations of the norm of non-usage and nuclear deterrence are still possible because of the same aim. Both seek the nuclear weapon not be used again. Moreover, the use of both approaches in the same case study helps to get a broader look and see some specifics at the same time. The empirical analysis has shown that the meaning of nuclear deterrence was reconsidered in case of the US. One of the main reasons of reconsideration was the new nuclear doctrine (“Nuclear posture review”), delivered by B. Obama in 2010. According to the new doctrine, the US have to promote disarmament and maintain effective nuclear deterrence at the same time. The psychological elements of this strategy were emphasized in the narrative of new deterrence creation, meanwhile the material ones being relegated to the background. In addition, the form of the nuclear weapon non-usage was transformed into a tradition of non-usage because of the process of dynamics. The tradition of non-usage leaves a small chance of a nuclear weapon usage possibility, which is the necessary condition for the deterrence. From a theoretical point of view, it solves the paradox of norms and deterrence. However, the combination of these concepts seems to be unnatural in practice and it has a negative effect on the implementation of credible deterrence. The not clearly defined nuclear posture of the US may cost the bringing of certain tensions in the future. It can encourage enemies to proliferate a nuclear arsenal or even use it.

Environmental migration in international law and politics

Problematyka migracji klimatycznych w polityce i prawie międzynarodowym

Author(s): Piotr Krajewski,Kamila Groszkowska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2018

Keywords: environmental migrants; climate changes; international politics; international law; human rights law

The topic of this article is the problem of no legal regulations regarding the status of environmental migrants and its implications. Neither does International law permit them to take advantage of legal protection granted to refugees, nor are their interests represented in any international document. The article presents the analysis of the works of United Nations, expert group and international organisations, which resulted in introducing the notions of migrants and people in vulnerable situations to the Preamble of, adopted at the climate conference in 2015, Paris Agreement, stressing the importance of promoting and respecting their rights. Moreover, it has been decided to create a special task force within the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage, which aim is to draft recommendations on how to minimise the impact of climate change on migration. The article then proceeds to analyse the effectiveness of the actions undertaken by the task force as well as by other key actors, such as other UN departments, International Organisation for Migration or world leaders at G20 summits. The final part presents the assessment of said actions, indicating why they are insufficient and the model of preventing and reducing economical damage unsatisfactory.

PROCESS AND TYPES OF TRAINING IN MANAGEMENT

PROCESS AND TYPES OF TRAINING IN MANAGEMENT

Author(s): Emanuela Esmerova / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2018

Keywords: training; businesses progress; human resources; human resources and education

Many training and development approaches available for organisations are proposed including: on-the-job training, mentoring, apprenticeship, simulation, web-based learning, instructor-led classroom training, programmed self-instruction, case studies/role playing, systematic job rotations and transfers .etc. Typical roles in the field include executive and supervisory/management development, new-employee orientation, professional-skills training, technical/job training, customer-service training, sales-and-marketing training, and health-and-safety training. Job titles may include vice-president of organizational effectiveness, training manager or director, management development specialist, blended-learning designer, training-needs analyst, chief learning officer, and individual career-development advisor.Talent development is the process of changing an organization, its employees, its stakeholders, and groups of people within it, using planned and unplanned learning, in order to achieve and maintain a competitive advantage for the organization. Rothwell notes that the name may well be a term in search of a meaning, like so much in management, and suggests that it be thought of as selective attention paid to the top 10% of employees, either by potential or performance. While talent development is reserved for the top management it is becoming increasingly clear that career development is necessary for the retention of any employee, no matter what their level in the company. Research has shown that some type of career path is necessary for job satisfaction and hence job retention. Perhaps organizations need to include this area in their overview of employee satisfaction.

ROMANIA AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY

ROMANIA AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Author(s): Florentina Burlacu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2018

Keywords: Romania; European Union; Common Agricultural Policy; CAP;

Romania is a country blessed with abundant and good agricultural land. Our country was, and still is, a predominantly agrarian country. Therefore, in the accession negotiations with the European Union, the agriculture chapter played a major role and was negotiated with great care by the Romanian authorities. After 2007, the year of Romania's accession to the EU, the Romanian agriculture is guided to the future according to the provisions of the Common Agricultural Policy.

ADVOCACY FOR THE STUDY OF CRITICAL THINKING

ADVOCACY FOR THE STUDY OF CRITICAL THINKING

Author(s): Corina Sorana Matei / Language(s): English / Issue: 01/2018

Keywords: Argument; critical thinking; judgment; opinion; reasoning;

This paper is the first in a series trying to highlight the benefits of critical thinking, when trained and taught properly in schools and faculties, for various kinds of people, no matter the age or the specialization. Given the data concerning the way of teaching critical thinking and its results in other countries, my strong belief is that introducing critical thinking classes in Romanian schools and universities could improve the communication and the civic action in our society, and could bring more reasonableness to our private intellectual life and to the various debates in our public sphere as well. Training children, students and mature or young people in general could be an opportunity for boosting our educational institutions and bringing them to a European level of competence and performance. Also, critical thinking could help any person to better know, understand, and create himself/herself.

FINANCE INNOVATIONS

FINANCE INNOVATIONS

Author(s): Aleksandra Stankovska,Savica Dimitrieska,Elizabeta Stamevska / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2019

Keywords: Finance Innovation; Model; Literature Review

Financial innovation, especially the application of information and communication technologies, has already revolutionised the financial industry and will continue to do so in the future.The general definition of innovations explains that they appear when new ideas, solutions and instruments are implemented in order to change the conditions of business entity and to improve its situation. The concept of “financial innovation” can be defined as making and promoting new financial products and services, developing new processes to facilitate financial activities, to interact with customers and to design new structures for financial institutions.

SOME ISSUES REGARDING MIGRATION REGULATION BY THE VISEGRAD GROUP

НЯКОИ ПРОБЛЕМИ, СВЪРЗАНИ С РЕГУЛАЦИЯТА НА МИГРАЦИОННИЯ ПРОЦЕС ОТ СТРАНА НА ВИШЕГРАДСКАТА ЧЕТВОРКА

Author(s): Diana Ivanova / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2019

Keywords: migration regulation; Visegrad Group; quota principle

This article explores the topical migration issue, namely the migration regulation by the Visegrad group. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the EU policy to the migration crisis is declined by Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. They are against any changes that could lead to the introduction of a permanent and binding mechanism, redistribution or reduce Member States' competence in this area. It is inferred that the European policy to the migration crisis, which requires the obligatory quota principle for resettlement of migrants in the EU Member States, has no positive outcomes. Thus, the different legislative and political approach of the countries in the Visegrad Group, opposing the quota principle, can be described as logical.

THE ROLE OF GOVERNANCE IN THE EVOLUTION OF EXSOVIET STATES

THE ROLE OF GOVERNANCE IN THE EVOLUTION OF EXSOVIET STATES

Author(s): Cristina Buză / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2019

Keywords: ex-soviet states; governance; good governance; transition; geopolitical context;

It has been almost three decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the process of transition to democracy and to a new place in the new geopolitical context is still, to varying degrees, in pending or even reversed for many of the former soviet states. The region is afflicted by instability, week democracy, conflicts or even war, the situation posing great risks not only for the countries within but also for the entire European security system. With this in mind, the article addresses the evolution of ex-soviet states by appealing to the concept of governance that with the multiplication of global challenges gain more and more relevance to the point of being considered the decisive element in modern states evolution. By applying case study and comparative research methods, the paper aims to tackle the following research questions: How governance performances reflected in the overall evolution of post-soviet states and influenced their geopolitical positioning? Was quality of governance the determining factor that led to their transition success or failure?

Trade Regionalism and its Relevance to the Multilateral System Within the WTO in Need of Reform – The Case of EVFTA

Trade Regionalism and its Relevance to the Multilateral System Within the WTO in Need of Reform – The Case of EVFTA

Author(s): Elżbieta Majchrowska / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2020

Keywords: EVFTA; regionalizm handlowy; RTAs; UE; WTO;

The ever-expanding and progressive crisis in fulfilling its key roles by the WTO, leading this organization towards sweeping reforms, is the primary reason behind the proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) all over the world. The growing trend in this regard could also be observed in actions taken by the European Union. RTAs constitute an increasingly more significant element of the EU’s trade policy, with the region of Asia-Pacific being of particular interest in this context. The aim of the paper is to analyze and present the essence of EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) as a regional trade agreement in the context of relations with the multilateral system under the WTO. The free trade agreement concluded with Vietnam may contribute to strengthening the EU’s position in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as lay the foundations for the future interregional agreement between the EU and ASEAN. By including issues not yet suitable for discussion at the multilateral level, RTAs, such as EVFTA, will serve as a stepping stone for the future liberalization by building grounds for the next stage of multilateral liberalization. Building upon the work of the organization, reaffirms that the rules of the system created under the WTO, admittedly, not quite perfect, often become the foundation for cooperation, also in the regional dimension.

Music – Research – Contexts. Regional Musicological Conference, Jelšava, November 29, 2012

Hudba – výskum – kontexty. Regionálna muzikologická konferencia, Jelšava, 29. novembra 2012

Author(s): Peter Ruščin / Language(s): Slovak / Issue: 1/2013

The Musical Sources – Cultural Heritage of Slovakia. Bratislava, November 23 – 24, 2011

Hudobné pramene – kultúrne dedičstvo Slovenska. Bratislava, 23. – 24. novembra 2011

Author(s): Andrej Čepec / Language(s): Slovak / Issue: 2/2012

THE ROLE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

РОЛЯТА НА КОРПОРАТИВНАТА СОЦИАЛНА ОТГОВОРНОСТ В ПУБЛИЧНАТА АДМИНИСТРАЦИЯ

Author(s): Monika Icheva / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 2/2021

Keywords: motivation; corporate social responsibility; public administration; best practies

The dynamic environment in recent months has put to the test the various spheres of public life - politics, economics, health, education. The changes brought about by the emergence of the so-called "Coronavirus" are related to human resource management and organizations in general. The article aims to present good practices related to the management process in times of crisis, emphasizing the importance of corporate social responsibility in motivation and organizational development.

ION DUR'S HERMENEUTICS AND THE CRITICAL SPIRIT - BOOKS, IDEAS AND RECEPTION -

ION DUR'S HERMENEUTICS AND THE CRITICAL SPIRIT - BOOKS, IDEAS AND RECEPTION -

Author(s): Gabriel Hasmațuchi / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2020

Keywords: Ion Dur; philosophy; critic; media, forewords; update; idea; reception; Eminescu; Noica; Cioran;

Ion Dur is an authentic scholar. His working methods, his interest and freshness of his discourse are placing him among the active contemporary Romanian philosophers and critics. Among the constant coordinates of his work are the attempt to guide readers "towards the North point of value". Ion Dur distinguishes himself by depth of his analysis on culture, criticism and journalism. The aim of this study is to offer, to young researchers and others as well, an Ariadne‘s Thread to the hermeneut‘s work. In preparation of this article, extensive documentation was made and most diverse sources have been used in order to illustrate the author's ideas and to highlight the warm reception of his writings. Among others, in 1995, the essayist has reestablished Sæculum, a journal founded by Lucian Blaga, in 1943, coordinated by Ion Dur for 20 years. We are writing this article in honorem to a scholar and an university Professor who this year climbed onto the seventieth step of his life.

SOME ASPECTS OF FORMING THE TERMINOLOGICAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE AGRARIAN SPECIALISTS

SOME ASPECTS OF FORMING THE TERMINOLOGICAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE AGRARIAN SPECIALISTS

Author(s): Alexey Sirotin / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2021

Keywords: professional terminology; terminological competence; future specialists; agricultural sphere;

The article discusses some aspects of the work on the formation of terminological competence of students of agrobiological specialties in the process of studying discipline "English for Professional Purposes". The concepts of "term", "terminology", "terminological competence", the conditions for the formation of terminological competence are disclosed. The principles of selection of professionally oriented texts on agrobiological topics are considered. The methods and techniques of studying terminological vocabulary used in the classroom for the successful formation of terminological competence of future specialists are described.

IMPACT OF LEARNING PHRASAL VERBS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY ON VOCABULARY ACQUISITION

IMPACT OF LEARNING PHRASAL VERBS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY ON VOCABULARY ACQUISITION

Author(s): Olga Chaikovska / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: phrasal verbs; application; EFL skills; advantages; experiment;

The paper demonstrates the results of the experimental research conducted during the academic year 2020/21, at the EFL extra-curriculum classes. The research examines the advantages of phrasal verbs application and analyzes the impact of this technology on phrasal verb acquisition. At the beginning of EFL extra-curriculum classes, the students wrote the pre-test and at the end of the semester - the post-test was done to check the achievements and benefits of phrasal verb application. The experiment results demonstrated the improvement of phrasal verb acquisition and the participants showed better outcomes in post-test in comparison to pre-test. The findings indicate that multiple functions of phrasal verb application can benefit phrasal verb learning and enhance students’ independent study.

The Ranking and Rating of Climate Change in Romania: Trends and Individual-Level Determinants

The Ranking and Rating of Climate Change in Romania: Trends and Individual-Level Determinants

Author(s): Laura Nistor / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2022

Keywords: climate change; climate concern; Eurobarometer; socio-demographic background;

The analysis investigates the ranking and rating questions of climate concern with a view to reveal Romanian respondents’ attitude towards the seriousness of climate change in the period of 2009–2019 based on the Special Eurobarometer research. The results show that climate change is seen in Romania as a severe but a less important problem. The multivariate analyses show that educational status represents the individual level variable that clearly determines climate concern whether it is a ranking or a rating type of measurement. It has also been demonstrated that climate-change-related concern is interlinked with other attitudes towards climate change. This points to the fact that although climate concern has a less stable socio-demographic root, it forms a coherent environment belief.