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The objective of the paper is pointing out new media in the marketing communication as the effective and acceptable tools of creating the image of the organization. The appropriate image of the brand cannot be created spontaneously but must be the effect of a deliberate marketing strategy. The strategy is realized with the use of diverse communications tools serving building up the strong and explicit image. Among those tools social media as well as custom instruments of the promotion as corporate blogs are of a special importance. The research approach based on preliminary research of the writing and internet sources is applied in the paper. An overall description of new media is included showing their specificity and possibilities of the application. In particular, the case of InPost company using communicative high-tech solutions for building the competitive position of its brand is portrayed in the paper.
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The objective of the paper is to examine unequal treatment of women in Polish Police. The changes in hiring women in Police are analyzed and the pilot study conducted in a group of 37 police officers, men and women, who worked in logistics department. The Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire was used to evaluate organizational demands and job rewards. The results revealed that there are no significant difference in subjective perception of burdensome job demands and insufficient rewards between women and men in the research group. The exception was the fact that women perceived greater organizational hindrances and insufficient recognition from supervisors. Women in management have equal rights and competencies, but unequal opportunities. Apart from stereotypes, there are no significant differences between women and men at work, which would justify their discrimination. The examples of good practices in this area are also presented.
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The paper presents the theoretical discussion on the possibilities of using "smart idea" in city marketing. Theoretical considerations based on literature studies, enriched with case studies of smart cities are the basis for formulation of a definition of smart marketing, description of the concept and indication of the ways of applying the smart idea in city branding. The use of smart idea in city branding is possible by obtaining strong associations and supporting smart city marketing with unique connotations, arising from the entrenched keys of identification or new, modern identifiers. We should take into consideration the possibilities and limitations associated with the exploitation of smart idea in city marketing in the long term perspective, in the competitive context and communication in the complex environment.
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The objective of the paper is the presentation of relationships between the notions of identity, image and reputation within the judiciary; the principles of shaping the image of the justice system; good practices of building a positive image used by courts; the level of maturity of courts covered by a pilot study when it comes to using a variety of actions enhancing the image; role and possibilities of inter-organisational networks in the transfer and homogenising good practices of building a positive image of courts. The basic research methods employed in the paper are: literature studies, empirical analysis based on available secondary research, as well as personally conducted empirical research for the purposed of the paper. Also, the case study method was adopted to better illustrate the implementation process of the good practice by the name of improving the general image of the court.
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Enterprises are continuously seeking better and more efficient models of operating on the market. Outsourcing is one of the business management methods that continues to grow in popularity. The paper presents the outsourcing theory as well as outsourcing activities undertaken by companies operating on the air services market. Airlines and airports decide what areas and in what form they can “outsource”, depending on their needs, resources and priorities. When choosing a service provider, the company should have regard to their knowledge, experience and ability to provide operations at the highest level. Companies must be also aware that accurate decisions will be profitable and will result in strengthening company’s position but mistakes may expose companies to increased costs and reduced value of the organization.
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Undertaking cooperation by entities operating in various domains of the social/economic life should give benefits both to the businesses and the whole society. The example of such cooperation bringing multiple benefits are the common actions of the non-governmental organisations and enterprises of the TSL (Transport-Shipping-Logistics) sector for improvement of the road traffic safety. In the paper, the similarities and differences between transportation enterprises and the nongovernmental organisations have been indicated, the share of truck drivers in road accidents have been defined together with the costs borne in connection with road accidents, and their share in GNP (gross national product) and, next, the action domains have been presented for non-governmental organisations and private sector enterprises aimed toward BRD (road traffic safety). The last element depicted in the paper is an attempt to present the feasible common actions of influence upon the BRD condition.
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The paper presents the results of the research aimed at finding out the managers’ opinions about the functioning of various aspects of managing a large health care entity such as a clinical hospital. The research was conducted in a clinical hospital in Poznan in the 2012 year. 36 employees – middle managers – participated in the study. The following ones were, among others, evaluated: internal audit effectiveness, the remuneration system, the system of communication inside the hospital, the way of updating procedures and the mechanisms serving to maintain the continuity of activity in times of emergency. The work of the hospital’s management was also evaluated. Nearly 50% of the participants of the study highly evaluated such aspects as, among others: the information flow system and the mechanisms allowing for maintaining the hospital’s activity in the case of unpredictable events. The remuneration and promotion system was lower evaluated; in the opinion of 55.5% of the participants it does not have an influence on the effective employee management. Almost 60% of the managers perceived the need for systematic internal evaluation.
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The main objective of the paper is to systematize the knowledge of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and present concrete solutions on the example of Bialystok. Cities that take the implementation of the concept of smart city, transforming from the concept of sustainable development to the concept of intelligent growth, are characterized by managerial innovations and implementation of innovative solutions and due to this can effectively compete with other centers. The benefits from implementation of ITS can be achieve by both residents and businesses established in the city, as well as other stakeholders. The results are, among others: increase in the capacity of streets, reducing travel time, improve customer service, as well as a general improvement in traffic safety and reducing the negative impact on the environment. These systems allow therefore easing the problems of European transport policy. The city of Bialystok in 2015 successfully launched the Intelligent Transport System covering the whole city, which is an important differentiator against the other cities in the country. The implemented solutions are aimed at most of all sustaining the large share of mass transport in the transport system. The main tasks of the system presented in the paper include the acceleration system in public transport, smooth ride and optimization of traffic in the city.
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The objective of the paper is presentation of the cross-docking solution, used in the market practice of logistic operators, which is the answer to competition and growing customers’ expectations. Research methodology: query of thematically selected literature and case study of a logistics operator. The paper presents basic models of warehouses used in cross-docking. Mechanisms of operations is characterized on basis of InPost operator. Cross-docking is becoming more and more popular solution in business practice due to the effects possible to achieve, such as cost reductions, e.g. contract completion as well as competitive advantage over operators using traditional delivery methods.
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Unfair distribution of income and poverty are the common problems of all countries in these days. Therefore, local or global plans must be arranged concerning the solution of the problems of unfair distribution of income and poverty by considering the effects of both issues to each other. Unfair distribution of income and poverty is seen to a certain extent in Turkey as well as in the world. Although unfair distribution of income and poverty seemed relative rise with the effect of global crisis, recovery in income distribution, relative decrease in absolute poor number and poverty ratio have been witnessed in Turkey. Economic and politic stability, provided after the crisis of 2001, and the rise in social welfare contributed to this positive process. However, the amount of rise of social welfare is not sufficient. Permanent solutions must be generated to the process of challenging with unfair distribution of income and poverty.
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The term wellbeing was introduced with the Gross National Product concept (understood as welfare) and then with the Bruntland Commission Statement, together with the concept of sustainable development. It gained momentum after the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2003, 2005), which opened a new field for interdisciplinary projects. The MEA concept means linking wellbeing to ecosystem services and to sustainable development, looking upon them as inextricable elements of one global process, which are necessary to ensure "our common future". Although the term wellbeing is used very frequently in research and literature, there is a lot of confusion about the content of its meaning. It is sometimes understood in purely economic terms, based on the MEA (2005) definition, from a medical/health point of view or in the socio-psychological way – as the fulfilment of needs or happiness. The article above is an attempt to present the main issues of conceptual background and research practices for wellbeing. The author begins with a conceptual background moving on to the research of wellbeing. The last part of the article gives an overview of participant disciplines (their methodologies and perspectives), the main research topics, and finally – the main gaps in contemporary research and challenges for future ones.
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The purpose of this research, to examine the level of organizational citizenship behaviour, power distance and perception of organizational justice among police that working Konya police department and determine the impact of power distance and perceptions of organizational justice on organizational citizenship behaviour. This research is done by survey model and has been conducted five hundred fifty eight police that were employed in Konya Police Department. According to the experimental results, there is a weak and negative relationship between organizational citizenship behaviour and power distance, there is a weak and positive relationship between organizational citizenship behaviour and perception of organizational justice among police that were employed in Konya Police Department. As a result of the regression analysis power distance expectations and perception of organizational justice variables explain organizational citizenship behavior rate was found to be approximately percent of twenty two. In addition, the largest contribution to this explanatory variable is observed that the interaction justice .
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Project finance is a financing mechanism to fund long-term investments considering the expected cash flow from the project at which asset and liabilities are generally booked in financial statements of special purpose vehicle (SPV). For recent years, healthcare services in Turkey are somewhat delegated to private sector through Public Private Partnership (PPP) model that project finance plays a critical role. In this model, investment is realized by private sector and risks are shared among related parties. The fund needed for investment can be raised through syndicated loans with the contribution of domestic banking system. Nevertheless, banking sector in Turkey has limited capacity to raise long term capital considering the funds utilized for these projects. This study aims to examine the finance structure of long-term PPP Healthcare Projects in Turkey by conducting interviews with the bankers who have been involved in this process.
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Higher Education and demographic situation have some interactive activities and mutual connection when viewed from the standpoint of the overall socio-economic status of a nation. Based on the current status and population data in our country and also on the appropriate research based on the data from Bureau of Statistics and the Employment Institute, there is a need for the professional scientific approach to this issue. Concerns for the demographic situation of the Croatian people in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is the subject of this paper, is pointing to the need of the original action of all the factors that can and should affect on the reduction of emigration of the most valuable population of a nation. When it comes to higher education, there is primarily a need to implement serious reform that includes reducing the number of social studies and the pedagogical sciences in favor of technical and biotechnical sciences which today account deficit. Furthermore, there should be a serious strategy to determine the number of colleges and universities and compare that strategy with the strategy of the general social development and within that context assess the needs for the private study with strict adherence to the criteria for the establishment of the higher education institutions, both state and private. The plans and programs of study must undergo a strict audit by giving the final evaluation of the Bologna process study that is apparently very doubtful. A solid and detailed analysis should give us valid results. The problem of financing the study was an open question and there are chaotic relationships and relations, since now it turns out that 80% of studies is financed by the parents, not by the state, which has negative consequences for determining quotas and enrollment structure. It could be said that the state has very little influence in these extremely important social activities in which the responsibility of both is minimized. With a good selection, scope and structure of the study, unemployment of highly educated people will be reduced to a smaller rate, and that also means the reduction of the departure of educated personnel to other countries. In addition, stimulating employment even if for the fixed time period should be introduced, especially in the public sector, as well as support stimulating conditions and self-employment in the private sector. In our environment, the Federation, especially in the area of Herzegovina, there are a number of natural resources that present serious basis for the production and application of the new technologies but still are not exploited.
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In this paper, the author presents and argues the thesis that Thomas Piketty’s fiscal solution to social inequality, presented in the book Capital of the 21st Century, is primarily the result of worldviews of the author of the book, and only to a lesser extent the result of the economical and statistical analysis of a large number of data series, which makes this book extremely important in the professional community. In addition, the author provides a number of possible different (and even opposite) solution models that would, in the context of Piketty’s arguments presented in the book, have the same effect, but would approach the social reality in a very different way. Finally, the author finds that the wealth of options that can be accessed on the topic of social inequality is the indication of its relevance.
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When the public administration of countries identified as a social and economic forms of organization is impossible to think outside the health sector of this form of organization. In this area, many spend the majority of national resources and the operation of the human field prevents the medical field and constrained to work. Since the establishment of the Republic was considered to be an essential task of the state health services were encouraged to take public organizations. After the 1960 reform of the health policy issues were on the agenda. Health services, policy-making / implementation in the context of redefining the evaluation in relation to the consequences of experienced conversion and also the transformation of health policy to be discussed with a critical perspective, currently ongoing is important for appropriate evaluation of the discussion. Turkish health personnel to work in the process of globalization in terms of policy, not an example of transformation of the public administration, is considered important by itself in today's public administration studies. Working labor changes in Turkish public administration system will serve to seeing through intensive service sector. The main problem of the health personnel system in Turkey is achieved with a flexible structure, starting from the 1960's.
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Ovim istraživanjem žele se utvrditi razlike u zadovoljstvu životom adolescenata s obzirom na lokusa kontrole i različita sociodemografska obilježja. Uzorak je prigodan i čini ga 252 adolescenta, uzrasta od 14 do 18 godina. U radu je korištena survej metoda i metoda teorijske analize, te RI-E skala lokusa kontrole i Skala zadovoljstva životom-MANSA. Dobijeni rezultati pokazuju da postoji statistički značajna razlika u kvalitetu života grupe ispitanika sa internim lokusom kontrole (Md=70) i grupe ispitanika sa eksternim lokusom kontrole (Md=65),U=5649.5, z=-3.585, p<0.05. Prema tome, adolescenti sa internim lokusom kontrole imaju veći nivo zadovoljstva životom i ovim su potvrđeni nalazi ranijih studija (Morry, 2003). Takođe, utvrđena je i statistički značajna razlika u zadovoljstvu životom grupe ispitanika iz potpune porodice (Md=68) i grupe ispitanika sa jednim roditeljem (Md=63.5),U=1851.0, z=-2.030, p<0.05. U istraživanju nisu nađene statistički značajne razlike u zadovoljstvu životom adolescenata s obzirom na vrstu škole koju pohađaju. Osobe sa unutrašnjim lokusom kontrole smatraju sebe odgovornim za svoju vlastitu sudbinu i svoje uspjehe i neuspjehe u životu. Takvi adolescenti su obično samopouzdani i vole da se bave aktivnostima gdje njihove sposobnosti i trud vode ka uspjehu, odnosno sreći i u konačnici su zadovoljniji životom.
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This study introduces some aspects regarding the link between monetary policy and economic growth, through a rule well known in the literature which is named Taylor’s rule and through the concept of sacrifice ratio which encompasses the impact of the cost of disinflation on the economic growth of a country. In this paper, we rely on estimates of the growth of potential GDP of the National Bank of Romania for the period 2003-2006 while for the period 2007-2012 we rely on the estimates reported by the International Monetary Fund. Thus, we carry a deterministic exercise for computing the interest rate on the period 2003-2012 as depicted from the Taylor’s rule and we compare it with the effective monetary policy interest rate used by the National Bank of Romania. In the same time, we calculate the sacrifice ratio for the period 1997-2013 so as to be able to form an opinion regarding the cost of disinflation and its comparison with the typical estimates for larger time spans and for other countries.
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The question of mercy and solidarity can be seen from different aspects. From the perspective of the Social Doctrine of the Church, this question substantially refers to the problem of wealth distribution and poverty. Through the entire history of the Church, charitable giving has been a response to the conditions of poverty that surround us. Even though charitable giving, as a form of Christian love, is a valid principle of Church teaching and practice, in the past less attention was paid to the causes of poverty: emphasis was placed on the praxis of charitable giving in a context of social inequality. With the evolution of its Social Doctrine, the Church has increasingly sought to understand the causes of poverty and to strive for a system shift that will reduce inequality. Without doubt, the causes lie not only in individual poverty, but in the way that modern society functions, specifically prevailing economic mechanisms that generate poverty and increase inequality between a wealthy minority and an impoverished majority. Charity, while it is advisable and necessary, is not a sufficient response to this phenomenon in the contemporary world, characterized by globalization processes and a high rate of mutual interdependency of individuals and states. The article affirms that solidarity is the appropriate response of the Church, intended not as simple compassion for the poorest victims but as an active principle in the regulation of human relations, directed toward institutional structuring in order to achieve social justice and the common good. The article begins by analyzing the relationship between poverty and its causes and moves from there to an analysis of Church teaching on charity and its connection to the virtue of justice, concluding with a consideration of solidarity, asking if this social virtue can be institutionalized in contemporary society.
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