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Edukacja logistyczna jako imperatyw kreowania nowoczesnych metod zarządzania w Industry 4.0

Author(s): Katarzyna Kolasińska-Morawska,Danuta Janczewska,Marta Brzozowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2020

Globalisation, digitisation, technologisation and Internetisation as Industry 4.0 identifiers have left their mark on many industries, including the logistics industry. Today, in order to operate effectively, one needs to have knowledge and skills related to information management. Entrepreneurs are looking for employees with preparation for work in the world of economy 4.0. The aim of the article is to show the importance of formal logistics education in the preparation of future staff in the face of the challenges of Industry 4.0 based on a selected example. The information is based on secondary and primary sources. The article uses case study analysis in relation to the implementation of logistics education based on the example of the Social Academy of Sciences. The article discusses the importance of the effective preparation of logistic staff based on formal education at universities, supported by cooperation with entrepreneurs on the formulation of the program, the implementation of specialised training and the participation of entrepreneurs in the implementation of the didactic process.

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Shaping the Key Competencies for Romanian HEIs’ Teachers in Using Gamification as Innovative Tool in Education: MEDIIA Project Experiments

Author(s): Gabriela Marchis / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

The regular training of teachers on the latest developments in the ICT-assisted education sector is becoming a necessity, generated by the digital revolution and driven by the pandemic crisis. Among the current technological opportunities to improve the quality of the learning process and to make it more flexible in direct correspondence with the training needs and with the personal pace of learning, we find gamification. Improving teaching methods as well as the curriculum, especially by implementing gamification techniques in the teaching process, requires a high level of digital literacy among teachers so that they can (re)design their educational materials in digital format. This was achieved within the Danubius University of Galati (Romania), through the MEDIIA project (project code POCU/320/6/21-122859) carried out between 2019-2021, a project that will be the subject of the case study of this paper.

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Problematyka biblioteczna na łamach ogólnodostępnego portalu online Polskiej Agencji Prasowej

Author(s): Beata Langer / Language(s): Polish Issue: 16/2018

The article attempts to characterize the contents of information on the activites of libraries appearing in the openly available, free internet portal of the Polish Press Agency, under the address http://www.pap.pl/. The selected materials underwent a content analysis method. The source base of the elaboration comprises only the free website of the PPA, which includes a simple search engine, due to which the selected publications (texts from between 2015–2017) were subject to detailed analysis. The thus selected group of texts was limited to publications wholly or mostly dedicated to the activities of libraries or promotion of readership. The selected publications were divided according to thematic groups and place of origin.

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Developing the European Villages in the Republic of Moldova taken into account the Digital Economy Society Index (DESI)

Author(s): Anatolii BABIN,Tatiana Colesnicova,Sergiu TUTUNARU / Language(s): English Issue: 02/2023

The digital competitiveness of regions of EU member states is measured by the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), a composite index summarizing the progress made in connectivity, digital skills, internet use by citizens, digital integration of enterprises, farms and digital public services, while at the local government level there is currently no single indicator measured on a regular basis. Based on recent international and national researches, it can be concluded that with the development of digital technology, a significant increase in services and solutions available to citizens digitally is expected. Recent positive experiences of EU member states, which have been analyzed in previous research papers, show that the creation of jobs in agricol sectors in rural areas contributes to increasing household incomes. The objective of our study is to analyze and implement the methods and data sources for calculating DESI indicators at the level of local administrative units in the Republic of Moldova, in the context of the National Program for the European Village, launched in spring 2022. The results of the study will be the development of recommendations for local administrations on the use of the DESI index to coordinate the European evaluation parameters. The value of this work is in reinforcing activities for localisation of smart infrastructure and spatial data taking in consideration the DESI index and innovative products of the national Innovation Centres in innovative economics, stimulating investments in the creation of Smart Villages.

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Weathering the Storm: The European Union’s Strategic Ambiguity on Twitter during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s): Pablo Moral / Language(s): English Issue: 12/2023

This study examines how the European Union (EU) employed strategic ambiguity as a discursive resource to manage its reputational crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic. For that purpose, this research analyses tweets in English published by six central authorities of the EU in three different phases of the COVID-19 crisis (pre-crisis, acute crisis, and post-crisis). The findings reveal that during the early stages of the pandemic, characterised by higher uncertainty, European authorities often resorted to ambiguous tweets through vague metaphors, opaque information, and disjointed messages. By the end of the first COVID-19 wave these authorities progressively constructed a solid narrative that rationalised the pandemic as a challenge reaffirming the EU’s principles and capacities. This study suggests that when the EU faced more external criticism and inner discord among member states, its authorities resorted to ambiguity to strategically mitigate its reputational damage while navigating through conflicting interests in a high-pressure scenario.

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Rola regulacji prawnych wkształtowaniu treści gier imechanizmów ich promocji na przykładzie wybranych zagadnieńochrony konsumentów

Author(s): Szymon Makuch / Language(s): Polish Issue: 42/2023

The aim of the article is to discuss in brief the role of legal regulations in shaping the content of games and the mechanisms for their promotion, using selected consumer protection issues as examples. The subject became particularly high-profile in Poland after the release of Cyberpunk 2077, but has been discussed many times around the world, and in recent years there has been a visible trend of many consumer protection authorities to look more closely at the gaming industry and react to bad practices in this area. The article cites some key examples, but also potential practical implications for publishers.

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SCIENCE VERSUS CONSCIENCE IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT. TECHNOLOGY VERSUS FUTURE WITHOUT PEOPLE. INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

Author(s): Roxana-Daniela Păun / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2023

In the current context, but especially the future one, in which a series of crises is taking shape more and more clearly, which specialists from different fields, theorists or practitioners, researchers and the academic environment have warned that they will be established with certainty in the coming years, it becomes a priority for Romania to reposition itself in the single European market, but also in the global economy. In the conditions where the environment changes dramatically from day to day, in which economies become vulnerable, after years in a row the solution to success was considered to be the interconnection of economies (especially in Europe), and the stimulation of competition at any cost, under the pressure of the digital age that imposes new technologies and the transformation of the life and work of each of us, we are obliged to reposition ourselves this time not to perform but ONLY to resist the various forms of crisis that are foreshadowing: the energy crisis, the food crisis, the climate crisis, environmental crises, resource crises, etc. This study, presented in an interdisciplinary, sociological, philosophical, psychological, legal and economic approach presents, in current realities, a point of view corroborated with the current stage of technological development of the Romanian economy, a scenario that can be considered regarding recovery options economy of Romania, drawing attention to the human component, without which nothing can be built.

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An analysis of the relationship between the hardships of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, family functioning, depression and internet addiction among 11-16 year olds

Author(s): Piotr Hreciński,Roman Solecki / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

The aim of the presented research was to analyze mutual correlations between hardships related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, family relations, depression and Internet addiction. The study was conducted remotely among 509 adolescents aged 11-16. The survey questionnaire was constructed from standardized research tools. The results showed that depressive symptoms correlated positively with staying in compulsory quarantine/isolation. In addition, depressive symptoms and Internet addiction positively correlated with experienced hardships during the pandemic (relationship difficulties with loved ones at home and increased number of daily responsibilities) and negatively with good quality family relationships. A reciprocal correlation was also observed between symptoms of depression and Internet addiction. Most interestingly, the results indicated that difficulties associated with the pandemic period correlate heterogeneously with depression and Internet addiction. It seems that the pandemic itself was not the most important factor generating depression and addiction, but reinforced already existing problems. The best protective factor was found to be well-functioning family relationships.

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LOCAL BOY GOES GLOBAL: THE SEA SHANTY TO THE RESCUE

Author(s): David Livingstone / Language(s): English Issue: 29/2023

This paper will look at how the grungy, old-fashioned, lowly sea shanty has become the unlikely hero of the Covid-19 pandemic, bringing people together globally and generating both community and creativity. Sea shanties, providing comfort and entertainment for sailors while at sea, far from their loved ones, became an odd bedfellow in this current day and age, as we counted the days for normal life to resume again. This phenomenon can serve as a template for other activities of this kind, using music and performance to combat isolation and loneliness.

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Online marketing communication as a key tool to capture the attention of Generation Z

Author(s): Lucia Sujanska,Margaréta Nadányiová / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2022

Research background: Currently, online marketing communication represents a modern marketing approach, which is an important means of gaining a competitive advantage. Its field is versatile, suitable for any type of business and for achieving a wide range of goals. Trends in this area are subject to rapid changes and, in addition to the need for knowledge, require continuous optimization of marketing campaigns depending on current customer requirements. Among all consumers generations, it is Generation Z that represents one of the target segments for online marketing communication and that mostly via social media. Purpose of the article: Based on the above mentioned, the main aim of the paper is to analyse the use of online marketing communication in Slovak conditions, and its perception by Generation Z. This includes providing the theoretical background and analysis of the online marketing communication from the viewpoint of Slovak and foreign authors. The important source for secondary data was scientific research, annual companies report, statistical databases, published professional publications. Methods: In order to found out the perception of the online marketing communication from the perspective of Generation Z, a questionnaire survey was conducted. For determination the sample size, the base file representing number of populations from Generation Z was obtained from demographic statistics of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. General scientific methods (i.e., excerption, description, comparative analysis, deduction and induction) were used for data processing, as well as mathematical and statistical methods in the evaluation of data from the survey. Findings & Value added: In order to achieve the main goal of the paper, based on the theoretical background and survey results, research hypotheses were formulated and subsequently verified. Finally, based on the analysis and results of the questionnaire survey, benefits of the application of online marketing communication as a key tool to capture the attention of Generation Z were highlighted.

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APP-BASED RIDE SERVICES AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF METERED TAXIS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Author(s): Siphokazi NONYUSA,Robertson Khan Tengeh,Gervase Chux IWU,Darlington Peter Onojaefe / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2022

Developments in technology have disrupted many industries. Companies can no longer afford to ignore such vital technology. Many people in South Africa believe that the entry of ride-hailing apps like Uber and Bolt threatens the future of the country's traditional taxi industry. The paper sought to ascertain the influence of app-based ride solutions on the sustainability of conventional metered taxis and the ensuing survival strategies. A hybrid approach using both qualitative and quantitative data was adopted. Twenty participants and 80 respondents provided the qualitative and quantitative data utilized. The results suggest high-quality services and comfort vehicles offered by app-based services like Uber and Bolt have harmed the long-term viability of traditional metered taxis in the Cape Town metropolitan area. Since the advent of app-based ride services (Uber and Bolt), metered taxi operators have faced new challenges, including technological advancement, the demand for high-end transportation, and changing consumer tastes. The research could be helpful to companies providing metered taxi services in Cape Town by pointing to ways to improve operations. Hopefully, the findings of this research will aid regulators and other interested parties in making it easier for taxi companies that use meters to compete. Theoretically, the study may also contribute to the literature on the subject.

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CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT. REQUESTS AND PROPOSALS

Author(s): Dragoș Danțiș,Ana Gabriela ANUȚOIU / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

Latterly the community systems are influenced by disruptive scenarios, in practical terms various factors impacting on the effective running of social processes. Among the actors present in the life cycle of the community processes are enlisted the subjects, with roles in the protection and governance of critical infrastructures. Organizations covering these roles have to act accordingly, gathering information on the background, not only to prevent and mitigate the occurrence of risks, contemporarily to govern the operative behavior of their systems. The information collected can be managed in various modalities, using traditional databases or innovative technologies, like blockchain. Present study puts together some considerations identified in other working papers and practical aspects encountered in the management of information to discuss on requirements and proposals. Furthermore contains a high level assessment among the two existing options for particular critical infrastructures in the administration of the information, traditional databases and blockchain.

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PROMOTING STAKEHOLDER CONFIDENCE IN THE ZIMBABWE’S BANKING SECTOR

Author(s): Tendai MANHANDO,Tendai TOWO / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

The purpose of this study is to examine the ways of promoting stakeholder confidence in the Zimbabwe’s banking sector. To achieve this objective some research questions were raised and related literature was reviewed. The data needed for this study was gathered using a well-structured questionnaire that was designed on a five point Likert scale which was availed for the research participants for completion. The research data was analyzed using multiple regression model in SPSS version 20. Findings revealed that digitalization, bank culture, information quality and customer satisfaction are some of the important factors that determine the confidence of the public in a banking sector. It was concluded that to promote public confidence in the banking sector, Zimbabwean banks and their regulator need to pay attention to and manage factors that can promote public trust in the banking sector such as service reliability, digitalization and managing the public’s risk perceptions about banking institutions.

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COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE EVOLUTION OF TELEMEDICINE IN ROMANIA AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Adrian Pop / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

The measures adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce the health crisis led to the implementation of a new service in current medical practice - telemedicine. In the post-pandemic period, telemedicine continued to be practiced around the world. This is the premise from which this article starts. The proposed goal is to carry out a comparative study between the evolution of telemedicine in Romania and the level of development in the European Union. Achieving the goal required, as a first objective, knowledge of the development of telemedicine in Romania, followed by a comparative analysis with the level of development of telemedicine in the European Union. For the first objective, the method of researching the collectives that have the necessary information for the study was used. A survey was carried out, using as methods for data collection, the method of direct survey research and online research by accessing the websites of institutions responsible for the practice of telemedicine. The comparative study was carried out through a parallel between telemedicine services in the European Union and those in Romania. Through the combined analysis of the results of the two investigations, the opportunities for development and the constraints of the telemedicine sector in Romania were identified.

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Mobile Augmented Reality Applications in Higher Education

Author(s): Sebastian Vaida,Gabriel-Alexandru Pongracz / Language(s): English Issue: 23/2022

Visual technologies such as AR (Augmented Reality), VR (Virtual Reality), or MR (Mixed Reality) show an increase in popularity in the educational field. In addition to the fact that they can significantly improve the transfer of information in education, they can turn lessons into more interesting and interactive activities. Among these technologies, AR has become the most accessible, due to the rise in the popularity of mobile devices. The increasing popularity of distance teaching and the increasing performance of mobile devices and applications will make this topic an important one in the future in educational psychology. The current study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of using AR in learning and compare it with classical 3D models. Following the calculations, we discovered a minor influence. This implies that the group of students who used simple 3D outperformed the group of students who used Assemblr AR, but the gap between the 2 learning methods was not very wide. The results indicate that the use of 3D models is effective in learning but there is no significant difference between the AR and normal 3D models. The limited effects and the findings of other studies on AR in education imply that additional research is required.

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„Wkluczeni” w sieć – wykluczeni z wolności. Partycypacja cyberprzestrzeni w wymiarze czasu

Author(s): Katarzyna Borawska-Kalbarczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2023

The issue of the text focuses on the description of changes in the way of experiencing time by people involved in digital technologies. The article discusses the causes and consequences of new forms of human location in contemporary space-time, which is shaped and modified by modern technologies. The author puts forward the thesis that the attachment of a contemporary individual to virtual space can be treated as a kind of enslavement, considered in the dimension of time. Young people, whose childhood and adolescence were shaped under the influence of dynamically developing digital technologies, were chosen as the subject of the analysis. The issue of time is analyzed in the background of the current culture, which is called “the culture of the present”. The new quality of time can be assessed as captivating due to the speed imposed on man by the rapid progress of new technologies. The text also presents ways of rational time management in the digital world (in the ecology of time trend). This trend draws attention to the threats and dimensions of the enslavement of modern man resulting from excessive haste. It promotes the need to limit the dominance of social time and respect natural time.

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The Influence of Media in Constructing and Deconstructing Political Imagery

Author(s): Maria-Magdalena Lăpădat / Language(s): English Issue: 76/2022

Mass-media and the internet have long surpassed their meagre prerogative as being just a simple purveyor of information, transitioning towards its new objectives of establishing trust, influence and even intimidation or control in its relation with its citizens, with the receivers of what is now strategic and weaponised information. The media is no longer a vector of objectivity, nor does it formulate that assertion any longer. Media conglomerates have become quite outspoken in embracing or rejecting one ideology or the other, one candidate or the other. Therefore, objectivity has been abandoned to the detriment of subjective purpose. Major media players will choose to either carefully construct the positive image of a candidate or a party while at the same time, often viciously and unjustifiably, attacking the opposite candidate or the rival political movement. Simply supporting one candidate is no longer the norm and the socalled dirty adds and biased reporting of our contemporary political era expose an intricate mechanism that, however, has a simple purpose, namely, to lower certain percentages and elevate others in terms of public perception and favourability.

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Communicating Resilience, Transformative Resilience, Transformative Change and Transformative Adaptation Policies in Eco-Social Systems Management Literature

Author(s): Cătălina Maria Georgescu / Language(s): English Issue: 76/2022

The study discusses the occurrence and conceptual association of “resilience”, “transformative resilience”, “transformative change” and “transformative adaptation” phrases set within the wider context of the management of change literature. The purpose of the study and objectives stem from the need of conceptual tracking, conceptual occurrence tracing and the identification of conceptual associations in the scientific literature over a period of time. The research design deploys a three-stage applied methodology: (S1) identifying conceptual longitudinal developing use in the scientific literature of resilience, transformative resilience, transformative change and transformative adaptation using the Google Ngram Viewer instrument, (S2) identifying the concept frequency in scientific articles and comparison across citation metrics databases Crossref and Google Scholar, and (S3) identifying the conceptual associations and related frequency for selected concepts employing the Google Ngram Viewer tool. The study succeeds in identifying occurrences in the scientific literature for the selected phrases resilience, transformative resilience, transformative change and transformative adaptation, in comparing the related concepts and phrases frequency in scientific papers, and in identifying the conceptual associations for representative concepts in the field of eco-social systems management of change literature.

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Implications of Student ‘s Online Learning Experience on Social and Emotional Behavior

Author(s): Qoerul Ahmad Tabiin,Soimatul Khomisah,Agus Sutiyono,Shodiq Abdullah / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

This study aims to explore the implications of students' online learning experiences on social and emotional behavior in Akidah Akhlak subjects at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Hidayatullah Temanggung Indonesia during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses a qualitative descriptive design with the type of field research. Data were obtained from students who took part in Akidah Akhlak learning. The method used is interviews, observation and documentation, then reduced, presented and analyzed. The results of this study indicate that online learning has an impact on social and emotional behavior including students being less cooperative because they rarely play together, lack tolerance, lack of socializing with friends, limited learning at home, children's emotions sometimes feel bored and sad.

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BLENDED METHOD OF ASSESSMENT LEADS TO SUCCESSFUL EVALUATION OF ENGINEERING FACULTY STUDENTS AT A SRI LANKAN UNIVERSITY

Author(s): BHJ Pushpakumara,Faiz M.M.T. Marikar / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

Study was carried out at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka. this study was done at the Faculty of Engineering. A course outline containing these details is given to the students at the beginning of the semester. Relative weights of the mark allocations for this module are 70% for end semester examination as written examination and 30% for continuous assignments. There were 150 students at one single batch and 30% continuous assessment was converted for one group as paper based and other group breakdown for two in class online virtual assessment and a group practical where it can be done online for online and another group physically. We observed that students who split assessment perform extremely well and got higher scores gives the significant difference. Stress level also minimal level when compared to physical examination. We have introduced distribution of marks in a table with the module content to student at the beginning of the lecture series. It helps students to identify their targets and the type of assessments. Further, use of formative assessment in this manner provides several numbers of opportunities for improvements. Student can identify their weaknesses and area for improvement with this way of assessment.

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