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LEGO®, Learning And Facilitation: A Reflective Approach

Author(s): Nikolaos Mouratoglou / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2018

The aim of the paper is to capture my reflection after facilitating two LEGO® workshops in a summer school for Entrepreneurship organised by Democritus University of Xanthi (Greece) and Nottingham Business School-Nottingham Trent University (United Kingdom), in Xanthi. The reflection is based on an integrated approach of Gibbs’ reflecting cycle and includes three factors, LEGO®, learning, and facilitation. Each one of them corresponds with the material used, the process and the result of learning, as well as the facilitation process. The main conclusions reached are that LEGO® bricks can be transformed into bridges; bridges with the Self, with the Other, with the group, with ideas and concerns, with creativity, learning and reflection. They can establish multiple dialectical schemata embedded with personal experiences, feelings and subjective meaning.

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Charakter ulg, zwolnień, wyłączeń oraz zniżek i zwyżek podatkowych w podatku dochodowym od osób fizycznych

Author(s): Mieczysław Staniszewski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 10/2018

The basic function of taxes is fiscal function, because the main objective of imposing the obligation to pay taxes on the citizens is providing the funds necessary for sustaining a country. They also serve non-fiscal purposes. In such cases tax accumulation is used, including tax reliefs, exemptions, reductions and rises. This makes the structure of the tax complicated, which in turn makes the tax system unintelligible and prone to fraud. The goal mentioned above can be achieved in a simpler way by changing the tax minimum. However the tax minimum should be diverse, depending not only on the income but also on the personal situation.

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Ustawowe prawo pierwokupu gminy

Author(s): Marek Stawecki / Language(s): Polish Issue: 10/2018

Pre-emptive right means that a specific entity is entitled to pre-emptive right to acquire an item/property when its owner sells this item/property. The nature of the pre-emption right is, in fact, to restrict the item’s owner as to his freedom to decide on the object of the sale in respect to the potential entity who will acquire a given item/property. The property which the pre-emptive right concerns can be sold to the third party only on the condition that the party entitled to the pre-emption right will not execute this right. The pre-emption right was described mainly in the regulations of the Civil Code. These regulations apply to all the cases of pre-emption right unless this right was interpreted otherwise in detailed provisions. The statutory right of pre-emption that the commune is entitled to under the Act on Real Estate Management was not regulated in this act in a sufficient way. In such situation it is necessary to refer to the code regulations which are applied to the right of pre-emption in case no detailed provisions on this law can be found. The pre-emptive right of the commune is regulated in the non-code provisions. The provisions that deserve special attention are the regulations from the Act on Real Estate Management from 21.08.1997 (coherent text of the Journal of Laws from 2010 No.102, item 651 with amendments). The pre-emptive right is executed by a district administrator, a town mayor or the president of the city with reference to real property in the commune area. The real property mentioned above can be sold to the third party on special conditions. Both a seller and a purchaser can sign the agreement only on transferring the property. The actual result involving transferring the right to property ownership on the buyer can only be effective when an additional agreement of the parties is signed. The sale made unconditionally is invalid.

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Określanie wartości nieruchomości

Author(s): Marek Stawecki / Language(s): Polish Issue: 10/2018

The assessment of real property value is made, irrespective of the nature of the value, as a result of valuation of the real property. Real estate appraiser is authorized to conduct these actions and he gives in writing his opinion regarding the value of the property in the form of appraisal study. The way of assessing the value of real property i.e. choosing the right approach, method as well as techniques of property valuation is made by the above mentioned entity taking into account especially the purpose of the valuation, type and location of the property, the function it was assigned to in the local plan, technical infrastructure equipment level and utilities as well as available data regarding the prices of similar properties. The whole process of real property valuation should be proceeded by a thorough analysis of real estate market including the comprehensive price analysis based on all data available. However, the scope of this market must be assessed with taking into account the differences appearing in the territory of a given town or city.

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Kilka uwag o zjawisku samoregulacji na rynku bankowym w nowej architekturze nadzorczej

Author(s): Magdalena Fedorowicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 10/2018

The aim of the paper A few remarks on the phenomenon of the self-regulation on the banking sector in the new supervisory architecture is to analyze the phenomenon of the self-regulation and its question and meaning for the functioning of the financial institutions in the new financial regulatory architecture, established by European System of Financial Supervision and the European Banking Union. The thesis and conclusions of this paper concern the issue of reducing the phenomenon of self-regulation on the financial market (in this paper in banking sector) and changes in the content of the term „self-regulation” and also underscore the role of hard law and binding supervisory instruments on the financial market after the crisis, due to new supervisory regulatory paradigm. The analysis of this paper were discussed on the example of Polish Banking Law Act, especially in the area of internal banking risk management, the internal banking supervision and whistleblowing for defending the conclusions presented in this paper.

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Mediacja jako metoda rozwiązywania konfliktów społecznych

Author(s): Marek Suchanek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 10/2018

Mediation is an effective way of resolving social conflicts. It is a method to achieve satisfactory agreement accepted by both parties. This process uses impartial professional mediator. Such person helps to objectify and refine our own expectations and also in some instances can help to revaluate initial demands. The aim of the process is to shift the focus from winning with the opponent to winning with the problem. One of the benefits of mediation is its flexibility regarding the subject, time and place. This helps to find optimal solution and resolve existing disagreements and prevent future conflicts.

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The prohibition of placing a sole appellant in a worse position in the Polish proceeding before an administrative court – evolution of institution

Author(s): Paweł Górecki / Language(s): English Issue: 10/2018

The prohibition on the worsening of the legal situation of the appellant is an expression of the individual’s rights protection and a requirement of the rule of law. If it did not exist in Polish legal system the position of an entity taking part in court proceedings would be much worse than it is. The prohibition on the worsening of the legal situation guarantees respect for acquired rights and their constancy.

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Uwarunkowania bezpieczeństwa podpisu elektronicznego

Author(s): Karol Sroka / Language(s): Polish Issue: 10/2018

The European Union is reforming the legal and standardization conditions for electronic signatures. The aim of this work is to introduce uniform treatment and recognition of trust services on the international market, especially by public sector institutions. One of the effects of this process may be the dissemination and increase of the areas of applicability of procedures and electronic signature infrastructure. The article attempts to identify the most important factors determining the security of using these tools.

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Measuring Social and Economic Impact of Large Scale Cultural Events: A Social Network Analysis

Author(s): Anda Laķe,Baiba Tjarve,Līga Grīnberga / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

Organisation of large scale or mega cultural events requires not only skillful managerial techniques, but also an integrated evaluation approach taking into account such aspects as the cultural, economic, social, political, and environmental context. Mega cultural events can be characterised by complex objectives, diverse funding sources (EU, public, private), a multilayer structure of planned results and effects. All that obviously encumbers evaluation of mega events. The initiative of the European Capital of Culture is one of major large scale European cultural cooperation projects, taking into consideration its budget and the diversity of its programme that exceeds the scope of any other cultural event. In 2014, Riga was chosen to be one of the European Capitals of Culture. Latvia had recently overcome an economic recession; in this context substantial public investment in culture required an additional focus on evaluating the economic impact of Riga 2014 programme. Research is based on the assumption that social network analysis has a great potential in evaluation of cultural impact, as culture incorporates the very idea of a network through which new ideas and creativity are channelled.

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Philosophy of Economics and Management: Youth Participation in Family Business and National Economy

Author(s): Nerijus Stasiulis,Zuzana Horčičková / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

The aim of the present paper is to reconcile a philosophical reflection on the role of the family as a communitarian entity in the business environment based on the individualistic principle and practical research aimed at identifying young people’s attitudes towards their involvement in family business. Respondents of the research were students of the final years of secondary schools, tertiary professional schools and vocational schools in the Liberec Region. The family is treated from the ethical point of view as well as in terms of political and economic philosophy as a suitable environment to shape economic attitudes in young people that are not restricted to a merely ‘economist’ form of rationality and as able to play an important part in a properly working state economy. The practical research shows that a young person’s intention to work in the family business depends on whether they are involved in it already during their studies.

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A Qualitative Investigation on the Successful Turnaround Strategy from Top Leader Perspectives: Examples from Indonesia

Author(s): Arief Prima Johan,Rebi Fara Handika / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

Turnaround process involved many approaches of strategic and tactical attempts. However, such knowledge are difficult to identified since many previous studies only focused on what constitute successful turnaround, and limited to the use of financial data. As turnaround is a transformational process comprehend every element of organization, ploy on implementing and orchestrating such strategic action should be determined by company’s top leaders. The purpose of this study was to explore the way in which leaders manage the company’s turnaround process and their leadership style through a qualitative study in Indonesian business. Drawing from several top managers in various industry in Indonesia, the result showed that there are many attempt should consider on implementing turnaround process. Financial restructuration, employee’s transformation initiative, and business reengineering process are imperative approaches. Furthermore, leaders need to consider top-down approach on decision making, attention to detail, and open communication to gain employees commitment.

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Influence of Ecological Protection on the Corporate Image of Oil and Gas Firms in Nigeria

Author(s): Deborah Bolanle Motilewa,Ayodotun Stephen Ibidunni,Rowland Worlu,Chinonye Love Moses,James Obi,Joy Dirisu / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

Oil and gas firms in Nigeria are generally perceived to be weak in their environmental and ecological initiatives towards their host communities. Yet there has been a dearth of empirical emphasis from research that shows evidences about the role of ecological protection on the corporate image of oil and gas firms. Therefore, this study focused on examining the influence of a commitment to ecological protection on the corporate image of oil and gas firms in Nigeria. The study adopted the mixed methods approach where quantitative and qualitative methods (survey and interview) were used. For the quantitative research, copies of structured questionnaire were distributed to 350 employees of the selected firms, while 30 respondents from other stakeholder groups were interviewed for the qualitative research. Based on the results of the regression and thematic analyses, findings show that the firms’ commitment to ecological protection through their policy to avoid the use of materials from the illegal exploitation of natural resources, commitment to waste minimisation and recycling and pollution leads to increased investors’ confidence, strengthened relationship with the government, host community and reduced pressure from third parties. Therefore, it is recommended that oil and gas firms intensify efforts in activities that ensure ecological protection of host communities and thus build stakeholders confidence in the firms’ corporate image.

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The Effects of Diversity Management and Inclusion on Organisational Outcomes: A Case of Multinational Corporation

Author(s): Folakemi Ohunakin,Anthonia Adenike Adeniji,Olaleke Oluseye Ogunnaike,Friday Igbadume,Dayo Idowu Akintayo / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

This article provides an empirical study on effects of diversity management and inclusion on organisational outcomes. The importance of diversity management and inclusion on organisation is of immense benefit especially in a Multinational Corporations, where diversity and inclusion are parts of their core values. However, in our context, which had been identified as the most diverse country in Africa, there is need to establish how the management and inclusion of these diverse workforce would benefit organisational activities, coupled with the fact that, there is dearth of research on these constructs in extant literature. This study investigated the effects of diversity management and inclusion on organisational outcomes (job satisfaction and job performance) among Shell Corporation employees. Pen and paper questionnaire of 384 copies were administered to the Lagos Branch employees of Shell Corporation. Cross-sectional research design was adopted. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), convergent and divergent validity, correlational analysis, and structural equation model were used for the analysis. The findings showed positive effect of diversity management and inclusion on employees’ job satisfaction and employees’ job performance. It implies that diversity management and inclusion have the potentials of assisting organisation in creating a climate in which employee will like to work harder with readiness to continue to work with the organisation.

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Institutional Complementarity for Social and Economic Development

Author(s): Yuriy Bilan,Tetyana Vasilyeva,Sergij Lyeonov,Kseniya Bagmet / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

Today the prevention of global challenges (from global security to the problems of poverty) relates to the institutional quality. Nowadays, the social standards or other “social rules” make the part of the market system, since they are built into the country’s institutional structure. Neither social nor economic reforms can be implemented without the support through institutional mechanisms. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between social sector institutions and basic institutions, taking into account the economic development of countries and the way in which they are formed. A number of empiric studies confirmed significant role of institutions to provide conditions for economic development. In order to define and assess the link between the basic institutions and the social sector institutions, we formed panel data that includes 20 countries for the period from 2007-2014. We assessed quality of the basic institutions using The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). WGI methodology provides an evaluation of six dimensions of the institutional quality that enables to define the connection and the impact of every dimension on the institutional quality of the social sector. The model additionally evaluates the impact of the incomes distribution inequality, general economic welfare on the institutional quality of the social sector. Among all dimensions of governance “Rule of Law” and “Regulatory Quality” the statistically significant direct impact on the institutional quality of the social sector has been revealed. It confirms the complementarity of basic institutions and institutions of the social sector.

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Технологический стиль производства и экология в СССР в 1940–1950-е годы: пример Карельского перешейка

Author(s): Pavel Pokidko,Elena Kochetkova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 3/2018

This article examines the technological style and interplay between technological development and ecology in the USSR in the first post–World War II decade. The study covers practices of work at the enterprises that produced significant industrial pollution in the Soviet Union. In so doing, the article is focused on the history of several pulp- and paper-making enterprises on the Karelian Isthmus, a territory that was annexed by the Soviet Union from Finland as a result of two Finnish-Soviet wars in 1944. The article argues that, while postwar conditions were defined by shortages of goods and finances, a lack of workers and specialists, and low motivation, the main task, as seen by the state, ministry, and enterprise, was to launch production processes and the manufacturing of paper and pulp as required by the plan. In general, the technological style of Soviet production after the war echoed the style of Joseph Stalin’s forced industrialization of the 1930s. It implied the dominance of the Five-Year Plan and mandated using all available resources to fulfil it in the shortest period of time. In the process it led to the overexploitation of equipment and substantial ecological risks.

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The Level of Using Technology in CRM for Marketing Activities and Customer Communication in European Market

Author(s): Adéla Chromčáková,Halina Starzyczná / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1/2018

Companies have a lot of possibilities how to communicate and manage relationship with customers. Companies use various tools (technology) in CRM for marketing activities and customer communication. The aim of this article is to present the using technology in CRM in marketing activities and customer communication in the V4 countries in 2010-2017 and to compare this development with other EU countries, especially with countries in long-term market economies. Data has been obtained from the statistical office of European Union. Comparison is also focused on transformed countries and countries with long-term market economies. Data from EU statistics show higher percentage level in the use of technology in CRM in long-term market economies whose competitive environment is being built continuously and over a longer period than in transformed economies.

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Green Marketing of Automobile Manufacturers

Author(s): Eva Jaderná,Jana Přikrylová,Radka Picková,Nicola Malá / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1/2018

Many long-term scientific studies demonstrate that our planet’s environmental situation is deteriorating. Even the ordinary consumer can see the changes in the climate. Stricter laws are being enacted, and people’s mind-sets are changing. As a result, so is consumer behaviour. Companies have to respond to this change. One area in business where such change is evident is the new field of green marketing. This approach helps to strongly associate companies’ attitudes with the environment and in turn inform the public about these attitudes. Green marketing was swiftly adopted in the automotive industry, which is especially sensitive in matters of environmental protection and sustainability. One response the ordinary consumer can witness is the boom in electric and hybrid vehicles. Since this socalled electromobility is the prevailing trend at the present and in the future, this article focuses on the attitudes of the Czech population to electric cars.

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Obstacles in Marketing Communication of a Waste Management Company Resulting from the Implementation of GDPR

Author(s): Roman Kozel,Anežka Podlasová,Petr Šikýř,Adam Levit / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2/2018

The article deals with the impact of legislation adopted by the European Union on enterprises in the waste management sector. At present the most fundamental regulations are the Circular Economy Package (CEP) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). However, it is the GDPR regulation that affects the way enterprises acquire and process personal data of their clients and so it has a major impact on the implementation of marketing communications in companies. The aim of the article is to demonstrate the impact of GDPR on the activity of a particular company. The authorized company EKO-KOM processes personal data of its contractual clients, and of adults, teenagers and children from the population, which the company acquired during its educational activities. The authors focused on finding the main impacts of the GDPR that needed to be reconciled. The article describes the methodology of the procedure of finding and correcting shortcomings. On the basis of the abovementioned methodology, appropriate measures were subsequently put in place, which helped to bring the marketing communication of the company into line with GDPR requirements.

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KÜRESELLEŞEN İŞLETMELERDE DEĞİŞEN OFİS TASARIMLARI ve TÜRKİYE’YE YANSIMALARI

Author(s): Burcu Pehlivanoğlu / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 42/2019

One of the fastest changing concepts of recent years is to work together. Today, space typologies, where people from different backgrounds are working in the same environment as integrated and where there exists an intense information exchange, are designed. As an alternative to traditional closed-plan offices, the transition to open-plan offices has been actualized with the quick expansion of collaborative work and the addition of technology to the spaces. The way in which the design will be shaped in the future processes is also about how the technology will develop. The creation of the work ecosystem is becoming more flexible with these variables. Innovative firms adopt the idea that open office designs offer a more flexible working environment and reduce costs. However, the offices designed like that have many disadvantages in terms of employees. Open offices, especially those that have problems such as noise, lack of privacy, lack of concentration, constitute 70% of the office designs of developed countries like the United States of America today. Most workplaces in Turkey have closed office workspaces. Although there are significant differences between domestic and international companies, 41 % of office layouts are closed offices. With international companies setting offices in Turkey, this percent is foreseen to be increased on behalf of open offices. In this study, understanding of the new office of companies, how new spaces are perceived by the employees and how to organize the functional spaces in order to augment the performance in open offices will be analysed in line with globalization.

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GELİŞMEKTE OLAN ÜLKELERDE BANKACILIK SİSTEMİNDE KREDİ RİSKİNİN BELİRLEYİCİLERİ

Author(s): Hasan Ayaydın,Fahrettin Pala,Abdulkadir Barut / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 42/2019

The purpose of this study is to determine the factors affecting the non-performing loans (credit risk) by using the 2005-2017 period data for the 34 developing country. In accordance with this purpose, system GMM (Generalized Method of Moments) approach, which is widely used in estimating dynamic panel data models, was used. The results of the study showed that the positive effects of economic growth, domestic loans and commercial openness decreased the credit risk, unemployment rate, inflation and vix increased the credit risk. Since the economic structure of each country is different from each other, it is important to determine the determinants of credit risk in the banking sector separately for each country in the developing countries.

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