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The uncertainty and turbulences of market surroundings, globalization, developing linkages among companies and market instability entail tough challenge for contemporary organizations. In order to survive they must evolve their behaviors and competencies, strengthen strategic abilities as well as develop the lightning reaction to market signals. Hence, they need to develop agility indicators. These...
Students’ attitudes towards entrepreneurship are an important issue in entrepreneurial education. They include cognitive, emotional and behavioural aspects that influence students’ willingness to start their own business. Diagnosis of students’ entrepreneurial attitudes is crucial for the preparation of appropriate training programmes. In this paper, some commonly used proverbs and phrases (referred...
According to assumptions of the Strategy Europe 2020, innovativeness and entrepreneurship are considered to be key reas of socio-economic development of the European Union. Therefore, conducting strategic analysis in the field of en repreneurship and innovativeness acquires special significance, among others in relation to higher education institutions HEIs) in Poland. For this reason the aim of this...
This article presents a new online degree in “Media Pedagogy” started in the academic year 2016/2017 at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. The advantage of the new degree is not only their form but also attractive content. The program allows students to acquire the skills needed for delivering trainings online as well as designing interactive educational materials. They will also be able...
The paper is intended to constitute a voice in a discussion about visual culture in general, and about selected methods of analysis and interpretation of visual materials in particular. In the first part of the article the author discusses the issues of changes in contemporary culture with emphasis on its visual aspects. In the second part, the author takes a closer look at two research methods, which...
E-learning and MOOC technologies not only provide great opportunities of learning geoinformation (GIS), but can also increase interest in this subject. They help expand the knowledge and skills in processing and analyzing spatial information. The article shows how distance learning, including MOOCs, can be used in teaching GIS. The aim of the study is to determine desired features of the e-learning...
The use of the patent system as a knowledge management instrument must be shaped in a multifarious and comprehensive manner. It cannot be viewed solely as the ability to move smoothly through the welter of information gathered in the system. Instead, it is important to continually adapt the patent strategy to the current business model of the company. Getting the right information and the actual ability...
Knowledge flow between employees is an important process that influences both effectiveness and innovativeness. Among the antecedences of the employees’ knowledge sharing behaviour are the physical structure of the organization and the decisions concerning placement of individuals in the work space. The paper examines how organizational architecture and location of employees is related with different...
This paper presents key lessons learned from the development and implementation of a modern didactic tool useful for teaching project management, i.e. an online simulation game “Car Factory”. The game has been created in the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow. The first part of the paper describes the general context that justifies the need for such educational solutions...
The article deals with an innovative approach to public procurement with the help of Quadruple Helix model based on pre-commercial procurement. Its main goal is to indicate the practical application of that approach based on the example of the pilot roject e-Pioneer implemented by the Gdańsk University of Technology in cooperation with other universities, public institutions nd business representatives...
This paper presents the results of research on the behavior of executive management in an international metallurgical organization. The purpose of the research was to establish the level of congruence between that behavior and the organizational culture of the company from two different points of view: employees and managers. The researchers also tried to establish what type of organizational culture...
Cultural heritage institutions (e.g. museums) expand the scope of information technology adaptation and make mobile applications available to the users. Up to date mobile devices (like smartphones or tablets) become fully functional devices for display and interaction with online museum information resources. This type of information dissemination can be exploited efficiently in shaping information...
At the age of dynamically changing market conditions, the speed of information flow and decision-making is one of the key factors affecting the competitiveness of enterprises. The decision-making process can be effectively assisted by simulation tools that allow multi-criteria analysis of the potential benefits or risks of the planned activities. The stage immediately preceding the use of simulation...
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