| Paper presents some results from a research study aimed to analyze theoretical aspects of competence education, identify problematic areas of police officers’ competence education, and present the possibilities of development of police officers’ competence education. Theoretical and methodological basis of the scientific research consists of the used empirical methods – a questionnaire of police officers and officers who are taking managing positions in subdivisions of territorial police office. Data obtained during the questioning were analyzed and presented using graphic methods of data presentation. To present the research results, scientific literature, law, statistical data and questioning analysis was used. The research performed in the police institution revealed the problematic aspects of officers’ competence education inside it: competence education process regulated by the means of legal regulation is more efficient and smooth in the level of managers. With respect to the fact that legal regulation of competence groups and their education in Lithuanian police system is a novelty, a striving of this research was to reveal if current order of competence education ensures proper identification of the need for police officers’ training and qualification refreshment, and if it motivates police officers to acquire or refresh competencies lacking in professional activity by using horizontal and vertical career. |
| In the paper, there are presented the attitudes of the participants in the process of community interview. There are characterized the roles and tasks of the interdisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic team in management of the process of providing services in public hospitals and reduction in information asymmetry in the process of mutual interpersonal communication. Aiming at reduction in undesirable behavior and the associated information asymmetry belongs to the fundamental professional and ethical responsibilities of medical staff and management of public hospitals. This is because of the fact that the maintenance of the patient is one of the major challenges of modern public entities. Negative behavior in the process of mutual interpersonal communication negatively affects its handling, however, on the other hand, the prosumer, pointing errors, provides relevant information on the weaknesses of the process of exchange of information in community interview. Therefore, the aim of this study has been to investigate the important groups of disorders of the process of mutual interpersonal communication in community interview. |
| The purpose of this paper is to evaluate intercultural competency of employees in multicultural organizational cultures. The paper is an application to build an international research meta-story about intercultural competency in several countries. The particular study is an example of Latvia. From the design/methodology/approach point of view, a survey questionnaire on intercultural competency of employees is used. Speaking of elements of intercultural competency that respondents consider most important, these are language skills, ability to learn from experiences, adaptability, flexibility, as well as understanding of other cultures. More than 30% of respondents believe that improved intercultural competency would improve their organization’s abilities to reach its goals and build partnerships with organizations from other countries. Respondents are open for communication with other cultures. They are ready to learn and respect the cultural differences. On the other hand, the research encompasses organizational subculture restriction. Research does not include all factors of internal environment. The study will affect research on human resource management, organizational culture, climate for creativity and innovation, as well as job engagement. |
| Nowadays, in the knowledge-based economy, the special role in the process of building competitiveness of the organizations is played by employees who create and use knowledge in their everyday activities, namely knowledge workers. One of the most important factors deciding on the effectiveness of knowledge workers is their engagement in work. Therefore it was concluded that the issue of the employees’ engagement is worth the scientific effort. The main objective of the following article is deepening and systematizing the knowledge related to the knowledge workers engagement in work. In the first part of this article the concept of knowledge worker is characterized, discussing such issues as knowledge workers definitions and characteristics. Roles they play in organizations as well as the essence of work perform by them, called knowledge work, is also discussed. Further part of this article focuses mainly on the issue of employee engagement. Particularly, the essence of this concept is explained, that is definitions of employees engagement are cited, dimensions of employees engagement connections to the organization are described, as well as reflection is made on the possibility to influence the level of knowledge workers engagement. Then, benefits that high level of knowledge workers engagement brings to employees, the organization and its stakeholders, as well as determinants of employees engagement are thoroughly analyzed. The author also presents results of the research devoted to the knowledge workers engagement in work. Thanks to this study, it was possible to determine the state of employee engagement as well as factors affecting its level. The final part of the article includes findings resulting from the research and theoretical consideration. |
| The article discusses a systematic approach to personal travel motives. With the aim to perceive the links between main attitudes of the system of human motivation and tourist travel motives, the article presents a theoretical discourse on this topic. The author admits that the change in tourist travel motives has impact on the supply of tourism services; meanwhile the process is reciprocal and can be viewed as a transition from the prevalent form of ‘hard’ tourism to the new form of ‘soft’ tourism which is firmly establishing itself nowadays. The article defines the reasons of this shift. Besides, on the basis of the historical context of change in travel motives and up-to-date perspective, the author analyses the scientific position of famous tourism specialists (Faracik, 2008; Plog, 2005; Pearce, 2005; Kvartalnov, 2002; Rudnicki, 2010, and others) on travel motives and discusses models published in scientific papers. Special attention is given to the links between tourist travel motives and types of tourism. The author of the article notes that more research is needed in order to find out tourist travel motives according to the country of origin, religious, cultural and other dimensions. The article presents tourism situation in Lithuania in the context of ‘pull’ country. |
| In the 21st century systematic processes should be main setting contemporary enterprises aiming at raising the competitive edge on the global market. It is effect of functioning in the era of the forming oneself of the economy based on the knowledge which is extorting on all participants being functional on the market, pointing main reserves to such immaterial sources, which cooperating with the economy will be answering too faster their economic development. It means that still the changing market is putting new requirements before enterprises in delivering to customers new services. It isn’t possible without appropriately of qualified and appropriate employees. Without them the enterprise isn’t able even to initiate of the implementation of strategies based on such a destination. Features and capacities to work of crucial employees constitute most important and most valuable capital of every company however which is often undervalued, not to say wasted. For a lot of final years, applying strategies of investing in modern machines, they forgot about action set for exploiting high qualifications of the employee staff. However at present, in times where it is more and more hard to keep up with keeping the highest level of financial stores, more and more is leaning companies one’s competitiveness of employees on immaterial factors, mainly connected with qualifications and competence. It is essential for all employers so that notice these differences and implement innovative actions. They will be to attract and appropriately to motivate employees, which thanks to using one's knowledge, will exaggerate about the permanent market success of the entire enterprise. |
| The paper addresses the issues relating to social capital and human capital. The primary objective of the paper is the general characteristics of social networks, in which the actors are Lithuanian students. At the same time, an assumption was made about their relationship with the socialisation of human capital. A theoretical part of the paper contains a literature review relating to the discussed issues. It provided the basis for the analysis of the results of the surveys conducted among first-year students of the Faculty of Politics and Management at the Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius in October 2014. They determined the strength of social ties, network coverage, as well as network characteristics. The paper reaches a few key conclusions. They relate, in particular, to the occurrence of diverse social ties between the respondents and their closer and more distant environment and a lack of influence of this diversity on offering or receiving assistance. The survey results also showed the scale of diversity of social groups in which Lithuanian students socially meet, and social activity. The human capital of Lithuanian students was determined indirectly through their subjective assessments of personality traits |
| Forming the personality of the professional Romanian officer for a modern army able to meet the requirements of permanently received missions, in any circumstances, nationally and internationally, needs constant attention and concern for the enhancement of military academic quality management and of all components that contribute to its achievement. In this respect, the management of the quality of the teaching and learning process, through its aims in terms of the performance training of the future officer particularly contributes to achieving and strengthening excellence through the quality of military academic education. The theoretical and applied scientific concerns, which started in the second half of the last century are more developed and diversified in these first decades of the 21st century, in what regards the adaptation of the final products of any type of activities, tailored on the needs of the beneficiaries. In this sense, in the field of education, the increasingly demanding requirements of the beneficiaries have generated new perspectives of approach in the domains of science education, decision theory, psychology management, organization theory etc. These realities and challenges were the essential parts of our study, as a perspective of scientific, theoretical and practical approach of what quality management represents in the teaching and learning process in military higher education. The approach, from an interdisciplinary unified perspective, of some specific aspects of the quality management of the teaching and learning process in military higher education offers a new perspective of scientific analysis of the need to rethink and reconstruct the basis, design and achievement of quality in modern military academic education. |
| The systemic transformations, which are happening in the western culture and becoming more intensive, can be analyzed as worldview changes, passing from the perspective of modernity towards post-modernity. The aim of the study is to reveal the influence of these changes on the formation of the contemporary concept of the individual career and the practices of career management in the organizations. The research methods applied in the study were scientific literature analysis, systematic analysis and synthesis. The authors conclude that grand metanarratives, which characterize modernism, are changed to individual narratives based on self-realization in postmodernism epoch. Changes in postmodern organizations determine that hierarchic management, hyperbolized rationality and depersonalization of relations is more and more often rejected. Therefore, postmodernist career is more dynamic, open and global and this is determined by such factors as constantly changing external environment, global computerization, significance of aspects of restructuration of organizations and networks. In postmodern era career was started to be conceived not as a vocation or implementation of predetermined roles or traditions, but as self-designed and self-directed project. Organizational career became just a fragment of self-developed individual narrative. Career is owned by the individual, but the organizations via their career systems can also actively participate in the employees’ career development. |
| The key to the success of companies and entire economies in the world today is innovation. And it is a strategic objective also for the Polish economy. Polish business, to succeed on a global scale, need to work on innovation in all areas. Must offer innovative products and services, but also the use of innovative marketing solutions that help him to reach buyers and build strong brands. Also play an important role in the area of innovation processes and organization for better respond to changes in the environment, reduce operating costs and thereby increase their competitiveness. One of the most important factors in the innovation economy is a human factor. In this regard, a special role has to play contemporary leaders. Challenges in the area of innovation are a real test for them. The article discusses the role of leadership in the process of creating innovation in the organization on the example of polish companies. The author tries to show the importance of leadership in the development and strengthening of innovation processes, which often take the form of business organization innovation management. The article presents desirable characteristics of a leader who is able to prepare the organization to the challenges of the environment, bring them to life, revive, see new, unique capabilities and open to innovative solutions. |