Table of Contents 3-4/2008
From the Editor -
Stanisława Borkowska
ARTICLES
Anna Lipka The effectiveness of strategic human
resource management
This article defines the concept of highly–effective SHRM. It presents a
table demonstrating the links between selected strategies and risk, as it is
risk that (like the costs of quality) can increase or decrease the effectiveness
of SHRM. A way for calculating the worker retention indicator—a measure of
effective SHRM—is also presented.
Tadeusz Oleksyn and Anna Ewa Oleksyn Managers and
leaders
In 1977, Prof. Abraham Zaleznik contrasted managers and leaders. The differences
between the two are also evident in Poland, which is confirmed by research
presented in brief in the article. These differences should be familiar to
managers, especially personnel managers, and they should be taken into account
in selecting and developing a managerial staff and in managing competencies.
Paweł Szwiec The impact of leadership on the creativity
of employees
This article strives to present methods for shaping day–to–day, direct relations
with subordinates and how this path is used to influence the level of their
creative achievements. Special attention is paid to relations linking management
style demonstrated by the superior with the creativity of subordinates. Moreover,
the article engenders reflection on links between the assessment, reward, and
penalty systems functioning in the organization and the creativity of people
employed by it.
Anna Balcerek From management to leadership
The contemporary labor market forces managers to have the skills needed in the
effective conducting of transformations within the organization. Charismatic
leadership replaces traditional management and the manager becomes a leader. The
objective behind this paper is to demonstrate the competency and skill of the
traditional manager, as it is developed to achieve the level of a leader
conducting change. This publication is the end product of studies of literature,
mainly English and German, in the realm of leadership in the process of change.
Czesław Sikorski The attitude to success as a basis for
organizational culture
The purpose of this article is to present the typology of organizational
cultures in terms of the attitude of people to professional success. Two
criteria were used in building the typology: the position of a sense of control
and the relationship to professional rule. Four types of organizational culture
were identified on this basis. They differ in terms of level of aspiration of
people and their relationship to praxeological, moral, and customary
professional rules.
Bogusława Urbaniak Collective labor relations as a
subject for scientific consideration: Reflections on American experience
This article presents the evolution of views on industrial relations,
referred to as collective labor relations with increasing frequency. The
undertaking of this matter has not only a cognitive aspect, but also opens the
way for further consideration on the model of collective labor relations as
promoted in the European Union, which is based on a formula of collective
employee representation.
Leader's Forum
Renata Trochimiuk Good practices in managing people at DHL Express (Poland)
This paper presents selected initiatives undertaken by DHL Express (Poland) that
are of value to current and potential employees in forming an image of a good
employer.
COMMUNIQUES
Monika Dawid–Sawicka Employee involvement: Is there anything to worry
about?
The aim of this article is to present the freshest research results derived from
the “Worker Stance” project. The study encompassed thirty–two factors intended
to build involvement in performing work. The results are presented by industry
and division.
Rafał Muster Managing human resources in public employment services in
light of empirical studies: Selected aspects
This article presents the results of empirical research into the question of
human resource management in public employment services. To this end two
theoretical systems—the Blake–Mouton managerial grid and the Tannenbaum–Schmidt
management behavior continuum theory—were translated into the language of
research questions.
Maria Baron–Puda The demand for workers in manufacturing companies and the
labor market
The objective of this article is the presentation of problems and direction of
development of the labor market from the point of view of shaping a demand for
specific professions and specialties as well as worker skills and stance in
production plants. The study was developed on the basis of a research project
whose main aim was to identify the present and future needs of employers in
medium and large manufacturing companies on the Bielsko Biała labor market.
Stanley J. Smits, Tadeusz Kowalski, Anna Matysek–Jędrych, and Agnieszka Jaromin
The evolution of MBA studies: Expectations and reality
The aim of this article is an overall assessment of the condition of Master of
Business Administration studies. It is against this background that it attempts
to define the level of managerial qualifications and the career paths of
graduates.
REVIEWS. DISCUSSIONS
Lee Iacocca, Catherine Whitney, Where Have All the Leaders Gone? – Maciej
Koczerga
FROM THE PUBLISHER'S SHOWCASE
Human Resource Management: A Selection of Literature Alina Kulesza
CHRONICLES. INFORMATION
The “21st Century” Initiative Research Project – Stanisława Borkowska
A summing up of the 7th HR Congress “The Role of Human Resources in Building
the Image of a Desirable Employer” – Monika Dawid–Sawicka
“Where Are Businesses Going?” Conference – Anna Piekarczyk
The 3rd Cracow Wage Forum – Kazimierz Sedlak
The results of the 9th Edition of the Human Resource Management Leader
Competition – Editorial Staff
Coming soon ...
International HR Congress & Expo in Poland
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