The goal of the article is the diagnosis and presentation of the problems of the selection of construction technologies for buildings being built in the centres of urban agglomerations. The survey and literature studies that were performed show that the process of selecting these technologies is difficult due to a series of very different difficulties associated with constructing a structure in a city centre and which are sometimes hard to foresee. At the same time there is a lack of decision-making support tools dedicated to the selection of construction technologies that would take into account the problems that occur during the construction of buildings in city centres. The study shows the need to discuss the subject of developing a mathematical model and a decision-making support tool based on said model to that end.
The dynamics of the processes taking place in an environment, which is rendered in the
altered perception of the character of this environment, induces a need to find answers to
the following questions: (1) How do managers perceive an environment in the dimensions of
stability/ changeability and friendliness/unfriendliness? (2) Is there a correlation between
the stability/changeability and friendliness/unfriendliness of an environment, i.e. if an environment
is more stable, is it perceived as more friendly, and if an environment is more
changeable is it perceived as unfriendly? (3) Does environmental stability/changeability as
well as friendliness/unfriendliness exert any influence on organizational effectiveness? In
an attempt to answer the above quoted questions, the article’s objective has been defined
as a discussion on the interdependencies perceived by managers between an environment’s
dimensions of stability/changeability and friendliness/unfriendliness (analysed in terms of
institutional categories) and the organizational effectiveness of Polish enterprises.
The managers evaluated the legal environment as the least stable. In their opinion, that
milieu was also more intimidating than friendly. Concurrently, a technological environment
was perceived by the respondents as the most stable and favourable. The results of the
effected research allow forming a conclusion concerning the existing correlation between
the friendliness and stability of particular categories of an environment, at the same time
pointing out to the occurrence of correlations between stability/changeability and friendliness/
unfriendliness of some categories of an environment and the organizational effectiveness
of the examined enterprises.
W artykule omówiono metodę Konferencji Grupy Rodzinnej, która została wprowadzona na grunt polski przed dziesięciu laty przez J. Przepierskiego. Metoda przedstawiona jest w kontekście historycznym, jej założeń teoretycznych, szczególnych walorów praktycznych, uzasadniających zastosowanie w pracy z rodziną w sytuacji kryzysowej, oraz utrudnień, które stanowią przeszkodę w jej stosowaniu.
The goal of this article is to discuss dynamics hindering women's career in managerial roles of Polish comprehensive universities. Although female academics outnumber their male peers, they remain underrepresented in the management at universities. In the last 30 years, only 2 women held a position of rector. In this article, we analyse the reasons for this phenomenon on the basis of qualitative research performed with the use of individual in-depth interviews, preceded by the analysis of career advancement of individual women. The research has been carried out on a group of 15 women, which currently occupy position of vice-rector or have had position of rector in the past. The results of the analysis show that occupying a position of vice-rector is a key factor determining the chance to obtain a position of rector. This stage of the career helps to consolidate the chosen professional role in the organisation (3 main roles were recognised: expert, researcher and activist). Depending on the type, these roles give greater or lesser opportunities for self-identification in the position of a leader, for adapting to collegial culture of university and as a consequence becoming a rector.
The Author discusses the present state of Polish geography against the background of the traditional position, and the rapid development taking place after the Second World War. The introduction of new methods and new directions, as well as new organization are considered to have been reflected in the rising international position of Polish geography. Further topics here include the relationship between physical and human geography, the growing de facto separation of these two branches, and the development of several independent sciences rooted in geography but now existing apart from it (like geomorphology, climatology, hydrology, etc. on the physical geography side, with the element of the environment as a subject of study). On the other hand, social economic geography examines the effects of human activity in the environment, thereby synthesizing spatial management and bridging the gap between the earth sciences, the economy and the social sciences. The degradation of environmental resources, explosion of the human population and climate change have all forced geography (and other sciences) to head in the global direction, as well as towards interdisciplinary cooperation, likewise on the level of the world as a whole. If we are to meet the challenges this all entails, we will need to think about creating interdisciplinary problem teams, as well as activating existing organisational structures in science (notably the geographical sciences), with full benefit taken from research centres that run studies on differing spatial scales, in conjunction with international global programmes like the Future Earth. The geography of the future should not be a closed science, but should draw on the knowledge of scholars of various specialisations, seeking environmental solutions that require intervention on both the global and regional scales. Polish geography should participate in this activity, inter alia as part of Future Earth, as a new venture. It can also be regarded as our task to ensure that society is aware of all the above issues.
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