WITHIN AND BEYOND BOUNDARIES OF MANAGEMENT

The boundaries of management - their determining, forming, strengthening, but also questioning them, destroying and expanding is a fascinating, important and always present topic of scientific research proposals of consulting firms and good management practices.

The development of management sciences is a continuous process of deciding about stability and change of management systems or their components, so about the content existing at the specific time and conditions, paradigms, concepts and methods of management. It is a discussion about the underlying value systems, inspirations, visions about the world, organisations themselves, their leaders and managers, changing people as employees and participants of social life and consumers.

Constantly exists a question about boundaries, whether within the hitherto expanded including "the development on the edge" system, or a completely new management. It is a question about the way to shift boundaries - evolutionary or revolutionary; about the driving force of the change - centres or peripheries; about the direction of change - issued by a superior or bottom-up initiative.

The boundaries of management are determined by "the spirit of the times" in which they are formulated, reflect the specificity of the conditions and opportu­nities. It is the independent variable of established boundaries. They are also influ­enced by many factors, among others, globalisation, technology and culture.

Sometimes though, researchers and consultants as well as managers, three main groups directly affecting the management process go far beyond the existing framework and boundaries. They set new horizons and edges in the visionary way.

The monograph includes 25 articles written by 27 authors from different Polish academic backgrounds dealing with management, who present the results of their theoretical and empirical studies concerning this topic. Articles show how multi-threaded complex and rich this subject is. Three groups of issues are presented starting in the first part "Defining Boundaries of Management" from more funda­mental and general ones, coming to specific credo; in the second part "Boundaries of Strategic Management" recognising the idea and concepts of strategic management as fundamental to the debate about the boundaries; in order to look into selected specific issues in the third part "General Management Boundaries". We believe that the structure and content of this book will let understand better the world of modern management and its paradoxes and show the way towards new horizons of management and "governance without borders".

PREFACE

PART I. DEFINING BOUNDARIES OF MANAGEMENT

BOUNDARIES AS A PROBLEM OF CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT (Zbigniew Dworzecki)

1. Introduction

2. The Idea of a Boundary or Boundaries

3. What Is the Role of Boundaries? Why Do People Create Them?

4. Nature of Management Boundaries

5. A Changing Environment as a Condition of Changing Management Boundaries

6. Changing People as the Main Driving Force of Changes of Management Boundaries

Bibliography

LIMITS OVER THE LIMITS OF THE INDIVIDUALS' ACTIONS IN AN ENTERPRISE (Sławomir Winch)

1. Introduction

2. Surpassing Emotional Boundaries of Individuals

3. Surpassing Cultural Boundaries

4. Conclusions

Bibliography

BOUNDARIES OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Sylwester Gregorczyk)

1. Introduction

2. Enterprise Management System

3. Boundaries of Components of Management System resulting from Virtual and Network Nature of Enterprise

4. Model Development of Network Enterprise Management System Components

Bibliography

PERCEPTION OF STRUCTURE DETERMINANTS AND INTERNAL STRUCTURAL BOUNDARIES (Wioletta Mierzejewska)

1. Introduction

2. Research Method and Sample

3. Importance of Structure Determinants in the Perception of Managers

4. Perception of the Importance of the Structure Determinants and the Internal Structural Boundaries

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

INTER-ORGANISATIONAL RELATIONS - MANAGERIAL CONSEQUENCES AND BOUNDARIES OF THEIR ECONOMIC PERCEPTION (Beata Stępień, Monika Sulimowska-Formowicz)

1. Introduction

2. Perception of Inter-Organisational Relations from the Transaction Cost Theory Perspective

3. What Can Institutional Theory Add to IOR Understanding?

4. IOR as the Source of Power or Dependency Tie

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE IN ORGANISATIONS WITH BROADEN BOUNDARIES (Agnieszka Sopińska)

1. Introduction

2. The Essence and the Idea of Organisational Boundaries

3. Network Organisations as an Example of Organisations with Broaden Boundaries

4. Exchange of Knowledge in Network Organisations

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM OF FIRM BOUNDARIES: A PRELIMINARY OUTLINE OF THE CREATIVITY-BASED THEORY OF THE FIRM (Katarzyna Bratnicka)

1. Introduction

2. Implications of Organisational Creativity for Firm Boundaries

3. The Moderating Effect of Strategic Luck

4. The Moderating Effects of Strategic Issue Salience

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

PART II. BOUNDARIES OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

THE BOUNARIES OF MANAGEMENT THINKING: DESIGN THINKING VERSUS STRATEGIC THINKING (Maciej Brzozowski)

1. Introduction

2. The Nature of Design Thinking

3. The Nature of Strategic Thinking

4. Design Thinking Characteristics versus Strategic Thinking Characteristics

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN POLISH COMPANIES - STABLE OR CHAOTIC? (Przemysław Wołczek)

1. Introduction

2. Stable Strategic Management

3. Stable or Chaotic Strategic Management - Results of the Studies

4. Conclusions

Bibliography

ORGANISATIONAL BOUNDARIES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF POLISH CORPORATE GROUPS (Ireneusz Janiuk)

1. Introduction

2. Corporate Group as a Tool Used to Shape Organisational Boundaries

3. Characteristics of Typical Corporate Groups (Theoretical Approach)

4. Results of Some Research Concerning the Development of Corporate Groups in Poland

5. The Importance of Corporate Groups in Poland - Own Survey Research

6. Conclusions

Bibliography

ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN POLAND: CREATING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES (Zbigniew Chyba, Wiesław Grudzewski)

1. Introduction

2. Research Area

3. Results and Discussion

4. Conclusions

Bibliography

ASSET SPECIFICITY IN THE SUPPLIER-BUYER RELATIONSHIPS IN LITERATURE AND CORPORATE PRACTICE (Anna Wójcik-Karpacz)

1. Introduction

2. Selected Types of Inter-Organisational Relationships - Theoretical Approach

3. Review of the Conceptualisations of Relation-Specific Assets

4. Study of Specificity of Assets Dedicated to the Relationship with the Key Supplier

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

PARTICIPATION OF EMPLOYEES AS ONE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT - CONDITIONS, IMPLICATIONS, RESULTS (Joanna Radomska)

1. Introduction

2. Conditions, Implications and Results Associated with the Participation of Employees in the Strategic Management Process - Review of Literature

3. Hypotheses and Research Method

4. Research Results and Discussion

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

PART III. GENERAL MANAGEMENT BOUNDARIES

TALENT MANAGEMENT: BETWEEN THEORY AND PRAC TICE (Tomasz Ingram)

1. Introduction

2. In Search of Organisational Talent Management Theory

3. Theory Evaluation Criteria

4. Research Design

5. Empirical Research Results - Contradictions Enclosed in the Organisational Talent Management

6. Organisational Talent Management and Performance Measures: Conceptualisation of Relationships

7. Conclusions

Bibliography

THE POWER OF SOCIAL MOTIVATION AS A BOUNDARY OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN AN ENGINERING CONSTRUCTION FIRM (Monika Stelmaszczyk)

1. Introduction

2. The Role of Motivation for Knowledge Sharing in Engineering Construction Firms

3. Types of Knowledge Sharing Motivations in Engineering Construction Firms

4. Social Motivations for Knowledge Sharing in Engineering Construction Firm - Case Study

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

EMPIRICAL STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE SOURCE S IN PROJECT-INTENSIVE ORGANISATIONS (Paweł Wyrozębski, Ewa Pączek)

1. Introduction

2. Research Methodology

3. Results

4. Conclusions

Bibliography

THE CONSEQUENCES OF ENHANCED MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM (Małgorzata Striker)

1. Introduction

2. Increasing Role of Management in Healthcare - Managerialism

3. Economisation of Public Healthcare System

4. Alteration of Responsibilities of Medical Professionals

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

THE BOUNDARIES OF ECONOMISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MARKETING IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - THE PROBLEM OF SATISFACTION (Szymon Jopkiewicz)

1. Introduction

2. Economisation of Healthcare System in Poland

3. Marketing Management in the System of Healthcare

4. Materials and Methods

5. The Results of the Study

6. Conclusions

Bibliography

BOUNDARIES OF INNOVATION ABSORPTION IN ORGANISATIONS' MANAGEMENT (Sebastian Bakalarczyk)

1. Introduction

2. Theoretical Background of Innovation

3. Absorption of Innovation and Its Boundaries - Research Analysis

4. Absorption Overview

5. Research Investigation

6. Conclusions

Bibliography

ORGANISATIONAL PROCEDURES AND ROUTINES (Jarosław Karpacz)

1. Introduction

2. The Concept and Essence of Organisational Procedures and Routines - Theoretical Approach

3. Procedures and Proposition how to Verify Their Practical Implementation

4. Conclusions

Bibliography

THE COMPETENCE OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS AS SELF-ASSESSED AND EMPLOYER-ASSESSED (Grażyna Bartkowiak)

1. Introduction

2. Results of Previous Research

3. Research Questions and Methodology

4. Results of Research

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

SYMBOLIC DIMENSION OF BRAND IN ITS DEVELOPMENT (Magdalena Grębosz)

1. Introduction

2. The Symbolic Meaning of Brands

3. Tribal Branding

4. Social Media in Symbolic Brand Development

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

THE INFLUENCE OF ELECTRONIC FILING INCOME TAX RETURNS ON THE TAX ADMINISTRATION BOUNDARIES (Joanna Papińska-Kacperek)

1. Introduction

2. The Electronic Services in Tax Administration

3. Pre-filled Income Tax Returns

4. Electronic Tax Payments

5. Security

6. E-filing Benefits

7. E-PIT in Poland

8. Usage Statistics

9. Conclusions

Bibliography

THE EVOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN COMPETITION POLICY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY (Agnieszka Barcik)

1. Introduction

2. The Origins and Basic Principles of the European Competition Policy

3. The Evolution of the European Competition Policy within Agreements Restricting Competition

4. Evolution of the European Competition Policy within the Abuse of a Dominant Position and Concentrations between Undertakings

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

THE LEGAL DIMENSION OF THE ENTREPRENEUR'S RESTRUCTURING WITHIN IN SOLVENCY (Piotr Dziwiński)

1. Introduction

2. The Bankruptcy Proceedings and the Forms of Insolvency

3. The Key Assumptions of the Amendment

4. Conclusions

Bibliography