Key trends in modern management

The study has shown the major trends that affect the creation and spread of new methods of management in the information society.The attained results prove the fact that precisely because of the efforts of managers companies can take their rightful place in the business environment, even at the low level of physical resources

Process approach to study economic security components of trade enterprises

The article is based on generalization of modern approaches to the classification of business processes, additional classification features of their division are formulated, systematization of types of business processes of a trade enterprise is carried out, the authors’ reference model of business processes for trade enterprises as a basis for ensuring economic security of a business entity is proposed. Since any and all actions of a trade enterprise are accompanied by both the cost of resources and the creation of a certain result, their disbalance disorders economic security. Given that business processes are an effective tool for business management and a prerequisite for economic security of the business entity, we have identified the relationship between the business processes of the enterprise and the components of economic security

Re-establishment and Regarding Trust and Transparency, Blockchain’s Contribution to the Solution of a Thousand-Year Problem

Trust is the most important key element in the history of humanity and its success. We see and witness an emerging and exciting technology called Blockchain, eliminating losses caused by anti-trust and relieves pain in our social-build environment. Although the atmosphere in business, management, and society today has been heavily altered and involved, trust stays the same. This requirement leads companies in various industries to use new techniques to ensure their customer's business is in safe hands. Unfortunately, most of the current research is heavily based on the Bitcoin currency rather than its underlying technology, which focuses on revealing and improving Blockchain's limitations from managerial value perspectives. Many of the proposed solutions lack a concrete evaluation of their effectiveness. Many other Blockchain scalability related challenges, including throughput and latency, have been left unstudied. In this study, enabling functions is studied, and Blockchain's contribution to organisations' management is discussed. Besides, applicability in today's economic environment in various industries is studied. It is understood that after the development of technologies that eliminate centralised structures such as Blockchain, the business world is keen to adapt to this change. In this context, it is concluded that including new technologies such as Blockchain increased trust in various industries, and in the majority of the studies, Blockhain considered being an element to reduce costs and create a more transparent environment. It can be said that this technology contributes to the development and better understanding of the application area of the industries mentioned in the study

Транспарентність підприємства: від теорії до практики оцінювання (на прикладі торговельних мереж)

Introduction. In the conditions of globalisation of the world economy and informatisation of society, transparency is one of the most important factors of enterprise development. Openness of information concerning business organisation, performance of activities, implementation of innovations and social activity is a criterion for corporate management culture at the enterprise that determines its investment attractiveness and increasing market value, and creates preconditions for strengthening enterprises’ competitive positions in the market. Purpose. The purpose of the work is to identify the main elements of the enterprise transparency, substantiate methodological principles of its evaluation, conduct empirical research and test the hypothesis of the transparency impact on the main indicators of the enterprise activity. Methods. The methods of comparison, critical analysis and generalisation were used during the research, which allowed the authors to determine the essence, elemental composition and methodical principles for the evaluation of the company’s transparency. Also the methods of scoring, complex integrated assessment and correlation analysis were used to determine the level of transparency of retail networks by individual elements and study the link strength between transparency and the results of activities of trade enterprises. Results. According to the results of the research, the essence of transparency is defined as the transparency of relations between the company and its main stakeholders (owners, employees, buyers, resource providers, community, state), the content of which is disclosed through the set of characteristics of financial, legal, organisational, social anticorruption transparency. To determine the level of the enterprise transparency, a set of indicators reflecting transparency in the context of its main elements and formed based on the open data by enterprises, is substantiated. The conducted study of transparency of 25 Ukrainian retail chains made it possible to conclude that their level of openness is low (the level of transparency in general is 37.5% in aggregate). Only legal and financial aspects of the activities of enterprises among numerous types of transparency investigated are reflected in corporate websites in sufficient volume (56.6% and 54.2%, respectively). Also, we have determined formal disclosure of information concerning organisational structure of enterprises, associates and subsidiaries (36.0%), social activity (35.4%). The lowest level of openness of trade networks regarding the implementation of anticorruption programs (5.2%) is noted. According to the results of the correlation analysis, we have determined a strong dependence of profit dynamics (y1) of trading enterprises on legal (rx2y1=0.53), organisational (rx3y1=0.50) and financial (rx1y1=0.45) transparency. Also, a direct impact of legal (rx2y2=0.46), social (rx4y2=0.41) and anticorruption transparency (rx5y2=0.31) on dynamics of profitability of sales (y2) has been specified. Conclusion. Resulting from the research, transparency of the enterprise is defined as a complex characteristic, the content of which is disclosed through a set of relations between the company and its main stakeholders in the context of financial, legal, organisational, social and anticorruption openness. The authors of the article have detected a low level of transparency of retail networks in Ukraine and significant dependence of the results of their activity on the level of openness.У статті розвинуто теоретичні положення та методичні засади оцінювання транспарентності підприємства. Проаналізовано світовий досвід щодо визначення видових проявів і рівня відкритості підприємства. Обґрунтовано сукупність показників для оцінювання транспарентності підприємства за характеристиками фінансової, правової, організаційної, соціальної, антикорупційної транспарентності. Наведено результати емпіричного дослідження прозорості й відкритості діяльності торговельних мереж в Україні за підсумками якого визначено, що транспарентність торговельних підприємств є середньою як в цілому так і за окремими її видами. Спираючись на результати кореляційного аналізу встановлено сильний зв'язок між рівнем правової, організаційної, фінансової прозорості та динамікою прибутку торговельних мереж, а також прямий вплив соціальної та антикорупційної прозорості на динаміку рентабельності продажів

Вступ до спеціальності (Менеджмент)

These lecture slides contain summarized notes concerning the course "Introduction to Specialty (Management)". The slides give the basic information of the higher education system, presents the brief explanation of management as a science and profession, explains the management roles and competencies.Представлений конспект лекцій у слайдах містить узагальнені матеріали з курсу "Вступ до спеціальності "Менеджмент". У слайдах представлена базова інформація щодо системи вищої освіти, розкриті особливості менеджменту як науки та професії, визначені основні управлінські ролі та компетенції

Research of the economic risk factors of the functioning of the Ukrainian transport system

The purpose of this article is to research and to evaluate the risk factors of the transport system of Ukraine. The article examines the state of the transport system of Ukraine. The classification of specific risks of the transport system has been developed in two areas: the nature of occurrence and in relation to the transport system. The conceptual model of comprehensive research of the factors of economic risk has been proposed. It includes 4 modules. The approaches to the identification of the factors and indicators for assessing the economic risks of transport systems at the national and regional levels have been formed. In the result the comprehensive evaluation of the risk factors of regional transport system of Ukraine has been carried out. Identification of risks at the national and regional transport system is necessary for the effective strategy of the industry development through quantitative risk analysis which enables to give a real assessment of their own resources and capabilities in relation to the state (and needs) of the external environment. The rational choice of the strategies from a variety of options should be made on this basis