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Learning organization: A fine example of a management fad
The management theories of no practical value are known as management fads. One of those management fads - which is the focus of this research - is learning organization. There is sufficient evidence in English literature to conclude that learning organization is a management fad. The aim of this paper is to present the ample evidence that learning organization is a management fad. The maximum number of the research paper with the subject of learning organization was made in the late 1995 and the typical bell-shaped curve of the management fad is evident. In contrast to the world trend, a content analysis of Serbian journals discovered that a typical pick of a bell-shaped curve of papers covering the topic of learning organization was 17 years later. It is argued in this paper that the learning organization phenomenon, as a normative or prescriptive theory, should be abandoned in the academic world altogether. The learning organization fad is a phenomenon with low practical applicability, a phenomenon of a little value for further development in the management research
REVIEW OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA IN TRANSITION CONDITIONS
The transition, or the process of transition from centrally-planned to a market economy in Serbia, started in
the nineties of the twentieth century. Based on the concept of neoliberal economy, the system reform for the Republic of
Serbia was extremely long and difficult. The decline in economic activity, rising unemployment, an increase in foreign
trade deficit and balance of payment turbulence, among others, were the consequences of the implementation of
neoliberal economic policy. The task of this paper is to show that Serbia, as one of the most developed countries of the
Western Balkans must create and implement national economic and development policies in order to foster socioeconomic
development.
In line with this objective of this paper is to analyze the macroeconomic performances in Serbia in transition
period or the last ten years, between 2004-2014.godine. The paper analyzes the basic macroeconomic performance as
economic growth, unemployment, industrial production, import, export, and Balance of Payments. The paper consists
of five parts, where in addition to the introduction analyzes the trend of economic growth, unemployment and industrial
production, then analyzes the implementation of import and export policies, as well as the trend in the balance of
payments. At the end, there were concluding observations and literatur
Drug Repurposing for Candidate SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors by a Novel in Silico Method
The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak caused an
unprecedented global public health threat, having a high transmission rate with
currently no drugs or vaccines approved. An alternative powerful additional
approach to counteract COVID-19 is in silico drug repurposing. The
SARS-CoV-2 main protease is essential for viral replication and an attractive
drug target. In this study, we used the virtual screening (VS) protocol with
both long-range and short-range interactions to select candidate SARS-CoV-2
main protease inhibitors. First, the ISM applied for Small Molecules was used
for searching the Drugbank database and further followed by molecular docking.
After in silico screening of drug space, we identified 57 drugs as
potential SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors that we propose for further
experimental testing.</p
Drug Repurposing for Candidate SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors by a Novel In Silico Method
Research and development of efficient, environmentally improved household gas appliances
An experimental research and analysis of performance of three domestic house hold gas appliances was carried out. The objective of this work, based on the conducted analysis of the research data, was to improve the appliances’ performance, prefer ably through relative simple modifications, in order to satisfy DIN 4702 emissions and efficiency standards when using different fuels, including natural gas, liquefied petroleum gases and lower quality natural gas. This report summarizes details of this work and how the objectives were achieved