The Return of Jugoslovenka: An Unrequited Love Affair

This essay considers women’s emancipation in Socialist Yugoslavia as central to the socialist project. I focus on the feminist art of the 1970s and 1980s, aswell as contemporary engagements with the question of Yugoslavia. I put in conversation performance works by Sanja Iveković, Vlasta Delimar, Marina Gržinić, and Šejla Kamerić. The title of this essay, “Return of Jugoslovenka: An Unrequited Love Affair” points to how contested the position of Yugoslav women was during socialism, and how much it remains so today, albeit for very different reasons. As I show in the article, Yugoslav women in the arts embraced socialism as a political paradigm but vehemently resisted its patriarchal violence. I argue their art and work remain critical sites of feminist resistance to this day

Developing an Organizational Culture Supportive of Business Process Management

In recent years, a holistic understanding of business process management (BPM) has evolved in Information Systems (IS) research. This understanding considers organizational factors such as strategic alignment, governance, people, and culture as important aspects of BPM beyond Information Technology (IT) and methods. Particularly, organizational culture has been increasingly recognized as a critical success factor for the efficiency and effectiveness of business processes. While existing research already examined which cultural values determine a supportive environment for realizing BPM objectives and how these values can be measured, it has not been explored to date how such a supportive organizational culture can be developed. Based on a review of the literature, we therefore investigate the case of a global IT software provider to gain a first understanding of strategies organizations can implement to develop a supportive cultural setting for their BPM approach. We show how these findings extend recent studies in BPM research

Foto-galerija Subotice

Grad Subotica   Subotica se u pisanim dokumentima prvi put spominje 7. maja 1391. godine, ali sigurno da je mesto starije. Utvrđeno je da su ljudi na ovom prostoru živeli još pre 3.000 godina. Sudbinu Subotice bitno je određivao položaj na putu između Evrope i Azije. U čestim i velikim seobama u ovu vojnu krajinu došli su mnogi narodi: Srbi, Mađari, Nemci, Slovaci, Jevreji, Bunjevci, Grci... često su se menjali gospodari kao i imena grada. Od prvog – Zabatka 1391.  â€“  promenjeno je više od dvesto naziva, ali su najkarakterističnija imena Szent-Maria, Maria-Theresiopolis, Maria Theresienstadt, Szabadka i Subotica.   Jedna od bajkovitih ličnosti subotičke prošlosti, Jovan Nenad Crni, javio se u istoriji posle poraza mađarske vojske od Turaka na Mohaču 1526. godine. Njegovu tajanstvenost uvećavala je čudna crna pruga koja mu se pružala od slepoočnice do stopala noge, zbog čega su ga i prozvali Crni. On je potisnuo Turke iz Južne Ugarske i tu osnovao svoju kratkoveku slovensku državu. Proglasio se carem, a Suboticu izabrao za prestonicu. Poginuo je 1527. godine u sukobu sa ugarskom vlastelom. Posle četiri veka, na godišnjicu njegove smrti, u Subotici mu je na glavnom trgu podignut spomenik koji je 1941. godine srušio okupator, a obnovljen je i ponovo postavljen 1991.   Turci su Suboticu zauzeli 1542. godine i vladali njome do 1686. Privilegijom iz 1743. godine Marija Terezija proglasila je Suboticu slobodnom komorskom varoši, za šta su Subotičani darovali carici 150 konja. Za odanu službu subotičkih graničara habsburškom dvoru, Marija Terezija proglasila je Suboticu 1779. godine slobodnim kraljevskim gradom. Za ovu važnu odluku Subotičani su poklonili carici 5.000 zlatnika i platili otkup 266.666 forinti. Status slobodnog kraljevskog grada doneo je Subotici veću autonomiju i novo ime – Maria Theresiopolis. Od te godine počinje planski i ubrzaniji razvoj grada.   Subotica se u moderan srednjvropski grad razvila krajem 19. i početkom 20. veka. Grad je u to vreme doživeo izuzetan urbani, industrijski, graditeljski i kulturni procvat. Brži razvoj zanata, industrije i trgovine podstaknut je još 1869. godine dolaskom prvog voza, a ubrzan izgradnjom električne centrale 1896. godine i tramvajskim saobraćajem 1897. godine. Začetke današnje moderne industrije nalazimo krajem 19. veka: preduzeće za izvoz mesa “Hartman i Konen†s prvom hladnjačom u zemlji, prvu subotičku fabriku sumporne kiseline i veštačkog đubriva “Klotild†osnovanu 1904, braća Ruf su 1917. godine počela proizvodnju bombona, industrija električnih motora “Sever†osnovana je 1923. godine. Prva srednja škola, preteča gimnazije, otvorena je u Subotici 1747, muzička škola 1868, dom za stare 1766, Palić postaje lečilište 1845, prva štamparija osnovana je 1844, prve novine izašle su 1848, prvu bioskopsku predstavu prikazao je Anđelo Bjanki iz Pečuja 1899, a Aleksandar Lifka otvorio prvi stalni bioskop 1910, čuro Stantić osvojio prvu olimpijsku medalju u Atini 1906, Ivan Sarić poleteo avionom sopstvene konstrukcije 1910...   Preuzeto iz: Krstić Boško, Subotica, pregled Subotica: Javno preduzeće «Palić-Ludaš », 2. izd, 1996; 5. izd. 2007

Corporate Culture: Identity and Mental Health

Cilj ovog rada bila je analiza koncepta korporativne kulture i faktora koji čine jedan takav ekonomski i društveni subjekt neovisan o zakonskim regulacijama institucija te proces na koji ta kultura utječe na pojedince i na društvo u kojem sudjeluje. Korporacije su bitan aspekt ekonomskog i društvenog života i prožimaju sve slojeve društva u kojima sudjeluju kao aktivni sudionici preko procesa tranzicije i globalizacije. Cilj je bilo istražiti faktore korporativnih kultura razvijanih u zemljama 'zapadnog' sustava i promotriti ih na primjeru hrvatskog društva. Posebnost položaja koji ima Hrvatska u svim svojim razdobljima modernizacije (predložak uzet po sociologu Rogiću, 2000) daje nam plodno tlo na kojem možemo istražiti utjecaje korporativnog aparata na primjerima razvoja i raspada kompanija. Bitan aspekt rada ĉini osvrt na procese (re)formiranja identiteta kroz posljedice koje ostavlja korporativni sustav u svojoj potrazi za profitom na štetu mentalnog zdravlja pojedinaca i populacija. Istraživanje je obuhvaćalo kritičnu analizu medijskih sadržaja i reprezentacije te individualna iskustva pojedinaca (prezentiranih kroz vinjete) koji su bili dijelom korporativnog sustava ili tek to namjeravaju postati.The aim of this study was to analyse the concept of corporate culture and the factors that make such a complex subject economically and socially independent of legal regulations of institutions as well as the process in which that culture influences an individual and the society in which it partakes in. Corporations are a vital aspect of economic and social life and permeate all layers of society in which they participate in through the processes of transition and globalization. The aim was to research the factors of corporate cultures developed in the countries of the “western” system and to explore them on the example of the Croatian society. The particularity of the position which Croatia in all of its periods of modernisation (idea 42 taken from sociologist Rogić, 2000) gives us a fertile ground on which we can explore the influences of the corporate machine on the example of the rise and the fall of companies. A vital aspect of the study is the process of (re)forming identity forms through the consequences which the corporate culture leaves behind in its quest for profit and the damage of mental health on the individual and populations. The research encompassed critical analysis of media elements and the representations as well as individual experiences of people (presented through vignettes) who are a part of the corporate system or they are about to become

Robovlasnički sustav stare Grčke na primjerima izvornih tekstova

Ropstvo kao pojam nastao je vrlo rano kao nasilno i nadmoćno vladanje jedne osobe nad drugom. Razvijalo se kroz godine ovisno o tipu društva i kulturi u kojoj se pojavilo te o količini robova koje je to društvo posjedovalo. Upravo je ta količina razvila ovisnost o daljnoj potrebi za robovima i potaknula razvoj kompleksnih ekonomskih sustava koji su se temeljili na trgovini i industriji, a u čijem je središtu bila radna snaga robova. Kao i u svakoj analizi nekog dijela antičkog svijeta teško je sa sigurnošću potvrditi teze o ponašanju prema robovima, ali i o njihovom broju zbog pomanjkanja izvora. Također problematika pojedinih izvora nalazi se u tome da su dotični pisani iz perspektive gospodara robova, a ne samih robova. Analiza tekstova i konteksta u kojem su pisani podijeljena je na nekoliko razdoblja i značajnijih autora kako bi se dobila preglednija slika o samim izvorima, ali i kako bi se lakše razložila tematika teksta. Razdoblje koje je obrađeno u ovom radu proteže se kroz predhelenističko razdoblje stare Grčke

A Matter of Decision: Experimental Art in Hungary and Yugoslavia, 1968-1989

<p>This dissertation analyzes experimental art movements in Hungary and the former Yugoslavia from 1968 to 1989, examining the variety of ways that artists responded to the ideological and practical failures of communism. I also deliberate on how artists, living in the specter of Marxist ideology, negotiated socio-political and cultural systems dominated by the state; how they undermined the moral consciousness that state socialism imposed from above; and how they created alternative ways of being in an era that had promised the opening of society and art but that failed that pledge. I suggest that some artists increasingly questioned the state's hegemony in everyday relationships, language, and symbols, and attempted to neutralize self-censorship and gain sovereignty over their own bodies and minds through "decision as art." The dissertation approaches authoritarian domination within the context of the artists' aesthetic choices, especially the development of conceptual and performance art as a mode of opposition. Deliberating on the notion of decision as central to the conceptualization and execution of resistance to the state, I focus on the alternative ways in which Yugoslavian and Hungarian artists made art in variegated forms and modes of ethical commitment. I argue that such art must be understood as an active decision to live in and through art while enduring political circumstance.</p>Dissertatio

At the Crossroads between Digital Innovation and Digital Transformation

Consumerization, democratization, and platform business logics are not only creating opportunities for new product development, new business models, and new ways of organizing, but in addition are also driving the transformation of established organizational resources and routines. This PDW is designed to address questions at the intersection of digital innovation and digital transformation. These topics are interrelated as successive waves of digital innovation within an industry or at the level of an individual firm and its ecosystem may lead to fundamental transformation of structures, roles and management, culture, competencies and skills, and so forth, depending on the influence of barriers such as inertia and resistance to change. By exploring how and why the new organizing logic of digital innovation impacts and transforms incumbent firms, the workshop addresses questions from four different areas: (1) Why the new logic of digital innovation triggers a digital transformation in incumbent firms; (2) the drivers of this digital transformation in incumbent firms’ immediate environment; (3) how these drivers may under certain conditions alter the structure, strategy, culture, competencies, skills and technology platforms of incumbent firms; (4) the trajectories of digital transformation journeys inside incumbent firms