Koncepcja badania zaawansowania systemu wczesnego rozpoznania

In order to ensure an effective performance of an organization in a vola- tile environment, one cannot do without a study of the ongoing changes within the environment. It is especially imperative to anticipate crises through the identification of opportunities and threats and this is possible thanks to detect- ing and interpreting weak signals, which hint imminent strategic surprises. It is thus necessary to continue perfecting tools which attempt to improve the executives’ knowledgeability of the potential threats and opportunities. This paper discusses issues associated with studies of the advancement level of the early warning system employed in an organization

The Social Engagement as a Source of Innovation

Innovation, innovation economy, innovation management are all crucial issues in both theory and practice of management. The purpose of this paper is to provide mechanisms for the use of corporate community involvement in public affairs as a source of innovation for both business organizations and in relation to ways of solving social problems and pursuing public purposes. The use of business engagement in social affairs as a source and inspiration for innovation and the mechanisms of responsible use of that business engagement by community and public organizations were analyzed. Companies have discovered that social problems have their economic side and the involvement in solving the problems of the public sector can strongly stimulate their own business processes. The new paradigm for innovation grows in the field of cooperation between private business and public interest, generating positive and permanent changes for both sides. There is a strong need for the cause social responsiveness and increased social sensitivity, not only on the side of the business but also in public organizations

The Principles of Implementing Early Recognition Systems in an Organization

In the context of the turbulent environment, contemporary organizations have to work out and implement tools enabling them to handle the turbulence, and primarily, to avoid negative consequences of these processes. The tools are related, among others, to obtaining and providing managers, sufficiently in advance, with adequate management information on the environment. Early Recognition Systems (ERS) are a response to such conditions of the organization functioning and the challenge in respect of information support for decision-making processes. Unfortunately, they are mainly of informalized character, dispersed on various levels and in various functional areas of organizations, and very often based on unconscious, habitual actions, and, in consequence, their advancement and effectiveness are low. Based on the main characteristics of early recognition systems, the article presents the framework procedure of systemic solutions in the area of early recognition, which is supposed to enable formally organized activities within this scope

The System of Early Recognition of Changes in the Environment in the Opinion of Senior-Level Managers

The problem of early recognition systems is still insufficiently explored by researchers on the grounds of the management studies, and the overview of the literature of the subject reveals the scarcity of empirical papers which would attempt to identify and describe systems occurring in organizations. With regard to the above, it is necessary to intensify works in this area so that in subsequent research of the organizational phenomenon that early recognition is, it could be possible, on the one hand, to learn more about their structure and functioning in an organization, and on the other hand, to improve research instruments enabling their measurement. This paper’s aim is to present the findings of the research attempting to identify the early recognition system with regard to its four aspects: the functional, the process, the instrumental and the structural one

catena-Poly[[bis­(μ-3-amino­pyrazine-2-carboxyl­ato)-κ3 N 1,O:O;κ3 O:N 1,O)dilithium]-di-μ-aqua]

The title compound, [Li(C5H4N3O2)(H2O)]n, is composed of centrosymmetric dinuclear units, in which the LiI ions are bridged by two carboxyl­ate O atoms donated by two ligands. The dinuclear unit is nearly planar [r.m.s. deviation = 0.0125 (2) Å]. The LiI ion is coordinated by an N,O-chelating ligand, a bridging carboxyl­ate O atom from another ligand and two bridging water O atoms in a distorted trigonal-bipyra­midal geometry. The water O atoms bridge the dinuclear units into a polymeric mol­ecular column along [010]. The columns are held together by O—H⋯O and N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds. An intra­molecular N—H⋯O inter­action also occurs

Poly[aqua­(μ-pyrazine-2-carboxyl­ato-κ3 N,O:O)(μ-pyrazine-2-carboxyl­ato-κ3 N,O:O′)lead(II)]

The polymeric structure of the title compound, [Pb(C5H3N2O2)2(H2O)]n, is built up from centrosymmetric [Pb(C5H3N2O2)2(H2O)]2 dimers, which are bridged by ligand carboxyl­ate O atoms. The PbII ion adopts an irregular PbN2O5 coordination polyhedron; it is chelated by one N,O-bidentate ligand and also bonds to a water O atom. A second N,O-bidentate ligand forms the dimer bridge and another bridging O atom from a nearby dimer also bonds to the PbII ion, leading to layers propagating in (100). A network of O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds operates between water O atoms (donors) and carboxyl­ate O atoms (acceptors)

The Bioconversion of Sewage Sludge to Bio-Fuel: The Environmental and Economic Benefits

This paper aims to analyze the economic feasibility of generating a novel, innovative biofuel— bioenergy—obtained from deposit bio-components by means of a pilot installation of sewage sludge bio-conversion. Fuel produced from sewage sludge biomass bears the potential of being considered a renewable energy source. In the present study, 23 bioconversion cycles were conducted taking into consideration the different contents, types of high carbohydrate additives, moisture content of the mixture as well as the shape of the bed elements. The biofuel was produced using post fermentation sewage sludge for industrial energy and heat generation. Based on the presented research it was concluded that the composite biofuel can be co-combusted with hard coal with the optimal percentage share within the range of 20–30% w/w. Sewage sludge stabilized by means of anaerobic digestion carried out in closed fermentation chambers is the final product. The average values of the CO2, CO, NO, NOx and SO2 concentrations in flue gas from co-combustion of a bioconversion product (20% w/w) and coal were 5.43%, 1903 ppm, 300 ppm, 303 ppm and 179 ppm, respectively. In total, within a period of 4.5 years of the plant operation, 1853 Mg of fuel was produced and successfully co-combusted with coal in a power plant. The research demonstrated that in the waste water treatment sector there exists energy potential in terms of calorific value which translates into tangible benefits both in the context of energy generation as well as environmental protection. Over 700,000 Mg of bio-sewage sludge is generated annually in Poland. According to findings of the study presented in the paper, the proposed solution could give 970,000 Mg of dry mass of biomass qualified as energy biomass replacing fossil fuels

New business models in the context of co-creating value with customer

The paper concerns the issues of customer involvement in the co-creating value in accessing resources area. Its purpose is to identify interesting and still poorly recognized research problem, which is the impact of the co-creating value on customer relationships and changes in business models applied on the market, and to present the preliminary research proposal for wider scientific discussion. The paper presents: the outline of the research problem and its rationale, the discussion of the theory of co-creating value as the theoretical basis for the research, and business model concept as the way of value creating and acquisition from the market

Design thinking as the environment for disruptive innovation

The subject of this paper is design thinking as an approach to creative thinking and action adapted from the work of the best designers. Design thinking is a method of solving open, complex and ambiguous user problems. As a method based on the the human-centered, exploratory and iterative potential of attitudes towards design practice and reality itself, it holds a number of attractive qualities for disruptive innovation. The purpose of the study is to identify these design thinking qualities that can support organizations in creating disruptive innovations

Empathizing in design thinking as a source of weak signals for entrepreneurial activity

The aim of this paper is identi cation of the relationship that can arise between design thinking and market opportunities recognition. It occurs mostly at the empathizing phase in which an attempt is made to enter the perspective of the end user. Searching for solutions to identify weak signals seems to be one of the key tasks in today's turbulent environment. Design thinking seems to o er the right solutions to support these actions