Aldona Frączkiewicz-Wronka

• University of Economics in Katowice

Background: For almost a decade, before the Covid-19 pandemic forcefully highlighted the importance of this area, the digital future of Europe had been the main focus of European Union politicians and senior officials. In February 2020, the European Commission published the communication “Shaping Europe’s Digital Future,” which outlines the Europea...

Objective: This article aims to identify and analyse the opinions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) entrepreneurs operating in the Silesian Voivodeship on the prospects of their companies in relation to the need to implement so-called green solutions. The key aim of the study was to identify differences in assessments of future developmen...

Social enterprises face funding challenges caused, among other things, by investors focusing too much on risk and return. As traditional capital markets do not meet the needs of social entrepreneurs, crowdfunding can be an alternative way to raise funds for the development of their business. In this context, crowdfunding has not been sufficiently r...

Purpose: This study aims to identify management practices that enhance the provision of social services through co-production. It is based on the assumption that co-produced social services align with the sustainability paradigm. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study's objectives were achieved through a comprehensive literature review and a field...

Negatywne konsekwencje procesów gospodarczych i społecznych oraz zmiany, które można zaobserwować w środowisku przyrodniczym od końca XX wieku, istotnie wpłynęły na zwiększenie poziomu zaangażowania państw oraz podmiotów ponadnarodowych w procesy rynkowe ujawniające się we współcze- snej gospodarce. Zauważono, że wspólne projektowanie rozwiązań san...

John Kenneth Galbraith, w swojej niewielkiej z punktu widzenia liczby stron, ale znaczącej z punktu widzenia przesłania filozoficznego książce Istota masowego ubóstwa, napisał, że w czasie ewolucji działalności gospodarczej rzeczami, które mogły być produkowane i sprzedawane z zyskiem, zajęli się prywatni przedsiębiorcy. Te zaś, którymi się nie zaj...

Purpose – Analysis of the reasons for cyber exclusion of the elderly and a statistical illustration of this phenomenon in Poland Research method – Literature review, analysis of current statistical data, synthesis. Results – The introduction of modern ICT-based solutions can significantly help older people to remain independent and maintain a high...

According to a recent national audit, the cost of treating patients in geriatric wards is 20–30% less compared to those treated in internal medicine wards. Yet, geriatric care remains largely underdeveloped in Poland, with few human, material, and financial resources. Despite numerous attempts to raise the profile of geriatrics over the years, litt...

Competitiveness of modern states is increasingly dependent on the method and scope of using information-communications technologies (ICTs) in the economy and in the implementation of the states' care functions. The application of information-communications technologies (ICTs) in health care is of special importance due to observed dynamic changes t...

Hospital Based Health Technology Assessment (HB-HTA) is a new policy implemented in Poland to allow for a more practical and contextualized assessment related to the use of specific medical procedures, devices, or equipment. It requires changes in governance relating to the healthcare sector. One of the forms of governance improvement is to involve...

Public healthcare organizations usually operate under significant financial strain and frequently strive for survival. Thus, in most cases, financial stability is a “holy grail” of public healthcare organizations in general and hospitals in particular. The financial stability itself is partly dependent upon the ability to manage risk associated wit...

Purpose The increased expectations regarding job performance accompanied by changes in employment relationships in public organizations require special concern for the employability enhancement of their workers. Literature on the subject points out the importance of job content in the context of employability enhancement. The purpose of this paper...

Increasing health care costs and deteriorating situation of hospitals enforce the need to search for improved methods of management. One of the proposals is to base the process of making investment decisions in hospitals on HB-HTA, i.e. hospital-based health technologies assessment, which is reflected in the implementation of the project entitled I...

Industry 4.0 solutions have penetrated the healthcare sector, thus creating challenges that healthcare entities should meet. For this, a proper relationship between human resource management (HRM) within healthcare entities and Healthcare 4.0 is needed. In addition, organizations mainly focus on HRM practices, yet organizational issues are overlook...

A key objective of the European Union is to strengthen regional cohesion by addressing development disparities, particularly by targeting less-favored regions (1). Initiatives related to leveling development differences in the field of health care are recognized as a one of priorities in the European Union. Therefore, when implementing cohesion pol...

The growing incidence and prevalence of civilization diseases is prompting national and transnational entities to seek instruments that would reverse epidemiological trends. Not without significance is the need to design such solutions that are going to provide an improved relation between the costs incurred to maintain health or recovery and the p...

An important problem faced by many healthcare systems is the shortage of medical staff, and in particular doctors and nurses. Their number, competences and qualifications determine the level of availability and quality of medical services. Unfortunately, the demand for medical services is increasing, along with the progressive aging of the populati...

Objectives: The global crisis, which the outbreak of the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic undoubtedly is, has forced healthcare facilities to implement a variety of sanitary procedures. These have strongly affected the staff, contributing to decreased work motivation and occasional refraining from work caused by the threat of infection. The purpose of this stud...

Seniors Councils are advisory and consultative bodies that support local political decision-making to assure that the views of older people are taken into account in the decision-making process. Senior Councils are particularly relevant with regard to social policies and health policies. Seniors councils have appeared since the 1970s in Europe and...

The authors discussed the dynamic evolution of the public management manifesting innovative and collaborative methods of social service delivery transcending the public authorities' individual boundaries. The chapter purposely presented the inter-organizational cooperation and public social partnership as an effective business model for public/soci...

In this paper, the authors aim to answer the question of which model of public management—Public Administration, New Public Management, or Collaborative Public Management—is conducive to achieving better results in the public-social partnership. We understand public–social partnership as an activity undertaken in collaboration between organizations...

The purpose of this article is to find answer to the following research question: how institutional improvements can support local development. The authors adopted the assumption that lack of satisfaction of the stakeholders (any group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of the organization's objectives) causes a risk of...

Background Public organizations need to satisfy their stakeholders to obtain political legitimization and the resources that follow it. According to the resource dependence theory (RDT), organizations should pay more attention to the stakeholders who control resources critical to the organization than to stakeholders who do not control vital resour...

In this paper the authors focus on the problem of financial risks in public-social partnerships. The authors understand public-social partnership as an collaborative working between organizations operating both in public and social sector. Public participation plays a vital role in such partnerships and it favors bottom-up mechanisms for rational a...

Although the social entrepreneurship literature has been expanding in recent years, links between social enterprises and risks in their functioning have not been deeply explored. This chapter explores those links to create a conceptualization of risks affecting social enterprises. After reviewing existing theory, 26 potential risks were theorized a...

The main aim of the paper is to outline the perspective for future developments of the spa treatment in light of demographic transitions characterized by the increasing number of seniors, as well as changing expectations and health needs of younger population. We made a systematic review of literature referring to the experience of Poland, and simi...

Over the past decade, theoretical and empirical research on the various aspects of human resources (HR) within the healthcare (HC) sector has grown extensively due to its′ strategic importance in the sector. There is a visible tendency among researchers to pursue an effective human resource management (HRM) strategies, methods, and tools. Countries...

The authors discussed the dynamic evolution of the public management manifesting innovative and collaborative methods of social service delivery transcending the public authorities' individual boundaries. The chapter purposely presented the inter-organizational cooperation and public social partnership as an effective business model for public/soci...

Searching for new ways of delivering public services means that research regarding the conditions for effective services delivery should be targeted not only at the internal aspects of the providers. It is equally important to study the practices of establishing and maintaining inter-organizational relationships, as well as the processes that make...

The authors discussed the dynamic evolution of the public management manifesting innovative and collaborative methods of social service delivery transcending the public authorities' individual boundaries. The chapter purposely presented the inter-organizational cooperation and public social partnership as an effective business model for public/soci...

Przedsiębiorstwa społeczne z uwagi na tworzenie ich przez osoby z grup defaworyzowanych wpi-sują się w innowacyjny sposób rozwiązywania problemów społecznych. Celem opracowania jest identyfikacja i hierarchiczne przedstawienie czynników ryzyka dla działalności przedsiębiorstw społecznych. Do badania wykorzystano kwestionariusz ankiety zawierający 2...

Polish public organisations are often perceived as having strong bureaucratic orientation, avoiding both change and risk. However, in the last decade a distinct change in the management model of public organisations can be noticed. Public sector becomes an open ground for mergers and partnerships, entrepreneurial leadership, diversified services an...

The observations of the current practices and the analysis of the published research findings have unveiled the ongoing change in the area of social services delivery in XXI. There is significant necessity of the public sector modification to become more open, accessible, flexible and with a greater focus on cooperation and fulfillment of the real...

The transformation of Poland’s public organisations poses new challenges for their employees. Growing social expectations regarding the quality of social services increase the importance of employees’ development and commitment. This requires that special attention be paid to the learning value of the job, which not only enhances employees’ commitm...

Abstract: The modern business model means that, regardless whether for-profit or non-profit, an organization should use ICTs in their activities. Nowadays social enterprise has emerged as a key actor in efforts to address the many complex issues facing the world today. Its focus on providing a benefit to society as a whole rather than just the owne...

Key success factors of social services organizations in the public sector The basic goal behind any action undertaken in an organization management is the will to achieve success. Key (or critical) success factors are the organization’s resources, competence and qualification that create its competitive advantage on a particular market at a given t...

The application of supply chain analysis to the evaluation of the effectiveness of social service organizations The identification and analysis of value chains is a way to find the sources of an organization’s in-/efficiency, and an opportunity to explore how an organization is managed. Having in mind that an “organization network” is a form simila...

Resource based view and resource dependence theory in decision making process of public organisation - research findings One of the premises which build relationships between stakeholder and a public organisation are stakeholder’s resources which public organisation would like to possess and use. The other one is configuration of resources possesse...

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate practical experience of the managerial decision-making process allowing of the impact and importance of stakeholders of the health units. The empirical evidence, gathered among selected public and private health care units form the region of Silesia, presents different approach to the decision-making proc...

Niniejszy artykuł jest próbą zarysowania zakresu przedmiotowego zarządzania publicznego jako dyscypliny badawczej oraz wskazanie na uwidaczniające się kierunki badań w odniesieniu do jego podmiotu, czyli organizacji publicznych. Intencją autorki było wskazanie na fakt, że dla organizacji publicznej kontekst działania jest kluczową determinantą, a d...