scholarly journals CONCEPTUAL PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING ORGANIZATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-59
Author(s):  
Marcin Kłak
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Learning Organization ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
Valuable Resource ◽  
Learning Organisation ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Principles Of Learning ◽  
Modern Form

The main purpose of this study is to present conceptual principles of the learning organisation as a modern form of functioning of contemporary organisations and enterprises and the awareness of the dominant role of intangible resources. The most important factor that protects organizations from solidifying is knowledge. In an organization, knowledge is produced by people and these people learn. However, learning alone is not sufficient for the success of the organization. For a lasting and sustainable process, organizational learning is required. Knowledge, on the other hand, is inextricably linked to human capital, which is now the most valuable resource of the new forms of organisation.

Could CSR improve the financial performance of developing countries’ firms? Analyses of mediating effect of intangible resources

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Hamdoun ◽  
Mohamed Akli Achabou ◽  
Sihem Dekhili
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to examine the link between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance in the context of developing countries. More specifically, the mediating role of a firm’s competitive advantage and intangible resources, namely, human capital and reputation are studied. Design/methodology/approach The study considered a sample of 100 Tunisian firms. The analysis makes use of the structural equation modelling method to explore the relationship between CSR and financial performance, by including mediator variables. Findings The results confirm that CSR has no significant direct effect on financial performance. In particular, they indicate that the social dimension of CSR has a negative impact on performance. However, CSR does have a positive impact on competitive advantage via the two intangible resources considered, human capital and company reputation. Research limitations/implications The research fills a gap that occurred in the previous literature. In effect, previous studies focussed only on the direct link between CSR and financial performance. In addition, it enriches the limited literature on CSR strategies in the context of developing countries. However, further studies should explore the opposite relationship, i.e. the impact of financial performance on CSR strategy. In addition, the authors believe that amongst other potential research avenues, it would be interesting to study the moderating role of the activity sector. Practical implications From a practical point of view, this study suggests new applications with respect to the link between CSR and financial performance. To enhance their company’s financial performance, managers need to ensure that intangible resources are managed efficiently. Originality/value The paper contributes to the literature by examining how a firm’s intangible resources mediate between CSR and competitive advantage and how competitive advantage mediates between intangible resources and financial performance. Second originality is related to the study of the link between CSR and the financial performance of business organisations in the context of a developing country.

Plutarch’s Lives

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Desideri
Keyword(s):  
Special Interest ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
Rule Out

This chapter discusses first the general cosmological principles which lie behind Plutarch’s historiographical work, such as can be recovered through significant passages of his Delphic Dialogues. Second, it investigates the reasons why Plutarch wrote biographies, and more specifically parallel biographies, instead of outright histories: in this way, Plutarch aimed to emphasize, on the one hand, the dominant role of individual personalities in the political world of his own time, and, on the other hand, the mutual and exclusive relevance of Greece and Rome in the history of human culture. Third, the chapter seeks to connect the rise-and-fall pattern, typical of biography, with the general rise-and-fall pattern which Plutarch recognizes both in the Greek and in the Roman civilizations; through that connection one can rule out the idea that Plutarch had any providential view of history. Finally, some reflections are offered on Nietzsche’s special interest in Plutarch’s biographies.

scholarly journals Patterns of Human Capital Formation

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Aliaksandr Hrydziushka ◽  
Andrei Hrybau ◽  
Vasili Kulakou
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Skilled Worker ◽  
Resource Potential ◽  
Quantitative Characteristics ◽  
New Employee ◽  
The Status ◽  
Workforce Capacity ◽  
Qualitative Characteristics

The main goal of the article is to identify the basic patterns of the formation of human capital (HC). An especially valuable and scarce resource of the modern economy is becoming a creative skilled worker capable of generating ideas, as well as creating and implementing new technological solutions and products. The development of the economy leads to significant transformations in the generation of resource potential, and changes in the role of individual resources. Human capital begins to play a dominant role in the resource hierarchy. It is the HC that sets in motion the production processes and determines the efficiency of using the entire resource potential. The methods of aspect analysis and of apperception used in this study made it possible to identify modern patterns peculiar to the formation of human capital in the economy, and to emphasize its objective importance and ability to significantly influence the development of society. During the research, the authors proved that human capital acquires the status of the main resource in the economy, the quantitative characteristics of the workforce capacity give way to the role of qualitative characteristics, and the development of STP requires a new employee formation to dominate the intellectual component.

scholarly journals Rosjanie – między narodowością a tożsamością

2012 ◽  
pp. 199-231
Author(s):  
Anna Głąb
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
The Other ◽  
Russian Culture ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Public Opinion Polls ◽  
Opinion Polls

The article concerns the ethnic structure of the Russian Federation and the problems of national identity in the multiethnic state. A few distinct regions were identified based on ethnic, linguistic and religious components. They show that despite the Russian numerical superiority and the dominant role of Russian language and Russian culture, the Federation is a diverse state. Ethnocultural mosaics are situated throughout the state and it because of that any aspiration for larger autonomy or local separatism could destroy the Federation from the inside. A source for such aspirations may result from, for example, strong ethnic identity, which is especially important because of its naturalness, resulting from life and acting within constituent entities that were formed on the ethnic basis. The strength of ethnic identity resides in its stability, which played a significant role during the transformation period. On the other hand, the strong ethnic component in Russia is opposed to a weak civil identity, whose character is more formal. This second approach may be undermined by the results of public opinion polls. They show quite a strong and parallel identity with three groups: citizens at large, members of the same ethnic group and local community. In fact, it is difficult to precisely describe the dominant identity of the Russians. It is based on a peculiar dualism – ethnicity and citizenship.

America's Cup 1974 - An Overview - Racing for The Cup

1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halsey Chase Herreshoff
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Death ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
High Point ◽  
Human Aspects ◽  
Football Team ◽  
America’S Cup ◽  
A Chain

Racing success on an America's Cup Twelve Meter Yacht depends on the perfection of many factors. We hear speculation about the dominant role of either design, skipper, sails or crew. Such an argument is useless because the various orders of merit unite as the links of a chain toward victory or defeat. In 1974 COURAGEOUS was the fastest Twelve Meter at Newport. Her sails became excellent. Her skipper was uniquely talented. Her crew was trained to a high point. She still could have lost selection, but the other necessary links of the chain were present both for the "sudden death" win over INTREPID on September 2nd and for the Cup Race victories over SOUTHERN CROSS. Participation in an America's Cup campaign has no composite parallel. The boat is doctored like a missile readying for blast-off. The crew is similar to a football team girding for the ultimate test. The designer functions as scientist, engineer and practical expediter. The skipper is both Father and race driver in the same sense as an automobile racer. The "handlers" from the tender, boatyard and house are as important as the handlers present around a prize fighter. A frantic three ring circus ensues toward developing perfection which by definition cannot be frantic. There is never enough time, but the calendar turns and the boats race during the period of development. One witnesses parallel contributions of strength, finesse, logic, endurance and some other things generally grouped under the category of "luck." Technical and human aspects combine to a most absorbing season that is only really good if you win.

scholarly journals Cultural Institutes – Enablers of Sustainable Development

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-33
Author(s):  
Constantin Oprean ◽  
Eva Nicoleta Burdusel ◽  
Liu Qian
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
The Other ◽  
Important Resource ◽  
Confucius Institutes

Abstract The primary goal of this study is to examine the role of culture - as one of the most enduring, vital and long-lived components of sustainable development, with multifarious potential continuously explored and capitalized by individuals, communities or institutions. All definitions of the phrase sustainable development include culture as a sine-qua-non element that is also inextricably connected and interdependent with the other three pillars: economic, social and environmental. In this context of cultural centres worldwide, Confucius Institutes represent a successful and efficient managerial model by capitalizing on the most important resource of an organization: human capital.

scholarly journals PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF STAFF SELECTION BY A MODERN MANAGER

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Safar Abdugalievich Koldybaev ◽  
Aigul Serikpaevna Kinzhibaeva
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Team Functioning ◽  
Modern Form ◽  
Psychological Mood ◽  
Team Concept

The article is dedicated to staff selection depending on the conditions of a modern organization and the nature of its functioning. Currently, staff selection at the request of a particular leader has become very common. The same tendency is observed in all countries and at all levels of the organization. There is no doubt that HR decisions are based not only on business interests but also psychological characteristics. Particular attention is paid to such concepts as team, leader, personality, as well as to psychological characteristics that emphasize the exceptional role of a leader in staff selection. It was found that the psychological component occupies a very important place in the team concept. Moreover, it plays a dominant role, both in terms of staff selection and team functioning. A team, as a modern form of social organization, embodies various psychological potential for its further expression. In some cases, positive psychological atmosphere can be an effective positive mechanism for society functioning. In other cases, psychological mood may already be different and aimed at selfish interests of the members of this organization, which do not coincide with the interests of other people.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Policy in Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bambang Hermanto ◽  
S. E. Suryanto
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The Other ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
The Government

Abstract The role of entrepreneurs strongly influences the economic growth of a country. Every country always encourages entrepreneurship so that it could thrive by creating an entrepreneurship ecosystem. The role of entrepreneurship ecosystem will be optimal if the government can create a policy that is in synergy with the other components of the entrepreneurship ecosystem. The method of research used in this study is a qualitative approach with the literature study method. The data were obtained through books, documents, Internet, and other relevant sources. The data that was obtained then analysed using descriptive analysis method by describing the facts, which are then followed by analysis, not merely outlines, but also provides an understanding and explanation. The results of the research showed that the components of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Indonesia are working. However, their activities are limited to running their respective programs without a comprehensive design. The government needs to play a more dominant role to optimize and synergize each component of the entrepreneurship ecosystem. One of the institutions or particular ministries should establish a policy so that the program to build the entrepreneurship ecosystem does not overlap with each other.

Religion in the Egyptian Novel

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Essential Question ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Experimental Works ◽  
Islam And Christianity ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
Modern Form ◽  
Selection Of

Religion has played a major role in the Arabic novel since its inception. From the first forays into realism in the early decades of the twentieth century to the technically sophisticated and experimental works of the late 1960s to the present, the Arabic novel has consistently engaged with religious themes and issues. This book is an original, in-depth study of the intricate and enduring relationship between religion and the Arabic novel in Egypt. Part One addresses questions of form and ideology and explores the role of religion in the Arabic novel as it came of age. It examines religion in a selection of early works in the context of nation formation, modernity and secularism, and develops a concept of religion as the ‘other’, with all the tension and ambivalence that this implies. Part Two explores religious themes and subjects in the Arabic novel from the late 1960s onwards. Through close readings of representative texts, it analyses intertextual dialogues with religion (chapter 5) Sufi dimensions (chapter 6), the Coptic theme (chapter 7) and feminist literary engagements with Islam and Christianity (chapter 8) in the Arabic novel. The essential question underpinning the study is why and how is the Arabic novel, as a modern form which eschews faith and dogma, so heavily involved with religion and what does this reveal about religious, secular and novelistic discourse?

scholarly journals About the psychotraumatic form of dysmenorrhea (dysmenorrhea puscho-traumatiсa)

1925 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-168
Author(s):  
G. Edelberg
Keyword(s):  
Dominant Role ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Spiritual Life ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Body And Soul ◽  
The One ◽  
Female Genital

No branch of medicine (not counting, of course, psychiatry) deals with psychology as much as modern gynecology. On the one hand, such gynecologists as Lahm note, and in my opinion rightly so, the dominant role of the ovaries even in the spiritual life of women: in their opinion there is no other way of psychic and physical influences on the female sexual sphere than through the ovaries, and conversely, influences coming from the sexual sphere and acting on the body and soul of women come again only through this way. On the other hand, there are gynecologists who completely ignore the role of the ovaries and believe that only the "soul" produces all kinds of changes in the female genital sphere. It is necessary, say the representatives of this view, to study only the "soul" of a woman, and then a number of incomprehensible phenomena in the field of gynecology will immediately become clear to us.

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