The results of the case study showed that the organizational identity includes the attributes that affect the organization's ability to be agile. Comparison of 2 companies, one of which has the characteristics of an agile organization and the other that operates in the traditional manner, showed that the evaluation of these attributes is some kind of a prerequisite for assessing the agility of the organization. This issue may become the next research problem. The article also presents the results of a study concerning the values important for Wielkopolska residents. Analysis of the results shows that Wielkopolska residents have the potential to take agile action and develop agile organizations. The role of managing staff in this organizations is to make the proper use of available social capital and to develop entrepreneurial and pro‐innovative attitudes among their subordinates.

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Streszczenie: W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań ankietowych dotyczących aktualnej praktyki organizacji procesów zakupowych w organizacjach gospodarczych oraz nakreślono kierunki zmian następujących w kontekście obserwowanego wzrostu rangi zaopatrzenia. Próba badawcza objęła 101 podmiotów stanowiących zarówno przedsiębiorstwa krajowe, jak i zagraniczne koncerny. Uzasadnieniem podjęcia badań jest brak systematycznych analiz z obszaru zakupowego oraz zapotrzebowanie na tego typu informacje płynące z praktyki gospodarczej. W artykule przedstawiono, w jaki sposób realizowane są zakupy w przedsiębiorstwach, jaka jest ich rola, jakie są wykorzystywane strategie zakupowe, a także sposób, w jaki dzieli się asortyment na pozycje zakupowe. Zaprezentowano również działania planowane przez menedżerów w najbliższych 2-3 latach w obszarze zakupów.Słowa kluczowe: zakupy zaopatrzeniowe, strategie zaopatrzenia, rola zakupów w przedsiębiorstwie, forma organizacji zakupów w przedsiębiorstwie. Summary:The paper presents the results of surveys on the current practice of organization of procurement processes in business organizations and outlines the directions of changes that occur in the context of the observed increase of the importance of procurement. The research sample covered 101 enterprises both domestic and foreign companies. Rationale for the study is the lack of systematic analysis of the area of procurement and the need of such information for business practice. The article shows how purchase is performed in companies, what their role is, what procurement strategies are used, and how they are divided into purchase items. It also outlines the actions that managers are planning to take over the next 2-3 years in the area of procurement.

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Nowadays, in the era of dynamically developing IT services, online shopping is becoming more and more popular all over the world. Owners of online stores, wanting to focus their activities on customer service aspects, are increasingly deciding to use logistics outsourcing to entrust many processes to specialists. This premise has become the reason for undertaking research in the area of analysis of one of the logistic models used in online stores-dropshipping. The article presents the results of the SWOT analysis and Business Model Canvas for the dropshipping logistics model. The publication also contains the results of surveys conducted among respondents running an online store using pure and partial dropshipping. The test results were processed using cardinality analyses. The summary indicates the key success factors for using this model in an online store.