Sustainable Business Development Through Leadership in SMEs

Szczepańska-Woszczyna, Katarzyna; Kurowska‐Pysz, Joanna

doi:10.1515/emj-2016-0024

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“…Employee training may affect their sense of appreciation and satisfaction, motivation to work and commitment (Elnaga & Imran, 2013). There is also a statistically significant relationship between taking action related to sustainable business in the company and manager's conviction (awareness) regarding the influence of the manager on employees and the stimulation of their behaviour, including their development, decent treatment, communication with the manager, and the system of rewards and promotions (Szczepańska-Woszczyna & Kurowska-Pysz, 2016).…”

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The Relationship Between the Form of Employment and Employee Training and Developing Opportunities in Organizations

Kot-Radojewska¹

2018

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In modern organizations, the importance of employee training and development is increasingly emphasized because as it allows them to improve their qualifications and develop new competencies and attitudes useful for the organization. On the other hand, the flexible forms of employment, which are less permanent than indefinite period employment contracts, are increasingly used in organizations. The aim of the paper is to present the relationship between the form of employment and employee training and developing opportunities in organizations. The paper presents the results of research conducted by means of a diagnostic survey, with the use of a questionnaire among 569 employees of the Province of Silesia. A research process was conducted on the basis of grounded theory, and statistical analysis was conducted using the SPSS for Windows, assuming the level of significance at 0.05. In order to compare people with different forms of employment, the Kruskal-Wallis test was used. The research results indicated that there are certain relationships between the form of employment and employee training and development opportunities in the organization. Statistically significant differences were shown between the form of employment and the assessment of employee development opportunities, the form of employment and the assessment of employee promotion opportunities in the organization and the form of employment and the assessment of employee professional development opportunities.

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The Relationship Between the Form of Employment and Employee Training and Developing Opportunities in Organizations

Kot-Radojewska¹

2018

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“…In general, it says that a business strategy is a competitive strategy. It also emphasizes the irreplaceability of the five competitive forces model and the value chain [51,52]. In order to test the first hypothesis, claiming that the value chain is the first step in generating a sustainable business strategy, the answer needs to be divided into two levels.…”

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Use of the Value Chain in the Process of Generating a Sustainable Business Strategy on the Example of Manufacturing and Industrial Enterprises in the Czech Republic

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This paper presents a method of generating a business strategy using value chain analysis. There were 186 manufacturing and industrial enterprises from the Czech Republic. The analysis was carried out using mathematical-statistical methods (dimensional reduction, logit regression and its transformation in order to objectify the opinion level of the managers) and with a neural network in terms of validation of the results of the mathematical-statistical methods. The aim was to determine the significance of different parts of the value chain in terms of their impact on the profitability of an enterprise and to demonstrate its important role in the process of generating business strategy. The significance for the profitability of the enterprises was statistically proven in the area of scientific and technological development, input logistics and human resource management. These parts were identified by the authors as the golden triangle of manufacturing and industry. Purchasing and output logistics were identified as the parts with a negative impact to the profitability of the enterprises. Strong underestimation of scientific and technological development by the top managers of the manufacturing and industrial enterprises is seen as a very negative finding. Neural networks showed higher statistical sensitivity compared to the mathematical-statistical methods (dimensional reduction and logit regression). They defined the value sector chain with the following structure (ranked from the highest degree of positive impact on the profitability of the enterprise): human resource management, scientific and technological development, production, input logistics, purchasing, material management, output logistics, enterprise infrastructure, marketing and sales, service and other supporting services. In conclusion, it is stated that the sector value chain of manufacturing and industrial enterprises will be further decomposed into value chain models of specific industries of the production and industry, such as engineering and construction, intended for direct use in different business entities to generate their unique value chains and corporate strategies.Sustainability 2020, 12, 1520 2 of 15 changes taken by the enterprises in the enterprise architecture, including the generation of corporate strategies. Scientific institutions, including universities, need to play a crucial role in addressing this limiting issue in terms of sustainability of enterprises.The current state of scientific knowledge in the field of corporate strategy creation, its structure, form and implementation, together with its decomposition into partial strategies including the methods of its implementation, is described as inconsistent and difficult to use in business practice.The authors of this paper were directly confronted with such a negative and worsening situation in the framework of cooperation with business practice, in particular with top business managers. A similar situation arises in the educational field at universities, where the requirement...

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“…Such perspectives provide the company greater innovation and continuous development, which will bring more benefits to the whole society. [5,6] highlight the importance for the company to create value which combines the development of society with the economic development [7,8,9]. To create this value, management should understand and implement new strategies.…”

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Challenges Companies Encounter When Delivering Sustainable Solutions: Research Conducted in the United Arab Emirates

Seretny¹,

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Azeem³

et al. 2019

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The purpose of this article is to draw attention to the challenges faced by business organizations implementing sustainable solutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the wider Gulf Coast Countries (GCC) region. To this end, our study examines an academic theory supporting the implementation of responsible solutions to the market. Ultimately, the authors hope to inspire the reader to consider what he or she can do to ameliorate the existing challenges encountered by sustainable businesses. The analysis presented in this article implies that in recent markets, the implementation of the sustainability theory is essential for further development. The research project contributes to the increase of knowledge about corporate and organizational challenges related to running a responsible business, as well as challenges related to the application of environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainable business practices. The research is currently limited to conceptual analysis, literature review and a survey conducted during the Sustainability Week 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Nevertheless, this is the first stage of the research project conducted by the research team in cooperation with enterprises that implement responsible solutions in many global markets, and in UAE market. The scope of the first stage of the study was limited to the analysis of data clarifying the concept of the model specified in the research. To prove the validity of the model it will be implemented and tested in cooperation with organizations participating in the research.

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Sustainable Business Development Through Leadership in SMEs

Cited by 45 publications

References 34 publications

The Relationship Between the Form of Employment and Employee Training and Developing Opportunities in Organizations

The Relationship Between the Form of Employment and Employee Training and Developing Opportunities in Organizations

Use of the Value Chain in the Process of Generating a Sustainable Business Strategy on the Example of Manufacturing and Industrial Enterprises in the Czech Republic

Challenges Companies Encounter When Delivering Sustainable Solutions: Research Conducted in the United Arab Emirates

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