THE 2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL POTENTIAL

Abstract

The 2nd International Conference on Organizational Management was held on 27-29 November 2013 in Toruh, Poland. The aim of the conference was to present, analyze and discuss Organizational as the emerging concept of managing 'soft' resources within international academia. Moreover, the conference became the platform for the dissemination of research findings and for the exchange of lessons concerning the Organizational Scholarship. The conference was organized by the Department of General Management, the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruh, Poland under patronage of the Committee on Organizational and Management Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Center for Organizations, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.The conference was aimed at creating the synergy between management theory and business practice. Therefore, the conference program included three paper sessions, a discussion panel focused on positive management in companies operating in Poland and workshops on positive business relationships in cross- cultural environment. The conference participants represented universities and research centers from Poland, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Australia and South Africa. Moreover, the honorable members of the Committee on Organizational and Management Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences participated in the first day of the conference. Certainly, the conference gathered the representatives of companies oriented to positive management.The first paper session was focused on the findings from the research project on strategic management of the key areas of Organizational including their determinants, solutions and models recommended for companies operating in Poland. The project was funded by the National Science Center research grant (decision number DEC-2011/01/B/HS4/00835). The research outcomes presented by Prof. Rafal Halfer, Ph.D. and Prof. Aldona Glmska-Newes, * 3 Ph.D. (both Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland) provided the foundation for further discussions on the increasing role of positive approach to management which was conducted by Prof. Marek Jacek Stankiewicz, Ph.D.The second paper session entitled Systems Shaping Organizational Potential included five presentations. Prof. Lidia Bialoh, Ph.D. (Warsaw Management Academy, Poland) discussed the process of shaping potential for innovative economy. The paper presented by Prof. Jan Jezak, Ph.D. (the University of Lodz, Poland) was focused on corporate governance as a research held of growing interest in management studies. Anna Mazurkiewicz, Ph.D. (the University of Rzeszow, Poland) studied talent management as an emerging paradigm in management studies. Piotr Walentynowicz, Ph.D. (the University of Gdahsk, Poland) analyzed the lean organizational culture as an example of a positive culture. Moreover, he proposed a tool to measure an organizational culture. Izabela Marzec, Ph.D. (the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland) presented the findings of empirical research on employee empowerment and employee commitment in public sector organizations.The third paper session was devoted to Positive Management in Different Perspectives. Prof. Przemyslaw Zbierowski, Ph.D. (the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland) outlined the integrated concept and discussed the measurement of organizational positivity. …