Reflections about Contemporary Management

An increased mindfulness in the life of the man of the 21st century is of great importance, also in management. This monograph focuses on reflective exploration of the contemporary approach to management and organizational humanism, and its dilemmas, mainly in Poland but referred to the international works devoted to management science.

Barbara Kożuch is Professor of Economic Sciences at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and specialist in Organization Theory and Public Management. She is Head of the Department of Human Resources Management. Her principal fields of interest and specialization include foundations of management sciences, systems and methods of management, public management, including conditions of efficient functioning of the public sector.

Lukasz Sulkowski is Vice-President of the Polish Accreditation Committee. He is also Head of the Department of Management in Higher Education Institutions at the Jagiellonian University. His main research interests are organizational culture, intercultural management, social determinants of management, and methodology of educating and training personnel.