Year 2014, Issue 1
Date published3.6.2014
Table of content
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Maya Lambovska
A Concept of Team Control in OrganizationsSummary: This study aims to develop the conceptual and methodological foundations for team control in organizations. It presents a concept of team control, which combines classical and modern achievements of a number of management and... This study aims to develop the conceptual and methodological foundations for team control in organizations. It presents a concept of team control, which combines classical and modern achievements of a number of management and mathematical theories. The concept is based on a comprehensive toolkit which includes management and advanced mathematical tools from the theory of fuzzy logic and the theory of fuzzy subsets. The study consists of four parts. Part one clarifies the author’s concept regarding the nature and characteristics of a team. Part two elaborates on the conceptual foundations of the team control process. Part three contains the author’s model of team control in an organization. Part four presents the results of testing the model of team control at Todor Kableshkov University of Transport – Sofia. -
Penka Shishmanova
The Factors of Economic Growth from a Classical PerspectiveSummary: The problems of economic growth have been increasingly taken into account over the last decades, which brings to the fore the issue of the factors that determine it. The dynamics of contemporary economic development requires... The problems of economic growth have been increasingly taken into account over the last decades, which brings to the fore the issue of the factors that determine it. The dynamics of contemporary economic development requires detailed knowledge and thorough study of this complex set of elements. Over the years they have highly evolved and changed the concept of generating growth. The beginning, however, was set long ago in the past. This study examines the factors of growth from the point of view of the classical economic theory. The analysis starts with the ideas of W. Petty and the determinants worked out by him – labour and land; it continues with Fr. Quesnay’s views on the power of nature and the crucial role of agriculture; it identifies the main causes of the wealth of nations according to A. Smith with an emphasis on labour productivity; it emphasizes the dynamic changes in the factors according to J. S. Mill; it justifies their triune structure according to J. B. Say and outlines some obstacles to growth according to T. Malthus. -
Dimitar Panayotov
New Paradigms – Interactionist Perspectives of Human Behaviour in Organisations and ManagementKeywords: interactionism, paradigms, complex research approaches, correlations, methodologies, strategic thinking, management and leadership styles, human capital, career development and management of talentsSummary: The study analyzes interactionist perspectives, combining different approaches, models, and theories about understanding the multiaspect, multifactor and holistic (comprehensive) nature of human behaviour in organisations and... The study analyzes interactionist perspectives, combining different approaches, models, and theories about understanding the multiaspect, multifactor and holistic (comprehensive) nature of human behaviour in organisations and management. It also suggests baseline theses about: substantiation of complex research approaches; intersection of paradigmatic lines of different behaviour sciences, concepts, methodologies, and correlations which establish prerequisites for empirical and applied “translation” for acquiring new knowledge, values, and behaviour to encourage human development, strategic and global thinking, human capital and management of talents -
Hrabrin Bashev, Mimoza Mladenova
The Effects of Implementing European Policiesin Agricultiral Holdings in the Republic of BulgariaKeywords: agriculture, agricultural holdings, household incomes, subsidies, effectiveness of agricultural holdings, competitiveness, sustainability of agricultural holdingsSummary: There have been numerous publications in recent years dealing with the various effects of the CAP on holdings in the EU countries. In the Republic of Bulgaria, however, there are not comprehensive assessments of the actual effects... There have been numerous publications in recent years dealing with the various effects of the CAP on holdings in the EU countries. In the Republic of Bulgaria, however, there are not comprehensive assessments of the actual effects of the implementation of CAP on agricultural holdings as a whole and on agricultural holdings of different types. This article presents the results of a comprehensive survey of CAP’s impact on incomes, efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability of agricultural holdings of different legal types, sizes, specialization and geographical location. The approach of the study and the system of criteria and indicators for assessment are presented in details in a previous publication of the authors . In order to assess the effects of the CAP, the authors used formal data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the National Statistical Institute and other sources, primary data of surveys of farm managers and expertise of leading experts in the given sphere. -
Hélène ClÉment Pitiot, Patrick Saint Pierre
Inflation and Labour Capital Distribution: the Viable CompromisesKeywords: Goodwin model, viability kernel, regulation policy, viability of evolutions, budgetary and monetary regulation toolsSummary: Our contribution aims to revisit the well known Goodwin’s model in macroe-conomics by the light of set-valued analysis taking into account state and regulation constraints in a viability program. The model of Goodwin (1967) deals... Our contribution aims to revisit the well known Goodwin’s model in macroe-conomics by the light of set-valued analysis taking into account state and regulation constraints in a viability program. The model of Goodwin (1967) deals with dynamic in¬teractions between employment and salary levels. It provides endogenous explanations of cyclical trends in dynamical economy. Viability methods enable investigating model properties and revealing appropriate regulation allowing the evolution to ful;ll some pre¬scribed qualitative objective. Then, applying computational methods derived from the Viability Kernel Algorithm, one can stretch the traditional Goodwin model analysis up to the institutional framework of the economy including monetary and budgetary aspects of the regulation policy from the public authorities, namely the state government, the cen¬tral bank and eventually the rivalry between the two boards thanks to dynamical games.