Abstract. The number of occupational accidents reported in Polish industry and the extent of the resulting losses show that safety is critical for the effective performance of production tasks. In view of such high accident rates, a pressing need has been recognized for identifying and undertaking improvement measures. The factors which require a response to secure adequate safety levels for the labor force include worker age. Such age affects worker behaviors, influences the speed of reaction to threats and translates into the scope and nature of effective improvement measures. Thus, worker age ranks among the key criteria for ensuring the safe performance of production tasks. The study revealed relationships between worker age and safety at workstations. Links between the two were found to be particularly pronounced among workers aged 50+. The study's outcomes were used to define the impact of worker age on the occurrence of threats that impair the ability to perform production tasks.
Abstract. The article discusses selected theoretical aspects of student entrepreneurship and the findings of the author's research in this field. Academic entrepreneurship programmes constitute a significant component of higher education. In the empirical part of the study, which relied on auditorium surveys, the author found that students are strongly motivated to engage in business pursuits and identified barriers to their entrepreneurial engagement. The respondents varied widely in their opinions on the nature of entrepreneurship and enterprises. Such a broad range of opinions underscores the complexity of entrepreneurship in today's economies. Programmes of entrepreneurship education in higher education systems should place greater emphasis on the formalities required for starting a business and raising funds for this purpose. The development of entrepreneurial skills from a young age should be recognised as critical for creating a community capable of functioning in a knowledge-based economy.
Wnioski płynące z dotychczasowych badań na temat przedsiębiorczości studentów wskazują, że czynnikiem warunkującym kształtowanie postaw przedsiębiorczych w tej grupie osób jest wiedza biznesowa. Stanowiły one również przesłankę do realizacji projektu ukierunkowanego na pomiar wiedzy biznesowej studentów kierunków technicznych. Autorki artykułu wyodrębniają obszary i przedstawiają plany szczegółowych badań, których wyniki stanowić mogą punkt odniesienia dla twórców polityki edukacyjnej i społecznej. Artykuł można traktować jako głos w debacie na temat potrzeb i sposobów kształcenia w dziedzinie przedsiębiorczości oraz możliwości kształtowania postaw przedsiębiorczych na uczelniach wyższych (przede wszystkim tych o profilu technicznym). W opinii autorek szeroko pojęta edukacja przedsiębiorcza (biznesowa, ekonomiczna, finansowa i prawna) może przyczynić się do szybszego tempa rozwoju gospodarczego dzięki zakładaniu i prowadzeniu przez młodych wykształconych ludzi przedsiębiorstw związanych z innowacyjnymi dziedzinami gospodarki.
The article presents the results of author’s research on entrepreneurship of technical university students. The key issue and the aim of the research was to determine the levels of knowledge necessary to run a business, in particular legal knowledge and the establishment and management of own enterprises. The analysis of secondary data and the results of previous research reveal, among others, discrepancy in the opinions of students and current entrepreneurs on the importance of business knowledge, a sense of insufficient knowledge of entrepreneurship (interestingly) also declared by students of economic faculties or lack of information on financing their own business despite going to economics studies. The research tool was an original auditorial survey. The test method was a test of knowledge and a self-report questionnaire. The obtained results were subjected to statistical analysis. The premise of an in-depth analysis of the subject matter is the social need to effectively shape the entrepreneurial attitudes of young people. Utilizing the potential of each individual contributes to the growth of social well-being. The use of the potential of students of management departments at technical universities seems particularly justified, as graduates are supposed to have both industry and technical knowledge as well as business knowledge. In the articles, the authors distinguish areas and present results that may contribute to the debate on the subject of entrepreneurship education at universities.
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