Management Challenges in the Context of a Complex View - SMEs Perspective

Okręglicka, Małgorzata; Gorzeń-Mitka, Iwona; Ogrean, Claudia

doi:10.1016/s2212-5671(15)01653-6

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“…This evaluation method can be effectively used, especially in terms of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), since it has been found that SMEs are particularly sensitive to the internal complexity environment, as well as to the external complexity environment [44]. For this reason, SMEs need to pay attention also to the complexity management approach in order to entirely manage their sustainability in a turbulent business environment.…”

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confidence: 99%

Complexity Assessment of Assembly Supply Chains from the Sustainability Viewpoint

2019

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Assembly supply chain systems are becoming increasingly complex and, as a result, there is more and more need to design and manage them in a way that benefits the producers and also satisfies the interests of community stakeholders. The structural (static) complexity of assembly supply chain networks is one of the most important factors influencing overall system complexity. Structures of such networks can be modeled as a graph, with machines as nodes and material flow between the nodes as links. The purpose of this paper is to analyze existing assembly supply chain complexity assessment methods and propose such complexity metric(s) that will be able to accurately reflect not only specific criteria for static complexity measures, but also selected sustainability aspects. The obtained results of this research showed that selected complexity indicators reflect sustainability facets in different ways, but one of them met the mentioned requirements acceptably.

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Section: Discussion Of Results Implications and Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Complexity Assessment of Assembly Supply Chains from the Sustainability Viewpoint

2019

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“…Risk management is about risk identification, measurement, and the minimization of its effects on business operations, specifically in SMEs, as small firms have limited resources. One of the major challenges SMEs currently face is the management of complexities (Okręglicka et al, 2015). Globalization, economic fluctuations, dynamic markets, unstable demands, and challenges to manage resources put managers in a tough competition.…”

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Significant Aspects of Managing Personnel Risk in the SME Sector

Kotásková

Belás

Bilan

et al. 2020

Management &Amp; Marketing. Challenges for the Knowledge Society

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AbstractPersonnel risk significantly affects the operation of small and medium-sized enterprises. The aim of the paper is to define and present significant factors affecting the perception of personnel risk in the SME segment, and compare the current status and development in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The empirical research was conducted in 2020 in the SME segment in the Czech Republic and Slovakia via an online questionnaire, using a sample of 822 respondents. The obtained data were evaluated using the Chí square and Z score. Personnel risk significantly affects the SME segment and its business activities. This risk is perceived as the most significant business risk in both countries, even though its intensity is moderate and does not have a heavy negative impact on SMEs’ activities. The overall evaluation of personnel risk’s impact on SMEs’ activities is similar in both countries. The evaluation of employee turnover was relatively positive, as a considerable part of entrepreneurs stated that turnover is low and does not have a negative impact on their business. The evaluation of turnover was similar in both countries. Based on entrepreneurs’ statements, there are certain gaps in employee error rate, which affects their business. Slovak entrepreneurs provided a worse evaluation of the quality of their employees than the Czech entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs in both countries are dissatisfied with the way their employees strive to improve their performance or how they compete among each other. The comparison based on business size and age did not yield significant differences, nor did it provide a clear trend despite the general belief presented in literature that larger enterprises have a better access to important fields of business management.

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“…They rarely search for chances generated by the market, overlooking the importance of strategic planning. Such a formulation of the efficiency of their actions is possible due to their natural flexibility in terms of adjusting in the event of a change in the functioning factors, and the ability to use new resources when these become available (Okręglicka, Gorzeń-Mitka, Ogrean 2015, Haviernikova 2014). It's also needed to be stressed out, that such an approach to running a business is related to accepting a high level of uncertainty.…”

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Bricolage Concept in Risk Culture Assessment

Mitka¹

2017

EJSD

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Abstract:When faced with challenging conditions in which companies operate today, rapid access to various forms of resource can be a key determinant of organisational resilience on risk. Management of risk is considered to be a powerful instrument for sustainable development in organization. The concept of bricolage offers the potential to better understanding of organisational resourcefulness in a time of disruption. The study includes the research results concerning the identification of correlations between bricolage and the attitude as to risk as a key element of forming the risk management culture in the practice of Polish small and medium sized enterprises from the point of view of a balanced development. An additional goal of this research is to, at least partially, fill the gap in researches in terms of risk management. The research findings indicate that an approach to decision processes in the context of bricolage and an attitude towards risk are indeed dependent of one another.

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Management Challenges in the Context of a Complex View - SMEs Perspective

Cited by 20 publications

References 27 publications

Complexity Assessment of Assembly Supply Chains from the Sustainability Viewpoint

Complexity Assessment of Assembly Supply Chains from the Sustainability Viewpoint

Significant Aspects of Managing Personnel Risk in the SME Sector

Bricolage Concept in Risk Culture Assessment

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