Management Consulting Trends in Slovakia in the Light of Global and Regional Tendencies

Szeiner, Zsuzsanna; Mura, Ladislaw; Horbulák, Zsolt; Roberson, Mike; Poór, József

doi:10.15549/jeecar.v7i2.390

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“…New technologies will increasingly displace low-skilled and physical labor, and new emerging jobs will put increasing demands on human intellect [43,44]. Ongoing discussions on the impact of change on employment often bring up fundamental differences between those who expect unlimited opportunities and prospects to increase workers' productivity and freedom from physical and routine work in emerging jobs, and those who expect massive compensation for human labor and the relocation of jobs to other countries [45,46]. The research results proved that in order to prevent this trend, it is necessary to focus on preparing the workforce for labor market conditions in the future.…”

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The Impact of the Industry 4.0 Concept on Slovak Business Sustainability within the Issue of the Pandemic Outbreak

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Many studies have found that the most significant job structure changes in the Slovak business environment can be expected in production and logistics. The biggest manpower shortages are in the fields of mechanical engineering, production, construction, information sciences and communication technologies, and medical sciences. The smallest manpower shortage can be found in the humanities and social science areas. The main objective of this research was to assess the trends within the Slovak labor market from the perspective of the companies that participated in a survey focused on their assumptions on job structure changes in the context of the implementation of the elements of Industry 4.0. The estimation was based on a questionnaire conducted during the spring months of 2020 with the participation of 175 companies and institutions. The results showed that one third of companies anticipate job cuts in the implementation of smart industry. Along with the job position disposal and the qualified staffs’ need for new jobs, the demands of employers regarding the level of education are growing. On the other hand, three quarters of companies are not only willing but also ready to participate in human resource vocational training and requalification focused mainly on technical skills.

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“…These have already achieved better results in the field of innovation, so the concentration of R&D among market leaders is increasing and form barriers to entry for small and medium enterprises [47]. Generally, SMEs have a problem with finding resources in terms of funds, people, knowledge, and other factors needed for innovation and R&D [48][49][50]. Based on the reasons above, it will be necessary to monitor the area of R&D funding, the structure of their resources, as well as to analyze and compare the size of funds used to support these areas from the business enterprise sources, public (government) sources, or foreign sources in the coming years with Agenda 2030.…”

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Assessment of Research and Development Financing Based on the Strategies in EU: Case of Sweden, Slovakia and Romania

2021

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Research and development have been of interest to the European Union for a long time. This topic is also underlined in economic reform agendas and plans that have the form of strategies with clearly set targets. The article deals with the issue of financing R&D activities from the perspective of the share of expenditure to GDP, the total amount of funds spent on R&D, the share of expenditure per capita, and the structure of expenditure. The aim is to analyze and compare development in the field of R&D financing in selected countries of the European Union with emphasis on achieving the Europe 2020 target and to point out the expected development of the indicator for the first years of the validity of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. During the processing of the article, mathematical and statistical methods (regression and correlation analysis) were used in addition to standard logic methods intended for processing data and drawing conclusions (synthesis, induction). The final evaluates the achievement of the target in the field of R&D financing in accordance with the target of the Europe 2020 strategy and, using regression, predicts the development of the given indicator for coming years.

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“…In the conditions of Industry 4.0, the effective use of creativity by employees is predicted by many factors (Blštáková et al, 2020;Stachová et al, 2020). It is mainly the personality of the employee and his internal or external motivation related to the application of shared values in the company (Fila et al, 2020;Szeiner et al, 2020;Gódány et al, 2021). Locke and Latham (1990) hypothesized that corporate culture influences employee behavior through shared applied corporate values.…”

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The Values Supporting the Creativity of Employees

2022

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In Industry 4.0 completely new production worlds are emerging, where robots are becoming a key element and where common human skill activities and thinking are commonly surpassed. The growing degree of automation and the interconnection of the digital and the real-world create an environment that requires a set of interdisciplinary skills. For the sustainability of enterprises in this environment, human creativity acquires an irreplaceable role. The aim is to compare the application of selected values in corporate culture, which creates a space for increasing the creativity of employees from the perspective of different sizes of enterprises. The research sample consists of 1,716 companies of the Czech and Slovakia that participated in the questionnaire survey. The results of the independent T-test confirmed significant differences in the applied values between the countries being compared. Differences in terms of business size have been further explored through the ANOVA test and the Tukey HSD test. The results subsequently confirmed that the values: work meaningfulness, passion for work, and trust are applied more significantly to microenterprises in both the countries, creating an environment that supports creativity.

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Management Consulting Trends in Slovakia in the Light of Global and Regional Tendencies

Cited by 14 publications

References 12 publications

The Impact of the Industry 4.0 Concept on Slovak Business Sustainability within the Issue of the Pandemic Outbreak

The Impact of the Industry 4.0 Concept on Slovak Business Sustainability within the Issue of the Pandemic Outbreak

Assessment of Research and Development Financing Based on the Strategies in EU: Case of Sweden, Slovakia and Romania

The Values Supporting the Creativity of Employees

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