Papers by Zbysław Dobrowolski
Montenegrin Journal of Economics , 2024
This study analyses the factors that influence the implementation of public purchase policy in Po... more This study analyses the factors that influence the implementation of public purchase policy in Poland. The Polish case was chosen due to the specificity of the public procurement market in this country and the lack of comprehensive studies in opposition to other European Western countries. Based on qualitative research, which includes in-depth interviews with key informants, the study confirms the results of research conducted in other countries showing public purchase policy gaps that may hinder their implementation. The study found that promoting sustainable public procurement through education is a concern in Poland. Additionally, auditors should be familiar with sustainable and innovative procurement practices to avoid situations in which they negatively assess public procurement, which was realised correctly. The findings serve to develop academic knowledge in public policy and are helpful for practitioners.
International Journal of Public Administration, Management and Economic Development , 2023
Purpose: This study aims to formulate an additive project monitoring conceptual framework in whic... more Purpose: This study aims to formulate an additive project monitoring conceptual framework in which non-financial indicators help achieve sustainable resource use. Realizing this purpose, the paper aims to deepen the additive economy's theoretical issues by analyzing its essential component, additive project management. Study design/methodology/approach: The study is based on qualitative research, including the self-observation of the realization of fourteen finished social projects, fueled by a systematic literature study on project management. Findings: Based on an analysis of the 14 realized projects, a broader look at the issue of monitoring is proposed than in the traditional process described in most project implementation methodologies, including Project Cycle Management. This study perceives monitoring as a broader issue aimed at ensuring procedures for the correctness of project implementation in all critical aspects of project management. Originality/value: The primary theme important for theory and practice emerges from this research. Although this study is based on analyzing 14 projects' realizations, there are research limitations. Future studies should focus on a broader analysis of project participants' experiences. Besides, the study should explore the project's realization in different sectors and countries, considering that organizational culture affects management practices.
Samorząd Terytorialny, 2023
W opracowaniu przedstawiono zidentyfikowaną niejednoznaczność przepisów ustawy o regionalnych izb... more W opracowaniu przedstawiono zidentyfikowaną niejednoznaczność przepisów ustawy o regionalnych izbach obrachunkowych w zakresie rozwiązań przeciwdziałających konfliktowi interesów. Unormowania tej ustawy nie wskazują bowiem ani organu rozstrzygającego o wyłączeniu
upoważnionego pracownika regionalnej izby obrachunkowej, ani formy, w jakiej to wyłączenie miałoby nastąpić, ani też zakresu czynności kontrolnych, jakie upoważniony pracownik regionalnej izby obrachunkowej może podejmować po wpływie wniosku o jego wyłączenie. W artykule
przedstawiono rozwiązania, jakie powinny być wprowadzone w ustawie o regionalnych izbach obrachunkowych w zakresie postępowania incydentalnego. Rozwiązania te służą pewności obrotu
prawnego i kreują zaufanie do instytucji państwa.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES, 2020
The occurrence of the COVID-19 Pandemic has revealed all the weaknesses of different organisation... more The occurrence of the COVID-19 Pandemic has revealed all the weaknesses of different organisations, including macrostructures – the States. It turned out that they were unprepared for the COVID-19 Pandemic and, simultaneously, pretending to be controlling unpredictability, which is invalid. I collect information by reviewing secondary data and observing pandemic effects in several countries. In all countries, the effects of a pandemic are noticeable. It creates a slowdown in the economy and the introduction of restrictions on public life on an unprecedented scale. The effects of current economic restrictions will appear in a few months. I identified weaknesses in the crisis response and argued that any organisation, also at the macro-level, should redefine the role of crisis management in a crisis. There is a need for a co‐evolving system within the organisation, which means the necessity of reshaping crisis management from a crisis management relational model into a crisis management three-dimensional flexible model. Crisis management based on risk analysis may be useless in the context of organisational unpredictability.
Journal of International Studies, 2020
The concept of sustainability requires reducing the scale of different economic and organisationa... more The concept of sustainability requires reducing the scale of different economic and organisational obstacles destabilising domestic economies. The preliminary study showed that there is a specific motivation influencing public decision-making behaviour in the course of public purchases of goods and services, namely public ethnocentrism. Despite several studies, this phenomenon remains mostly unexplored, especially in the field of preventing ethnocentric behaviours that may lead to epistemic injustice. This study was aimed at initiating an effort to fill the research gap by creating a generally accepted approach to evaluating ethnocentric attitudes in the public sector. Based on the literature review, including the well-known Norton-Kaplan Balanced Scorecard, we formulate the original four-element model of preventing public ethnocentrism in the public sector supplemented by nine effectiveness variables in preventing public ethnocentrism. We offer a new, additional worldwide tool for measuring economic freedom. This research provides the basis for eliminating public constraints in achieving sustainability.
Montenegrin Journal of Economics
This study analyses what factors influence public purchase policy implementation in Poland. The P... more This study analyses what factors influence public purchase policy implementation in Poland. The Polish case was chosen due to the specificity of the public procurement market in this country and the lack of comprehensive studies in opposition to other European Western countries. Based on qualitative research, which includes in-depth interviews with key informants, the study confirms the results of research conducted in other countries showing public purchase policy gaps that may hinder their implementation. It was found that promoting sustainable public procurement through education is a significant concern in Poland. Additionally, auditors should be familiar with sustainable and innovative procurement practices to avoid situations in which they negatively assess public procurement, which was realised correctly. The findings serve to develop academic knowledge in public policy and are helpful for practitioners.
Public and Municipal Finance, 2023
Although the theory of soft budget constraints is widely presented in the literature, little is k... more Although the theory of soft budget constraints is widely presented in the literature, little is known about the factors of soft budget constraints in public hospitals in Poland. This study is relevant because many Polish hospitals struggle with serious debt problems. The study aims to systematise the regulatory and legal provision of soft budget restrictions in the activities of healthcare institutions, particularly public hospitals in Poland, and to assess the impact of these restrictions on their further functioning. An analysis of hospitals’ regulatory and legal activities shows the implementation of various soft budget restrictions. On November 20, 2019, Poland returned to the soft budget constraints, which functioned immediately after the introduction of reforms in the late 90s of the last century. As of 2021, out-of-pocket costs for treatment have decreased to 19.56%, but costs are gradually increasing and in 2020, according to the World Bank, they amounted to 71.89%. The provision of medical services mainly by public hospitals owned by local governments and scattered healthcare debt make it difficult to liquidate an inefficient public hospital in the event of its default. The study proves that the main reason for not eliminating the soft budgetary constraints of hospitals through their commercialisation was the inconsistency of the carried out reform of commercialisation of hospitals with the financial condition of local authorities.
Public and Municipal Finance, Volume, 2023
Although the theory of soft budget constraints is widely presented in the literature, little is k... more Although the theory of soft budget constraints is widely presented in the literature, little is known about the factors of soft budget constraints in public hospitals in Poland. This study is relevant because many Polish hospitals struggle with serious debt problems. The study aims to systematise the regulatory and legal provision of soft budget
restrictions in the activities of healthcare institutions, particularly public hospitals in Poland, and to assess the impact of these restrictions on their further functioning. An analysis of hospitals’ regulatory and legal activities shows the implementation of various soft budget restrictions. On November 20, 2019, Poland returned to the soft budget
constraints, which functioned immediately after the introduction of reforms in the late 90s of the last century. As of 2021, out-of-pocket costs for treatment have decreased to 19.56%, but costs are gradually increasing and in 2020, according to the World Bank, they amounted to 71.89%. The provision of medical services mainly by public hospitals owned by local governments and scattered healthcare debt make it difficult to liquidate
an inefficient public hospital in the event of its default. The study proves that the main reason for not eliminating the soft budgetary constraints of hospitals through their commercialization was the inconsistency of the carried out reform of commercialization of hospitals with the financial condition of local authorities
Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2023
The additive economy should be the productive basis toward which the national economies aspire. T... more The additive economy should be the productive basis toward which the national economies aspire. This paper aims to deepen the theoretical issues of the additive economy forming and its key components: additive technology and additive manufacturing. Additive technology is defined as a set of methods and tools based on which the production of products occurs by adding only the useful part of natural substances to the final commodity and creating no waste. Additive manufacturing is a system of
interconnected processes of transforming natural substances into finished products based on additive technology. The additive economy is a system of trade and industries based on additive manufacturing. The study analyzes competitive advantages (direct prototyping, saving materials and energy, the ability to work without human participation, dematerialization of transportation and storage of products) and challenges of the additive economy (building an organizational network of production systems;
forming solidarity economy; developing new social institutions; social development of a person). The paper formulates the key directions of economic systems restructuring to an additive economy formation, including restructuring energy production types, energy networks, and interface sphere and change of the structure of primary resources. The general debatable problem of the economic systems restructuring to
the additive economy is the formation of new social institutions capable of providing necessary solutions
Organization Review, 2022
The Value Added Tax (VAT) gap is enormously dangerous in all European Union Member States. These ... more The Value Added Tax (VAT) gap is enormously dangerous in all European Union Member States. These countries are losing revenues due to tax fraud and inadequate tax collection systems. An ineffective tax collection system shows the limited potential of the state. It, in turn, affects the erosion of public trust – a necessary component of social capital, without which it is difficult to achieve a competitive advantage. Considering the role of supreme audit institutions (SAIs) in ensuring the proper
functioning of the public sector, one needs to determine the SAIs’ role in combating VAT fraud, which is part of a broader phenomenon – tax fraud.
This preliminary study focuses on SAIs – public organisations
and how they fulfil their public tasks. Therefore, the study
intends to resolve the following research question – RQ1:
how do SAIs deal with the VAT gap issues?
Montenegrin Journal of Economics, 2024
This study analyses what factors influence public purchase policy implementation in Poland. The P... more This study analyses what factors influence public purchase policy implementation in Poland. The Polish case was chosen due to the specificity of the public procurement market in this country and the lack of comprehensive studies in opposition to other European Western countries. Based on qualitative research, which includes in-depth interviews with key informants, the study confirms the results of research conducted in other countries showing public purchase policy gaps that may hinder their implementation. It was found that promoting sustainable public procurement through education is a significant concern in Poland. Additionally, auditors should be familiar with sustainable and innovative procurement practices to avoid situations in which they negatively assess public procurement, which was realised correctly. The findings serve to develop academic knowledge in public policy and are helpful for practitioners.
Public and Municipal Finance, 2023
Although the theory of soft budget constraints is widely presented in the literature, little is k... more Although the theory of soft budget constraints is widely presented in the literature, little is known about the factors of soft budget constraints in public hospitals in Poland. This study is relevant because many Polish hospitals struggle with serious debt problems. The study aims to systematise the regulatory and legal provision of soft budget
restrictions in the activities of healthcare institutions, particularly public hospitals in Poland, and to assess the impact of these restrictions on their further functioning. An analysis of hospitals’ regulatory and legal activities shows the implementation of various soft budget restrictions. On November 20, 2019, Poland returned to the soft budget
constraints, which functioned immediately after the introduction of reforms in the late 90s of the last century. As of 2021, out-of-pocket costs for treatment have decreased to 19.56%, but costs are gradually increasing and in 2020, according to the World Bank,
they amounted to 71.89%. The provision of medical services mainly by public hospitals owned by local governments and scattered healthcare debt make it difficult to liquidate an inefficient public hospital in the event of its default. The study proves that the main reason for not eliminating the soft budgetary constraints of hospitals through their commercialization was the inconsistency of the carried out reform of commercialization of hospitals with the financial condition of local authorities.
Business Perspectives, 2023
Although the theory of soft budget constraints is widely presented in the literature, little is k... more Although the theory of soft budget constraints is widely presented in the literature, little is known about the factors of soft budget constraints in public hospitals in Poland. This study is relevant because many Polish hospitals struggle with serious debt problems. The study aims to systematise the regulatory and legal provision of soft budget restrictions in the activities of healthcare institutions, particularly public hospitals in Poland, and to assess the impact of these restrictions on their further functioning. An analysis of hospitals’ regulatory and legal activities shows the implementation of various soft budget restrictions. On November 20, 2019, Poland returned to the soft budget constraints, which functioned immediately after the introduction of reforms in the late 90s of the last century. As of 2021, out-of-pocket costs for treatment have decreased to 19.56%, but costs are gradually increasing and in 2020, according to the World Bank, they amounted to 71.89%. The provision of medical services mainly by public hospitals owned by local governments and scattered healthcare debt make it difficult to liquidate an inefficient public hospital in the event of its default. The study proves that the main reason for not eliminating the soft budgetary constraints of hospitals through their commercialization was the inconsistency of the carried out reform of commercialization of hospitals with the financial condition of local authorities.
Marketing and Management of Innovations
The auditing of organizations’ activities plays a crucial role in ensuring the direction chosen b... more The auditing of organizations’ activities plays a crucial role in ensuring the direction chosen by top management and identifying early signs of upcoming changes and threats. The audit assesses the efficient use of resources and processes and promotes corporate credibility, which is essential from investors’ perspectives, particularly in ecosystems of innovations. Meanwhile, little is known about lean auditing, which is crucial in achieving effective processes. This paper summarises the arguments and counterarguments within the scientific discussion on the issue of auditing. The research’s primary purpose is to identify types of waste in auditing and formulate the principles of lean auditing. The systematic literature review and approaches for solving the problem based on grounded theory and triangulation of methods enabled the resolving of research problems. This article analyses the internal auditing standards and guidelines and uses in-depth interviews with 19 internal auditors f...
Monografia dotyczy przyczyn zmian w organizacji i zarządzaniu w Najwyższej Izbie Kontroli. Książk... more Monografia dotyczy przyczyn zmian w organizacji i zarządzaniu w Najwyższej Izbie Kontroli. Książka przedstawia projekt zmiany ustawy o NIK. Zmiana ustawy o NIK poprzedzona jest podstawami teoretycznymi dotyczącymi kontroli państwowej.The monograph deals with the reasons for changes in the organization and management of the Supreme Audit Office. The book presents a draft amendment to the Act on the Polish Supreme Audit Office. The book also presents the issues of audit in theoretical terms
Cel: Udana współpraca biznesowa wymaga efektywności zarządzania kształtowanej przez umiejętności ... more Cel: Udana współpraca biznesowa wymaga efektywności zarządzania kształtowanej przez umiejętności niezbędne do wykorzystania zasobów firmy na rynku międzynarodowym. Ponieważ firmy, podobnie jak inne organizacje, mogą stawić czoła wyjątkowym wyzwaniom poprzez budowanie swoich zdolności menedżerskich, celem niniejszego badania jest analiza kompetencji menedżerów małych i średnich firm i ustalenie, co jest głównym wyznacznikiem kształtowania efektywności menedżerów? Podejście / Metodologia / Projekt: ugruntowana teoria i wywiady z 142 polskimi menedżerami z firm prywatnych w celu określenia ich kluczowych kompetencji. Wyniki: Kategorie kompetencji wyłoniły się z wyników badań. Badanie wykazało dominujący obszar kompetencji koncepcyjnych i relacyjnych w ramach kompetencji przedsiębiorczych, co wynika z otwartości na otoczenie. Poza tym badanie to potwierdziło argumenty innych badaczy, że kompetencje menedżerskie są konstrukcjami wielowymiarowymi. Praktyczne implikacje: Artykuł przynosi k...
Epistemologiczne odzwierciedlenie zarządzania ryzykiem w organizacjach pozwala sformułować uogóln... more Epistemologiczne odzwierciedlenie zarządzania ryzykiem w organizacjach pozwala sformułować uogólnienie, że proces zarządzania ryzykiem w organizacjach publicznych ma charakter interpretacyjny. Zamiast uporządkowanego obiektywnego przewidywania zmian, organizacja jest interpretowana i zmieniana w wyniku pojawiających się wydarzeń. Wprowadzone zmiany są wynikiem ograniczonej racjonalności. Po krytycznej analizie zarządzania ryzykiem w organizacjach publicznych zidentyfikowano nowe zagrożenia. Ponadto zmodyfikowano typologię mechanizmów organizacji i kontroli A. Etzioni. Na podstawie tego badania zidentyfikowano dwa nowe problemy badawcze.Epistemological reflection of risk management in organizations allows to formulate the generalization that the risk management process in public organizations is of an interpretive nature. Instead of orderly objective prediction of changes, the organization is interpreted and changed following emergent events. The introduced changes are the result of ...
Niniejsze badanie przedstawia wyniki analizy czynników związanych z zarządzaniem kryzysem pandemi... more Niniejsze badanie przedstawia wyniki analizy czynników związanych z zarządzaniem kryzysem pandemicznym i służy lepszemu zrozumieniu determinant planowanie i wdrażanie wielowymiarowego systemu zapobiegania pandemii. Spostrzeżenia zawarte w tym artykule pojawiały się iteracyjnie, biorąc pod uwagę zarówno teorię, jak i dane empiryczne. W badaniu wykorzystano rozumowanie abdukcyjne i teorię ugruntowaną. Ustalono, że strategia TTT, zachowanie dystansu społecznego oraz spójność decyzji dotyczących warunków reżimu sanitarnego przyczyniają się do walki z pandemią. Jednak powielanie rozwiązań przyjętych w krajach, które z powodzeniem zwalczają Covid-19 przez inne państwa, wymaga uwzględnienia determinant kapitału społecznego. Kraje, które zaniedbały zrównoważony rozwój, w tym dbałość o rozwój kapitału społecznego, ponoszą dziś konsekwencje. Niniejsze badanie kontynuuje rozwój teorii zarządzania kryzysowego i próbuje ją wzbogacić, wskazując na czynniki sukcesu i porażki w walce z Covid-19. Pr...
Niepewność otoczenia, przyczynowo-skutkowe zachowania decydenta o nie zawsze pożądanym charakterz... more Niepewność otoczenia, przyczynowo-skutkowe zachowania decydenta o nie zawsze pożądanym charakterze, jak i brak dostatecznie pełnej informacji wpływają na wymiary zarządzania ryzykiem w obrocie gospodarczym. Jedną z determinant zagrażających obrotowi gospodarczemu jest korupcja. W rozdziale przedstawiono normatywną reglamentację determinant korupcji oraz systemowe przeciwdziałanie korupcji w życiu publicznym.Uncertainty surrounding, causal behavior of the decision maker, and the lack of sufficient information, affect the dimensions of risk management in business. Corruption is one of the most important threat of the economic turnover. The chapter presents a normative approach to anti-corruption, as well as, anti-corruption system, which may be useful in combating this organizational pathology
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Papers by Zbysław Dobrowolski
upoważnionego pracownika regionalnej izby obrachunkowej, ani formy, w jakiej to wyłączenie miałoby nastąpić, ani też zakresu czynności kontrolnych, jakie upoważniony pracownik regionalnej izby obrachunkowej może podejmować po wpływie wniosku o jego wyłączenie. W artykule
przedstawiono rozwiązania, jakie powinny być wprowadzone w ustawie o regionalnych izbach obrachunkowych w zakresie postępowania incydentalnego. Rozwiązania te służą pewności obrotu
prawnego i kreują zaufanie do instytucji państwa.
restrictions in the activities of healthcare institutions, particularly public hospitals in Poland, and to assess the impact of these restrictions on their further functioning. An analysis of hospitals’ regulatory and legal activities shows the implementation of various soft budget restrictions. On November 20, 2019, Poland returned to the soft budget
constraints, which functioned immediately after the introduction of reforms in the late 90s of the last century. As of 2021, out-of-pocket costs for treatment have decreased to 19.56%, but costs are gradually increasing and in 2020, according to the World Bank, they amounted to 71.89%. The provision of medical services mainly by public hospitals owned by local governments and scattered healthcare debt make it difficult to liquidate
an inefficient public hospital in the event of its default. The study proves that the main reason for not eliminating the soft budgetary constraints of hospitals through their commercialization was the inconsistency of the carried out reform of commercialization of hospitals with the financial condition of local authorities
interconnected processes of transforming natural substances into finished products based on additive technology. The additive economy is a system of trade and industries based on additive manufacturing. The study analyzes competitive advantages (direct prototyping, saving materials and energy, the ability to work without human participation, dematerialization of transportation and storage of products) and challenges of the additive economy (building an organizational network of production systems;
forming solidarity economy; developing new social institutions; social development of a person). The paper formulates the key directions of economic systems restructuring to an additive economy formation, including restructuring energy production types, energy networks, and interface sphere and change of the structure of primary resources. The general debatable problem of the economic systems restructuring to
the additive economy is the formation of new social institutions capable of providing necessary solutions
functioning of the public sector, one needs to determine the SAIs’ role in combating VAT fraud, which is part of a broader phenomenon – tax fraud.
This preliminary study focuses on SAIs – public organisations
and how they fulfil their public tasks. Therefore, the study
intends to resolve the following research question – RQ1:
how do SAIs deal with the VAT gap issues?
restrictions in the activities of healthcare institutions, particularly public hospitals in Poland, and to assess the impact of these restrictions on their further functioning. An analysis of hospitals’ regulatory and legal activities shows the implementation of various soft budget restrictions. On November 20, 2019, Poland returned to the soft budget
constraints, which functioned immediately after the introduction of reforms in the late 90s of the last century. As of 2021, out-of-pocket costs for treatment have decreased to 19.56%, but costs are gradually increasing and in 2020, according to the World Bank,
they amounted to 71.89%. The provision of medical services mainly by public hospitals owned by local governments and scattered healthcare debt make it difficult to liquidate an inefficient public hospital in the event of its default. The study proves that the main reason for not eliminating the soft budgetary constraints of hospitals through their commercialization was the inconsistency of the carried out reform of commercialization of hospitals with the financial condition of local authorities.
upoważnionego pracownika regionalnej izby obrachunkowej, ani formy, w jakiej to wyłączenie miałoby nastąpić, ani też zakresu czynności kontrolnych, jakie upoważniony pracownik regionalnej izby obrachunkowej może podejmować po wpływie wniosku o jego wyłączenie. W artykule
przedstawiono rozwiązania, jakie powinny być wprowadzone w ustawie o regionalnych izbach obrachunkowych w zakresie postępowania incydentalnego. Rozwiązania te służą pewności obrotu
prawnego i kreują zaufanie do instytucji państwa.
restrictions in the activities of healthcare institutions, particularly public hospitals in Poland, and to assess the impact of these restrictions on their further functioning. An analysis of hospitals’ regulatory and legal activities shows the implementation of various soft budget restrictions. On November 20, 2019, Poland returned to the soft budget
constraints, which functioned immediately after the introduction of reforms in the late 90s of the last century. As of 2021, out-of-pocket costs for treatment have decreased to 19.56%, but costs are gradually increasing and in 2020, according to the World Bank, they amounted to 71.89%. The provision of medical services mainly by public hospitals owned by local governments and scattered healthcare debt make it difficult to liquidate
an inefficient public hospital in the event of its default. The study proves that the main reason for not eliminating the soft budgetary constraints of hospitals through their commercialization was the inconsistency of the carried out reform of commercialization of hospitals with the financial condition of local authorities
interconnected processes of transforming natural substances into finished products based on additive technology. The additive economy is a system of trade and industries based on additive manufacturing. The study analyzes competitive advantages (direct prototyping, saving materials and energy, the ability to work without human participation, dematerialization of transportation and storage of products) and challenges of the additive economy (building an organizational network of production systems;
forming solidarity economy; developing new social institutions; social development of a person). The paper formulates the key directions of economic systems restructuring to an additive economy formation, including restructuring energy production types, energy networks, and interface sphere and change of the structure of primary resources. The general debatable problem of the economic systems restructuring to
the additive economy is the formation of new social institutions capable of providing necessary solutions
functioning of the public sector, one needs to determine the SAIs’ role in combating VAT fraud, which is part of a broader phenomenon – tax fraud.
This preliminary study focuses on SAIs – public organisations
and how they fulfil their public tasks. Therefore, the study
intends to resolve the following research question – RQ1:
how do SAIs deal with the VAT gap issues?
restrictions in the activities of healthcare institutions, particularly public hospitals in Poland, and to assess the impact of these restrictions on their further functioning. An analysis of hospitals’ regulatory and legal activities shows the implementation of various soft budget restrictions. On November 20, 2019, Poland returned to the soft budget
constraints, which functioned immediately after the introduction of reforms in the late 90s of the last century. As of 2021, out-of-pocket costs for treatment have decreased to 19.56%, but costs are gradually increasing and in 2020, according to the World Bank,
they amounted to 71.89%. The provision of medical services mainly by public hospitals owned by local governments and scattered healthcare debt make it difficult to liquidate an inefficient public hospital in the event of its default. The study proves that the main reason for not eliminating the soft budgetary constraints of hospitals through their commercialization was the inconsistency of the carried out reform of commercialization of hospitals with the financial condition of local authorities.
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The monograph presents methods and techniques whose application should ensure proper management of resources. Their selection resulted from a systematic literature review, including over a thousand scientific papers, dozens of non-standardized and unstructured interviews, and dozens of direct and non-participant observations. Methods were used in the study and techniques appropriate to the field of social sciences, the discipline of management, using the assumptions of triangulation of data and methods and adopting the strategy of epistemological pluralism, assuming the possibility of combining approaches from different paradigms to strive for coherent cognitive results. The research adopted the division of paradigms proposed by Burrell and Morgan, considering that it is the most common division in the social sciences. When preparing the study, it was assumed that it was to be a valuable source of information for practitioners, as well as students who will soon join a large part of the public sphere. It was also assumed that some generalisations in the study may contribute to the discussion of theoreticians, not only those representing the discipline of management. This study deals with organisations and team management. The aim of the research is: 1) to determine whether methods and techniques for solving management problems are known among employees of public organisations, which is a condition for their skilful use; 2) to present the basics of management, concepts, methods, techniques; 3) systematisation of the conceptual apparatus. The research problem is as follows: 1) What is the ability of representatives of public organisations to use methods and techniques to solve management problems? Presenting organisational methods and techniques, diagnostic, prognostic, and functional approaches were proposed, among others. Attention was also paid to models. Presenting organisational methods and techniques, among others, diagnostic, prognostic and functional approaches were proposed. Attention was also paid to models. The part about organisational structures presents the dimensions and conditions of the organisational structure, the issues of structure-forming factors and basic approaches to the design of organisational structures. In addition to the traditional approach to the problem, attention was paid to the directions of development of organisational structures. Moreover, in addition to the presentation of the theory, the types and practical methods of motivation and their effectiveness in managing human teams were indicated. The monograph presents numerous concepts and management methods.