This article applies to the issue of the growing need for management innovation. The article attempts to demonstrate that management innovation are highly responsible for creating value and strengthening competitiveness. It has been also raised an open question whether cocreating value with customers is one of the symptoms of a profound change in thinking about management.

The article considers the impact of organizational culture to make changes in organizations in the context of the application of new concepts and models of organizational structures. On the basis of the article’s own organizational culture research community offices mentioned features an open organization, that such elements of organizational culture, which determine the possibility of implementing the organizational structure of the process. It seems that the stated range of „opening” of organizational culture in the offi ces of the municipalities may be a factor supporting the making organizational changes.

The CAF Model (Common Assessment Framework), in Polish called Powszechny Model Oceny or Wspólna Metoda Oceny is a model of self-assesment and management dedicated mainly to public sector institutions. CAF results from the cooperation between the governments of the European Union countries in the fi eld of public administration. The CAF Model has been constructed to be applied to any part of the public sector: public organisations of the central, regional and local level, and to both government and self-government administration.

In order for the local administration to satisfactorily fulfil its tasks, its functioning needs to be constantly perfectioned. Ideally, the modernisation should relate to an established pattern of good offices of the local government. The article presents the efforts made at the Urząd Miasta Częstochowy in order to improve management, by applying the Institutional Development Program.

The article deals with the problem of IT project implementation process in polish public institutions from contractors’ (who represent business companies) point of view. In projects which are carried out together by public institutions and privately held companies, many times we have to face misunderstandings which arise due to differences between these types of institutions and different ways of managing projects. The paper is organized as follows. Introduction presents unique features of IT projects. Next, authors present public institution (as clients ordering IT solutions) and restrictions (including legal contrains) which they have to follow while implementing IT solutions. Then article presents problems and challenges of implementation process. The authors present process of IT project implementation from theoretical and practical point of view and show reasons of IT project failures and challenges of implementation process of IT projects in public institutions.

This paper is a summary report of three international scientifical conferences on project management. The author presents main research trends, on the basis of research outcomes presented by conferences’ participants, which are currently main research target of the scientists interested in Project Management all over the world.

Recenzja raportu: Measuring the Value of Culture: A Report to the Department for Culture Media and Sport Dr. Dave O’Brien