Piotr Górski

The article pertains to the subject of organizatonal change in the Interwar Polish state administration. The description of the contemporary perspectives in research on organiza-tional change was kind of a starting point here. The conception of B. Latour's translation, the research of Scandinavian authors (N.Brunsson) making use of his theory and A. Giddens's theory of structuration together with R. Boudon's remarks on unintentional effects of social activities were characterized here. The state of consciousness of the actors making changes, their system of values, the categories depicting organizational reality, the conditions in which they acted, undertaken actions and the assumed criteria of their assessment were also presented in this paper. Much attention has been paid to the conditions of creating state administration. The necessity to create it almost from scratch, alongside the evolution of state institutions and the increasing number of tasks it had to face. It led to the situation where it was necessary to implement organizational changes, introduced by clerks with a background in legal education. The de-scribed process of change enables us to show the introduction of organizational rules with the use of language and tools used by lawyers. At the same time it shows the process of the translation of criteria and rules developed in one organizational environment and then passed on to another. The process of organizational change in the interwar Polish state administration portrays the process of the gradual formation of the ability of clerks to recognize administrative issues in a waypertinent to management.

In the article the author refers to the critical remarks of his book “Professionalization of governmental administration in Poland 1918–1939: social and cultural condition” placed in the article of Janusz Mierzwa in “Cracow Studies of Consittutional and Legal History” vol. 4. Author points out to the misunderstanding of his book and not taking into account the purpose of the research and purposefully selected sources. Author takes a stance against the objections and states that beliefs expressed by Mierzwa in his article, do not help the cooperation between historians and sociologists.

Recognizing motives of choosing the human resources specialization, educational offer’s evaluation as well as professional aspirations of students who are to graduate are the main goal of the survey. Authors defi ned student’s convictions about the infl uence on their professional career of two groups of factors: motivation and value systems as well as university’s educational offer.

The influence of the ice accretion, angle of attack and Reynolds number on the flow field around iced cables of cablesupported bridges is not clearly understood. The Strouhal number is one of the most important parameters which is necessary for an analysis of the vortex excitation response of slender structures. This paper presents the method and results of wind tunnel investigations of the Strouhal number of stationary iced cable models of cable-supported bridges. The investigations were conducted in a climatic wind tunnel laboratory of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Telč. The methodology leading to the experimental icing of the inclined cable model in the climatic section of the laboratory was prepared. The shape of the ice on the cable was registered by photogrammetry and numerical evaluation. For the aerodynamic investigations, the iced cable model in a smaller scale was reproduced using a 3D printing procedure. The Strouhal number was determined within the range of the Reynolds number between 2.4·104 and 16.4·104, based on the dominant vortex shedding frequency measured in the flow behind the model. The model was orientated at three principal angles of wind attack for each of the Reynolds number values. In order to recognize the tunnel blockage effect, the Strouhal number of a smooth circular cylinder was tested. Strong agreement with the generally reported value in the subcritical Reynolds number range for a circular cylinder was obtained.

This paper presents the wind tunnel investigations of the mean aerodynamic coefficients of the stationary iced model in cable-stayed bridges. The investigations were performed in a Climatic Wind Tunnel Laboratory at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Telč. The icing of the inclined cable model was made experimentally. The shape of the iced model was mapped by a photogrammetry method. The new iced cable model was made by using a 3D printer. The aerodynamic drag, lift and moment coefficients were determined with respect to three principal angles of wind attack within the range of the Reynolds number between 2.5·104 and 13.6·104 at a turbulence intensity of 5 %. It was found that the drag coefficient values of the iced cable model are higher than for a circular smooth cylinder. The obtained results could constitute a basis to formulate a mathematical description of the wind load acting on the iced cables of cable-supported bridges.

Recenzja: „Nurt metodologiczny w naukach o zarządzaniu. Perspektywy i zagrożenia rozwoju” pod redakcją naukową Wandy Błaszczyk
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Rok wydania 2006
Numer ISBN 83-7171-942-6
Specyfikacja 299 stron

Background. The article draws readers’ attention to the potential significance of works of selected Polish sociologists for the historical approach in Management and Organizational Studies (MOS). The reasons for the lack of interest in history, which is typical of management scholars (except for business historians), are outlined, and the phenomenon of “historical turn” in MOS as a counterpoint of the mentioned phenomenon is discussed.

Research aims. The central theme of the article is constituted by the thesis that the “historical turn” cognitively corresponds to the earlier conceptions which were developed by Kazimierz Dobrowolski. The article also highlights the internationally renowned works of Jerzy Zubrzycki and Aleksander Matejko, which are deeply rooted in the Polish historical experience.

Methodology. The analysis was based on studies of literature on the subject and the publication of selected sociologists.

Key findings. The article shows that that the works of mentioned sociologists offer an integral method assuming a holistic nature of social reality, postulating a combination of functional and historical approaches as well as the use of materials obtained through field research and document studies.

JEL Codes: A14, N01, N80

The static and dynamic deformation monitoring of engineering structures has been a matter of concern for engineers for many years. This paper provides a review of research and development activities from 1993 in the field of bridges, tall buildings, and tower health monitoring using GPS. Firstly, early pioneering applications of GPS to measure the structural vibrations of these structures and the assessment of the measurement accuracy of GPS are briefly described. The progress on monitoring the displacements and dynamic characteristics of bridges and tall structures, caused by traffic loads, wind, and the combined influence of solar radiation and daily air temperature variations, is then presented.

In the paper the author presents his research about attitudes of students of turist`s management about their study and attitudes toward work. He attempts to answer the following questions:
What was the motive of study the management
What was the student`s appraiseal of the Jagiellonian University educational offer.
What were the student`s expectations regarding their future job positions.

This article based on research which attempted to reconstruct the image of the HR manager and get to know students value system and their expectations for competencies related to the role of HR manager. The results of the research allowed to answer the question about compliance the representations of students’ perceptions with that of professional environment.