http://hdl.handle.net/11089/234 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:10:09 GMT 2026-04-05T20:10:09Z https://dspace.uni.lodz.pl:443/bitstream/id/c0da2001-9948-4a15-ac9d-17c7981f7e92/ http://hdl.handle.net/11089/234 http://hdl.handle.net/11089/745 Reasons and benefits of implementing Six Sigma in the empirical study of enterprises operating in Poland Urbaniak, Maciej The aim of this article is a presentation of methodologies which refer to improvement of processes and products defined as Six Sigma. The workers' qualifications play the essential role in the implementation of improvement projects while utilizing these methodologies. The organizations which are using Six Sigma as the tool operating improvement try to actively include all the workers in realization of these projects. The employees have to have a cycle of intensive trainings. These courses could help them to acquire the knowledge which is necessary to use the tools and techniques for the implementation of improvements. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11089/745 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/744 Business process maturity assessment - concept, methods and tools Kalinowski, Tomasz Bartosz The article is aimed at presenting the principles of Business Process Maturity Models (BPMM). They can be identified as a set of recommendations and good practices in achieving operational efficiency of performed processes. When process approach is a paradigm and according to available research organizations are becoming process – centric, the BPMM’s are beginning to be seen as the sources of sustainable competitive advantage and also a tool for obtaining operational excellence. As there is a very large number of documented maturity models the article also presents the results of literature study aiming at identify the most common existing models as well as present their main features and benefits. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11089/744 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/743 Cooperation of science with the business as a trend in hiring staff Bednarska-Wnuk, Izabela; Syper-Jędrzejak, Marzena The article focuses on cooperation between business and science, considered as a means of achieving mutual benefits, in particular, supporting business innovation and ensuring their access to potential employees. The authors suggest steps towards closer cooperation between the university and local entrepreneurs on the example of the initiatives of the Faculty of Management, University of Lodz. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11089/743 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/742 Performance measurement in Juliusz Au's theory of agricultural accounting in 19th century Poland Turzyński, Mikołaj Before the Partitions, Poland, beside Russia, was the largest, territorially compact European state. As a result of the Partitions of Poland, which were carried out in 1772, 1793 and 1795, Polish territory was divided and annexed by the three partitioning powers: Russia, Germany and Prussia. In an attempt to resist aggressive Germanization by the invader, Poles employed, among others, the methods of “organic work” and “work at the grass roots” (a programme, launched by the Polish positivists, of economic and cultural development through spreading literacy and popularizing science among the masses). It was on Polish territories under Prussian occupation that the theoretical and practical foundations of farm accounting were developed (Bernacki 2007b, p. 116-117). The main objectives of this paper are: to place the work and theory of Juliusz Au within the social and political context of the Prussian partition; to present a theory of agricultural accounting developed by J. Au; to evaluate J. Au’s theory from present-day perspective. J. Au is the author of a comprehensive, universal theory of accounting encompassing its three cognitive levels (aspects): (1) general level, covering the concept, objectives and method of accounting; (2) procedural level, comprising principles of assets measurement, choice of accounting period and production cost calculation; (3) supporting level, comprising organization of accounting, rules for statistical data collection and audit procedures. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11089/742 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z