Year 2011, Issue 110

Date published

28.4.2011

Table of content

  • Elena Yordanova
    MANAGEMENT RELATIONS AND ETHICAL VALUES
    JEL: À13, Z13
    Keywords: values, management approach, management relations, ethic codes, organizational culture
    Summary: Preface 9 Chapter one HUMAN FACTOR IN MANAGEMENT AND THE ETHIC VALUES 13 1.1. Historical view on human factor and the effectiveness of management process 13 1.2. Ethic values and human factor management under the conditions of the globalizing world economy 19 1.3. Ethic values and national specificity 27 Chapter two MA ... ... CONTENT Preface 9 Chapter one HUMAN FACTOR IN MANAGEMENT AND THE ETHIC VALUES 13 1.1. Historical view on human factor and the effectiveness of management process 13 1.2. Ethic values and human factor management under the conditions of the globalizing world economy 19 1.3. Ethic values and national specificity 27 Chapter two MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION AND ETHIC VALUES 33 2.1. Values aspects of the effective management communication 33 2.2. Preconditions for presence of value dimensions in management communication 46 2.3. Leading ethic values in management communication 51 Chapter three ETHIC-VALUES APPROACH TO REALIZATION OF THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS 64 3.1. Ethic–value aspects in contemporary management approaches 64 3.2. About the essence of the ethic–value approach 77 3.2.1. The issue of ethic-value dimensions in contemporary management 77 3.2.2. Necessity of a new ethic-value approach in contemporary management 79 Chapter four ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, ETHIC VALUES, ETHIC CODES 85 4.1. Nature and specificity of the organizational culture 85 4.2. Ethic values – determining component of the organizational culture 108 4.3. Ethic code – legal system of rules of ethic behaviour and exponent of the organizational culture and values in economy practice 112 4.3.1. Ethic code of a company 117 4.3.2. Ethic code of a civil servant 122 Conclusion 129 References 130 Resume Contemporary management is characterized by new conceptions of management, reflecting the humanism and liberalization of the functioning of social organizations and in management approaches. The science of management aspires to embrace the global processes, to seek for adequate approaches, that combine personal and organizational values, in order to achieve effectiveness of the management process. Under the contemporary conditions of market competitiveness the necessity of positive and constructive management relations is outlined. They are a result of working out and making of adequate management relations, that require as scientific knowledge and approach, so combining of various competences. This is possible to be achieved in the practical economy through applying of individual ethic-value approach by managers and leaders, which approach is winning recognition of team activity. The responsibility ad ethics that are characteristic for the respective activity however are still rather exception for the management practice. The main purpose of the new approach is to support the solving of ethic dilemmas, which are often event under the conditions of constantly changing social environment, that requires swiftness and flexibility when making managing decisions. The realization of the ethic-value approach is carried out through functioning of the ethic codes of the organizations and in this way organizational climate is built on of trust, feeling of justice, mutual satisfaction, positive management relations. Both main components of the new approach – ethics and values – guarantee the leading role of the organizational culture at determining of long term strategies for development of the organizations.