The inaugural meeting was held on April 18 at the headquarters of the Polish Academy of Sciences at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw. Madam Professor is the first woman to be vested with this office.
Being elected Chair of the Committee is a resounding accomplishment for prof. Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska. Management and quality sciences have a broad representation. The discipline has been evaluated at more than 50 Polish universities and is one of the most widely represented in academia. The Committee on Organization and Management Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences has been in existence since 1969. It is very popular, as 12 individuals ran for each of the 30 seats on the Committee.
Prof. Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska is a professor of economic sciences. She is an outstanding scholar whose main thrust of research is on strategic management and development strategies of enterprises, especially in the high-tech sector, and inter-organizational relations: cooperation and coopetition. Recently, she has also turned her focus to the problem of, broadly defined in research, knowledge valorization. As she puts it, 'It is the process of creating social and economic value from knowledge. It combines contributions from diverse areas and sectors, and transforms data, know-how, and research findings into sustainable knowledge-based products, services, practices and policies that benefit the society, as recommended by the EU Council of 2022.
During the first meeting of the Committee on Organization and Management Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the professor presented her agenda. She explained,
'I emphasized, first and foremost, the extensive support for research in the area of management and quality sciences through the mapping of research trends and gaps in specific sub-disciplines. I pointed out the need to develop a management barometer, a tool to assess the current state of research in the field of management sciences at each university. Competitions for the best research papers will be continued, as will efforts to intensify cooperation with scholarly institutions, foreign universities, and the socio-economic environment. Attention will also be given to the development of the Academy of Management through the implementation of mini-lectures, workshops, and podcasts, to be disseminated to the community. Popularization of science stimulates innovation and societal advancement, and can inspire young people to opt for careers in research.
The leadership of the Committee on Organization and Management Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Chair: prof. Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska (Lodz University of Technology), deputies: prof. Ewa Stańczyk-Hugiet (Wroclaw University of Economics), prof. Piotr Wachowiak (Warsaw School of Economics), members: prof. Szymon Cyfert (Poznan University of Economics) , prof. Wojciech Czakon (Jagiellonian University), and prof. Wojciech Dyduch (Katowice University of Economics).