In the article an original model of safety culture and connected with it research results on the example of enterprises from the coal industry will be presented. Survey included 1170 miners. Thesis concerning that the key role in forming “high” safety culture is played by managers was verified.

Knowledge management is the main component of knowledge-based society. Learning organisations are aware of the potential that lies in human resources, and are prone to developing new concepts of leadership, where hierarchy and pyramid structured decision making no longer play the main role. The...

The increasing globalization and cross-cultural interaction increases the importance of the realization of the successful intercultural cooperation. In this context, the identification of friction points and the improvement of the potentials of intercultural communication is an important...