Ildikó Kertai-Kiss - Academia.edu (original) (raw)
Uploads
Papers by Ildikó Kertai-Kiss
Culture is a "frame-concept" that the different disciplines filled with various meanings. Therefo... more Culture is a "frame-concept" that the different disciplines filled with various meanings. Therefore, a generally accepted definition is still to be created. In this age of globalization, owing to the very nature of the cross-cultural economies, certain elements and dimensions of organizational culture (eg. scale of values, priorities, knowledgetransfer, emotional factors, identity, etc.) appear with steady features across borders, creating a kind of global(ised) culture. At the same time, special factors promoting change receive more and more emphasis too, accentuating the importance of locally embedded decisions. Factors of both kinds can contribute to, and enhance organizational functioning by conveying comparative and competitive advantages to participants of economic life.
Akadémiai Kiadó eBooks, 2024
Culture is a "frame-concept" that the different disciplines filled with various meanings. Therefo... more Culture is a "frame-concept" that the different disciplines filled with various meanings. Therefore, a generally accepted definition is still to be created. In this age of globalization, owing to the very nature of the cross-cultural economies, certain elements and dimensions of organizational culture (eg. scale of values, priorities, knowledge-transfer, emotional factors, identity, etc.) appear with steady features across borders, creating a kind of global(ised) culture. At the same time, special factors promoting change receive more and more emphasis too, accentuating the importance of locally embedded decisions. This factors can contribute to, and enhance organizational functioning by conveying comparative and competitive advantages to participants of economic life.
In order to efficiently manage external and internal risks that may jeopardize safety, it is impo... more In order to efficiently manage external and internal risks that may jeopardize safety, it is important to develop and maintain a good organisational strategy. In order for organisations to be able to identify and adequately fulfil safety requirements, they need to put suitable supporting systems in place. Planning, implementation as well as decision support and coordination may be supported by function-specific controlling systems at both strategic and operative level. The use of human resource management control systems plays a key role in shaping corporate safety culture. However, there are a great number of success factors in human resources management and organisational behaviour that may not be quantified at all or may only be quantified to a limited extent. Therefore, it may be necessary to use new tools in addition to the traditional ones. The use of new controlling methods to retain human capital and make HR management more efficient may necessitate the examination of soft f...
The question of organisational safety is a notion existing at every business, though one difficul... more The question of organisational safety is a notion existing at every business, though one difficult to conceive. While the application of various security systems is getting more and more essential and is becoming an inherent part of the organisational processes, the investigation of the human factor is an area less focused on within the possible interpretations of the “safety culture“. Recent cultural studies have pointed out a number of factors affecting organisational behaviour, however, the unique value priorities, competences, attitudes and implicit factors that enable one to effectively operate in practice any safety processes within organisations are less obvious. Work “maturity”, becoming aware of the importance of prevention, the perception of endangering factors, reducing risks, being responsive, continuous awareness, proper communication and the ability to stand firm in crises can be definitive elements in an organisation’s safety culture.
Safety and its corporate culture is becoming a key factor in the lives of technology-driven econo... more Safety and its corporate culture is becoming a key factor in the lives of technology-driven economic organisations. The development and maintenance of a strategy suitable for monitoring and managing external and internal risks is very important. However, not all organisations aim for perfection in this respect: few of them are aware that aiming for the minimally necessary and sufficient safety is not enough in these days. In order for an organisation to be able to detect and fully meet safety requirements, purposebuilt support systems must be operated. Strategic and operative planning, implementation and decision support can be facilitated by area-specific controlling systems. This includes the application of human controlling as an important factor in shaping organisational safety culture. However, a number of result factors exist in human resource management and organisational behaviour, the quantification of which is impossible or very limited, therefore further extension of the ...
Safety and organisational safety culture play an ever-increasing role for social and business org... more Safety and organisational safety culture play an ever-increasing role for social and business organisations. While the use of the different safety management systems is more and more inevitable and becoming an integral part of organisational processes, researching the human factor is of key importance in the different interpretations of safety culture. Recent research on culture has identified a number of factors that affect organisational behaviour, however, little is known about personal values, competences, attitudes and other implicit factors that make people capable of effectively managing safety processes in an organisation. Creating safety at the workplace, raising awareness of prevention, perception of risk factors, minimisation of risks, non-stop “alertness” and appropriate communication, in other words safety awareness and the ability to cope with crisis situations may be defining elements of organisational safety culture.
Industrial Policy and Sustainable Growth, 2017
A stable organisation is a safe system which is in a normal state of operation and can maintain i... more A stable organisation is a safe system which is in a normal state of operation and can maintain its operability on a continuous basis. Global changes resulting from innovative technological solutions made it necessary to reconsider the notion of safety culture. Documents from international organisations and legislation emphasise the role of three fundamental factors in this new conceptual framework: systematic approach, safety awareness and cooperation. Apart from such factors identified in international guidelines and documents, the functional scope of organisational safety culture has also expanded in practice. Safety processes on the different levels of corporate hierarchy are performed with different roles and responsibilities and according to different rules, but in terms of the underlying content the highest priority is to implement safety awareness on a wider scale and based on cooperation. Another important shift of focus has also taken place recently: instead of risk avoida...
Industrial Policy and Sustainable Growth, 2018
Culture is a "frame-concept" that the different disciplines filled with various meanings. Therefo... more Culture is a "frame-concept" that the different disciplines filled with various meanings. Therefore, a generally accepted definition is still to be created. In this age of globalization, owing to the very nature of the cross-cultural economies, certain elements and dimensions of organizational culture (eg. scale of values, priorities, knowledgetransfer, emotional factors, identity, etc.) appear with steady features across borders, creating a kind of global(ised) culture. At the same time, special factors promoting change receive more and more emphasis too, accentuating the importance of locally embedded decisions. Factors of both kinds can contribute to, and enhance organizational functioning by conveying comparative and competitive advantages to participants of economic life.
Akadémiai Kiadó eBooks, 2024
Culture is a "frame-concept" that the different disciplines filled with various meanings. Therefo... more Culture is a "frame-concept" that the different disciplines filled with various meanings. Therefore, a generally accepted definition is still to be created. In this age of globalization, owing to the very nature of the cross-cultural economies, certain elements and dimensions of organizational culture (eg. scale of values, priorities, knowledge-transfer, emotional factors, identity, etc.) appear with steady features across borders, creating a kind of global(ised) culture. At the same time, special factors promoting change receive more and more emphasis too, accentuating the importance of locally embedded decisions. This factors can contribute to, and enhance organizational functioning by conveying comparative and competitive advantages to participants of economic life.
In order to efficiently manage external and internal risks that may jeopardize safety, it is impo... more In order to efficiently manage external and internal risks that may jeopardize safety, it is important to develop and maintain a good organisational strategy. In order for organisations to be able to identify and adequately fulfil safety requirements, they need to put suitable supporting systems in place. Planning, implementation as well as decision support and coordination may be supported by function-specific controlling systems at both strategic and operative level. The use of human resource management control systems plays a key role in shaping corporate safety culture. However, there are a great number of success factors in human resources management and organisational behaviour that may not be quantified at all or may only be quantified to a limited extent. Therefore, it may be necessary to use new tools in addition to the traditional ones. The use of new controlling methods to retain human capital and make HR management more efficient may necessitate the examination of soft f...
The question of organisational safety is a notion existing at every business, though one difficul... more The question of organisational safety is a notion existing at every business, though one difficult to conceive. While the application of various security systems is getting more and more essential and is becoming an inherent part of the organisational processes, the investigation of the human factor is an area less focused on within the possible interpretations of the “safety culture“. Recent cultural studies have pointed out a number of factors affecting organisational behaviour, however, the unique value priorities, competences, attitudes and implicit factors that enable one to effectively operate in practice any safety processes within organisations are less obvious. Work “maturity”, becoming aware of the importance of prevention, the perception of endangering factors, reducing risks, being responsive, continuous awareness, proper communication and the ability to stand firm in crises can be definitive elements in an organisation’s safety culture.
Safety and its corporate culture is becoming a key factor in the lives of technology-driven econo... more Safety and its corporate culture is becoming a key factor in the lives of technology-driven economic organisations. The development and maintenance of a strategy suitable for monitoring and managing external and internal risks is very important. However, not all organisations aim for perfection in this respect: few of them are aware that aiming for the minimally necessary and sufficient safety is not enough in these days. In order for an organisation to be able to detect and fully meet safety requirements, purposebuilt support systems must be operated. Strategic and operative planning, implementation and decision support can be facilitated by area-specific controlling systems. This includes the application of human controlling as an important factor in shaping organisational safety culture. However, a number of result factors exist in human resource management and organisational behaviour, the quantification of which is impossible or very limited, therefore further extension of the ...
Safety and organisational safety culture play an ever-increasing role for social and business org... more Safety and organisational safety culture play an ever-increasing role for social and business organisations. While the use of the different safety management systems is more and more inevitable and becoming an integral part of organisational processes, researching the human factor is of key importance in the different interpretations of safety culture. Recent research on culture has identified a number of factors that affect organisational behaviour, however, little is known about personal values, competences, attitudes and other implicit factors that make people capable of effectively managing safety processes in an organisation. Creating safety at the workplace, raising awareness of prevention, perception of risk factors, minimisation of risks, non-stop “alertness” and appropriate communication, in other words safety awareness and the ability to cope with crisis situations may be defining elements of organisational safety culture.
Industrial Policy and Sustainable Growth, 2017
A stable organisation is a safe system which is in a normal state of operation and can maintain i... more A stable organisation is a safe system which is in a normal state of operation and can maintain its operability on a continuous basis. Global changes resulting from innovative technological solutions made it necessary to reconsider the notion of safety culture. Documents from international organisations and legislation emphasise the role of three fundamental factors in this new conceptual framework: systematic approach, safety awareness and cooperation. Apart from such factors identified in international guidelines and documents, the functional scope of organisational safety culture has also expanded in practice. Safety processes on the different levels of corporate hierarchy are performed with different roles and responsibilities and according to different rules, but in terms of the underlying content the highest priority is to implement safety awareness on a wider scale and based on cooperation. Another important shift of focus has also taken place recently: instead of risk avoida...
Industrial Policy and Sustainable Growth, 2018