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Transformational Consulting – Application of Idiomatic Phrases to Technical and Adaptive Challenges
Authors: Chinoperekweyi Justine 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
There seem to be a dominance of prescriptive models aimed at addressing organizational challenges in a dynamic environment. To what extend do prescriptive, n-step models facilitate transformational growth and development during unsettled time. Due to the realization that most emerging consultants tend to exclusively and excessively rely on certain tools and frameworks, idiomatic phrases, and quotation-based knowledge, the author elaborates the distinction between technical and adaptive challenges (Heifetz, 1998). Unfortunately, most practitioners are guided by idiomatic phrases of the past and as such treat adaptive challenges as technical challenges. The submission is informed by the view that consultants should not adopt approaches or mindsets that try to fit an organization into already prescribed models or patterns of thought. Given organizations as complex adaptive systems, the analysis proffered in this article indicates the need for the customization of idiomatic submissions to context or to the client system. Consulting work should spark curiosity, imagination, and enlightenment in client systems. Blind reliance on idiomatic phrases depletes enduring capabilities in client systems. In dealing with technical and adaptive challenges, consultants need to ensure shifting rather than static mental frameworks when supporting client systems.
A Brief Survey on How Chinese SME Think About Consulting and What would be the Most Promising Way to Cater to that Market
Authors: Klein Guenther 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
The purpose of the article is to gain a better understanding of SME (small to medium enterprise) in China and learn about their understanding of business consulting and whom they currently refer to when it comes to solving business related problems. An online survey was shared via platform and received 206 responses. We can show that most SME owners are not familiar with the concept of “consulting”, while the younger generation resorts to modern channels (WeChat) to gain access to information helping them to steer their business. Unlocking the full potential of this vast market will require new methods, patience and education of the potential clients. There is a chance for foreign consulting firms (except in the public sector) that will require new ways of approaching clients and new forms of delivering “knowledge”.
Developing the National Consulting Index: An Update on How to Estimate the Size of National Management Consulting Sectors
Authors: Haslam Simon 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
The National Consulting Index (NCI) is a means of determining the strength of a national management consulting sector, relative to other countries. It was first created in 2017 following research and analysis conducted by the author and a team at the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes. This paper provides an update to the NCI, taking into account market conditions in the Covid era and using multiple regression to strengthen the NCI formula.
The outputs of the research are a) an update of the NCI formula, showing a higher degree of fit with the data than previously experienced, and b) the ability to provide estimates of MC market sizes for any country where other data points are known. In the case of the NCI calculation outlined in this paper, these data points are Gross Domestic Product, Hofstede Individual-Collective culture, eGovernment index, and the Global Innovation Index.
Usability of Municipal Performance-based Budgets within Strategic Planning in Slovakia: Perception of Elected Local Representatives
Authors: Čajková Andrea , Šindleryová Ivana Butoracová 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
The article aims to present the concept of performance-based budgeting at the local government level with a focus on its importance for strategic management at the local government level. The original intention of introducing programme budgeting, which is clearly linked to performance management and results, was to improve strategic-oriented public management, in particular by focusing on objectives and using performance information as well as performance measures. Much more attention has recently been paid to the importance and use of performance information and performance measures. Based on case studies, the authors analyse the significance of the performance information provided in the newly established performance budgets of municipalities, while the findings were supplemented by a perception of the current situation in the form of semi-structured interviews with elected representatives of selected local governments. The results of the article seek to highlight the advantages of implementing this concept, the appropriate ways and obstacles often encountered, and important recommendations for improving its use, summarised on the basis of more than a decade of experience since the introduction of this budgetary innovation on the basis of legislation as mandatory budgetary policy instruments in Slovakia for all self-governing regions and local governments in municipalities with more than 2,000 inhabitants. This leads to the conclusion of whether PBB, among other approaches, is an option or a real necessity for today’s economic challenges, but at the same time to the actual need for changes in the methodology of this strategic management tool at the local government level.
Implementation of Sustainable Public Procurement in the Rail Transport in the Czech Republic and a Comparison with the Other Members of the Visegrad Group
Authors: Páleníková Markéta , Špetík Ondřej , Páleník Robert , Ilík Jan , Adamík Michal 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
This paper focuses on sustainable public procurement (SPP) and its role in public procurement of the members of the Visegrad Group (Hungarian, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic). Sustainable public procurement is a current trend in public purchasing around the world. The European Union’s sustainable development policy, which respects the objectives of the 2030 Agenda, seeks to influence the public procurement policies of the members of the European Union. Every country, including the Visegard Group countries is trying to implement sustainable development criteria in its procurement process and to change legislation.
The aim of this paper is to compare the implementation of public procurement in the Czech Republic with other members of the Visegrad Group (Poland, Slovakia, Hungary) and analyse how the public procurement (tenders) respects the criteria of sustainable public procurement in the case of the selected public procurements (tenders) in rail transport. We analyse the public procurement process and investigate the possibility/appropriateness of using social responsibility criteria in the individual phases of the procurement process (award criteria).
The results show that there are different methods of implementing SPP in the V4 countries. There are significant differences between the regions. Based on the results of our research and analysis of the selected tenders, we concluded that the principle of social responsibility needs to be reflected in all steps, i.e. in the formulation of the subject of the public contract, the preparation of the contractual terms and the selection of evaluation criteria in their qualitative form.
Impact of Qualification and Working Conditions on Civil Servant Pay Levels in Russia
Authors: Shaimardanova Nadezhda 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
The article is devoted to the assessment of qualification and working conditions which influence civil servant pay levels. The paper analyses two groups of measures: qualification and professionalism measures (e.g., level of education, work experience, etc.) and working conditions measures (e.g., work location, working hours, etc.). The empirical base of the research is the survey conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) in 2017. The results of the regression analysis show that there are distinctions in measures determining civil servants’ pay differentiation in comparison with the average pay in the economy and with the civil servants’ expected pay. Civil servant pay levels should be more explained by qualification and professionalism than it is now. The research results would be useful for the optimisation of the civil servant pay system in Russia.
The Effect of Academic Discipline on Policy Attitudes: The Case of Czech University Students
Authors: Veselý Arnošt , Soukup Petr 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
While the effect of academic discipline on political attitudes has long been acknowledged, much less is known on how disciplinary background affects policy attitudes. Linder and Peters (1992) argued that attitudes to policy instruments correspond with discipline: lawyers are assumed to tend to be partial to legalistic regulatory instruments, economists to favor economic tools such as loans or taxation. Nevertheless, relevant empirical evidence is almost non-existent. The paper attempts to bridge this gap by comparing policy instruments attitudes in different academic disciplines on a sample of Czech university students (N = 8820). We inquire whether students in different academic fields (with special emphasis on economics, law, education, political science, and mass media/journalism) differ in their political and policy views. In line with previous research, students pursuing economics and law (as well as education) are found to be more right-wing oriented than students of political science and mass media. Students also differ in terms of their overall acceptance of policy instruments, with those of political science being the most accepting of all types of instruments. However, we find little support for the correspondence thesis proposed by Linder and Peters.
Arithmetic Billiards
Authors: Perucca Antonella , De Sousa Joe Reguengo , Tronto Sebastiano 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
Arithmetic billiards show a nice interplay between arithmetics and geometry. The billiard table is a rectangle with integer side lengths. A pointwise ball moves with constant speed along segments making a 45° angle with the sides and bounces on these. In the classical setting, the ball is shooted from a corner and lands in a corner. We allow the ball to start at any point with integer distances from the sides: either the ball lands in a corner or the trajectory is periodic. The length of the path and of certain segments in the path are precisely (up to the factor √2 or 2√2) the least common multiple and the greatest common divisor of the side lengths.
Tourism and Business Cycles: Does the Relationship Fade Away?
Authors: Kožić Ivan , Arčabić Vladimir , Sever Ivan 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
For a long time, tourism has been considered a social, economic and environmental phenomenon that provides products and services whose consumption is supposed to surge in periods of economic growth and wane in periods of slowdown, thereby acting procyclical. To examine this hypothesis, we have explored the exact behavior of tourism activity before and after the last big economic crisis – the Great Recession 2008 followed by the European Sovereign Debt Crisis. We have applied a methodology of business cycle analysis to investigate the relationship between the cyclical components of GDP and tourism nights spent by the residents of 23 EU member states in the 1996-2018 period. We report an important structural change in the relationship between tourism and business cycles. The relationship became apparently weaker over time and finally became insignificant after the end of the crisis, suggesting a smooth structural change. Our findings suggest uncertainty as to how tourism activity would restore its usual dynamics following the end of the current COVID-19 pandemic recession.
Dividend Policies in Volatile Transitioning Markets
Authors: Dodig Ante , Dzidic Ante 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
This paper examines the implicit impact of an individual company financial parameters on dividends payments. The empirical research is conducted within the environment that cross-examines fifteen European transition economies with shared traits of frontier to emerging capital markets development stage and exposure to exogenic global volatility from 2007/8 and Covid-19 economic crises spilling over at magnitude. The purpose of this paper is to test whether companies establish stable dividend policy. Dividends payments are sensitive to earnings and hence adjust imminently. The reason stems from uncertainty on future financial performance and on investor protection. Results yield negative link between solvency and dividends based on the fact that the weaker solvency position decreases the priority of dividends likelihood. Comparably dividends are less desirable if competing with company growth opportunities although investors are less willing to wait for future profits. Altogether transitioning markets are less responsive and structurally feature fewer corporate events.
Influence of the Risk-Based Approach on the Development of the Management of Organizations
Authors: Avdiiskii Vladimir I. , Bezdenezhnykh Vyacheslav M. , Yartseva Nadezhda M. 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
The current state, processes and development trends of national and world economic systems require the development of fundamentally new theoretical economic models adequate to the market, reflecting real changes in the world in the near future and in the long term. The purpose of this study was to find the right risk management tools. For this, cases were analysed in which various methods of managing the socio-economic sphere were used. Myths and stereotypes about the behaviour of people in this area were identified. The authors emphasized that macro-indicators of the state of economic systems are not canceled and are used in existing calculation models, but their predicted “strength” should be supplemented by a new model analysis based on a risk-based approach, taking into account the distinguished trend of assessing the current economic development.
Power Flow Control using Phase Shift Transformers
Authors: AL-Rawi Mohammed A. , Mostafa Mohamed O. 
Published: June 2022

The present paper examines and tests an alternative method to control and redirect electric power flow through certain paths (transmission lines). The control and redirecting of power flow is achieved through the use of phase shift transformers PSTs. An algorithm is presented which searches for a proper phase shift angle introduced by a PST at any given location. The proposed method is based on modelling the PST and the power system employing Newton-Raphson load flow approach. Finally, the installation of series of PSTs on the interconnected power systems aims at mitigating uncontrolled parallel flows and unbalanced sharing of power among transmission lines. The obtained results showed the effectiveness of the proposed method in sharing and controlling the electrical power flow among different interties of the 5-bus network on which the study applied.
SEPARATION OF VITAMINS IN MICELLAR MOBILE PHASES BY THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY
Authors: Ворожейкин С.Б. , Шовунова А.А. , Клычова Р.М. , Ермаков Е.В. 
Published: June 2022

Предложена возможность применения мицеллярных подвижных фаз на основе катионного поверхностно-активного вещества – цетилпиридиний хлорида (ЦПХ), анионного – додецилсульфата натрия (ДДС) и неионогенных поверхностно-активных веществ – Тритон Х-305 и Твин-40 для разделения и идентификации водо- и жирорастворимых витаминов методом тонкослойной хроматографии.
The possibility of using micellar mobile phases based on a cationic surfactant – cetylpyridinium chloride (CPH), anionic – sodium dodecyl sulfate (DDS) and nonionic surfactants – Triton X-305 and Twin–40 for the separation and identification of water- and fat-soluble vitamins by thin-layer chromatography is proposed.
HONEYBOX OF BEES IN NATURAL NESTS AND THEIR REBUILDING FROM A NEW GENERATION BEAST IN FRAME HIVES
Authors: Храпова С.Н. 
Published: June 2022

Представлены материалы по восковым постройкам медоносных пчел, отстраиваемых в естественной среде и гнездовых постройках в искусственных жилищах – ульях. Показано, что архитектура ячейки функционально-структурной единицы сота, является самой актуальной проблемой в биологии медоносной пчелы, так как она влияет на полноценность индивидуального развития пчелиных особей в процессе онтогенеза.
Materials are presented on the wax buildings of honey bees built in the natural environment and nesting buildings in artificial dwellings – beehives. It is shown that the architecture of the cell of the functional structural unit of the honeycomb is the most urgent problem in the biology of the honey bee, as it affects the usefulness of the individual development of bee individuals in the process of ontogenesis.
METHODOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF THE EFFECTIVE LAND USE SYSTEM
Authors: Дубровский А.В. 
Published: June 2022

В статье рассмотрены вопросы методического и технологического обеспечения, применяемого при разработке систем эффективного землепользования. Дана краткая характеристика единого государственного реестра недвижимости, автоматизированных кадастровых систем, геоинформационной основы территории, единой электронной картографической основы, геоинформационного анализа, информационного моделирования, технология «геодизайна», «умных» технологий и «умных» улучшений объектов недвижимости, цифровой двойник. В качестве примера результата информационного моделирования землепользования, для выбора наиболее эффективных направлений хозяйственного использования территории, разработан стратегический план освоения земельных ресурсов в границах Новосибирской агломерации. В качестве инструмента территориального управления и контроля эффективности системы землепользования предложена схема функционирования автоматизированной системы поддержки принятия решений.
The article deals with the issues of methodological and technological support of the system of effective land use. The characteristics of the unified state register of real estate, automated cadastral systems, geoinformation basis of the territory, unified electronic cartographic basis, geoinformation analysis, information modeling, geodesign technology, smart technologies, digital twin are given. As an example of the result of information modeling of land use and the choice of effective directions of economic use of the territory, a strategic plan for the development of land resources within the boundaries of the Novosibirsk agglomeration has been developed. An automated decision support system is proposed as a tool for territorial management and control of the effectiveness of the land use system.
Kreativitas Siswa dalam Memecahkan Soal HOTS (High Order Thinking Skills) Berdasarkan Tingkat Kemampuan Matematika
Authors: Rini Chyntia Dewi Puspita , Wijayanti Pradnyo 
Published: June 2022

Kreativitas adalah suatu kemampuan untuk menciptakan ide baru dengan memodifikasi, mongkombinasikan, atau menggunakan kembali ide yang sudah ada sebelumnya. Komponen dari kreativitas yaitu kefasihan, keluwesan, dan kebaruan. Tujuan dalam penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan kreativitas siswa dengan kemampuan matematika tinggi, sedang, dan rendah dalam menyelesaikan soal matematika HOTS. Jenis penelitian ini adalah kualitatif. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah 32 siswa kelas XI SMAN Bojonegoro yang dipilih 6 siswa sebagai subjek penelitian dengan acuan hasil nilai UTS dipilih 2 siswa dengan nilai tertinggi, 2 siswa dengan nilai sedang, dan 2 siswa dengan nilai terendah. Data penelitian diperoleh dari tugas pemecahan masalah dan wawancara. Hasil dan penelitian ini siswa berkemampuan matematika tinggi dalam menyelesaikan soal matematika HOTS pada komponen kreativitas kefasihan dapat menemukan 5 jawaban dan pada komponen fleksibilitas serta kebaruan dapat menemukan 3 cara yang berbeda dan salah satu cara yang digunakannya tidak digunakan oleh siswa yang lainnya. Tetapi komponen kebaruan tidak dicapai oleh salah satu siswa. Siswa berkemampuan matematika sedang pada komponen kefasihan dan fleksibilitas dapat menyelesaikan dengan satu cara tetapi menggunakan metode yang berbeda. Komponen fleksibilitas tidak dicapai oleh salah satu siswa berkemampuan sedang karena hanya dapat memberikan satu jawaban dengan satu cara. Pada komponen kebaruan siswa tidak dapat memberikan cara yang berbeda dan unik. Siswa berkemampuan matematika rendah pada komponen kefasihan dapat menemukan satu jawaban dengan satu cara serta lancar dalam menyampaikan idenya, pada komponen fleksibilitas tidak ada siswa yang dapat memberikan cara yang berbeda. Pada komponen kebaruan tidak terdapat keunikan pada jawaban kedua siswa berkemampuan rendah.
Kata Kunci: Kreativitas, HOTS, Tingkat kemampuan matematika
Proses Berpikir Kritis Siswa SMA dalam Mengerjakan Soal Matematika HOT Ditinjau dari Kemampuan Matematika
Authors: Perwitasari Airna , Kurniasari Ika 
Published: June 2022

Abstrak
Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif untuk mendeskripsikan proses berpikir kritis siswa SMA dalam mengerjakan soal matematika HOT ditinjau dari kemampuan matematika tinggi dan sedang. Subjek penelitian terdiri dari dua siswa kelas XI. Instrumen yang digunakan yaitu tes kemampuan matematika, tes berpikir kritis, dan pedoman wawancara. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan proses berpikir kritis siswa yaitu, (1) terdapat persamaan kedua subjek pada tahap klarifikasi yaitu siswa mengidentifikasi informasi dan perintah yang ada pada soal; (2) terdapat perbedaan kedua subjek pada tahap asesmen yaitu subjek berkemampuan matematika tinggi mengidentifikasi informasi yang dibutuhkan dengan disertai alasan sedangkan subjek berkemampuan matematika sedang tidak disertai alasan; (3) terdapat perbedaan kedua subjek pada tahap inferensi yaitu subjek berkemampuan matematika tinggi menjelaskan hubungan dari setiap informasi dan memberikan kesimpulan lengkap, sedangkan siswa berkemampuan matematika sedang tidak memberikan kesimpulan yang lengkap untuk soal analisis; (4) terdapat perbedaan kedua subjek pada tahap strategi yaitu subjek berkemampuan matematika tinggi mengerjakan soal dengan dua cara serta mengevaluasi hasil pekerjaannya sehingga memperoleh jawaban benar, sedangkan siswa berkemampuan matematika sedang mengerjakan soal dengan satu cara dan tidak mengevaluasi hasil pekerjaanya pada soal analisis.
Kata Kunci: Proses Berpikir Kritis, Soal HOT, Kemampuan Matematika.