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2. Exploring resilience through a systems lens : agile antecedents in projectified organizationsNuša Širovnik, Igor Vrečko, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: As organizations become increasingly projectified, safeguarding the resilience of project professionals and teams emerges as a critical organizational challenge. Adopting a systems lens, we investigate how agile mindsets and agile practices function as systemic antecedents of resilience at the individual and team levels. Eleven semi-structured interviews with experienced project managers, product owners, and team members from diverse industries were analyzed through inductive thematic coding and system mapping. The findings show that mindset supplies psychological resources—self-efficacy, openness and a learning orientation—while practices such as team autonomy, iterative delivery and transparent communication provide structural routines; together they trigger five interlocking mechanisms: empowerment, fast responsiveness, holistic team dynamics, stakeholder-ecosystem engagement and continuous learning. These mechanisms reinforce one another in feedback loops that boost a project system’s adaptive capacity under volatility. The synergy of mindset and practices is especially valuable in hybrid or traditionally governed projects, where cognitive agility offsets structural rigidity. This study offers the first multi-level, systems-based explanation of agile antecedents of resilience and delivers actionable levers for executives, transformation leaders, project professionals, and HR specialists aiming to sustain talent performance in turbulent contexts.
Ključne besede: agile mindset, agile practices, complex adaptive systems, human sustainability, projectification, socio-technical systems, systems thinking, team resilience, individual resilience
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3. Unravelling the motivational dynamics of established entrepreneurs : a systems perspectiveKarin Širec, Nataša Šarlija, Katja Crnogaj, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: The question of what motivates entrepreneurs to maintain and grow their ventures beyond the startup phase remains an underexplored aspect of entrepreneurship research. Using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, GEM (2023), this study examines four key entrepreneurial motivations among 103 established Croatian entrepreneurs who are making a difference in the world, building great wealth or a very high income, continuing a family tradition, and earning a living. Employing a multivariate multiple regression approach, we analyze how sociodemographic factors, opportunity perception, fear of failure, media influences, and sustainability-oriented mindsets (e.g., UN SDG awareness) influence these diverse motivations. Findings reveal distinct motivational patterns: socially responsible mindsets and awareness of the SDGs primarily drive the aspiration to “make a difference”, while age, perceived opportunities, and fear of failure reinforce the pursuit of wealth. Media narratives uniquely influence the intent to “continue a family tradition”, while necessity-driven motives—linked to fear of failure and lower growth ambitions—predominate among those aiming simply to “earn a living”. By applying a systems thinking approach, this research illustrates how interdependent factors create distinct motivational clusters, and it highlights the importance of tailored policies and support programs for established entrepreneurs seeking sustainable growth. It contributes to the interdisciplinary discourse on entrepreneurship, offering insights for policymakers, educators, and advisors working to foster resilient and innovative entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Ključne besede: entrepreneurial motivation, established entrepreneurs, systems thinking, entrepreneurship support policies, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)
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4. Sustainable supply chains : designing a requisite holistic modelIgor Perko, Giovanna del Gaudio, Vojko Potočan, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Our study explored the relationships between supply chain (SC) members and theirlocal and global stakeholders in achieving sustainability goals based on requisite ho-listic analysis and system dynamics modeling, which goes beyond the previous at-tempts to improve SC sustainability. In this research, we first developed a model thataddresses the basic holistic treatment of SC sustainability; in a second model of sus-tainable SC (SSC), we then considered requisite holistic interactions among its stake-holders. We used the theory-based viable system model to diagnose the proposedholistic model of SSC. The results show that especially the low-tier SC members re-quire supporting frameworks to develop and maintain the capacity for sustainable in-teractions with nature and society. These supportive frameworks should be providedby the regulatory bodies, society, and nature representatives to surpass the limitedSC profit-oriented incentives and structures. The implications of the proposed modelsare aimed at developing supportive SC sustainable policies and improving the capaci-ties of SC members to coexist with local social and natural environments. Regulators,society, and the natural environment representatives can apply the proposed modelsto establish new policies for sustainable interactions between SC members and othersocietal stakeholders.
Ključne besede: requisite holism, stakeholders, supply chain, sustainability, systems thinking, viable systems model
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5. Hybrid reality development - can social responsibility concepts provide guidance?Igor Perko, 2021, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Purpose: This paper aims to define hybrid reality (HyR) as an ongoing process in which artificial intelligence (AI) technology is gradually introduced as an active stakeholder by using reasoning to execute real-life activities. Also, to examine the implications of social responsibility (SR) concepts as featured in the HyR underlying common framework to progress towards the redefinition of global society.
Design/methodology/approach: A combination of systemic tools is used to examine and assess the development of HyR. The research is based on evolutionary and learning concepts, leading to the new meta-system development. It also builds upon the viable system model and AI, invoking SR as a conceptual framework. The research is conducted by using a new approach: using system dynamics based interactions modelling, the following two models have been proposed. The state-of-the-art HyR interactions model, examined using SR concepts; and a SR concept-based HyR model, examined using a smart vehicle case.
Findings: In the HyR model, interaction asymmetry between stakeholders is identified, possibly leading to pathological behaviour and AI technology learning corruption. To resolve these asymmetry issues, an interaction model based on SR concepts is proposed and examined on the example of an autonomous vehicle transport service. The examination results display significant changes in the conceptual understanding of transport services, their utilisation and data-sharing concepts.
Research limitations/implications: As the research proposal is theoretical in nature, the projection may not display a fully holistic perspective and can/should be complemented with empirical research results.
Practical implications: For researchers, HyR provides a new paradigm and can thereby articulate potential research frameworks. HyR designers can recognise projected development paths and the resources required for the implication of SR concepts. Individuals and organisations should be aware of their not necessarily passive role in HyR and can therefore use the necessary social force to activate their status.
Originality/value: For the first time, to the best of the author’s knowledge, the term HyR is openly elaborated and systemically examined by invoking concepts of SR. The proposed model provides an overview of the current and potential states of HyR and examines the gap between them.
Ključne besede: artificial intelligence, social responsibility, systems thinking, cybernetics, hybrid reality, interactions model
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6. Data sharing concepts : a viable system model diagnosisIgor Perko, 2023, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Purpose Artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning is fuelled by high-quality, detailed behavioural data. These can usually be obtained by the biometrical sensors embedded in smart devices. The currently used data collecting approach, where data ownership and property rights are taken by the data scientists, designers of a device or a related application, delivers multiple ethical, sociological and governance concerns. In this paper, the author is opening a systemic examination of a data sharing concept in which data producers execute their data property rights. Design/methodology/approach Since data sharing concept delivers a substantially different alternative, it needs to be thoroughly examined from multiple perspectives, among them: the ethical, social and feasibility. At this stage, theoretical examination modes in the form of literature analysis and mental model development are being performed. Findings Data sharing concepts, framework, mechanisms and swift viability are examined. The author determined that data sharing could lead to virtuous data science by augmenting data producers' capacity to govern their data and regulators' capacity to interact in the process. Truly interdisciplinary research is proposed to follow up on this research. Research limitations/implications Since the research proposal is theoretical, the proposal may not provide direct applicative value but is largely focussed on fuelling the research directions. Practical implications For the researchers, data sharing concepts will provide an alternative approach and help resolve multiple ethical considerations related to the internet of things (IoT) data collecting approach. For the practitioners in data science, it will provide numerous new challenges, such as distributed data storing, distributed data analysis and intelligent data sharing protocols. Social implications Data sharing may post significant implications in research and development. Since ethical, legislative moral and trust-related issues are managed in the negotiation process, data can be shared freely, which in a practical sense expands the data pool for virtuous research in social sciences. Originality/value The paper opens new research directions of data sharing concepts and space for a new field of research.
Ključne besede: hybrid reality, data sharing, systems thinking, cybernetics, artificial intelligence
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7. Systems methodology for strategic decision-making in complex healthcare systemTadeja Jere Lazanski, 2017, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Systems methodology as a support for strategic decision- making will be discussed in the paper. A society will be presented as a complex system, which is comprised of many smaller, complex systems as its component parts. The healthcare system is one of them. The support to the strategic decision-making in a healthcare system will be shown through systems thinking and systems modelling. We will develop models of a healthcare system in frame of a systems dynamics; a qualitative causal loop diagram (CLD), which helps us to discuss the challenges categorically and a quantitative model, which is a simulation model. Both models illustrate the discussed methodology.
Ključne besede: systems methodology, healthcare system, strategic decision-making, systems thinking, modelling
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8. Organizational innovation in health care - as a processMatjaž Mulej, Tatjana Mlakar, 2008, pregledni znanstveni članek Opis: Slovenia, like most countries of the modern world, spends too much on its public health care and supplies too little public health care services for the government, economists, politicians, and citizens to be happy. The many reforms of the public health care, e.g. in Slovenia, seem to be inefficient, one after the other, in solving this problem. Reforms have been conceived with a too poor consideration of the law of the requisite holism in decision preparation, decisions making and decision implementation. The article tackles procedure of implementation of reforms as inventions are supposed to become innovations in the public health care organization and management, rather than reforms' content. Combination of the absorption capacity, innovation promotion and diffusion is suggested for the requisite holism of implementation.
Ključne besede: dialectical system, diffusion of novelties, government, innovation, the public health care, requisite holism, systems thinking
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9. Management concepts transformation in SloveniaDuško Uršič, Marjan Pivka, 2000, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: In the last ten years Slovenia has been faced with a quite holistic transition of general social and organisation life. In our paper, first of all, we will emphasise the model of transition of management in Slovenia with presentation of field research results from our several years lasting research of management in Slovenia. The presented model of transition is based on the systems approach as our methodological version of systems thinking. This approach has been developed by our team since 1992 and it allowed research of way of thinking of managers about the transition of management concepts and effects of prevailed application projects, both at the same time and in interaction.
Ključne besede: Slovenia, transition, transition economics, management, organization, research, models, systems, company theory, system theory, thinking
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10. Rethinking the fifth discipline : learning within the unknowableRobert Louis Flood, 1999, priročnik Ključne besede: enterprises, organization, changes, learning organization, management, systems, systems theory, thinking, sustainable development, measurements, strategy
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