This book offers an analysis and guidance on how to manage these processes, including transport, inventory, operations and waste management, to meet the complex need of enterprises.

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Foreword

Chapter 1

The SARS-COV-2 epidemic as the impetus for a discussion of managerial
maturity: the significance of cognitive competencies

Bogdan Nogalski, Przemys¿aw Niewiadomski and Agnieszka Szpitter

Chapter 2

Logistics companies under COVID-19 threat: selected tactics and procedures

Ewa Kalbarczyk-Guzek

Chapter 3

The efficiency of management of a logistics centre under conditions
of COVID-19 threats

S¿awomir Bartosiewicz and Mägorzata Ozi¿b¿o

Chapter 4

Operation of supply chains in the COVID-19 pandemic conditions

Mariusz Gontarczyk, Magdalena Rykäa and Jaros¿aw Zelkowski

Chapter 5

Material inventory management during the COVID-19 pandemic

Pawe¿ ¿laski

Chapter 6

Sustainable waste management in COVID-19 circumstances

Dorota Krupnik and Bogus¿aw Rogowski

Chapter 7

Motor transport modelling using a simulation program and artificial neural networks

Mieczys¿aw Pawlisiak, Tomasz Wäniewski and Arkadiusz Jó¿wiak

Chapter 8

Carriage of passengers by air transport in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic emergence

Bartosz Kozicki

Chapter 9

The analysis of the number of passengers departing from the Great Britain before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mieczys¿aw Pawlisiak and Bartosz Kozicki

Chapter 10

The analysis of the number of passengers landing in Germany and the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

Mieczys¿aw Pawlisiak and Bartosz Kozicki

Chapter 11

Online shopping processes: perspective of purchase transactions in the COVID-19 era

Jacek Wo¿niak, Wioletta Wereda and Pawe¿ Wereda

Index

Jacek Wo¿niak, Ph.D. - Doctor of Social Sciences in the discipline of management and quality. Employed at the Institute of Organization and Management of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw, where for 10 years he has been conducting research and teaching, among others in the field of risk management, safety and efficiency in organizations, innovation management, or process-based approach to management. Author or co-author of several scientific monographs and textbooks in the field of safety and risk management in organizations, and project and innovation management, as well as several dozen scientific articles.

Wioletta Sylwia Wereda, Ph.D. - Doctor of Economics in the sciences of management; Associate Professor in Faculty of Security, Logistics and Management, Military University of Technology in Warsaw, Poland. She is the author of a variety of studies and business. She has also written and co-written three monographs and over 100 scientific articles in the field of management, published both in Poland and abroad. The scientific interests of Wioletta focus on the issues of modern and smart organizations, efficient stakeholder relationship management, sales management methods and new approach to the designing of relational sales. She is also a member of Scientific Boards of International Journals (inter alia Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, Hyperion International Journal of Econophysics and New Economy) and she is the scientific reviewer in different entities (USA, Italy, Romania, Lithuania) and in Scientific Boards of National Journals.

Bogdan Nogalski is Professor of Economic Sciences in the field of organization and management. Currently, he is a full professor at the Gdäsk School of Banking. Earlier in the years 1973-2018 a research and didactic employee of the University of Gdäsk. Doctor honoris causa of the Biotter University in Bucharest [2004] and the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice [2016]. He deals with problems of organization management and improvement of various forms of organization and management systems. The scientific specialty is issues related to various aspects of strategic management. He is the author of many original scientific researches, applications and expert opinions. He has been holding responsible functions in the scientific community for many years. He is the Honorary Chairman of the Committee of Organization and Management Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In the years 2003-2020 he was its Chairman. In the years 2007-2016 he was a member of the Economic Sciences Section of the Central Commission for Degrees and Titles, and in the years 2013-2016 its Chairman and member of the Presidium of this Commission.