Humanities and Social Sciences
(dawna nazwa: Ekonomia i Nauki Humanistyczne)
25 (4/2018), DOI: 10.7862/rz.2018.hss.89
THE ESSENCE AND ATTRIBUTES OF INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONS
Magdalena SZYDEŁKO
Submitted by: Paweł Perz
DOI: 10.7862/rz.2018.hss.89
Abstract
This paper describes a valid, important and interesting scientific issue concerning the inter-organizational relations, limited to the theoretical interpretation and attributes of this category. The abilities to build, develop and improve the relations between organizations are currently one of the key conditions of their effective external growth. The theory of inter-organizational relations is a response to the needs of contemporary organizations that intend to develop various forms of cooperation in order to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the performed processes, achieve additional synergistic effects and to improve their competitive advantage.
The purpose of this paper is to present the essence and attributes of inter-organizational relations in the context of the researchers' dispute concerning the interpretation of this category. The indicated cognitive gap requires a significant epistemological effort and conceptual work. The purpose of the work has determined the research methods, including the analysis of theoretical considerations and results of the research on inter-organizational relations contained in the literature, observation of the economic practice and deductive reasoning.
Due to the lack of unanimity of the researchers in defining the inter-organizational relations, the following two meanings of this concept have been proposed: sensu largo and sensu stricto. They have been introduced with reference to the presented definitions of the three concepts: relations, interactions and bonds. Assuming two perspectives in the interpretation of the described category is a new point of view in the continuing dispute of management theoreticians specialized in inter-organizational relations.
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About this Article
TITLE:
THE ESSENCE AND ATTRIBUTES OF INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONS
AUTHORS:
Magdalena SZYDEŁKO
AUTHORS AFFILIATIONS:
Department of Management Systems and Logistics, Faculty of Management, Rzeszow University of Technology
SUBMITTED BY:
Paweł Perz
JOURNAL:
Humanities and Social Sciences
25 (4/2018)
KEY WORDS AND PHRASES:
inter-organizational relations, interactions, bonds, attributes of relationship.
FULL TEXT:
http://doi.prz.edu.pl/pl/pdf/einh/456
DOI:
10.7862/rz.2018.hss.89
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.7862/rz.2018.hss.89
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