Department of Management - Faculty

Dr Svetlana Gudkova is an Teaching Professor studying entrepreneurship, family business and quality assurance in higher education. Her teaching focuses on entrepreneurship, new venture development and creative ideation workshops. Her recent publishing includes editing a volume entitled "Exploring Entrepreneurship: Inspirations from the Field". Her current work focuses on a research project studying the process of entrepreneurial socialization in narrations of family business successors.

+Prof. Witold Kieżun was a distinguished management scholar. His past employment included Temple University (USA) and leadership roles in the Polish Academy of Sciences and University of Warsaw. He is an author of over 300 publications, including books, journal articles and monographs. His books " ”Autonomization of Organizational Units. From Pathology of Organization" and "Management in Socialist Countries" are used as part of management teaching curricula worldwide. He passed away on June 12, 2021.

Dr Łukasz Kowalik is an Assistant Professor and the Head of Strategy and Innovation Management major (Master in Management Programme). His experience includes more than 18 years as a manager at Intel Corporation, where he was responsible for PR, marketing communication and sales partner programs in CEE and EMEA region, as well as consultant roles in several enterprises. His main teaching interests are innovation strategy and change management. He has published a monograph in Polish, and his current research includes a project on temporal perspective of management, as well as studies of innovativeness.

Dr Antoni Kolek is an Assistant Professor. He holds a doctorate in social sciences in the field of public policy science. He specializes in issues related to management and public policy. His record includes numerous publications addressing issues of taxation, social security, demography, the labor market and entrepreneurship. Aside from his academic role he holds several leadership roles in business, including work as the CEO of Instytut Emerytalny.

Prof. Andrzej K. Koźmiński is the president of Kozminski University. An economist, sociologist and professor of management. The founder and former rector of Kozminski University. Member of Polish Academy of Sciences. He was a Fulbright Scholar, visiting professor at several universities, such as: University of California, George Washington University and Sorbonne. He is an author of 49 books and 450 publications. His achievements were recognised with awards such as Knight's Cross, Officer's Cross and Commander's Cross Orders of Polonia Restituta.

Dr Anna Królikowska-Tomczak is an Assistant Professor. Her research interests include: sustainable development, sustainability indicators and tourism management. She has published on these themes, including a chapter in a volume on Responsible Consumption and Production (Springer). Anna's teaching interests include: contemporary trends in management and organization, principles of management, innovation management as well as design thinking. She is an experienced design thinking moderator and tourism expert.

Dr Magdalena Krzyżanowska-Celmer is an Assistant Professor and researcher specializing in multicultural business management, with a focus on Asian management models. She is a certified assessor and executive coach, licensed in psychometric tools like Extended DISC and Hogan. With 20+ years of experience in people management roles across global industries (automotive, oil & gas, chemicals), she has led restructuring, M&A, and organizational culture change initiatives. Her expertise includes strategic organization, leadership development, and cross-cultural management, having worked extensively in Europe and Asia.

Prof. Dominika Latusek-Jurczak is a Full Professor and her main research interests include trust, interorganizational relations and organization theory. Her teaching concentrates on the issues of trust in organization theory. Dominika has published articles in outlets including European Management Journal, Management Learning and Kyklos, as well as books in Poland and abroad. Her experience includes leading a major project on case studies in business education in Poland (www.studiumprzypadku.edu.pl). Currently, she heads the Center for Trust Studies at Kozminski University, is a partner in Horizon 2020 consortium grant TiGRE (Trust in Governance and Regulation in Europe) and works on the >OPUS< Grant from the National Science Foundation.

Dr Miłosz Miszczyński is an Assistant Professor and his main research interests include organization theory, work and employment and critical management studies. His major publications include journal articles in  Organization Studies and Organization as well as a books focusing on experiences of work. Milosz is currently working in a project studying the human experience of digital logistics.

Radoslaw Milczarski is a Ph.D. student, who receives a scholarship in the "Implementation PhD 2023" program. His dissertation focuses on strategic management of historical assets in long-living organizations. He is a co-author of a handbook for educators titled "History and Human Rights," published by the Karta Centre Foundation. His academic background includes a Master's in Law from Marie Sklodowska-Curie University, Lublin, as well as postgraduate studies in innovative economic policies at the University of Warsaw. Professionally, he is responsible for promoting the history of BGK – Polish Development Bank. In recognition of his work, he was nominated in 2023 for the "BohaterOn" award.

Prof. Tomasz Olejniczak is an Associate Professor studying business history, organization theory and Japanese management. His teaching interests include research methods, business history and organization theory. Tomasz is an author of two books on Japanese management and his key publications include articles in Journal of Management History and European Journal of International Management. Tomasz is a graduate from University of Warsaw and University of Tokyo and a recipient of scholarships of Japanese Ministry of Education and Japan Foundation. He is currently working on theory of historical continuity and popularization of business history and business archives.

Dr. Mieszko Olszewski is an Assistant Professor whose primary research interests focus on creativity management in business organizations, agile project management, and complexity theory in organizational studies. He has authored several articles published in journals such as the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Olszewski teaches various courses, drawing on his 10 years of professional experience in brand marketing and business communication.

Dr Anna Pikos is an Assistant Professor and her research interests include business history, longevity and public management. Her major publications include journal articles in Baltic Journal of Management and Journal of Management History. Her future plans include a project aimed at studying longevity of Polish centennial companies as well as studying how companies create narratives to construct their histories.

Dr. Aneta Pieczka is an Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Researcher actively involved in the ERA-E/EU Horizon (Chanse) research project, *Humans in Digital Logistics*. Her scientific and professional interests encompass the digital workplace, algorithmic management, competency development, and meaningful work. Since 2011, she has specialized in Human Resource Management, with experience as a practitioner, manager, and HR Business Partner.

Dr Marta Połeć is an Assistant Professor and currently she is leading a research project: ‘Organizational Ethnography of Festivals of Street Performers’ (Preludium, National Science Centre). In the past, she completed a project: ‘Ethnography of Informal Organization of Street Artists in Poland’ (Diamond Grant, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education) and received numerous scholarships. Her research interests are focused on informal organization, entrepreneurship, street performances, urban sphere and ethnography.

Zuzanna Staniszewska is a PhD candidate at Kozminski University and ESCP Business School in Paris. She has served as a research assistant on multiple grants funded by the National Science Centre (NCN) and the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR) and is a co-author of articles published in *Government Information Quarterly*, *Gender, Work and Organization*, and *Gender in Management*. Her research interests focus on women in leadership, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in organizations, and visual studies.

Dr Paweł Zawiślak is a holds a PhD from Kozminski university. In his doctoral project he studied organization of Polish co-operatives. Paweł’s research interests include social economy and cooperativism. Paweł teaches principles of management and is engaged in student life by working as a disability services consultant. Paweł is currently developing his interest in organization and entrepreneurship of Hassidic communities.

We also collaborate with: Antoni Ożyński