Tikslas – apžvelgti bendruomeninių ir nevyriausybinių ne pelno siekiancių organizacijų veiklos tradicijas ir vadybos perspektyvas Lietuvoje. Metodologija. Siekiant tyrimo tikslo yra atlikta literatūros analizė bei nagrinėti keli sėkmingos veiklos patirtį turincių organizacijų atvejai Lietuvoje. Issamesnei atvejų informacijai surinkti buvo nagrinėtos organizacijų veiklos ataskaitos, nuostatai (įstatai), valdymo organų susirinkimų protokolai bei atkliktas empirinis tyrimas, apklausiant organizacijų valdymo organų atstovus. Rezultatai – tyrimas atskleidė bendruomeninių ir nevyriausybinių organizacijų skaiciaus didėjimo tendencijas ir trukdžius įvertinti realiai veikiancių sių organizacijų apimtis. Atskleisti „treciajam“ sektoriui aktualūs vadybos aspektai ir jų pagrindu isnagrinėtos gerosios patirtys leido daryti prielaidas dėl nevyriausybinių ir bendruomeninių organizacijų vadybos perspektyvų, is kurių pažymėtinos: 1) augs poreikis tobulinti kompetencijas, susijusias su komunikacija ir bendradarbiavimu; 2) žmogiskųjų isteklių vadyboje turės daugėti inovatyvių vadybos metodų, atitinkancių besikeiciancios organizacijos aplinkos ir narių kompetencijų kaitos tendencijas; 3) stiprės skaitmeninio turinio technologinių įrankių poreikis organizacijų vadyboje. Tyrimo ribotumas – treciojo sektoriaus organizacijų veikloje labai svarbus žmogiskųjų isteklių vadybos aspektas, kuris nebuvo nuodugniau tyrinėtas. Būtų vertinga toliau tirti žmogiskųjų isteklių vadybą, ypac bendruomeninių organizacijų kontekste. Praktinė reiksmė – tyrimas atskleidė nevyriausybinių ir bendruomeninių organizacijų vadybos aspektus, kurie turi įtakos sių organizacijų stiprinimui. Vertingumas – tyrimas papildė žinias apie bendruomeninių ir nevyriausybinių organizacijų raidą bei vadybos tendencijas. Tyrimo tipas – literatūros apžvalga, tyrimo pristatymas.

Purpose – The purpose of the research is to clarify benefits and risks in regards with data protection, cost; business can have by the use of this new technologies for the implementation and management of organization’s information systems.Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative case study of the results obtained via interviews. Three research questions were raised: Q1: How can company benefit from using Cloud Computing compared to other solutions?; Q2: What are possible issues that occur with Cloud Computing?; Q3: How would Cloud Computing change an organizations’ IT infrastructure?Findings – The calculations provided in the interview section prove the financial advantages, even though the precise degree of flexibility and performance has not been assessed. Cloud Computing offers great scalability. Another benefit that Cloud Computing offers, in addition to better performance and flexibility, is reliable and simple backup data storage, physically distributed and so almost invulnerable to damage. Although the advantages of Cloud Computing more than compensate for the difficulties associated with it, the latter must be carefully considered. Since the cloud architecture is relatively new, so far the best guarantee against all risks it entails, from a single company's perspective, is a well-formulated service-level agreement, where the terms of service and the shared responsibility and security roles between the client and the provider are defined.Research limitations/implications – study was carried out on the bases of two companies, which gives deeper view, but for more widely applicable results, a wider analysis is necessary.Practical implications:Originality/Value – novelty of the research depends on the fact that existing approaches on this problem mainly focus on technical side of computing.Research type: case study

Purpose – the focus of this article is to explore self-evaluation of performance in professional English that students have to do in university studies. It is clear that students can have various problems in learning English and make mistakes in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and vocabulary. Speaking and listening are the skills that are more common on an everyday basis than reading and writing. Speaking and listening skills have been known to be more difficult to master. English vocabulary presents another problem for language learners. At the university level, students study professional English, also called English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Students will need it for their future profession, so it is important for them to be able to evaluate their achievements in learning.Methodology/approach – the research paper adopts the qualitative research approach. The questionnaire on learner perceptions of computerized self-evaluation of various activities was administered to students of three different specializations. Students‘ perceptions of success or failure in their performance were analyzed.Findings. The results indicated that attitudes to computerized self-evaluation depended on the difficulty of tasks and chosen future specialization. The findings show that respondents of three investigated specializations encounter similar difficulties, but to a different degree. There are no specific problems in performance due to the complexity of the professional vocabulary that students must learn. The computations of Pearson’s correlations coefficients demonstrate that there are good correlational relationships within each specialization. The ratings of Psychology (PS) students reveal higher mean values and lower scattering of Standard Deviations in Moodle tasks than the ratings of Internet Management and Communication (IMC) students.Research limitations. The investigated samples contain the limited number of respondents, which might raise a question of the reliability of the findings. The statistical computation of the reliability of the obtained responses will prove whether the data are reliable and may be extended beyond the studied samples.The hypothesis for the research: students’ performance might depend on their specialization. Practical implications. The respondents were asked to indicate the degree of difficulty in performing various online tasks on the Likert’s scale ranging from “very difficult” to “very easy”. The analysis of the responses by a means of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software proves that despite the limited number of the respondents, the results may be extended beyond the studied samples. It means that self-evaluation of computerized activities by students studying professional English is recommended at the university level.Originality/Value. The value of this study encompasses the statistical processing of the responses, which should prove whether the findings are reliable or not.Research type: research paper.

Purpose – to explore the essence of concepts of collective intelligence and collective intelligence technologies and to analyze their adaption possibilities in programming public sector’s decisions. Design/methodology/approach – review of previous researches and systemic analysis of their findings in the field of intelligence generated by many and collective intelligence technologies is executed. Also, review of collective intelligence technologies and empirical research (qualitative analysis of expert statements) are employed. Finally, synthesis of study results into system of possibilities for adaption of existing collective intelligence technologies in programming public sector’s decisions is done. Findings – collective intelligence concept is explored in depth. Collective intelligence technologies are overviewed and a course line for adaption in programming public sector’s decisions is presented. Differences between ministries and municipalities in comprehending decisions’ structure are presented. Decision characteristics for programming are given in relation to case appropriate social technologies. Research limitations/implications – references used for the analysis on intelligence generated by many and collective intelligences technologies are not an exhaustive list within the field. Accomplished empirical research leans only upon analyses of Lithuanian experts. No technical insights into the technologies of collective intelligence are made. Practical implications – findings of the paper provide suggestions for improving strategy of decision making process in public sector, due to which efficient model for participation of citizens (and residents) is possible. Originality/value – the systemic analysis of concepts of collective intelligence and collective intelligence technologies and their adaption possibilities in public sector’s decisions is presented. A new viewpoint is given to means of citizens (and residents) participation in public matters. Programming of Lithuania’s public sector’s decisions is analyzed. Research type: research paper.

The current economic crisis has provoked an active response from the interdisciplinary scientific community. As a result many papers suggesting what can be improved in understanding of the complex socio-economics systems were published. Some of the most prominent papers on the topic include (Bouchaud, 2009; Farmer and Foley, 2009; Farmer et al, 2012; Helbing, 2010; Pietronero, 2008). These papers share the idea that agent-based modeling is essential for the better understanding of the complex socio-economic systems and consequently better policy making. Yet in order for an agent-based model to be useful it should also be analytically tractable, possess a macroscopic treatment (Cristelli et al, 2012). In this work we shed a new light on our research group's contributions towards understanding of the correspondence between the inter-individual interactions and collective behavior. We also provide some new insights into the implications of the global and local interactions, the leadership and the predator-prey interactions in the complex socio-economic systems.

Purpose – to reveal the role of stakeholders (especially the future users of the IS being developed) in e-health development process and to enrich the existing body of knowledge in the field with new findings from an in-depth empirical case study research by using the framework of the theoretical stakeholder participation ladder, which was developed by Arnstein (1969) and later extended by Friedman and Miles (2006).Design/methodology/approach – an overview of the exsisting scientific literature in the field and generalization of the findings of the langitudial qualitative empirical case study research based on a participant observation methodology.Findings – the amount of research papers on the role of stakeholder engagement in the process of ICT development and implementation is increasing; however, the number of articles on social aspects of ICT implementation remains yet rather low. Even a smaller number of articles are focused on the role of stakeholder engagement in e-health development. An in-depth overview of the exsisting body of scientific research findings and the results of the empirical research undertaken by the authors of this aricle allow to state that the body of scientific empirically grounded evidence is increasing that the stakeholder engagement (especially the future users of the IS being developed) in the process of e-health development is a critical factor to reach high quality, innovation and managerial change sustainability in the process. By using the framework of theoretical stakeholder participation ladder, which was initially developed by Arnstein (1969) and later extended by Friedman and Miles (2006) and which represents the degrees of stakeholders engagement quality and on the basis of qualitative empirical research results, recommendations are provided to practitioners on the type of stakeholders how and when should be included in the process to reach the most efficient results in the process of e-health development.Research limitations/implications – empirical part of the research encompasses the analysis of e-health development experience of two countries (England and Wales). Further research can assess the relevance of conclusions towards other countries as well as Lithuania.Practical implications – analytical part of the research is based on an in-depth analysis of qualitative empirical research results. As the outcome of the executed research, recommendations are provided for practitioners working in the field of e-health development.Originality/Value – the article presents an overview of the most recent scientific literature on the topic, which then theoretical overview links with new insights from the qualitative empirical research.Research type: research paper.