Social engineering in the company management
Streszczenie
The aim of this article is to indicate opportunities for the
practical use of social engineering in the company management.
Design/methodology/approach: The method of analysis and idiographic
method were used as research methods. The latter enables the acquisition
of information which reveals unusual, distinct, unique and distinguishing
features of a phenomenon of social engineering operations.
Findings: The first part of the article is a presentation of social engineering
as science with specification of its origin and scientific interpretation
disputes. The methodological bases of social engineering were
specified. The rules and methods as well as basic social engineering models
were indicated. Subsequently, having conducted an analysis of opportunities
for the use of social engineering, features of social engineering which qualify it to the group of practical sciences were indicated. The
second part of the article constitutes the transmission of scientific considerations
into the practical use of social engineering in business entities
management. The use of social engineering in relation to an individual
and groups of employees in order to form adequate attitudes in a company
and the opportunities of its practical exploitation to solve problems are
indicated.
Research limitations/implications: The use of social engineering which
is presented in the article does not exhaust the problem and does not
constitute any remedy. It is only an attempt of indication of opportunities
of the use of this science and an impulse to further studies regarding its
effective implementation in company management.
Original value: The connection between a theory of science on social
engineering and its practical use in the management of a company
through the formation of adequate attitudes of both an individual and
groups of employees in a company.