Przedsiębiorczość pracownicza w małych i średnich przedsiębiorstwach

Abstract

Favourable effects yielded by development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the European Union's countries have caused that Poland also perceives in their development an opportunity for accelerating economic growth rate and solving many economic and social problems. Such expectations seem to be exaggerated due to different conditions prevailing in Poland in comparison with the EU countries. On the other hand, there can be expected the development of employee entrepreneurship in these enterprises. The article describes the Polish experience connected with the implementation of processes involving employees in solving company problems. They produce both advantageous economic effects and pave the way for changing the way in which employees think about company problems. The author discusses also the contribution of employees to designing the strategy of company development by means of the so-called "search conference." It is a method of collective work applied when employees search for directions of future development and ways of accomplishing a planned goal.