Papers by teona maisuradze
Vectors of Social Sciences, Dec 26, 2022
The growing interest in the matter of employee loyalty shown by organizations is generated by the... more The growing interest in the matter of employee loyalty shown by organizations is generated by the current trend in employees being the most valuable assets an organization has. A genuine desire expressed by the employees of an enterprise to provide excellent performance is one of the keys to corporate success. In order to ensure a sustainable development of a company, a certain type of balance must be achieved in terms of loyal customers, loyal employees and loyal investors enjoyed by the company. Building positive corporate relationships between brand and customer guarantees financial success in business. Grasping the importance of commercial efficiency of the impact made by the employees on the company as well as customer loyalty and staff motivation necessitates providing employees with favorable, if not, appealing and comfortable working conditions. The relevance of the chosen issue lies in the profitability of any organization identified to be a major indicator of the stability and closely correlated with the efficiency of employees. The results achieved by people in business operation rest not only on their expertise, skills and abilities, but also on the willingness of employees to work for the benefit of the organization.
VECTORS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The growing interest in the matter of employee loyalty shown by organizations is generated by the... more The growing interest in the matter of employee loyalty shown by organizations is generated by the current trend in employees being the most valuable assets an organization has. A genuine desire expressed by the employees of an enterprise to provide excellent performance is one of the keys to corporate success. In order to ensure a sustainable development of a company, a certain type of balance must be achieved in terms of loyal customers, loyal employees and loyal investors enjoyed by the company. Building positive corporate relationships between brand and customer guarantees financial success in business. Grasping the importance of commercial efficiency of the impact made by the employees on the company as well as customer loyalty and staff motivation necessitates providing employees with favorable, if not, appealing and comfortable working conditions. The relevance of the chosen issue lies in the profitability of any organization identified to be a major indicator of the stability...
Vectors of Social Sciences, Dec 27, 2023
Educational leaders are questioning the "traditional' curriculum, does not provide students with ... more Educational leaders are questioning the "traditional' curriculum, does not provide students with the appropriate employment skills for the modern industrial and knowledge economy. The context of this article is the choice of metaphor to best communicate our Master of Business Administration program. Our design is grounded on systems thinking and two important concepts are stressed, organization structure and operational excellence. The article does not justify this design but concerns how best such a design could be communicated to the reaching staff, students and other institutions.
Tbilisi, May 4, 2007
Since ancient times, education has been one of the priorities in Georgia-a country with longstand... more Since ancient times, education has been one of the priorities in Georgia-a country with longstanding statehood traditions. Georgians belong to the few nations who managed to invent their own alphabets, and through that created rich original and translated literature. According to the evidence of the related part of "Kartlis Tskhovreba" (a medieval Georgian collection of chronicles) ascribed to Leonti Mroveli (the 11 th century), prior to the coming of Alexander the Great to the Georgian land "six languages were spoken in Kartli-Armenian, Georgian, Khazarian, Assyrian, Hebrew, and Greek. Every king of Kartli, as well as each man and woman, spoke those languages". Khazarian in this context means Scythian-Sarmatian, while Assyrian stands for Aramaic. The spreading of all these languages is corroborated by the inscriptions preserved in Georgia. The only exception is Scythian-Sarmatian, which is due to the fact that Scythians were illiterate and didn't leave any written evidence about their existence. The knowledge of all those languages implies the existence of related educational traditions. In the 4 th century there were far-famed schools in Georgia. Among the graduates of those schools there were not only Georgians, but also foreigners. Some of them became outstanding scholars. The Greek philosopher Themistius (317-388) applied to the Phasis (Poti, in Western Georgia) Academy on the recommendation of his own father Eugenios, who graduated from the same school. It is supposed that instruction in those schools was bilingual-Greek and Georgian. In such schools humanities were given a preference; oratorical skills were much emphasised as well. In the debate between the confronting groups in 554 that followed the assassination of the western Georgian king Gubaz, one leader with the pro-Byzantine orientation excelled his rival, who supported the pro-Iranian orientation, not only by the force of his arguments, but by his eloquence as well. It seems that the debaters were educated in those schools. In historic sources, there is little information on education in ancient Georgia. The majority of scholars associate the creation of the Georgian alphabet with the spreading of Christianity. There was also another opinion on the issue, according to which the Georgian alphabet derived from Phoenician or Aramaic. Other scholars support the idea of the alloglotography tradition, when Georgian texts were written down with foreign script. According to written sources, the early Christians in Georgia were literate people. This was also true for the wife of the pitiakhsh of the Lower Kartli-Shushanik.: While in jail she took psalms, learned them with diligence, worshipped God day and night and chanted tearfully. The early version of the life of Saint Nino-the enlightener of Kartli, was written down in the 4 th century by her follower, Salome of Ujarma. Evagre of Pontus, known as an Egyptian, played an essential role in the cultural life of the Middle East. A Number of pieces of the ascetic-mystic genres are ascribed to him. Peter the Iberian (Kartveli) was a brilliant representative of the old Georgian monastic colony. The name of Murvanos, Nobarnugos-by the Syriac sources, a distinguished representative of philosophictheological thought, and the author of many works-is associated with the building of the Georgian churches in Jerusalem. Some scholars consider him the author of the areopagitic theory (Sh. Nutsubidze, E. Honigmann).
The Journal of Business, Jul 7, 2016
When looking at the concept of successful organizations, here the scholars talk about the environ... more When looking at the concept of successful organizations, here the scholars talk about the environment that is able to provide the development of all sides of student's skills and personality. Question here is what the necessary skills are and who decides on how they ought to be developed. We believe that effective teaching can be achieved by correct motivation of the personnel and by establishing the sharing culture, when the personnel buys into the whole process, understanding the steps and priorities, linking them to the benefits that they provide for personal and professional development. This article explores the barriers in perception of development that hinder successful development of the organization and offers recommendations on how those barriers can be dealt with.
Some Elementary Problems of Business Running in Georgia
The Journal of Business, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to identify some trivial reasons of bankruptcy of business in Georgi... more The purpose of this paper is to identify some trivial reasons of bankruptcy of business in Georgia. One of the main reasons of existing failures is business startups are related to lack of knowledge of business principles and of the negligence of their usage in practice. There is analysis of the existing problems of the people, which lost their property because they took a loan from the bank and (mostly) from private money lenders without any real justification. The analysis shows that in spite of well-known, simplest requirements for successful business activity most of Georgian business beginners have ignored them. The paper shows that to avoid failure and bankruptcy of business is possible only on the basis of deep and broad study of the real conditions of business activity and gives several practical advices for business startups. The paper also offers short program of business education in order to assist business beginners to get acquainted with the most elementary knowledge o...
Exploring Aspects Creating Corporate Culture in Georgian Organizations
The Journal of Business, 2016
The paper presents the results of an attempt to link the definition of organizational culture to ... more The paper presents the results of an attempt to link the definition of organizational culture to Georgian reality in companies. It explores the companies’ visual artifacts to clarify traditional influences on Georgian company organizational cultures. Along with the study of culture within the organization, our study explores the reasons and thoughts behind the elements of existing culture and attempts to generate some recommendations on organizational performance indicators that define the culture of an organization in one way or another. The paper presents the grouping of company cultures in Georgia according to the frame created and gives recommendation on indicators of specific culture.
Perceived Readiness to Change
Journal of Business, 2013
Experience tells us that organizational change is chaotic, related to something new and unknown c... more Experience tells us that organizational change is chaotic, related to something new and unknown causing lesser sense of security and stability. Thus, the process can be dramatic for both the individual and the organization. When a change is triggered from external events like change of regulations and industry norms another burden of the top management adjustment occurs, which creates additional obstacle in the natural acceptance process which is believed to be vital for any change. These regulations require that organizations respond accordingly by taking measures to ensure that the behavior of employees change so that the desired outcomes are achieved. The goal of our study was to catalogue as many organizational actions as possible associated with perceived organizational readiness or lack of readiness for change and analyze which factors are decision in the process of implementation of the change itself.
Measuring the Readiness of Employees before Change
Journal of Business, 2013
Whenever a business is forced to adjust to shifting conditions, problems of employee morale arise... more Whenever a business is forced to adjust to shifting conditions, problems of employee morale arise. With the changing environment around,one needs to adapt to new waves of changes and innovations in order to stay functioning in the system. To be an appropriate player of a unit systemanorganizationneedstofollowtherhythmofunpredictablechanges.Todosopersonnelneedtobeflexibleforchangesandthisisamajor problemwhenwedealwithinstitutionsthathavealonghistoryoflivingwith“goodold”rules.Oursurvey aimsatunderliningthereadinessfor changeand the importance of supervision through the process. It eventually attemptstoreveal the criteria neededwhen planning a change, priortoits implementation to guarantee that the process passed smoothly.
The Journal of Business, 2018
Workplace performance is one of the determinants of success of any organization and in order to m... more Workplace performance is one of the determinants of success of any organization and in order to make sure performance is high, every management theory and consultant suggests that necessary conditions be created for the employees to work efficiently. However, there may be many factors that create discomfort of negatively affecting the performance of workers, pressure of mistreatment being among them. Unfortunately, the pressure and stress created by the mistreatment of an employee by especially the senior or superior position is the pressure that is not widely discussed, at least with the ones who are the source of pressure, in our case the superiors. Instead, the employees who really care about their performance start questioning themselves in the decreased performance and inability to deliver the results adding more stress into their current condition. This was the case with our ten respondents and having received detailed explanation and their side of the story, it was decided to study the topic thoroughly. We believe that by acknowledging the source of this pressure and externalizing the blame for decreased performance, the employees will be able to objectively analyze their actions and the position in order to help themselves become more focused, goal oriented and eventually stop blaming
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