Assessing foundation Scientific Workshop

2018-09-10

On September 10-12, 2018, The Institute of Justice organized the Assessing foundation workshops, opening a series of meetings carried out as part of the work on the project “Law, economy and technology for the prevention of the causes of crime”. The aim of the project is to introduce the participants to the most modern legal and organizational solutions in the field of crime prevention and to enable their introduction and development by Polish institutions.

During the workshop, an expert group was created, consisting of, among others, representatives of international institutions, high-level managers of state-owned companies as well as representatives of government administration and law enforcement agencies. They were led by outstanding specialists from renowned research centers – Gabriela Ciocarlie from Stanford Research Institute, Mireia Las Heras from IESE Business School, Mike Rosenberg from IESE Business School, Silvia King from IESE Business School and Radosław Koszewski from IESE Business School in Poland. The meetings were held in the format of four two-day workshops, arranged in thematic blocks covering the financial area, energy area, insurance area and the area of human resources management in the organization. The work was based on the case study method carried out in accordance with the standards in force at Harvard Business School and IESE Business School, as well as the unique in Poland combination of scientists’ research workshop and the knowledge and experience of practitioners participating in the project, thanks to which the obtained results were based on practical knowledge available only people dealing with management in selected thematic areas, while maintaining academic rigor. This has enabled practitioners to better understand the complex organizational and legal situations they face on a daily basis.

Assessing foundation was devoted to the issue of decision-making models. The thematic scope of the workshop included strategic management, people management and decision making, risk management, as well as the analysis of crime problems in individual sectors. In addition, during the meetings, issues related to cybersecurity and data protection, the structure of crime in Poland and the identification of areas at risk of crime were discussed. The interdisciplinary approach to counteracting crime allowed for a broad analysis of the issues presented and constituted the basis for further work on the project.