History of the Department of Applied Social Sciences
The Department of Applied Social Sciences was established in 1995 at the Faculty of Organization and Management of the Silesian University of Technology. The Department currently has 29 employees, including 7 professors, 20 assistant professors and 2 master's degree holders.
Department Secretariat
26-28 Roosevelta Str.
41-800 Zabrze, POLAND
Building A, Room 219
phone: +48 32-277-73-23
fax: +48 32-277-73-61
e-mail: roz2@polsl.pl
Unit authorities
 | Department Head: Dr hab. Aleksandra Kuzior, prof. SUT |
Scientific and research activities
The main research directions in the Department are:
- Human resource management, in particular:
- theory and practice of personnel marketing
- cultural aspects of management practice
- theory of communication and public relations
- education of managers, preparation and training of managers for administration and industry
- contemporary concepts of human resource management, including knowledge management, talent management
- issues of flexible employment and modern forms of labor organization and their impact on human resource management
- Sociology and industrial psychology, in particular:
- sociology of the city
- sociology of industry
- sociology of public life, including the study of local civic communities
- people and institutions in the processes of transformation of urban local communities
- issues of business ethics and managerial ethics
- psychological aspects of management virtualization
- Social communication, in particular:
- essence and functions of PR
- interpersonal and social communication
- culture of language
- psychological aspects of social communication and PR
- image creation
- negotiation strategies and techniques
- Market research and advertising, in particular:
- marketing research
- evaluation
- sociology of advertising
- Issues of the behavioral school of management, in particular:
methodology of science, technical and management sciences
social and economic aspects of organizational management
work motivation
information and knowledge management in learning enterprises
organizational culture and the formation of employee attitudes
education of managers in Poland against the background of trends in the education of managers in Central and Western Europe
ecological contexts of industrial region management
principles of sustainable development
- Research from the field of education, in particular:
- pedagogy and special education
- neuroeducation and its implications for everyday educational practice at all levels of education
- new technologies in education and therapy for people with disabilities
- the social dimension of quality in education and social space
