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Copyright of Management & Quality / Zarządzanie i Jakość is the property of Scientific Society of Organization & Management / Towarzystwo Naukowe Organizacji i Kierownictwa and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

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The article discusses the basic assumptions of the process philosophy and the basic assumptions of change management. The author claims that both disciplines - philosophy and management can be complementary because they deal with similar problems from different perspectives. The process philosophy that, in fact, everything changes - is therefore the rationale for managing change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Some scholars predict that the Artificial General Intelligence, if man can create it, could rule the world and mankind. The author of the article considers this problem from a philosophical point of view. The article begins with a brief outline of AI issues; then, the author deals with the ethics that AI brings with it, then with the question of whether superintelligence is to be the "end of history", and finally - with the question of whether AI may be a threat to humanity. The conclusions of the work are that the idea that AI should rule the world is rather "fantastic", nevertheless, it is impossible to ignore the many uses of AI in human life and the amenities it brings with it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article presents the links between philosophy and management; it is a scholarly sketch of human resource management and its links to ethics, quality management and lean management which is grounded in Zen Buddhism and the Protestant work ethic and project management which makes extensive use of artificial intelligence which is linked to philosophical reflection on technology and transhumanism. The author of the article argues that the two academic disciplines expand each other if scholars are familiar with both of them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Article discusses history of Maya civilization. Author claims, that two causes of decline Maya civilization: wars between cities- states and ecological defeats are also danger for contemporaries' civilizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents considerations about civilization written by Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965). Except that is here his curriculum vitae, philosophy and views about Indian religion and philosophy. The author claims that Schweitzer's theory of civilization is rather "too idealistic", because too much stresses ethical aspects of civilization and depreciates her material aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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As representatives of a western civilisation with two lungs: Europe and America - in general, we are proud and satisfied to assess our position in the world, but also, in recent years, we have looked with concern at China, which is growing into the world's first economy and could seriously undermine the position of the West in political and economic life. With this perception of reality, we pay rather little attention to Africa; we have different stereotypes about it and generally none of us on the Black Land expects to find any models or inspirations. Meanwhile, there is talk in some quarters of African philosophy, but what it is - not many people can be specific. That is why this work is aimed at popularising African philosophy. Even though the West is responsible for progress in the world, nevertheless, sometimes we can learn something from civilisations that are less technically advanced than us and have much poorer scientific and, in particular, philosophical literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carroll Quigley (1910-1977), an American scientist, distinguished seven phases in a development of every civilization: mixture, gestation, expansion, age of conflict, universal empire, decay, invasion. In the case of Middle Kingdom, he identified there two communities: Sinic (2000 BC-400 AD) and Chinese (400-1930). The author of this article develops a theory by Quigley and tries to show when particular phases distinguished by the American scientist appeared in the history of China. Currently, Middle Kingdom seems to be in the period of universal empire. These analysis confirms usefulness of Quigley's model for examining history of China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author of this article presents his own psychology-based philosophical theory of authorities. Eight types of authorities are distinguished: oneself, parent, friend, teacher, loved one, supervisor at the place of employment, social opinion and the Highest Values. The study also distinguishes positive and negative attitudes to authorities. The article also constitutes an introduction to research on the issue of authorities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]