I understand skills to mean subject-specific expertise. In all the areas listed above, I possess integrated, systematic practical and academic expertise. I believe that I achieve good results in solving scientific and practical problems by employing a systems-praxeological approach.
The first component of this skill is empirical experience (1972–2012). This approach has been, and remains, particularly useful at the level of political and strategic management. Its key feature is its versatility, which enables one to tackle and effectively resolve management issues across any subject area or temporal and spatial context.
A parallel aspect of my expertise is my continuous academic work (in statu nascendi – since 1972). I consider four academic papers to be my most significant achievements.
- Primus inter pares is the law of economic surplus in action systems [Witczak, H. (2025). The Law of Economic Surplus in Action Systems. “Research Papers in Economics and Finance” 2025, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 81–102. Poznań: University of Economics and Business].
- In 2008, I published a monograph introducing the discourse on business management systems [Witczak, H. (2008). The Nature and Shaping of the Enterprise Management System. Warsaw: WN PWN]. In this work, I define for the first time the essence and structure of the management system, focusing specifically on the enterprise as a category. In doing so, I refer to the law of economic surplus. I also explain that the environment, including the regulatory environment, plays a significant role in the formation of the enterprise management system.
- In my next book [Witczak, H. (2017). Strategic Human Resource Management. A System Study. Warsaw: WN PWN], I examine the key component of any management system – human resources. I conclude that we are essentially dealing with a ‘Crew’ – a specifically shaped system of human capital. Each stakeholder group is an essential component of the management system. This requires addressing a political and strategic issue: their proportions, parities and priorities in management. I propose that management should be viewed in both a broader and a narrower sense, taking into account creation, self-organisation and evolution.
- This latest monograph stems from the conviction that, to date, management studies have almost exclusively specialised, delved into depth and focused on horizontal subject areas [Witczak, H. (2023). Management Science. Towards a System of Synthesis. Warsaw: CeDeWu]. I therefore attempt to discuss the meaning and essence of the synthesis of approaches, methodologies and substantive claims regarding the subject of ‘action’ and the ‘operating system’ – categories of praxeology and systemic praxeology. I suggest that management is a multi-level, systemic process of creation, self-organisation and evolution, taking into account their nature: dialectical, paradoxical and chaotic. Only this type of holistic approach can solve the problems of managing particularly complex systems, such as countries, regions or broad issues.