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PREFACE
Thescientistisnotapersonwhogivestherightanswers,
he'sonewhoaskstherightquestions.
ClaudeLévi-Strauss,LeCruetlecuit,1964
WhenovertwentyyearsagoIwasstartingmyadventurewithsince,one
ofprofessorsinstructedme:"intwentyyearstimeeverythingwillhavebeen
different,butthewayofpracticingsciencewillremainasitis.Onehastobe
abletolistenandaskquestionswellandnotbeafraidofcrazyassumptions”.
AftertwentyyearsIdecidedtoverifyamongfellowprofessorsandtheir
youngerassociatesfromotherPolishandforeignhighereducationinstitutions,
whatisthewayofpracticingsciencetoday.Withwhatpreoccupiedare
younglogisticiansandtheirmastersfromRussia–fromSt.PetersburgState
TransportUniversity,Ukraine–fromOdessaNationalPolytechnicUniversity,
Poland–representativesofUniversityofEconomicsinKatowice,
CzestochowaUniversityofTechnology,SilesianUniversityofTechnologyand
TheAngelusSilesiusStateSchoolofHigherVocationalEducationin
Wałbrzych.
Thetwentyfirstcenturyisacknowledgedasthecenturyofinformation,
innovationandgenerallyfunctioningwithintheenvironment,whichhasbeen
co-createdbytechnologicaldevelopmentandglobalisation.Theirimpacton
economyiscrucial,andsimultaneouslytheyareforcingchangewithrespect
toorganisations’resources.Increasedsignificanceofahuman,hissuperior
roletomanagementprocesses,isoneofreasonsbehindemergenceof
sociallogistics.Materialisationofthisfieldofdeliberationstranslatesinto
transformationofviewonsomelogistics’applications,requiringgreatersocial
sensitivityfromdecisionmakers.
Such–albeitnotall–changesinperceptionofmarketmechanisms
causedtheoreticiansandpractitionersoflogisticstowidenthescopeoftheir
interests–fromregulationoffundamentalactivitiesorlogistic,transport
ortechnologicalprocesses,throughmanagementofsupplychainsornetworks,
torecognitionofmarketmechanismsandlogisticspositionisshaping
them.Theattentionmayalsorevolvearoundnewunconventionalapplications
oflogistics,fittingmainlyintodomainofsociallogistics(e.g.issues
ofhumanitarianaidorblooddonationorganisations).Finally,thesupport
ofeducationalprocesses,aimedatassuringreinforcementoflogisticsstaffing
withnewgenerationsofexperts.Alltheaforementionedproblematicareas
wereaddressedinpresenteddeliberations.Thus,suchtakeonauthors’interests