Zlatko Nedelko

Zlatko Nedelko

Zlatko Nedelko, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Management and Organization, Slovenia. His main research interests are management, leadership, business ethics, social responsibility, transitional issues and innovativeness. He was a visiting researcher at Department of Management and Organizational Behavior, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria (2012), and at Vilnius Gedminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania (2014). In 2019 he was a visiting professor at Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary. He has published his articles in peer reviewed scholarly journals including but not limited to the “Journal for East European Management Studies,” the “International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management,” the “Journal of Business Economics and Management,” “Transformations in Business and Economics,” “Engineering Economics, System Practice and Action Research,” “E+M,” “Systems research and behavioral science,” the “Journal of enterprising communities, the Journal of Knowledge Economy, Management,” and “Actual problems of Economics.” He also co-authored books with Pearson, Palgrave Macmillan, IGI Global. He led several projects funded by Slovene Human Resource Development and Scholarship fund. He also led several projects aimed at scientific cooperation with the United States of America, Germany, Russia, Hungary, Serbia, and Croatia, funded by Slovenian Research Agency. He also participated in other projects, like Fostering Entrepreneurship in Higher Education – FOSENTHE, EC Tempus P JP 144713, Management tools in Slovenia and Croatia, and Interreg project Slovenia – Austria entitled Smart Production. He is a member of a program group, the Entrepreneurship for innovative society (P5-0023).

Publications

Recent Advances in the Roles of Cultural and Personal Values in Organizational Behavior
Zlatko Nedelko, Maciej Brzozowski. © 2020. 420 pages.
The complete understanding of organizational culture and personal values is fundamental for running and improving modern organizations. By identifying the underlying building...
How Personal Values Affect Social Responsibility in Higher Education Institutions
Vojko Potocan, Niksa Alfirevic, Zlatko Nedelko. © 2020. 26 pages.
Recent research has investigated how personal values of university stakeholders shape social responsibility of universities. Interest of universities for their responsibility...
The Hierarchy of Managers' Personal Values and Universal Management Attributes: Empirical Evidence From Austria, Poland, and Slovenia
Zlatko Nedelko, Maciej Brzozowski, Paweł Bartkowiak. © 2020. 15 pages.
The main purpose of this chapter is to examine and compare the importance of managers' personal values and universal management attributes in organizations from Slovenia...
Handbook of Research on Enhancing Innovation in Higher Education Institutions
Verica Babić, Zlatko Nedelko. © 2020. 695 pages.
Innovation in higher education is a process of institutional adaptation to changes in the environment that enables higher education institutions to improve their existing...
Personal Values as Drivers of Managerial Innovation: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Zlatko Nedelko, Vojko Potocan. © 2019. 314 pages.
In order for organizations to be successful, managers must continuously contribute new innovations and support new business ideas and methods. Addressing the link between...
Strategies and Tools for Knowledge Management in Innovation and the Future Industry
Rok Črešnar, Zlatko Nedelko, Senta Jevšenak. © 2019. 24 pages.
The main purpose of this chapter is to examine two widely used knowledge management strategies and propose to each strategy complementary knowledge management tools that can help...
Personal Values and Proclaimed Values of the Education System: Results of Empirical Research in the Case of Croatia
Niksa Alfirevic, Zlatko Nedelko, Vojko Potocan. © 2019. 25 pages.
The primary purpose of this chapter is to empirically analyze the relationships between the personal values of current students and the officially proclaimed values of education...
The Role of Emerging Information Technologies for Supporting Supply Chain Management
Zlatko Nedelko, Vojko Potocan. © 2019. 13 pages.
The main purpose of this chapter is to examine the role, importance, and actual usage of emerging information technology solutions that support and have potential to enhance...
Perception of Corporate Social Responsibility by the Employees: Evidence from Slovenia
Zlatko Nedelko, Vojko Potocan. © 2019. 24 pages.
The main purpose of this chapter is to examine the relationships between three underlying aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), namely economic, environmental, and...
The Role of Emerging Information Technologies for Supporting Supply Chain Management
Zlatko Nedelko, Vojko Potocan. © 2018. 11 pages.
The main purpose of this chapter is to examine the role, importance and actual usage of emerging information technology solutions that support and have potential to enhance...
Knowledge Dynamics in Supply Chain Management
Zlatko Nedelko, Jurgita Raudeliūnienė, Rok Črešnar. © 2018. 17 pages.
The main purpose of this paper is to examine usage and peculiarities of knowledge management in supply chain. The paper first emphasizes the role and importance of knowledge...
Perception of Corporate Social Responsibility by the Employees: Evidence From Slovenia
Zlatko Nedelko, Vojko Potocan. © 2018. 24 pages.
The main purpose of this chapter is to examine the relationships between three underlying aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), namely economic, environmental, and...
Preface
Vojko Potocan, Mustafa Cahid Ünğan, Zlatko Nedelko. © 2017. 4 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Handbook of Research on Managerial Solutions in Non-Profit Organizations.
Management Solutions in Non-Profit Organizations: Case of Slovenia
Zlatko Nedelko, Vojko Potocan. © 2017. 22 pages.
The main purpose of this chapter is to examine the utilization of management solutions in non-profit organizations in Slovenia and compare their utilization with utilization of...
Priority of Management Tools Utilization among Managers: International Comparison
Zlatko Nedelko, Vojko Potocan. © 2017. 12 pages.
The research outlines the relative importance of the commonly used management tools among the managerial staff in organizations in selected worldwide areas, with deeper focus on...
Preface
Zlatko Nedelko, Maciej Brzozowski. © 2017. 8 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Exploring the Influence of Personal Values and Cultures in the Workplace.
Personal Values as a Building Block for Social Responsibility of Higher Education Institutions
Zlatko Nedelko, Vojko Potocan, Nikša Alfirević. © 2017. 24 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to examine the role of personal values for social responsibility (SR) of higher education. Besides the core mission of higher education to create...
The Importance of Behavior and Personal Values for Managers' Attitudes Towards Innovativeness: Empirical Evidence From Austria, Poland, and Slovenia
Zlatko Nedelko, Maciej Brzozowski. © 2017. 19 pages.
The main purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of prevalent management behavior on management attitudes about creativeness and innovativeness, while also considering the...
Management Practices for Processes Optimization: Case of Slovenia
Zlatko Nedelko, Vojko Potocan. © 2016. 17 pages.
The main purpose of this paper is to examine utilization of management practices in Slovenian industrial organizations. The focus is on examination of the level of utilization of...
Virtual Organization of Supply Chains
Zlatko Nedelko, Vojko Potocan. © 2015. 20 pages.
The main purpose of this chapter is to present a possible alternative for optimization of supply chain management. The chapter discusses the virtual organization as an important...
Impact of Economic Culture on the Development of Enterprises
Vojko Potocan, Zlatko Nedelko. © 2014. 16 pages.
Values of individuals, culture of groups, ethics of communities, and the resulting influential norms (i.e. VCEN) are interdependent. VCEN tend to crucially influence development...
Impact of Economic Culture on the Development of Enterprises
Vojko Potocan, Zlatko Nedelko. © 2014. 16 pages.
Values of individuals, culture of groups, ethics of communities, and the resulting influential norms (i.e. VCEN) are interdependent. VCEN tend to crucially influence development...
What is New with Organization of E-Business: Organizational Viewpoint of the Relationships in E-business
Vojko Potocan, Zlatko Nedelko, Matjaž Mulej. © 2011. 18 pages.
In modern working relations, a company can improve its business dramatically, especially with formation and performance of suitable management. An important role in the whole...
What is New with Organization of E-Business: Organizational Viewpoint of the Relationships in E-business
Vojko Potocan, Zlatko Nedelko, Matjaž Mulej. © 2011. 18 pages.
In modern working relations, a company can improve its business dramatically, especially with formation and performance of suitable management. An important role in the whole...