Katarzyna Bachnik
e-mail: katarzynabachnik@gmail.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
06.2012
Polish Agency for Enterprise Development.
Coach in the Polish-Swiss project “Increasing the competitiveness of regions with
corporate social responsibility”. Sessions with small and medium sector enterprises and
civil servants.
02.2012
Institute for Market, Consumption and Business Cycles Research.
Assistant Professor. Publishing one’s articles. Participation in research projects, grant
ventures, expertise dissertations, completed for government institutions and private
companies.
10.2011 -
Institute for Market, Consumption and Business Cycles Research.
Member of the editorial staff of the magazine „Consumption and Growth”.
10.2011 -
Business Management Unit. Warsaw School of Economics.
Assistant Professor. Publishing one’s articles. Lecturing. Participation in research projects
and grant ventures. Engagement in organizational work of the unit (member of the
Recruitment Committee for Master’s Studies at Warsaw School of Economics).
01.2007 -
Harvard Business Review Polska, magazine.
Editor. Editorial secretary. Managing the merits of articles translated from „Harvard
Business Review” and editing them. Managing a group of external translators and
editors. Help in secretarial works. Writing few articles and preparing the first author’s
audiobook.
12.2006 -
Institute for Market, Consumption and Business Cycles Research (previously Institute
of Home Market and Consumption).
Assistant Professor. Assistant. Publishing one’s articles. Participation in research projects,
grant ventures, expertise dissertations, completed for government institutions and
private companies.
09.2005 - 09.2006
Business Management Unit. Warsaw School of Economics.
Assistant. Publishing one’s articles. Participation in research projects and grant ventures.
Engagement in organizational work of the unit. Teaching courses in general management
for undergraduates.
09.2003
McCann Erickson Polska.
Student’s apprenticeship in customer service function.
07 - 08.2003
Turinta, Portugal.
Student’s apprenticeship at one of the leading map producers in Portugal.
EDUCATION
10.2010 – 09.2011
Academy of Strategic Leadership.
One-year development program mainly for top managers organized by ICAN Institute,
publisher of „Harvard Business Review Poland”.
05.2011
Workshop on „Voice Emission” organized by Clavis, Creator of Educational Initiatives.
05.2010
PhD degree in management.
Theme of dissertation: Cultural context of management processes. Case of Scandinavia.
04.2010
Workshop on creating the case studies organized by Warsaw School of Economics
within the project „Innovative SGH = knowledge + experience”.
06.2007 – 07.2007
Summer School at BI Norwegian School of Management.
Subject: Cross-cultural management with a Scandinavian perspective – coherent with
dissertation’s theme. Fellowship.
10.2006 – 09.2010
Warsaw School of Economics.
Doctoral studies.
2000 - 2005
Warsaw School of Economics.
Faculty: Management and marketing I.
Master’s degree in Management and Marketing (May 2005),
mentor: prof. dr hab. Marian Strużycki.
Faculty: International Relations
Master’s degree in International Relations, specialty: Diplomacy (July 2005),
mentor: prof. dr hab. Jan Barcz.
Polish- German Academic Forum – parallel 1,5-year studies in German.
Language course in Swedish – Polish teacher, online supervision: Kerstin Salminen from
Hanken, Svenska handelshögskolan; the only such undertaking at School.
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1996 - 2000
LXVII Secondary School at the Faculty of Education of University of Warsaw.
Class with extended English course.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES:
Polish
mother tongue,
English
very good in writing and speaking (Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English),
German
very good in writing and speaking ( Certificate of Polish Ministry of Economics).
OTHER
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Department of Management Theory’s statutory research, Warsaw School of Economics, 2011. Title:
“Corporate social responsibility in New Economy.” Number: 04/S/0018/11. Role: research team member.
Author’s research title: „Organizational culture in the execution process of corporate social responsibility
initiatives”. Research publication: awaiting publishing.
Business Management Unit’s statutory research, Warsaw School of Economics, 2011. Title: „Asset-based
approach toward the growth and development of enterprises”. Number: 04/S/0033/11. Role: research team
member. Author’s research title: „Information and knowledge management and its influence on
organizational growth”. First stage – theoretical.
Business Management Unit’s statutory research, Warsaw School of Economics, 2008 - 2010. Title: „Enterprise
as a subject to regional policy”. Number: 04/S/0009/10. Role: research team member. Author’s research
title: (with K. Przybyłowski): „Corporate social responsibility as a new competitive playground”. The result
is a monograph: Enterprise, region, development,, ed. M. Strużycki, Difin, Warsaw 2011.
Research Project No. 112 258834 NN, „Advertising in the light of competition processes on the Polish
market”, funded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education, carried out in 2008-2010 at the Institute for
Market, Consumption and Business Cycles Research. The nature of participation in the project - contractor.
Author’s research title: „Internationalization of enterprises and their competitiveness – the context of
marketing effectiveness”. The result is a monograph: Advertising in the light of competition processes, ed. R.
Nowacki, M. Strużycki, Difin, Warsaw 2011.
FEW OF MY PUBLICATIONS:
„Cultural changes in the social media context”, article on a conference „V Intercultural Management
Congress”, Clark University, Łódź-Kraków-Wrocław, 18-21 November 2011, awaiting publishing.
„Knowledge management in the light of breakthrough information-communication technologies and the
accompanying social trends”, article on a conference „Knowledge-based sustainable development”, Wyższa
Szkoła Ekonomiczna w Białymstoku, Białystok, 18-20 October 2011, awaiting publishing.
„Cultural and ethical dimension of corporate social responsibility”, article on a conference „Corporate Social
Responsibility. Political correctness or social engagement?”, Katedra Socjologii i Polityki Społecznej
Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu i Katedra Teorii Zarządzania Szkoły Głównej Handlowej w
Warszawie, Wrocław, 9-10 May 2011, awaiting publishing.
„Revolution in CSR” (interview with W. Visser), [In:]: Responsible business 2011. CSR 2.0, publication of
Harvard Business Review Polska, Warsaw 2011.
Audiobook entitled „Company in the social media – effective tools and strategies”, Harvard Business
Review Poland, ICAN Institute, Warsaw, November 2011
„Internationalization of enterprises and their competitiveness versus marketing effectiveness”, [In:]
Adverting in the light of competition processes, edited by R. Nowacki, M. Strużycki, Difin, Warsaw 2011.
„Corporate social responsibility as a new playground for competition” (co-authorship), [In:] Company, region,
development, edited by M. Strużycki, Difin, Warsaw 2011.
Cultural context of management processes. Case of Scandinavia, CeDeWu, Warsaw 2010.
„Selected strategies to stimulate innovation and creativity – examples”, [In:] An innovative approach to business
management, edited by R. Nowacki, M.W. Staniewski, Difin, Warsaw 2010.
„Effective sales in the Internet era” (interview with D. Lambert), Harvard Business Review Poland, December
2010 – January 2011.
„Lessons not learned: how we do not learn from our mistakes”, Harvard Business Review Poland, July –
August 2010.
„Corporate social responsibility in practice. The business model of Innocent Drinks” (co-authorship), [In:]
Corporate social responsibility. The prospect of research and practical challenges, edited by Z. Pisz, M. RojekNowosielska, Wrocław University of Economics, Wrocław 2010.
CO-ORGANIZATION:
5th Polish scientific conference „Organization’s social responsibility. Political correctness or citizen
standing?”, Organizer: Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Wrocław University of Economics and
Department of Management Theory, Warsaw School of Economics, Wrocław 9-10 May 2011.
4th Polish scientific conference „Organization’s social responsibility. Methodology, tools,
evaluation.”, Organizer: Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Wrocław University of Economics and
Department of Management Theory, Warsaw School of Economics, Wrocław 24-26 May 2010.
3rd Polish scientific conference „Organization’s social responsibility. Scientific outlook and practical
challenges”, Organizer: Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Wrocław University of Economics and
Department of Management Theory, Warsaw School of Economics, PIechowice 12-13 October 2009.
OTHER:
Computer skills: Windows environment, Word, Excel, Power Point.
Driving license.
Good manners.
PERSONAL
Dancing (including Flamenco), swimming, skiing, sailing (Certificate of Competency of Inland Skipper).
Travelling – so far Austria, Norway, United States, Great Britain, Portugal.
Foreign languages – previously Swedish, currently Spanish.
Cooking.