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  FLEXIBLE EMPLOYMENT IN BULGARIAN BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

  The specific parameters and dynamic changes in the environment in which industrial business organizations operate highlight the need for greater use of flexible forms of employment. This mainly provokes the increasing interest of both researchers in different scientific fields and managers and practitioners. This study presents the results of the ... The specific parameters and dynamic changes in the environment in which industrial business organizations operate highlight the need for greater use of flexible forms of employment. This mainly provokes the increasing interest of both researchers in different scientific fields and managers and practitioners. This study presents the results of the 2012 empirical study of flexible employment. The object of the study are the business organizations listed in Section 10 under Classification of economic activities – 2008 „Manufacture of food products“, and the focus of the study is on the flexible forms of employment. The managerial assessments of the scope and extent of the use of flexible forms of employment, the challenges facing them as well as the problems accompanying them are systematized and analysed. The dynamics in the number and structure of the employees of business organizations resulting from applying the forms is tracked. Ideas for expanding and capitalizing on opportunities and applying various forms of flexible employment are presented. The expected benefits of implementing the proposals are highlighted.

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  IMPLEMENTATION OF MODERN FLT METHODS

  Motivation is an important factor in learning a second and foreign language. It is defined as the individual attitude, desire and efforts of the learner. Motivation is essential for achieving better language skills and increasing the capacity for learning since without motivation the learning capacity decreases. The research aimed to determine to ... Motivation is an important factor in learning a second and foreign language. It is defined as the individual attitude, desire and efforts of the learner. Motivation is essential for achieving better language skills and increasing the capacity for learning since without motivation the learning capacity decreases. The research aimed to determine to what extent and which motivational factors may be affected by the introduction of modern technical devices and information technologies in the teaching of a foreign language. To achieve this primary objective the team reviewed the existing publications in this field and conducted surveys with students, developed systems of training materials and provided interactive teaching aids. The results from the analysis of empirical data are summarized in conclusions and concrete proposals for improvement of the learning process.

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  STRATEGIC DECISIONS FOR MARKETING NETWORKS FORMATION ON THE TOURISM MARKET

  The modern market characteristics drive tourism organizations in Bulgaria to build marketing networks partnerships – a process, which needs science-based procedures. The study advocates the idea that the modern state of marketing networks on the tourism market in Bulgaria enables the development of optional strategic decisions when building them. ... The modern market characteristics drive tourism organizations in Bulgaria to build marketing networks partnerships – a process, which needs science-based procedures. The study advocates the idea that the modern state of marketing networks on the tourism market in Bulgaria enables the development of optional strategic decisions when building them. It is exactly the turning of such decisions into procedures that is the main objective of the study, which is realized through the implementation of tasks related to the logic of integration processes on the market, the concepts of marketing networks, SWOT-analysis of the market, the specifics of the Bulgarian tourism marketing networks, the role of the electronic exchange and of social networking, etc. The main outcomes of the study are the established analytical database of the state of tourism marketing networks in Bulgaria and the proposed strategic marketing decisions in the form of optional procedures for building such networks, applicable to business practices in the tourism sector in Bulgaria.