Competition in the national labor market, which is strengthening as globalization and structural employment disproportions intensify, encourages domestic companies to seek reserves for more effective human resource management as the only competitive advantage that cannot be copied. The aim of the research is to develop a comprehensive methodology for assessing the effectiveness of HR management at bakery companies as employers of a Ukraine’s priority industry, which is based on the provisions of the new (first) international human capital accounting standard ISO 30414:2018 and is implemented using system-structural, abstract-logical methods, as well as those of multidimensional statistical analysis and visualization of empirical data. The developed methodology will allow to determine an integrated indicator for the effectiveness of HR-management, which simultaneously performs the functions of controller and navigator of strategic management decisions in this area.

The European Innovation Partnership (EIP) is considered to be a new phenomenon signalling political will, highly relevant issue in contemporary domain of discussions among practitioners and researchers. While practitioners lack experience, researchers make attempts to identify the factors that influence effectiveness of an innovation partnership, explore the indicators and techniques to determine and evaluate its effectiveness. Aim of the study presented in the article is to determine the external and internal factors that influence effectiveness of the European Innovation Partnership by analysing the operating conditions of an operational group of the European Innovation Partnership in Agriculture (EIP-AGRI). Expert evaluation was carried out by experts who have scientific and practical experience: scientists, policy makers, innovators, developing an innovation partnership. The force field analysis has shown that the number of negative factors of EIP effectiveness exceeds the number of positive factors, and the factors analysed and evaluated allow to identify potential negative consequences in a timely manner and provide the opportunity to predict effectiveness of the EIP-based projects.

In the research it is proved that constant and progressive development of any country is impossible without providing economic and social security processes. The aim of the article is to determine the state and development trends of state and independent professional audit as a key imperative for the formation of economic security. It is justified that due to financial globalization, complexity and versatility of both interstate and domestic correlation, economy development dynamics are sensitive to crisis occurrences. It is concluded that nowadays due to complicated economic and social conditions questions of justification priorities of state and independent audit development during the formation of state’s economic security and the definition of alternative methods of business security are up to date. The state, dynamics and development trends of state and independent external audit were analyzed according to modern economy state. It was defined that audit develops through several key directions that are important for providing the economic security. To increase the positive value of audit in providing the economy security of the state to organizations alternative methods of business protection have to be used alongside with standard audit methods.

Learning approaches are among the critical factors that determine learning effectiveness. A typical learning approach that promotes student awareness will result in successful learning. This article examines the effectiveness of a metacognitive-based algebra learning from three aspects, namely: 1) learning outcomes; 2) student responses; and 3) student activities in learning algebra. The results show that all three aspects meet the effectiveness criteria of metacognitive approach in learning algebra.

Straipsnyje nagrinėjamas sociokultūrinės ir ekonominės švietimo paradigmos susidūrimas. Svarstomas neoliberalizmo poveikis švietimo tikslams. Analizuojama naujoji viešoji vadyba, švietimo sistemoje diegianti verslo vadybos principus. Aptariamas orientacijos į rezultatus, švietimo našumo ir efektyvumo svarbos augimas. Tarptautinių tyrimų pagrindu analizuojamas išteklių ryšys su mokinių pasiekimais. Detaliau nagrinėjami švietimo efektyvumo ir našumo skirtumai išskiriant socialinės, ekonominės ir kultūrinės (SEK) ir emocinės aplinkos mokykloje poveikį pasiekimams. Efektyvumo ir našumo požiūriu apžvelgiami strateginiai Lietuvos švietimo dokumentai.

This article reviews the newest empirical research of total quality management (TQM) impact on Lithuanian companies’ performance efficiency. The study is based on systematic research model, which explicitly investigates positive TQM impact on four main dimensions of company performance efficiency.