Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Anuj Kumar Author-Workplace-Name: Apeejay School of Management, Dwarka, Delhi, India Author-Name: T. Sowdamini Author-Workplace-Name: Gitam Institute of Management, GITAM, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India Author-Name: Sanjay Manocha Author-Workplace-Name: Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Management and Research, New Delhi, India Author-Name: Purvi Pujari Author-Workplace-Name: Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Management Studies and Research, Navi Mumbai, India Title: Gamification as a Sustainable Tool for HR Managers Abstract: The competition in the business field is increasing continuously. The COVID-19 pandemic brings more challenges for organizations. The human resource managers in the organizations face challenges of retention of employees, maintaining mental peace, handling anxiety, fulfilling job demands, and handling the motivation level of the employees. Daily new challenges are coming to the surface. Creativity and innovation have been the need of the hour for since long. COVID-19 pandemic is demanding more creativity and innovations from the organizations and their HR managers. A detailed literature review has been done by taking into cognizance various aspects of gamification as applicable to the Human Resource domain. The objectives of this research are to understand the role of creativity and innovation in the organization's success and identify HR managers' problems during Covid-19. The third and fourth objectives of the paper were to study gamification and its application in various HR functions and to determine how gamification can help achieve sustainable practices in the organizations this paper; the researchers have discussed gamification as a creative and innovative tool that can help human resource managers in dealing with various challenges and help them to achieve the goals of sustainability. Classification-JEL: M12,M50,Q00 Keywords: Gamification, COVID-19, Human Resource, Innovation, Creativity, Sustainability Journal: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis Pages: 1-14 Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.32725/acta.2021.003 File-URL: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/doi/10.32725/acta.2021.003.html File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/doi/10.32725/acta.2021.003.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf X-File-Ref: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/RePEc/boh/references/aub-202102-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:boh:actaub:v:24:y:2021:i:2:p:1-14 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Julie Čermáková Author-Workplace-Name: University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Economic, Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Studentská 13, České Budejovice CZ-370 05, Czech Republic Author-Name: Michal Houda Author-Name: Ladislav Rolínek Author-Workplace-Name: University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Economic, Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Studentská 13, České Budejovice CZ-370 05, Czech Republic Title: Lifelong Learning as the Key Competency for Industry 4.0 Abstract: Pressure in most companies requires employers to implement new strategies for the development of competencies through employee lifelong learning, taking into account ethics in the conditions of Industry 4.0, which is a topic presented in the theoretical introduction of the paper. The article aims to identify the characteristics influencing the development of lifelong learning with regard to ethics in the conditions of Industry 4.0. To meet the objective of this article, a hypothesis was formulated to determine the statistical significance of particular characteristics of the key competency of lifelong learning. The results of the ANOVA test for the lifelong learning competency show that the respondents' answers vary depending on their age, the level and field of their education, and their position in the organization. In particular, the authors used linear regression to evaluate the impact of age, gender, field and level of education, job position, the tenure of this job position and the size of company. From the results of the linear regression, it can be stated that the generation aged above 41 years, middle management and specialists have the closer relationship to lifelong learning than the rest of the population. Classification-JEL: O30,O32 Keywords: lifelong learning, ethic, Industry 4.0, human resources Journal: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis Pages: 15-23 Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.32725/acta.2021.004 File-URL: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/doi/10.32725/acta.2021.004.html File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/doi/10.32725/acta.2021.004.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf X-File-Ref: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/RePEc/boh/references/aub-202102-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:boh:actaub:v:24:y:2021:i:2:p:15-23 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Viera Bilasová Author-Workplace-Name: Prešovská univerzita v Prešově, Filosofická fakulta Author-Name: Gabriela Platková Olejárová Author-Workplace-Name: Prešovská univerzita v Prešově, Filosofická fakulta Title: Consideration on Ethical Education Abstract: The present paper responds to the current ethical challenges facing education. The authors consider the issues, methods and challenges associated with the innovation of current ethics education. It is expected to effectively contribute to raising young people's moral awareness and ethical literacy including also economic literacy and its ethical aspects. The authors emphasize the importance and humanistic mission of ethics education which requires philosophical anchoring. This is based on the development of reflective thinking, which both strengthens students' intellectual, psychological and moral growth and helps develop their own desire to learn and to gain knowledge. The cultivation of young people's behavior presupposes a type of ethics education and training that will significantly develop the skill to judge and act morally in their professional setting. It includes updating the methods of teaching ethics, the aim of which is to enhance young people's personal development and value orientation and, at the same time, it is also a challenge for teachers and teacher training institutions. Keywords: Ethics, economy, education, methodology, reflective thinking Journal: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis Pages: 24-33 Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.32725/acta.2021.005 File-URL: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/doi/10.32725/acta.2021.005.html File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/doi/10.32725/acta.2021.005.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf X-File-Ref: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/RePEc/boh/references/aub-202102-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:boh:actaub:v:24:y:2021:i:2:p:24-33 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Emmanuel Selase Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Management Studies, University of Professional Studies, Accra, Department of Business Administration, Ghana Author-Name: Michael Avenorgbo Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Management Studies, University of Professional Studies, Accra, Department of Business Administration, Ghana Title: The Effect of E-Training on the Performance of Employees in Small and Medium Scale Enterprise amidst the Covid-19 pandemic Abstract: The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of E-training on the performance of employees in SMEs amid COVID-19. The article identifies how SMEs have carried out the training and development functions in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study establishes a scientific base for e-training and employee performance and lays the foundation for empirical research in the area of e-training and development. The study adopted quantitative approach in achieving the objective of the study. With regards to data collection, the study conducted a survey to collect data from the employees of the various SMEs. Both descriptive and inferential analyses were carried out to achieve the research objective. The data was analysed descriptively and interpretation was done using frequencies. In addition to that, correlation and regression was also carried out to determine the nature of effect and relationship between E-training and performance of employees. The findings revealed that, there is a significant relationship between E-training infrastructure and E-training methods and performance of employees. The findings revealed some challenges employees encountered with the e-training. These includes: lack of awareness amongst SMEs, low adoption rate, bandwidth and connectivity limitations, computer illiteracy, lack of quality E-learning content, requires substantial investment not only at the development and implementation phase, but also the subsequent maintenance. The study concludes that when SMEs are able to increase the performance of their employees through training, they continue to remain competitive in the marketplace. Classification-JEL: M00,M1,M53 Keywords: E-training, performance, small and medium scale enterprises, COVID-19 Journal: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis Pages: 34-48 Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.32725/acta.2021.006 File-URL: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/doi/10.32725/acta.2021.006.html File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/doi/10.32725/acta.2021.006.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf X-File-Ref: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/RePEc/boh/references/aub-202102-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:boh:actaub:v:24:y:2021:i:2:p:34-48 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Constantinos Challoumis Author-Workplace-Name: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Title: Chain of cycle of money Abstract: This paper researches the chain of the cycle of money. It is scrutinized the aspect of the application of the cycle of money with and without the enforcement of financial savings and/or the escaped financial savings. This work supplied the minimization and the case of maximization of the cycle of money. Consequently, it has declared the chain of money. Thus, scrutinized the case that there's a lack of the enforcement financial savings and in the end the case that there have disregarded the escaped financial savings. Therefore, exists an evaluation that stands at the application of the general public region and the application of the out of control enterprises. Thus, acquired effects approximately the application of the cycle of money displaying the factors and the behaviors of any financial system while there are and while there are no enforcement financial savings and/or the escaped financial savings. Concluding this work exhibits that a financial system that has an excessive frequency of the use of cash in its monetary, succeeds to have higher overall performance and social prosperity. The choice of G7 for the minimal tax fee of 15%, globally, complies with the closing acknowledgments of the fixed-length principle of the cycle of money. The structure and the dynamic of the economic system are affiliated with the reuse and distribution of money. For this scrutiny is used first-order derivatives below conditions, the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker approach, and the Q.E. logic. Classification-JEL: B41,F40,F43,F6,F62,F63 Keywords: chain of cycle of money, escaped savings, enforced savings, G7 decision, fixedlength principle, minimum tax 1 Introduction Journal: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis Pages: 49-74 Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.32725/acta.2021.007 File-URL: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/doi/10.32725/acta.2021.007.html File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/doi/10.32725/acta.2021.007.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf X-File-Ref: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/RePEc/boh/references/aub-202102-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:boh:actaub:v:24:y:2021:i:2:p:49-74 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Beáta Mikušová Meričková Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Public Economics and Regional Development, Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia Author-Name: Marek Majerík Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Public Economics and Regional Development, Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia Author-Name: Michal Lendvorský Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Public Economics and Regional Development, Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia Title: The problem of corruption in the contracting out of public services - the case of Slovakia Abstract: Corruption finds room for its proliferation precisely where there is extensive, opaque and little controllable regulation by the state. In this context, it is the role of the rule of law to apply the principles of legal (enforceability) accountability in the context of corrupt behaviour and the drawing of consequences. The level of rule of law in this area affects the risk of corruption in public service procurement processes. The main goal of the study is to demonstrate the problem of corruption as the threat of the rule of law by the results of qualitative analysis of the legal framework defining corruption and of the methods of public procurement used by us in the contracting out of local public services in Slovak republic. The study answers research question on impact of legal accountability with implications for the risk of corruption on the methods of public procurement of public services. Data qualitative analysis is descriptive in nature. The real enforceability of legal responsibility for corrupt acts against public officials is very low in Slovakia. The quality of this legal framework has real impact on risk of corruption in public procurement processes, which can be identified by often using the direct purchase as the method of public procurement. Public organizations do not always proceed in accordance with applicable legislation, at least in accordance with its ethics and essential principles of public procurement. This problem reflects the proposed system's changes in public procurement in contracting out public services, which should eliminate the risk of corruption at the level of formal and informal rules. Classification-JEL: K49 Keywords: corruption, contracting out public services, public procurement, the rule of law Slovak republic Journal: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis Pages: 75-90 Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.32725/acta.2021.008 File-URL: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/doi/10.32725/acta.2021.008.html File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/doi/10.32725/acta.2021.008.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf X-File-Ref: http://acta.ef.jcu.cz/RePEc/boh/references/aub-202102-0006.txt Handle: RePEc:boh:actaub:v:24:y:2021:i:2:p:75-90