The purpose of the paper is to present the results of the study of solutions implemented in Polish manufacturing companies to ensure their business continuity under COVID-19 pandemic conditions. A questionnaire survey was conducted using the mixed-model CAWI/CATI (Computer Assisted Web Interview/Computer Assisted Telephone Interview) on a representative group of 600 manufacturing companies in Poland. The research was conducted in March 2021, more than a year after the first lockdown. The study included cases of companies in most industries and companies of different sizes. The subject of the survey was to identify legal, technical, and organisational protection measures implemented in manufacturing enterprises in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in manufacturing companies in Poland.

The article deals with a way of standardizing project and program management methods in public administration, considering that they have been initiated by a number of administration units having a great autonomy, independently of the government strategy. To manage the government strategy, an original model of the unification process of managing projects and programs executed as part of the strategy and supported by a dedicated IT system has been specially developed and implemented. The essence of the presented approach is to replace the top-down forcing changes toward unifying the project management methodologies used by government administration units by stimulating interest in facilitation and benefits provided by the IT system and, as a result, also a willingness to join the system. Such voluntary joining the system is associated with voluntary adaptation of the previous locally applied management method to the methodology supported by the IT system.

The Development of Production Management Concepts: The aim of this paper is the analysis of contemporary concepts used in production management in relation to the paradigms which accompanied their appearance and development. The first chapter contains a definition of the term 'paradigm', discusses the importance of the paradigms for the development of a scientific approach to management and lists examples of paradigms relevant to production management. In the second chapter such management concepts as LM, Kaizen, TOC, TQM, TPM, Six Sigma and BPR are presented, along with their respective old and new paradigms, main goals, fundamental rules and tools (methods and techniques). Some less popular concepts are also dealt with. The last chapter is devoted to an analysis of interactions between the analyzed concepts, with an emphasis on their mutual compatibility and complementarity, which can be of benefit in the process of their implementation.

Artykuł jest swoistym podsumowaniem projektu "Wysokospecjalistyczna platforma wspomagająca planowanie cywilne i ratownictwo w administracji publicznej", sfinansowanego przez NCBR w ramach konkursu 7/2015 (beneficjentem jest Państwowa Straż Pożarna), zrealizowanego przez konsorcjum: Wydział Zarządzania Politechniki Warszawskiej oraz Medcore sp. z o.o. (Kosieradzka i in., 2018). Był on kontynuacją projektu "Metodyka oceny ryzyka na potrzeby systemu zarządzania kryzysowego RP", sfinansowanego przez NCBR w ramach konkursu 3/2012 (beneficjentem było Rządowe Centrum Bezpieczeństwa), a opracowana w tym projekcie krajowa metodyka stała się częścią Unijnego Mechanizmu Ochrony Ludności. W obu projektach zastosowano metodę poszukiwania analogii pomiędzy podejściem metodycznym stosowanym dotąd w zarządzaniu i ocenie ryzyka operacyjnego w odniesieniu do działalności podmiotów biznesowych.