Details of education

Career to date

• 1965 - 1973 - Primary School, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
• 1973 - 1977 - Grammar School, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
• 1977 - maturity diploma.
• 1982 - MSc -graduated by Agricultural Faculty, Department of Economics and Organisation of Agriculture, University of Technology & Agriculture (UTA), Bydgoszcz, Poland. (speciality - agricultural economics).
• 1984-1987 - Assistant professor in the Department of Economics and Organisation of Agriculture, Agricultural Faculty, UTA, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
• 1987-1999 - Assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Computing, Agricultural Faculty, UTA, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
• 1991 - PhD "Verification methods of technological parameters for information and decision systems of big restructured former state farms", graduated by Agricultural Faculty, Department of Agricultural Economics and Computing, UTA, Bydgoszcz, Poland. (speciality - economics and organisation of farms).
• 1991 - 1999 - tutor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Computing, Agricultural Faculty, UTA, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
• 1993 - scholarship made available by The Netherlands Organisation for International Co-operation in Higher Education (NUFFIC) in the Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Engineering (IMAG - DLO), Department of Labour and Management, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Study on application of IMAG-ORSPEL tool for approaching farm machinery selection problem under Polish circumstances, was made.
• 1994 -scholarship in the Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Engineering, Department of Labour and Management, Wageningen, the Netherlands, granted by Dutch government. Leading and performing a project entitled "Improvement of work and farm planning technology" realised within a framework of WORKING PROGRAMME concerning bilateral Polish and Dutch co-operation programme. It was supervised by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Sea Economy in Poland and Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries in the Netherlands between 1993- 1994.
• 1994 - scholarship in the Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Engineering, Department of Labour and Management, Wageningen, the Netherlands, granted by Dutch government. Finishing publication of papers including results of the survey made during mentioned two scholarships.
• 1996 -scholarship granted by Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries within the framework of Working Programme and held in the Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Engineering, Department of Labour and Management, Wageningen, the Netherlands (studying literature preparing further activities of WORKING PROGRAMME).
• 1997- updating professional skills within training held in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece within a framework of TEMPUS project No. S_JEP-11446-96 entitled "Agricultural Finance and Applied Biotechnology”.
• 1997 - updating professional skills at training taking place at 7-th Polish and American School of Economics on financial analysis and econometrics methodology held by University of Economics in Poznań and Massachusetts University in Amherst, USA.
• 1998 - updating professional skills within training held in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece within a framework of TEMPUS project No. S_JEP-11446-96 entitled "Agricultural Finance and Applied Biotechnology”.

International co-operation - PROJECTS

• 1993-1996 -leading and performing the following activities within a framework of the WORKING-PROGRAMME co-operation between the Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Engineering, Wageningen, the Netherlands and Department of Agricultural Economics and Computing (ATR-KERI), Agricultural Faculty, University of Technology & Agriculture (UTA).
• 1994 - being a scientific secretary and member of the organising committee of Polish and Dutch bilateral conference entitled "Management problems of big farms being in transition", held in Ciechocinek, Poland.
• 1995 - being a scientific secretary and member of the organising committee of Polish and Dutch bilateral conference entitled "Management problems of big farms being in transition, part II", held in Ciechocinek, Poland.
• 1996 - being a scientific secretary and member of the organising committee of Polish and Dutch bilateral conference entitled "Market orientation of Polish and Dutch Agribusiness", Wageningen, the Netherlands.
• 1996 - 1999 -leading Tempus project No. S_JEP 11446-96 entitled "Agricultural Finance and Applied Biotechnology" in the part concerning agricultural finance.
• 1998 -1999 - co-ordination SOCRATES-ERASMUS PROGRAM in the scope of updating teaching process through co-operation with other European universities, leading two projects:
• "European Quality and Innovation Management" realised by ISA INSTITUT SUPERIEUR D’AGRICULTURE DE LILLE, France and Department of Agricultural Economics and Computing (ATR-KERI), (UTA), Poland.
• "European Agricultural, Rural and Environmental Policies" - (EUROPEAN MODULES) (EM) realised by ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE D’AGRICULTURE D’ANGERS, France and Department of Agricultural Economics and Computing (ATR-KERI), (UTA), Poland.
• 1999 - Presenting lecture for French students (FESIA) within SOCRATES - ERASMUS teaching staff assignments (TS) on Polish agriculture and agribusiness problems including historical background and current circumstances.

Active participation in congresses, conferences and seminars (see publications )

• 1994 - 1996 - presenting and publishing papers on three mentioned above Polish and Dutch bilateral conferences.
• 1994 - presenting papers within framework of common seminar entitled "Applications of modern management tools for solving mechanisation efficiency problems under Polish farming circumstances". It was held by Department of Agricultural Economics and Computing (UTA) and IMAG-DLO in Wageningen, the Netherlands within a framework of WORKING PROGRMAMME 28 th - June -1 st July.
• 1993 - software designing and demonstration on XXV CIOSTA-CIGR CONGRESS, The International Commission of Agricultural Engineering, Section V, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 10 th -13 th May.
• 1994 - presenting and publishing the paper on XII C.I.G.R World Congress and AgEng '94 Conference on Agricultural Engineering Milan (Italy), 29 th August -1 st September.
• 1995 - presenting and publishing the paper on XXVI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS IN WORK SCIENCE CIOSTA, Lillehammer, Norway, 29 th -31 st May.
• 1996 - presenting the poster on C.I.G.R AgEng '96 Conference on Agricultural Engineering, Madrid (Spain), 23 rd -26 th September .
• 1997 - presenting the paper on Annual Meeting of American Association of Economists of Agriculture (AAEA), Canada, Toronto, 27 th - 30 th July.
• 1997 - presenting and publishing the paper on XXVII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS IN WORK SCIENCE CIOSTA, Kaposvar, Hungary, 25 th - 27 th August.
• 1999 - presenting and publishing the paper on XXVIII CIOSTA - CIGR V INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS IN WORK SCIENCE in sustainable agriculture, Horsens, Denmark, between 14 th - 17 th June.
• 1993 -1999 -supervising thirteen (13) master thesis’s concerning farm machinery selection problem, modelling decision support systems for comprehensive solving mechanisation problems on farm level and marketing strategies in fruit and vegetable food processing companies.

Experiences in the following appointments in practice:

• Works in research projects entitled as follows:
• 1986- 1990 - "Microcomputer economical and organisational advisory for Pomorze and Kujawy region needs" made by Department of Economics and Organisation of UTA for order of the Institute of Farm Economics and Organisation of Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland.
• 1986- 1990 - "Modelling work organisation in the scope of cultivation, harvesting, processing and conservation of farm feed using regional feed resource" realised by Department of Economics and Organisation of UTA in the scope of project No. 134 ordered by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Sea Economy, Poland.
• 1986- 1990 - "Development of methodology of calculation and planning labour and draught force for plant and animal production needs under different natural and technical conditions" realised by Department of Economics and Organisation of UTA in the scope of project No. 25 for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Sea Economy, Poland. It was realised in co-operation with the Institute of Farm Economics and Organisation of Warsaw Agricultural University.
• 1993 - 1994 - "Research on restructuring processes of restructured former state farms in Poland including whole country", realised by Department of Agricultural Economics and Computing, UTA for Produce Studies Ltd., UK.
• 1996 - performing expertise on the base of research concerning evaluation and verification of agreements between farmers bred sugar beets and the sugar factory in a view of interpretation of the Act on Income Tax, realised by Department of Agricultural Economics and Computing, UTA for sugar beet factory "Tuczno", Poland.
• 1996 -1999 - commercial computerised "Plant Production Management System" was designed on doctoral thesis, then programmed, tested, verified and used to practice in six Polish big restructured former state farms including recording of events on the fields, input monitoring, calculation of costs and profits, making different reports useful for decision making.
• 1998 - presentation of circumstances and analysing privatisation process of Polish sugar factories using status of worker-farmer companies, realised by Department of Agricultural Economics and Computing, UTA for Consulting Zarządzania i Informatyki "EKORG", spółka z o.o. (Ltd.).

Honours and Awards

• 1989 - Rector Price for total research and teaching activity, UTA, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
• 1993-1994 - receiving fellowships from the Netherlands Organisation for International Co-operation in Higher Education (NUFFIC) and Dutch governmental institutions for studying in the Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Engineering (IMAG - DLO), Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Membership

• 1986 - 1999 - Scientific Association of Organisation and Management. Poland. Polish version: "Towarzystwo Naukowe Organizacji i Kierowania" (TNOiK).
• 1997 - 1999 - Association of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economists. Poland. Polish version: Stowarzyszenie Ekonomistów Rolnictwa i Agrobiznesu (SERiA).

Personal philosophy

My personal point of view in important matters is connected with some features. There are: honesty, responsibility, loyalty, common sense, pragmatism and being friendly for other people. Conviction that the only universality in development of human being is positive. Such development is possible only under condition that catholic believing is true and all true positive values are based on conviction that Got is a creator of everything but a human being is obligated to develop himself and change the world as well as possible. People should reach sustainable development of themselves and the world as well. So, they should try to balance satisfying material and spiritual spheres of life, safe natural environment, help other people living under level of dignity of human beings. To reach it, people using reasoning thinking ought to update their knowledge and skills to develop their adjustment possibilities in changing environment.

Besides satisfying material goods, they should safe their identity roots, take care about traditions, customs, and culture.

As far as my opinion is concern I believe human being are able to improve themselves through work and facing challenges.