| Włodzimierz Sroka | |
| Birth Date: | 15 August 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Bolesław, Poland |
| Citizenship: | Polish |
| Nationality: | Polish |
| Fields: | Strategic management |
| Workplaces: | WSB University |
| Education: | University of Economics in Katowice (MEc, PhD) |
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Włodzimierz Krzysztof Sroka (15 August 1967 – 21 January 2023) was a Polish economist and manager, associate professor of strategic management at the WSB University in Dąbrowa Górnicza.
A graduate of the University of Economics in Katowice, he earned his PhD in economics in 1999 at the Faculty of Management of the same university, based on the thesis entitled Strategic alliances as a form of cooperation in a global environment. In 2012 he received his habilitation degree in the same discipline at the University of Žilina on the basis of the thesis entitled Management as the key success factor of alliance networks.[1]
From 1999 he was associated with the University of Dąbrowa Gornicza (WSB University), from 1999 to 2012 as an assistant professor and subsequently as an associate professor at the Department of Management. Between 2013 and 2014, he held the position of Vice Rector for Science. The primary area of his scientific interest was strategic management, with particular emphasis on inter-organizational cooperation, CSR and business ethics.
Sroka also held various managerial positions at several companies from 1996. He was a specialist, chief specialist, head of department, director and then a member of the Board and deputy general manager for restructuring and development at Huta Katowice SA (1992-2002); Vice President of the Board of HK Stal Service (2003-2006); Vice President of the Board and managing director of KEM Profil (2006-2007); and Vice President and then President of the Board at RAPZ (since 2008). He has also served as a member of the Supervisory Boards at several companies, including, among others, Huta Bankowa (Vice Chairman, 1999–2002); HK GKI (chairman, 2002–2003); Sentel (chairman, 2003–2005); and WRA (Vice Chairman, 2008).
Sroka was the senior editor of the “European Journal of International Management”;[2] Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Forum Scientiae Oeconomia";[3] and a member of the editorial board of "Organizacija"[4] He is also a member of the Scientific Councils of the following journals: "Engineering Management in Production and Services"; "Marketing of Research and Scientific Institutions";[5] and "Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Humanitas. Zarządzanie".[6]
Sroka died on 21 January 2023, at the age of 55.[7]