Author:  N. Alston Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract Smart education—understood as the strategic integration of digital platforms, learning analytics, AI-enabled support, and quality assurance into coherent learning systems—has moved from “innovation” to “necessity” in higher education. The most visible driver is the rapid diffusion of generative AI and data-informed teaching, which is reshaping assessment, student support, and institutional operations.  At the sa

Author:  L. Verma Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract “Agentic AI” (systems that can plan, decide, and execute multi-step tasks with limited human prompting) is quickly moving from technology demos into real sector operations—especially in travel and hospitality, where booking, pricing, staffing, disruption management, and guest service are already data-rich and workflow-driven. This article explains why agentic AI is a sectoral  phenomenon: its value and risks depe

Author:  L.Hartwell Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract Educational institutions are being asked to do more than teach. They are expected to protect learners, prove outcomes, comply with fast-changing regulation, compete in global markets, and maintain trust in environments shaped by artificial intelligence, platform economies, demographic shifts, and geopolitical uncertainty. This article examines educational leadership and institutional governance  as a connected

Author: Zarina Akhmetova Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract Data-driven decision making (DDDM) has gone from being a technical goal to something that schools and other educational institutions expect of everyone. Schools, colleges, and universities are being pushed to show that they are fair, efficient, and successful in helping students learn. Digital systems also create huge amounts of data, like admissions profiles, assessment records, learning management syste

Author: A. López – Affiliation: Independent Researcher Abstract AI is changing how businesses plan, run, and improve their operations very quickly. More and more people are using AI tools to help them make decisions about things like smart quality control, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling, and demand forecasting. This article looks at how AI can help make things run better from a social, technical, and institutional point of view. It looks at both improvements in e

Author:  L. Markovic Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract Under the ISO framework, international quality standards have become some of the most important rules for making sure quality around the world in the 21st century. ISO standards started out as optional technical guidelines, but they have grown into powerful tools that businesses use to set up processes, deal with risks, keep records of compliance, and prove their legitimacy in competitive markets. This articl

Author:  Hassan Ali Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming management education at unprecedented speed. In less than a decade, business schools have moved from viewing AI as a supplementary teaching tool to confronting it as a core driver of academic redesign, professional competencies, assessment reform, and global competitiveness. This article critically examines how AI reshapes management education through three sociologi

The COVID-19 pandemic was not only a global health crisis; it was a stress test for risk management systems in organizations, governments, and communities around the world. Many traditional approaches focused on isolated risks, linear planning, and static assumptions. The pandemic exposed how inadequate such models can be when facing systemic, cascading, and long-lasting disruptions. In the post-pandemic world, risk management is no longer an optional support function; it has

Cost leadership has long been recognized as one of the core strategies firms use to compete in dynamic markets. Traditionally associated with achieving the lowest possible operating costs, the concept has evolved significantly in the last decade. Strategic accounting—once viewed primarily as a financial reporting function—has become a central driver in designing cost structures, enabling value creation, and shaping organizational strategy. In the context of global competition

Author:  Aziz Khan Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract Organizations are moving from rigid hierarchies to fluid networks as digital technologies rewire value creation, coordination, and control. This article explains why and how this shift is happening, and what it means for management practice. Using plain, human-readable language but with academic rigor, the study draws on classic and contemporary organization theory and mobilizes three sociological frameworks—Bou

Abstract In the twenty-first century, organizations are increasingly defined by digital technologies, global connectivity, and rapid change. Leadership in such contexts requires more than management skills; it demands vision, agility, and the ability to transform human and technological systems. This article explores how transformational leadership operates in digital organizations. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of capital, habitus, and field; world-systems theory; and

Author:  Bekzat Alimov Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract The history of education represents one of humanity’s most...

Author:  Azamat Karimov — Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI)—autonomous systems capable...