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  Humor - a Means of Efficient Business Communication. Age, Gender and Cultural Differences

  Humour is considered a means for efficient business communication and a factor for successful business. It relieves the tension and stress, „breaks the ice”, leads to creative decisions, conveys inconvenient truths as skillful jokes, wins sympathy and trust when the jokes are directod to the speaker, „aikido”, etc. Everybody can learn how to joke. ... Humour is considered a means for efficient business communication and a factor for successful business. It relieves the tension and stress, „breaks the ice”, leads to creative decisions, conveys inconvenient truths as skillful jokes, wins sympathy and trust when the jokes are directod to the speaker, „aikido”, etc. Everybody can learn how to joke. This requires some knowledge on the essence of humour, the main types of humour, the importance of humour, and especially on the existing age, gender, and cultural differences. With such knowledge and appropriate trainnig everybody shall know when, where, and how to use his sense of humour.

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  Trends in Project Portfolio Management

  The article is devoted to some aspects of the system of project management activity in project oriented organizations as there is more and more growing interest of the organizations in Bulgaria to project management usage. The main motive for this probably is the becoming aware necessity of the organizations to improve their managerial processes. ... The article is devoted to some aspects of the system of project management activity in project oriented organizations as there is more and more growing interest of the organizations in Bulgaria to project management usage. The main motive for this probably is the becoming aware necessity of the organizations to improve their managerial processes. The purpose of the article is to shape out some of the advantages of the Project Management Office (PMO) as an element of the system of project management and also its role in project portfolio management in project oriented organizations.

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  Regulation of Pension Fund Investments in Bulgaria – Developments and Trends

  The experiences sharing in relation to the pension reform in Bulgaria is very interesting because Bulgaria was one of the first countries in Eastern Europe to embark upon pension reform in the early 1990s. This statement is divided into three parts: • Brief overview on the Bulgarian Pension Reform – the stages of its implementation; the main ... The experiences sharing in relation to the pension reform in Bulgaria is very interesting because Bulgaria was one of the first countries in Eastern Europe to embark upon pension reform in the early 1990s. This statement is divided into three parts: • Brief overview on the Bulgarian Pension Reform – the stages of its implementation; the main features of the reform and development of Pension funds in the country; • Describing pension funds investments regulation almost 9 years after the beginning of the pension reform; amendments of pension legislation related to investments of pension funds assets; • The last part consists of the main forthcoming changes in regulation and I will try to make some concluding comments.