Prof. Cene Bavec
Prof. Emeritus, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia
cene.bavec@guest.arnes.si
Univerza na Primorskem
Prof. Emeritus, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia
cene.bavec@guest.arnes.si
Univerza na Primorskem
Cene Bavec, born in 1946, graduated in technical physics (1972), obtained a master's degree in operations research (1975), and a PhD in information management science (1996), all from the University of Ljubljana.
During the first decade of his career (from 1972), he worked on highly technical projects, initially as an IBM systems engineer and later as an independent consultant. The central part of his professional career was dedicated to the computerization of public administration. He held various positions, from Deputy Director of the Government Center for Social Information System and Deputy Director of the Republic Statistical Office (1982-1986) to State Secretary for Technology (1998-2000). From 1996 to 1990, he was the national coordinator of cooperation between the OECD and Yugoslavia in the field of information technology in public administration, Deputy Chairman and later Chairman of the Government Commission for Computerization of State Administration (1988-1993), and Chairman of the Management Boards of the public institutes ARNES and IZUM (1992-1994).
From 1997 to 2001, as a member of the Bangemann European Forum for the Information Society's Steering Committee, he formally represented the countries that were joining the European Union. He led various expert working groups of the European Commission. During this time, he was also Deputy Head of the Slovenian negotiating group for EU membership (science, telecommunications, and information technologies).
After 2000, he devoted himself to an academic career, which he concluded in 2014 as an emeritus professor at the University of Primorska. He was a member of the working group of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for the establishment of the University of Primorska, from 2003 to 2011 he was a member of the Senate of the University of Primorska. He regularly lectured at various domestic and foreign universities, including the New York State University in the USA and the Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences in Finland.
In 2006, he received the Slovenian Donald Michie and Alan Turing Award for Lifetime Achievement.
In 2001, he assumed the position of dean at the former School of Management, which later became a part of the newly established University of Primorska. After the university’s founding, he primarily focused on teaching and research, serving as a member of the university senate.
During his brief academic career, Cene Bavec lectured at various levels of study, covering topics related to organizational theory, general management, and information technology management. Most of his lectures were delivered at the Faculty of Management and the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Information Technology at the University of Primorska.
In recognition of his contributions, he was appointed an emeritus professor at the University of Primorska in 2014
After 1990, he gave over fifty lectures at international professional and scientific conferences.
In 2005, Cene Bavec taught two full courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at New York State University (Campus Plattsburgh) in the United States.
From 2010 to 2013, he lectured on topics related to information technology and general management at Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences in Finland
Award for Contribution to Academic Development of the Faculty on the 10th Anniversary of the Faculty of Management (2005)
Mentor Award for the Best Bachelor’s Thesis at the Faculty of Management in Koper in 2006/2007
Best paper award, 11th Management International Conference »Social Responsibility, Professional Ethics, and Management«, MIC2010, Ankara
Faculty of Management Recognition for Best Teacher According to Student Feedback in 2009/2010
Faculty of Management Recognition for Best Teacher According to Student Feedback in 2010/2011
Recognition of the Faculty of Management for outstanding contribution to the development of the faculty (2014)
Faculty DOBA Recognition for Best Teacher in the Doctoral Program According to Student Feedback in 2020/2021
He was honored with the title of a legend of computer science and informatics by the Programming and Organizing Committee of the Information Society 2023 multi-conference
Cene Bavec has 357 bibliographic units in his COBISS bibliography. His professional publications focus on various aspects of information technology development and implementation. In his scientific publications, socio-economic challenges related to management and digitalization prevail.
The detailed list of publications is included in the attached COBISS report.
Short selection of scientific articles (in English)
BAVEC, Cene. On the creative climate and innovativeness at the country level. Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu. 2009, vol. 27, sv. 1, str. 9-30
BAVEC, Cene. Social responsibility and professional ethics in management : some empirical evidences at country levels. Managing global transitions : international research journal. [Spletna izd.]. Winter 2012, vol. 10, no. 4, str. 361-377, 420-421, ilustr. ISSN 1854-6935.
BAVEC, Cene. Interdependence between social values and national performance indicators : the case of the enlarged European Union. Managing global transitions : international research journal. [Tiskana izd.]. fall 2007, vol. 5, no. 2, str. [213]-228. ISSN 1581-6311
BAVEC, Cene, VINTAR, Mirko. What matters in the development of the e-government in the EU?. V: WIMMER, Maria A. (ur.), SCHOLL, Jochen (ur.), GRÖNLUND, Åke (ur.). Electronic government : 6th international conference, EGOV 2007, Regensburg, Germany, September 3-7, 2007 : ISBN 978-3-540-74443-6. ISSN 0302-9743
BAVEC, Cene. On the current environments for e-government development in the enlarged European Union. Information polity. 2006, let. 11, št. 3/4, str. 197-206, ilustr. ISSN 1570-1255.
MANZIN, Massimo, BAVEC, Cene. The impact of organizational virtuality on financial effectiveness. Kybernetes : the international journal of systems & cybernetics. 2013, vol. 42, no. 8, str. 1135-1148. ISSN 0368-492X
BAVEC, Cene. Interdependence between social values and national performance indicators : the case of the enlarged European Union. Managing global transitions : international research journal. [Tiskana izd.]. fall 2007, vol. 5, no. 2, str. [213]-228. ISSN 1581-6311
BAVEC, Cene, Social Responsibility and Professional Ethics in Management: Does It Matter?. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference, Ankara, Turkey, 24-27
BAVEC, Cene. An assessment of the organization virtuality with three different reference models, Informatica, 2002, 26 (4), 347-352
BAVEC, Cene. On the modelling of management decision-making processes in organized anarchy, Informatica, 2001, 25 (3), 375-9
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