The collection of articles put into the readers’ hands is the results of preliminary tries to diagnose the fundamental dilemmas which influence the effectiveness of the public administration and it is the results of preliminary tries to suggest the ways of solving the specific problems related to the public functioning of administration . The authors of articles are Polish academics from various universities and practitioners. This collection also includes the works of authors from foreign universities cooperating with the Alcide De Gasperi University of Euroregional Economy in Józefów from the National University of Water Management and Nature Resources Use in Rivne, Ukraine and the Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. It turned out that the above topics are of great interest in their countries. The topics are very diverse, which captures both the interdisciplinary spirit of this publication, as well as the complexity of the picture of modern administration. Chapters deal with the various issues such as innovative quantitative models of public expenses, the use of human resources, the employee relations, the issues of corporation’s social responsibility, the functioning of higher education system, the role of local governments in various areas and the problems of effective control in public administration. The publication consists of two parts. In the first, there are the articles about the public administration and its practical problems are presented. The second part contains the articles about the possible use of achievements of the social sciences, especially in economics, as well as the mathematical sciences, especially 6 | WSGE in mathematical modeling and the fuzzy logic in the activities s of the public administration. The editors wish first to thank the reviewers - dr hab. Oleni Alejnikov, Ph.D. – the professor at the National University of Water Management and Nature Resources Use in Rivne, Ukraine and prof. dr hab. Florian Lempa - the professor at University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland for their valuable comments and suggestions. The acknowledgements are also due to the authors for their efforts. Special words of thanks are also due to those employees of the Alcide De Gasperi University of Euroregional Economy in Józefów who in different ways contributed to the release of this collection.