TY - JOUR N2 - The article presents the possibility of using the Cobb-Douglas production function for planning in a turbulent environment. A case study was carried out – the Cobb-Douglas function was used to examine the condition of the Polish hard coal mining industry and the progress which has been made after undertaking certain activities aimed at increasing the competitiveness of coal companies over recent years. Only the correct and confirmed identification of the causes of irregularities in the production process can allow for the introduction of effective remedies. The effectiveness of the solutions proposed by the author has been confirmed thanks to the simulation during which the impact of the proposed production strategy on the parameters of the CD function was examined. Three variants of production functions models were created and production productivity rates and marginal substitution rates were determined. The results enabled the verification of the progress of restructuring as well as identification of the origin of the observed problems and comparison of the current state with the results of analyses carried out in previous years. Scenarios of possible trend developments for the factors introduced into the function model in order to present remedial measures that could improve the process of hard coal extraction were created. The scenarios were created using the ARIMA class models. Which scenario is the most favourable was determined. A computer program, created by the author, for optimising the level and use of labor resources at the level of the entire coal company has been presented. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/112124/PDF/rybak.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/112124 PY - 2019 IS - No 3 EP - 118 DO - 10.24425/gsm.2019.128529 KW - coal production KW - production function KW - turbulent environment KW - ARIMA models A1 - Rybak, Aurelia PB - Komitet Zrównoważonej Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi PAN PB - Instytut Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energią PAN VL - vol. 35 DA - 2019.09.30 T1 - Application of the Cobb-Douglas production function to study the results of the production process and planning under turbulent environment conditions SP - 99 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/112124 T2 - Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi - Mineral Resources Management ER -