philosophies and approaches which derive from the Anglo-American model of ‘people management’. During the Communist period, Romania … experienced a highly centralised system of management. Broader currents of historical and political culture also served to … inculcate values of bureaucratic formalism. In transitional times it appears that the management role is being re-defined and …

management, by situating them in their societal/national culture. The paper aims to explain why some managerial actions, inspired … by Western management theories, threaten business performance. Despite the development of theories regarding cross …