When defining a maintenance policy, it must be held in mind the fact that there isn’t such a thing like “good maintenance policy” in itself; instead, for each industrial equipment should be adapted a particular maintenance method, coming to a technical-economic compromise through its...

When defining a maintenance policy, it must be held in mind the fact that there isn’t such a thing like “good maintenance policy” in itself; instead, for each industrial equipment should be adapted a particular maintenance method, coming to a technical-economic compromise through its...

The maintenance activity isn’t a purpose in itself, it’s a necessity of which “the production suffers” and the financial agent “considers too expensive”. It often exists a conflict between the production units and the maintenance department, not only for a short term, but, sometimes,...

In Romania, like in other ex-communist countries, entrepreneurial culture is still recovering from more than 50 years of communism. Romanian academic research in the field is still at its beginnings, with more primary research needed. In this article we aim to offer an analysis of perceptions of...

The Consumer Co-operation from Moldova, becoming an important segment of socio-economic system of the country, during its activity of around a century and a half passed through different periods of ascension and decline, resisting to the impact of the world economic crisis and internal ones. The...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance assessment and reporting has drawn a considerable amount of attention. In this context, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has been among the first organizations to develop a framework for sustainability performance reporting, which is...

In the sustainable development management, the following important elements are present and operate: rules of conduct, values, aspirations and expectations, beliefs, specific myths, learned behavior patterns, habits, visible symbols of the company, motivation / reward systems, rights and...

Nowadays, change and how to lead it successfully has become the foremost topic on the minds of organizational leaders. And for good reasons: change is happening everywhere; its speed and complexity are increasing; and the future success of our organizations depends on how successful leaders are...

Leadership is clearly one of the main factors that influence organizational competitiveness. It means both science and art, both born and learned skills. Leadership and gender differentiation is a subject that leads to at least two main questions: (1) Do significant differences exist between men...