It is impossible to ensure a high level functionality of Romanian economy and society without revigorating public organizations, which are the real service suppliers for citizens, local communities and the other types of organizations. The basic condition for such an adjustment is represented by...

Paper examines some issues of organizational cultural in the business sector entities, public administration and non for profit organizations. Survey is conducted via five dimensional model of Geert Hofstede and the four descriptions of organizational culture made by Tromenaars – Turnrer....

This paper tries to analyse the effects of political clientelism on the performance of public utilities and organizations in Italy. Shortly, clientelism consists in a series of reciprocal convenience-based relationships between politicians and individuals, commanding unequal resources and...

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...

Article 41 of the Italian Constitution is composed of three important provisions: the first one establishes the principle of free economic activity, the second one is about its limitations while the third one sets out the way public intervention – seen as necessary to the direction and...

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...

The access to information means power. The organizations must learn continuously, must innovate in order to face the increasing competition. Today, the successful company is a learning organization. The dissemination of knowledge is a critical factor for the learning organization. The companies...

We live in times of crisis, times of challenge, times of innovation and, more recently, times of major events (political regimes shocks, destructive earthquakes a.s.o.). All these require a huge dose of flexibility, power, speed and positive attitude. The concept of leadership has to adapt to...