Not only business companies but also Universities are subject to change. This change leads to a development of these institutions or rather an assimilation to changing surrounding conditions. Due to reduction of school years for passing the German Abitur and the abolition of compulsory military...

Someone said long time ago that everything is subject to change and that change is the only constant. If changes, as occurrences of long duration, are viewed through their temporal dimension, we will see that they are unstoppable. This is how it has always been and how it will always be. What is...

Globalization has encouraged merger and acquisitions (M&As) across countries. We propose a theoretical model that explains the process through which employees adapt to changes introduced by cross-border M&As. Empirical analyses based on 174 Chinese employees who experienced an unexpected M&A...

This is a study of Management Control Systems (MCS) in the Italian public sector in the context of a significant change that is shifting these organisations from a bureaucratic toward a performance-oriented model. The paper aims to present a theoretical framework for developing an overall...

There are many documented methods that teach systematic ways to innovate. However, the methods are not easy to follow. Even applying these techniques needs creativity. As a result, many industries find it difficult to really implement these techniques. The present paper highlights the difficulty...

The present research aims to establish and outline strategies for promoting change in the context of organizational learning, in order to maintain deeply active and creative human resources, while capable of achieving economic sustainability. This is becoming more obvious now as the changes take...

In a European area, for each citizen must have a secure environment in which freedom, security and justice are guaranteed. Today, it is necessary to build an integrated public policy driven by security needs and proactively serving the citizen. More than ever, it is necessary that the public...

Governments must face a growing complexity and a greater acute needs more specialized staff to manage and solve new problems. Classical Administration, governed by a set of specific legislation is not adequate for this purpose. But as we shall see, is not redundant, obsolete. The new public...

Change is one of the "constants" of our world, and is universal; in fact is a natural process. Therefore, the change might be seen as a necessity, and moreover, as a process with potential of adaptation and development for each person, organization, society, and one of the most important factors...

At present, in a society increasingly based on knowledge, the correct approach to change in organizations is extremely difficult, due to national and international implications of the expected effects of actions taken or derived. Once Romania joins the European Union, Romania has entered a new...