A scientific approach to management was initiated for the first time in America in the late 19th century. Scientific management arose mainly from the need to increase efficiency in America, but other key factors were the spread of big businesses and the expanding application of science in...

People in general, leaders especially, are influenced by the organisational culture and the other way around. Organisational culture represents a determining factor regarding the display of leadership, since these two processes create each other, adding value and consistency to one another....

Organizing the manufacturing processes constituted probably the most difficult challenge in the American automotive industry in the 1920s. A. P. Sloan Jr. was one of the greatest captains of industry and shaped General Motors Corporation into the largest automotive manufacturer of the world. His...

This paper aims to demonstrate the way in which knowledge and information become essential elements of building up a system (Students’ Professional Association of the University of Bucharest - Team Work), contributing to strengthening its position and providing solutions for other systems that...

The knowledge economy promotes the use of information and communication technology and highly skilled labour on a large scale. The past decades have witnessed a continuous fall in the importance of unskilled sectors and a rise in skilled sectors combined with the emphasis on skills and...

Après la fin de la deuxième conflagration mondiale, le Japon était un pays en ruine. L’économie japonaise avait été pratiquement détruite. Moins d’un demi-siècle durant, elle est devenue le deuxième pouvoir économique mondiale. L’une des explications du “miracle japonais”...

The triumph of globalization brought the emergence of a new economy. ,,The new economy” is based on the information and telecommunication technology and Internet. It is a digital economy that recognizes the fundamental role of information. That is why firms seek to change their business models...

The fall of the Berlin Wall confirmed the victory of the capitalist system over the communist system. The emergence and evolution of globalization have already produced significant changes in the world economy. In the age of globalization, the free movement of people and goods requires the...