address the issue. In this paper we examine the issue of professionalism in business management from two perspectives …

"The practice of management is ancient, but the formal study of management, based on an evolving body of knowledge, is … relatively new. Rarely, if ever, in human history has an activity emerged as fast as management and proven so indispensable so … quickly. For a broad working definition, management may be viewed as the activity whose purpose is to achieve desired results …

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 …