Transformation of Public Management Process Due to Competitive Intelligence Implementation

Abstract

Abstract Among urban agglomerations, the competition is revealed on European funding, government funding, high skilled human resources, etc. If the regionalization process would have been completed, urban agglomerations in Romania were grouped according to form administrative regions. In this scenario, between cities in the same region there would have emerged a collaborative relationship aiming to further develop the region and to compete with other regions. In the current situation, without regionalization, urban agglomerations are facing a direct competition with even cities that should be colleagues within the administrative regions. Some public managers understand that in order to have an effective management system it is mandatory to adopt a competitive behavior, guided by the rules of competitive intelligence. This paper presents a study regarding transformations occurring in the process of public management as managers implement competitive intelligence within the decision-making system. Through a general analysis are highlighted some future projections in regard to the hierarchy of the most important regions from Romania.