Management In Romania Research Articles

The Challenges Facing I.T. Organizations from Romania in Implementing Effective Talent Management

History shows that every crisis brings with it numerous challenges in several fields, of which the economic, financial or business is no exception. In the context of the post-Covid crisis and the crisis generated by the conflict in Ukraine, the challenge in the field of talent management in Romania is being significantly reconfigured in many areas. Technology and the I.T. field are the key factors in organizations efforts to become more flexible and efficient in their operations. The IT industry in Romania represents one of the most prosperous economic sectors. In this context, identifying, attracting and retaining talent are practices of the research field of talent management that can maintain a certain competitive advantage of organizations. In this research, we were concerned qualitatively and quantitatively with the identification of some challenges faced by organizations in the implementation talent management strategies Awareness of these major challenges can be a real advantage in the successful implementation of talent management strategies in I.T. organizations in Romania.

Using Adapted and Productive European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Provenances as Future Solutions for Sustainable Forest Management in Romania

In the near future, it is predicted that the natural distribution range of forest tree species will be reshaped due to the rapid changes in climate conditions. The assisted migration of species in favorable environmental conditions, as future solutions for sustainable forest management, could be supported by genetic tests. This study aims to evaluate the adaptive potential of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and the opportunities for applying assisted migration practices in the Carpathian region of Romania. Growth and stability performances, as well as phenotypic plasticity of 31 international beech provenances, were assessed in two common garden experiments located in optimum growing conditions and at the eastern margin of the beech distribution range, respectively. For all analyses, trees height, breast height diameter, and survival were determined. Survival and growth traits were higher by 6–8% in the ecological optimum for beech. The highest mean plasticity was obtained by three provenances from France and one from Denmark. Three provenances performed better in both trials. Increasing the management sustainability of beech forests in a changing climate might be possible by using assisted migration practices, which include the promotion of the highest adapted and productive provenances only in the provenance region where they performed.

Comparative Study on Labor Management in Romania and Spain

Comparative Study on Labor Management in Romania and Spain

The Importance of Police Management in Romania

The Importance of Police Management in Romania

The manager concept and manager’s abilities in the process of human resources recruitment

In this paper, we discuss the over-use of manager concept in the process of recruitment of human resources and the misalignment of managerial abilities of the future manager with the hierarchical level in the organization. We have resorted to an archival data analysis research strategy to analyse 228 job announcements for the recruitment of managers in Romania, regarding the topics mentioned above. We found that in almost 50% of announcements the manager concept was over-used by companies in our sample. In other words, the concept ‘manager’ was used in recruitment announcements in which there was not a management position. Likewise, we found that most companies required planning and organizing abilities, but they underappreciated the attention devoted to leadership and controlling/supervising abilities (in 57%, respectively 38% from cases). We also found that in 50% of announcements the human abilities were underappreciated by companies in our sample.

Editorial

"The theme of the present issue is devoted to a hot subject for museums, all over the world: Museums, Sustainability and Well-being. Though, for many of the museum visitors and even for some specialists, this theme may look as far away from the actual problems confronting museums, the truth is that many of the curators and museum managers in Romania are more and more preoccupied by it and are trying to find fresh and efficient answers to it."

Increasing the Managerial Performance of Romanian Museums with the Help of Stakeholders

Abstract Museum professionals worldwide make considerable efforts to maintain the integrity of the cultural institutions they manage, as organizations that collect, research, conserve, and exhibit, as well as in their educational and social purpose, in a concerted effort to make museums more performing, more popular, more attractive and more competitive. In this context, many questions arise about how a performing museum looks like in the current social, political, and cultural contexts, how the performance of a museum can be evaluated, and, especially, how the managerial performance of museums can be increased. At the center of these concerns, the issue of stakeholders, the partnerships with them, the strategies for their optimal approach, as well as the impact of such initiatives on increasing the managerial performance of museums, occupy an essential role. One of the objectives of this research is to emphasize the need to use new strategies, methods, and tools in an attempt to make museum institutions perform better from a managerial point of view. To verify the perception of such initiatives, two practical applications were carried out: quantitative research, which analyzes the perception of internal stakeholders (museum staff) on the involvement of external stakeholders in the process of improving museum services, and qualitative research, which sought to capture the perception of museum managers in Romania regarding partnerships with stakeholders and their role in increasing the managerial performance of the institution. The results show that museums are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of stakeholders with an active interest in museum practices and policies and optimized solutions regarding the institutional and organizational transformation of museum institutions in Romania are taking shape, to rebuild the way museums interact with relevant stakeholders.

A cost effectiveness analysis of stroke management in Romania

A cost effectiveness analysis of stroke management in Romania

Latest developments in cybersecurity management in Romania. Financing a condition for market evolution

Abstract Cybersecurity has become one of the foundations for the development and protection of the economy and of its digital component. It has evolved gradually from a new science into a cross branch inside the modern society, maintaining a niche characteristic and raising the need for allocation of numerous resources at industry, country and international level. Romania, similar to other states has witnessed the development of the ICT industry and of all the other services associated with it, with a particular focus on the cybersecurity. This was accompanied by some actions put in place by the public authorities and private players to guarantee the strategic importance of the sector: legislative update, launch of several initiatives and projects, introduction and enlargement of curricula in universities, collaboration with other specialized institutions, education of the population, creation of institutional framework, public-private partnership. Such a growing demand of this market has to be accompanied by a proper financing in order to achieve planned objectives. This editorial will present some of the actions implemented to highlight the constructive approach in the overall transformation undertaken by Romanian organizations and some of the tools available to them to finance future projects. Among the various platforms accessible for financing, European Cybersecurity Competence Centre and Network and Horizon Europe could function as sources for market evolution.

The Winding Road towards Sustainable Forest Management in Romania, 1989–2022: A Case Study of Post-Communist Social–Ecological Transition

Forest ecosystems are a prime example of the heated debates that have arisen around how forests should be managed, and what services and benefits they should deliver. The European transitions in governance to and from communist regimes have had significant impacts on forests and their management. Unstable legislative and institutional changes prior to, during, and after a communist regime, combined with unique remnant areas of high-conservation-value forests, make Romania an ideal case study to explore the social–ecological transitions of forest landscapes. The aim of this paper is two-fold. First, we present the origins of, the evolution of, and the current state of forest management and ownership in Romania during transitions between the pre-communist (–1945), communist (1945–1989), and EU periods (2007–). Second, we focus on the enablers and barriers in Romania towards sustainable forest management as defined by pan-European forest policies. We used a semi-systematic, five-step scientific literature review on forest ownership, governance, and management in Romania. The analysis shows that both enablers (e.g., forest certification) and barriers (e.g., redundancy and the questionable effectiveness of the network of protected areas; illegal, unsustainable, and unreported logging; loopholes in the legislative framework) have contributed to the current approaches to interpreting forests, forestry, and forest management. The installation of the communist regime translated into sustained wood yield forest management under singular forest ownership, which opposed the previous system and forest ownership pluralism. In the post-communist period, forestland restitution led to significant legislative changes, but forest management must still confront remnant elements of the communist approach. Both communist and post-communist policies related to forests have shaped the evolution of forest landscape management in Romania, thus stressing the need to learn from the past towards securing sustainable forest management into the future. These lessons provide insights on both positive and negative drivers of forest management, which can contribute to smooth future transition towards more sustainable forest management practices.

Educational Management in the Covid 19 Era. Case Study: Romanian Universities

The pandemic generated by the SARS-CoV 19 virus had, in addition to the obvious effects on the health of the population, multiple side
 effects. Of these, the effect on the education system can be found among the most important. The long period of lockdown, coupled with the transition to an online learning system, has been a daunting task for any education system. This article presents the ways to approach educational management in Romania from the perspective of higher education institutions. The research considers both the specific legislation issued during 2019-2021 and the ways of implementing and adapting universities during this period. The obtained results show us that at the level of higher education institutions in Romania there was no consensus on educational management in COVID 19 Era. The conclusion that emerges is that of the need to develop, at the national and institutional level, management plans for such periods of crisis
 and programs for the concrete implementation of these plans.

Riding the Pandemic Waves-Lessons to Be Learned from the COVID-19 Crisis Management in Romania.

In our analysis, we assessed how Romania dealt with the numerous challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic during 2021. In that year, the government had to deal with two waves of COVID-19 pandemics caused by the new variants, the low vaccination rate of the population, the overload of the healthcare system and political instability at the same time. Based on publicly available databases and international literature, we evaluated government measures aimed at reducing the spread of the pandemic and ensure the operation of the healthcare workforce and infrastructure. In addition, we evaluated measures to provide health services effectively and the government’s pandemic responses regarding excess mortality in 2021. In the absence of a complex monitoring system, limited information was available on the spread of the pandemic or the various risk factors at play. Due to incomplete and inadequate management systems, the government was unable to implement timely and adequate measures. Our analysis concludes that the management of a pandemic can only be successful if data are collected and evaluated using complex systems in a timely manner, and if members of society adhere to clearly communicated government measures due to high levels of trust in the government.

SWOT-AHP HYBRID METHOD FOR RANKING THE STRATEGIES IN THE SHIPBUILDING SECTOR

The paper outlines the most important shipbuilding strategies in Romania that would allow this industry to increase its performance to be competitive. The research is mainly based on the collection of information from experts in the field from ANCONAV (Romanian Shipbuilders Association), specialists in design and production, and shipyard managers in Romania. The SWOT analysis was based on this information and was the starting point in formulating the strategies. The quantitative determination of the importance of each factor and sub-factor from the SWOT matrix in view of ranking the strategies, but also the verification of the points of view of the experts in the field were performed using the Analytical Hierarchy Process Method (AHP), using Excel applications. The obtained results consisted in identifying the internal and external environmental factors and formulating the main strategies with positive effects on the Romanian naval sector (the development of a Romanian cluster, the consolidation of the position on the global ship market through aggressive marketing, investments regarding the construction of ecological ships, the development of centers of excellence for exploiting the research-development-innovation capacity, the limitation of highly-skilled labor migration, expanding the digitalization, and developing a marketing policy to promote the national shipbuilding companies globally).

Health and Safety Issues in Romanian Forests: Findings from FSC Certification Audits

In a wider context of attempting to minimise forestry related occupational hazards, this paper aimed to evaluate the ability of FSC forest management certification to contribute to identifying, describing, and reducing health and safety issues in forest management in Romania. By extracting and analysing the health and safety related non-conformities from auditing reports issued for Romanian forest management operations between 2013 and 2018, the study reveals that the most important risk factors are organizational factors, followed by equipment-related factors. The correlation of the results with other findings in the forest operations literature indicates that forest management certification is a suitable tool to identify and describe the health and safety aspects of forest management related activities, especially for forest operations. The analysis also indicates some possible causes of the high rate of work accidents in Romanian forestry: obsolete and less mechanised technology, low concern for providing and using specific safety equipment, low wages in forest operations, lack of proper training etc. All these aspects point to the need for improving safe organisational culture.

Exploring the Job Satisfaction of Public and Private Employess in Romania

Satisfaction at work is one of the most studied organizational variables and many studies show that it is extremely important for organizations. Closely related to work motivation and performance, satisfaction is an important factor for many attitudes such as absenteeism or intention to resign. The aims of the present study is to measure the degree of job satisfaction of public and private employees in Romania and to analyze the differences between the two sectors. In the present study participated a total of 120 full-time employees of various private enterprises and public organizations. The Job Satisfaction Survey (Spector, 1985) was used to collect data. The survey results indicate a moderate degree of work satisfaction of respondents across most analyzed dimensions of job satisfaction. Two of the analyzed dimensions, one intrinsic (nature of work) and one extrinsic (communication) registered a high score of job satisfaction in both sectors. Instead, the biggest differences are found on dimensions ""supervision"" and the ""co-workers"" (both extrinsic factors) private sector employees showing a higher degree of job satisfaction than those in the public sector. To enhance employee motivation, public-sector managers in Romania should improve their employees’ extrinsic job satisfaction and help unsatisfied employees transfer to jobs they find more satisfying.

Sustainable Development Practices of Restaurants in Romania and Changes during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sustainable development is a constant and a necessity of daily life in the restaurant industry. The restaurant industry has high consumptions of energy, water, detergents, and consumables, together with tremendous food waste. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted many acute sustainable development problems. In this context, this article analyzes the practices identified by restaurant managers that define their responsible behavior, and the significant changes made towards sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article presents the results obtained through qualitative research, carried out by semi-directive in-depth interviews, conducted with 56 restaurant managers from Romania. The answers obtained are based on five topics of discussion highlighting the managers’ growing interest in finding solutions to counteract negative effects on the environment, to ensure the wellbeing of customers and employees, and to increase the profitability of their company. The results obtained from the research reflect the thoughts and actions of restaurant managers in Romania, contributing to the body of knowledge in the understanding of sustainability practices in the foodservice sector.

Identifying the Types of Diversity in the Romanian Pre-university Educational Institutions and the Appropriate Managerial Strategy

The current research aims identifying the level of knowledge the stakeholders in the pre-university education system have upon the concept of diversity as a social construct and as basis for both the cohesion degree of the employees’ group (teachers, auxiliary personnel, non-didactical) and the students’ group, as well as the satisfaction degree they have while participating in the didactical process. The research method is the investigation. The instrument is the questionnaire (Annex 1), which was applied to a number of 25 respondents, school inspectors for institutional management and human resources management in Romania. After its application in Google forms format, the answers were introduces in the NVivo content data analysis program, using the codes diversity type, management strategy, ethnicity, gender, religion, language, gaining information according to the table in Annex 2. As the main objective of our study was to identify the types of diversity the schools face, we therefore begin our analysis by simply asking the responders to enumerate the types of diversity they can identify in their counties. Altogether, once they are enlisted, the responders will further name the strategy they can find in the schools from their county where those types of diversity were found. Our data suggest that diversity is defined in a very unspecific, personal and subjective way, that the types of diversity are very distinct and quite difficult to manage and that an easily identifiable strategic approach is inexistent in most of the targeted counties.

Landfill fires in Romania

Multiple hazards to human health and the environment are associated with a lacking waste management. Among them, landfill fires suddenly release large amounts of various chemicals, leading to environmental pollution and to potential impacts upon human health in the affected areas. The low level of separate collection and recycling of municipal waste in Romania leads to the accumulation of biowaste and other combustible waste (paper, plastic and textiles) in landfills, increasing the risk of landfill fires. Inventorying and monitoring the effects of such inadvertent events is a necessary step towards a thorough assessment of the environmental pollution at regional level. By using a waste fires database and reviewing press reports on large landfill fires, we have identified the spatial distribution of landfill fires in Romania, between 2016 and 2020. While the national annual average is rather low (around 35 fires per year), we were able to identify several hotspots of frequent landfill fires. Such sites draw attention to the ineffective municipal waste management in Romania and to the need for a better environmental monitoring in areas affected by landfill fires.

Invasive alien plant species in Romania of European Union concern

Abstract An assessement of the alien plants of Romania was conducted which considered the requirements of Regulation 1143/2014 of the European Union (EU). Thus, available data about the presence, invasiveness, distribution, pathways of introduction and their known impact in the territory of Romania were analysed. We found that of 36 plant species of EU concern, four are already established in Romania and widespread, at least locally or regionally: Ailanthus altissima, Asclepias syriaca, Elodea nuttallii and Impatiens glandulifera. For Humulus scandens there are some reports, but its presence and status require confirmation. Heracleum sosnowskyi and Ludwigia peploides are confirmed for only one location for each species. The presence of Cabomba caroliniana and Myriophyllum aquaticum in Romania is not confirmed. Most of the records are intentional introductions for ornamental purposes. Regarding their invasiveness, given the geographical origin and history of invasion in warmer climate regions (e.g., tropical, subtropical), many of the species listed as being of EU concern do not currently constitute a real threat to Romania, for the time being, but may do in a climate change scenario for the 2070s. Data about the impact of alien plant species and their management in Romania are scattered or completely missing. Coordinated institutional efforts are needed to increase the efficiency of the management of alien species at national and local level. These efforts should include: enhancing the legislation and the capacity of public institutions to manage invasive species, increasing the research interest in the science of this topic and promoting real measures to mitigate, control and remove alien plants.

Resilience Innovations and the Use of Food Order & Delivery Platforms by the Romanian Restaurants during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic, the blocking of activity by the government and the restrictions imposed in Romania had detrimental effects on the activity of restaurants, imposing their adaptation to new situations and generating creative innovations that caused changes in the way restaurants deliver food to consumers through food order & delivery platforms. Exploring the nature and implications of such innovations on resilience, this study analyzes their impact on the attitude and intention to use food delivery platforms by restaurant managers in Romania during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the proposed structural model, the authors integrate innovations in resilience by joining together the new components of the established TAM model. This research was conducted on a sample of 402 restaurant managers in Romania. The data was collected based on a questionnaire, and it was analyzed with the SmartPLS3 software. The results of the study show that the four variables of innovation, namely business strategy innovations, technological innovations, financial innovations and social innovations, exert different effects on behavioral intention and attitude towards using the order & delivery platforms. The results of the study can be key points in the more efficient management of material, financial and human resources, thus improving the commercial performance of restaurants.