The success stories from past years of many museums in the world have shown the need for a change in terms of management vision of this type of cultural organization, by addressing elements outside the organization as a driver for competitiveness. Thus, the opportunities generated by the...

Design and evaluation of language teaching materials has given rise to many academic debates about the usefulness of such materials as well as of their role in the professional development of language teachers. Should professionals in the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) design their...

Multilevel modeling has been mainly used in education research, health studies, psychology and sociology, its application to the study of social-economic phenomena and especially to business studies is rather scarce. Hence, its application to business studies might produce interesting new...

The role of ethical behaviour in public management is crucial for the public organizations’ results and for the citizens’ satisfaction. This idea is already demonstrated by several studies and the practitioners share it. There are limited knowledge about how the newly emerged...

In this paper we conducted a survey to identify the ethics of the managers of sports clubs in Romania. Managers of sports clubs are those who are called upon to ensure the climate conducive to sports performance, in terms of ethics. The objective of the study was to assess the ethical levels of...

The analysis of successful experiences in urban development shows that one important vector in increasing the popularity of a metropolis, so necessary in urban competition, is the "theatre-logo". "La Fenice" in Venice, Royal Theatre in Madrid, La Scala in Milan, "Globe" Theatre in London,...

Governance issues are fundamental in Local Public Utilities (LPUs)management. In recent decades, organisations providing Public Services in European countries are experiencing key changes in their governance system. At the same time, local authorities need to keep their control over LPU services...

Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has raised the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF, Fund) as a lender of last resort. Given that Romania, as well, has turned to the IMF to cushion the impact of the GFC, the article aims to explore topical relations between Romania and the IMF: by...

Specialists consider that the quality of human resources management influences organizational performance and encourage public managers to come up with solutions in order to increase human resources activities efficiency. The aim of the present paper is to provide an in-depth up-to-date analysis...

The current Romanian medical system is going throw a complex process of reform based mainly in winning the citizens, professionalization the management and increasing the funding levels. The present study is an analysis of the satisfaction level felt by medical staff in emergency reception units...