In real economy any activity is growing up under uncertain and unsafe circumstances, providing a serious reason for the managers to develop the necessary means, in order to find the adequate solutions for each case and to diminish the negative impact upon the organisation. The risk and...

In this study we endeavour to expose the falseness of a certain sense of underlying inferiority in the company model advocated by the social economy. We will do so by describing and analysing certain “recent” management trends whose origins run from the end of the Second World War to the...

The European Union Council had and still has in view the profound changes taking place in society: globalization represents for Europe a competitors intensification in all the economical sectors, while the developing and the diversification of the information technologies can lead to a radical...

The aim of this article is to clarify the ontology of knowledge, and to point out methodological implications hereof for action research aimed at action researchers’ and practitioners’ co-creation of knowledge. The article is motivated by the observation that action research literature tends...

Quality is an integral part of international competitiveness in the world. Quality has many meanings and implications, based on the quality of products or services to the very quality companies. Competitiveness, defined as the ability of firms to compete is the essence of a good marketing system...

The paper deals with the concept of quality, in general and the manner in which it is perceived in education. For the educational process, quality is not produced exclusively by school, as a provider of educational services, but by the beneficiaries and the purchasers of education.

The organizational culture of a university influences not only the relationships that exist between the members of the academic community but also the quality of the teaching process and students’ development. Based on these, we developed a research in which we focused on analyzing the values...

In the paper various forms of organizational consulting are presented. Some of them introduce valuable knowledge and skills to organizations. Others are also the source of technology, products and capital. Sometimes, the organizations become dependent on the consulting agencies. In some cases,...

The current and future economic context compel to ample reconsiderations related to the volume and content of the demarches carried out by organisations, in order to face the competition sharper and sharper and the more and more numerous rigors, among which the issue of environment is more than...

In the not very far future, competition and performance will be depend on the competences and abilities the individuals and the organizations have at each level so that they can propose, design and implement viable and efficient strategies. Moreover, the high quality standards imposed upon the...