Business Excellence and Management

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Authors: Siti Munfaqiroh, Hanif Mauludin, Antonius Prima Nugraha

This study examines the relationship between Organizational Support Perceived and Psychological Capital on Subjective Welfare from employees of government organizations in Indonesia. 118 staff of the Directorate General of Taxes who participated in filling out the questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the Partial Least Square technique. The results showed that organizational support and work involvement were not proven to mediate the effect of organizational support on subjective well-being. Work engagement and career satisfaction are proven to mediate the influence of psychological capital. The practical implication proposed is the development of organizational capacity through psychological capital as the most dominant variable.

32-50

Authors: Diana Claudia Cozmiuc, Ioan Petrișor

The main objective of this paper is to check if value-based management in its classic design, 1980-2000, still works in the practice of one of its most prominent cases, Siemens. The paper also aims to describe value-based management in Siemens’ practice 1998-2020. This should enable a comparison between theory and practice the paper targets. The research methodology is case study: literature review, empirical data analysis, conclusions based on comparison. The case study is exploratory and descriptive. The article relies on secondary evidence about Siemens during 1998-2020, selects the evidence that pertains to value-based management and constructs the Siemens case example. The article is based on a large body of evidence, where the statements about valuebased management are chosen based on their relationship to key words such as value, value drivers, value creation. The results may be the confirmation or denial of classic value-based management. The conclusion is that managing for Economic Value Added still works in the current business context. Other findings are Siemens’ driver tree during 1998-2020 in thorough description.

63-83

Authors: Ionel Preda

Even though the relevance of corruption is very high in all fields of activity, the specialized literature in the field of public procurement has paid very little or even no attention to this crucial phenomenon. The field of public procurement presents a high risk of corruption, the evidence being the large number of high-level corruption cases in several Member States of the European Union. The study presents the specialized literature related to corruption in public procurement in the European Union and United States of America, analyzes the level of corruption in public procurement in Romania, the causes that generate corruption and the main measures to combat it. The article also presents the results of a survey realized among the purchasers from Romania which addresses the main elements of corruption in the field of public procurement. The survey analyzes issues related to corruption in public procurement in Romania, such as: level of corruption, control over corruption, frequency of occurrence of corruption acts, procurement procedures most prone to corruption, characteristics of the procurement procedures that favors the occurrence of corruption, most widespread way of manifesting corruption, most important consequence of corruption, percentage of increasing contract costs due to corruption, most effective anti-corruption measure.

97-108

Authors: Alina-Andreea Marin, Adina Liliana Prioteasa

New technologies are a catalyst for education. Technology unlocks educational boundaries, motivates students, improves students' writing and learning skills, promotes individual learning. This sector has become an educational priority and all EU countries are striving to develop ICT skills. Technology is part of the world we live in. Most jobs today require the use of technology. For this reason, the focus is on developing a set of knowledge, skills, attitudes, necessary for access to the labor market, social inclusion, personal development and lifelong learning. The knowledge society has imposed the use of ICT as a necessary condition for the integration of the individual in the labor market and in society. The present paper attempts to provide an overview of the impact that technology has on pupils and teachers in Romanian schools.