{"title":"Are National Cultures Changing? Evidence from the World Values Survey","authors":"Mirabela-Constanţa Matei , Maria-Madela Abrudan","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.047","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.047","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The aim of this paper is to analyze from a quantitative standpoint the stability of the concept of ‘national culture’. In this respect, we analyzed whether significant changes in people's perception have occurred in the past 25 years in different national cultures. A longitudinal study based on data provided by World Values Survey and European Values Survey was conducted. 13 countries were selected. One of the main research findings is that some national cultures are more stable than others. The cultures that are subject to major changes, such as economic ones, change to a greater extent and faster, while others change more slowly. Results and limits of the research are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 657-664"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.047","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55110374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management of the Reverse Engineering Process in the Plastics Industry","authors":"George Belgiu , Constantin Cărăuşu","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.056","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.056","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The management of the Reverse Engineering (RE) process for polymeric parts is a relatively complicated one. Composition on this market segment is tough due to the fact that approximately 85% of the machinery and equipment industry has migrated from the steel parts industry to the plastics industry over the last 30 years. This is why not only old mechanical parts and assemblies are subject to the RE process, but also new parts / products that competition is trying to reproduce. Therefore, the goal is to achieve the RE process of superior quality at the lowest cost and in the shortest possible time (if possible in a fully automated system). The RE process management involves selecting the hardware, selecting the RE software, and adopting the proper technique for obtaining surfaces (or solids, as the case may be). All these steps depend on the quality of the product to be achieved and the speed at which the results are obtained. The paper presents a concrete case of RE, solved by a certain process, but also other possible variants, as well as their impact on the quality of the final product (precision / price / effort).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 729-736"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55110554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supply Chain Monitoring: LLPs and 4PL Providers as Orchestrators","authors":"François Fulconis , Gilles Paché","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the past three decades, many firms have chosen to outsource logistics operations management to specialized suppliers called logistics service providers (LSPs). This managerial reality has been described and analyzed extensively in academic studies in marketing, strategic management and logistics management. More recently, a new generation of providers, called LLPs (<em>lead logistics providers</em>) and 4PL (<em>fourth party logistics</em>) providers, have radically altered the logistics industry. They notably offer complete logistics service without necessarily possessing the physical assets (means of transport, warehouses, etc.). These providers are gradually becoming orchestrators within supply chains. This article explores this little known reality that portends a strategic disruption, based on a case study of a global LSP.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 9-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ionuţ Viorel Herghiligiu , Alexandru Pohonţu , Marius Pislaru , Adrian Vilcu
{"title":"Influencing Factors and Outcomes of the Learning by Sharing Process","authors":"Ionuţ Viorel Herghiligiu , Alexandru Pohonţu , Marius Pislaru , Adrian Vilcu","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The mergіng оf оrgаnіzаtіоnаl leаrnіng theоry аnd knоwledge mаnаgement іn recent yeаrs hаs gіven rіse tо іmроrtаnt іnsіghts regаrdіng the leаrnіng рrоcess аnd knоwledge trаnsfer thаt stіll requіres much reflectіоn іn оrder tо be іntegrаted іntо рrаctіce. However, few studies could be found in literature which focuse on what and how the influencing factors are related to organizational learning and knowledge sharing taken as a synergistic process. The purpose of this paper is to identify the influencing factors and outcomes of the learning by sharing process within small and medium organizations located in Nord-East region of Romania. The reseаrch tаrget рорulаtіоn cоnsіsts оf emрlоyees frоm рrіvаte sectоr, regаrdless the dіmensіоn оr fіeld оf аctіvіty, with a sample of 280 filed questіоnnаіres. Thus, the article presents a statistical analysis of the relationship between the influencing factor as inputs, learning by sharing as process, and outcomes. The prаctіcаl іmрlіcаtіоn оf thіs study іs tо рrоmоte the understаndіng оf hоw оrgаnіzаtіоnаl knоwledge-bаsed resоurces cаn іs grоwn аnd used by рrоmоtіng оf strаtegіes bаsed оn knоwledge mаnаgement аnd оrgаnіzаtіоnаl leаrnіng іnіtіаtіves.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 63-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Customer Experience Management to Leverage Customer Loyalty in the Automotive Industry","authors":"F. Scherpen , A. Draghici , J. Niemann","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper presents an investigation on the current market conditions in sales based in the automotive industry and a new approache triggered by the digitization in this industry. Various studies prove that the behavior of the customers has changed drastically. By this customer experience, management becomes a central strategy in the digital age to reach long-term customer loyalty and enterprise growth. It is therefore necessary to adapt the function of the car dealers and, in general, innovative sales formats and technologies for communication with the customer. This paper describes how Daimler AG is reacting to these market changes with the concept of “Mercedes Me”.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 374-380"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Misconceived Delegation of Responsibility","authors":"Oana Georgiana Andronic , Dănuţ Dumitraşcu","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The division of labor and the growing number of businesses have led to the situation where the superior is no longer able to make all decisions alone and therefore is required to delegate. Delegation has been around for a long time and has become critical to modern businesses. We must differentiate between delegating an assignment, in the sense of delegation work and delegating the responsibility. These aspects are often misunderstood or not differentiated at all. Employees should not only be delegated with the execution of tasks but also with the related power to act and decide. Managing through conventional authoritarian principles is no longer sustainable within the current economic trend. This paper aims to present the behavioral pattern of the wrongly-understood delegation of responsibility, instruments and fear of delegation and how this type of approach, which is currently implemented in so many organizations, is actually a misconceived delegation of responsibility.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 408-413"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Products in the Context of Competitiveness","authors":"Raul Ambrus, Monica Izvercian, Larisa Ivascu, Alin Artene","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.023","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sustainability is a concept adopted and approached in public and private organizations as a guiding principle that contributes to organizational development. However, the greatest challenge for organizations is its real implementation and the steps to be taken in this respect. At the same time, another challenge is how this sustainable development performance can be measured (for products and processes). These concepts are addressed in a competitive business environment, where differentiation and attraction of customers are among the main directions of action. In this context, the present paper presents Life cycle sustainability assessment of products in the context of competitiveness. At the end of the paper, an approach for the interpretation of the results obtained from the Life cycle sustainability assessment is presented.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 452-459"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lean Manufacturing in SMEs in Romania","authors":"Valentin Munteanu , Anca Ştefănigă","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper aims to bring to the forefront a concept that has put its mark on the manufacturing process development over the past two decades, namely lean manufacturing.</p><p>The objective of the theoretical part of the article is, by summarizing the information existing in the literature, to present the meanings given to the concept of lean manufacturing and how it can be implemented in organizations (steps to be followed, success factors, barriers), the term evolution and the emergence of a new concept - Lean Six Sigma.</p><p>The second part is an investigative approach to the interest of Romanian bloggers in studying the lean manufacturing phenomenon, especially a well-known instrument of it, just-in-time production method.</p><p>The information obtained has shown that although the concept is an intensely studied international literature, in the autochthonous approach is in the early stages.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 492-500"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.028","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Analysis of the Romanian Global Competitiveness International Ranking. The impact of the IEC Program","authors":"Lavinia-Maria Cernescu , Claudia BITEA (Ciobanu) , Luisa Izabel Dungan","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.031","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The economy's growth potential is determined by the country's ability to sustain the level of income and returns to investments. A country's wealth depends on the competitiveness of firms and on the capabilities of its entrepreneurs and managers. Companies achieve competitive advantage through acts of innovation. Although innovation is the engine of growth, it does not create economic benefits until it is incorporated into actual products, services and processes, which are commercialized. National and European investments in R&D are not always strongly correlated with average incomes. According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, Romania together with Croatia and Hungary was in the transition from stage 2 (efficiency-driven stage of development) to stage 3 (innovation-driven stage). A year later Romania went back to the stage 2, in spite of Croatia and Hungary which kept their positions. Regarding the competitiveness international ranking, according to the Global Competitiveness Report, Romania ranked 53th in 2015, while in 2016 Romania ranked 62th. In order for Romania to reach 3 stage of development (innovation-driven stage) it has to improve the activity of the innovative firms. Did the EU funds accessed between 2007-2013 had a real impact on the global competitiveness of Romania? Will Romania reach the stage 3 innovation-driven stage, by 2020? This article analysis the impact of the IEC Program (2007-2013) on the Romanian global competitiveness index and 12th pillar innovation and tries to answer those questions mentioned above<em>.</em></p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 517-526"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.031","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Soft Skills Development Needs and Methods in Micro-Companies of ICT Sector","authors":"Székely Szilárd, Adriana Benedek, Lucian Ionel-Cioca","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article calls for the inclusion of soft skills in the development of information and communication technology (ICT) sector's specialists in order to increase the competitiveness of ICT SME's. For a successful activity, ICT specialist needs two categories of skills: hard and soft skills. When talking about hard skills, we refer to direct technical knowledge. On the opposite, soft skills refer to communication, team work, creativity, problem solving and other personal skills. Experts agree that beside hard (technical) skills, soft (also called people-) skills are necessary. The research was based on an analysis of European level documents on skills needs, desk research in partner countries and expert interviews.</p><p>In this article, we present the most important soft skills an ICT specialist needs for a successful activity in micro-companies and the most efficient methods to develop them. Based on the needs analyses the major soft skills to develop for the target group (ICT specialist in European SME's) are: Communication, Problem solving, Teamwork, Learning mindset, Creativity, Leadership, Strategic thinking, Customer service, Innovation and Risk management. In order to develop these skills, further researches state that a combination of the following will be the most effective: e-learning platform, face-to-face workshops/ interactions with role play, simulation, mentoring, coaching.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 94-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}