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{"title":"Is the Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) a predictor for the Cultural Intelligence (CQ)?","authors":"Ruxandra Nicoleta Popescu ,&nbsp;Daniel Frantz Fistung ,&nbsp;Teodor Popescu ,&nbsp;Alexandra Mihaela Popescu","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.045","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.045","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Our study goal</em> <strong>–</strong> Modern management is paying more and more attention to new research directions that aim a compound approach of the human psychology and, implicitly, its role in achieving an organizational framework auspicious for performance. Due to this context, our study aims to highlight the correlations between the Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) and the Cultural Intelligence (CQ) in the Romanian academic environment. <em>Research methodology</em> <strong>–</strong> Data presented, resulted from a sociological investigation, based on a questionnaire and accomplished during 2016 on a representative sample of students from the Romanian Academy of Economic Studies (Bucharest), form the Management Faculty. Information obtained were processed by econometric methods, by/with SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences), the most used statistical software for social sciences. <em>Ascertainment</em> <strong>–</strong> This study identifies and measures the intensity between OCB (including its components) and Cultural Intelligence (CQ), links. The results obtained, highlight the existence of some influences of the OCB components, on CQ, but the intensity of the influences is weak. In this situation, OCB can’t be considered a CQ predictor. <em>Research limits</em> <strong>–</strong> Our study research are available only on the analysed sample. To increase the results applicability, we consider as necessary an extension of the sample, by including foreign students that learn in the Romanian academic environment. <em>Practical Involvement</em> <strong>–</strong> Our final goal is to boat for Romanian Universities, particular methods and techniques to increase the adaptation capacity of the students from the Romanian Universities to intercultural environments. <em>Originality</em> <strong>–</strong> Our researches are the first one at national level that aim to demonstrate de link between the Organisational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) and the Cultural Intelligence (CQ).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 638-646"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.045","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55110181","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":"Smart Services","authors":"Stöhr Carsten,&nbsp;Janssen Monika,&nbsp;Niemann Jörg,&nbsp;Reich Benedikt","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.023","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Industry 4.0, Smart Products, Smart Data – But what do we make out of it now? In the past years, intelligent systems and products were developed. They are connected to each other and react rapidly to specific situations. Thus, they produce a huge amount of data. In order to collect those data, a software is provided which visualizes it. Beyond that, a software which is able to analyze the data in order to improve performances and systems exists. Today the point is reached where the potential is almost fully exhausted. Therefore, this article deals with the upcoming trend of Smart Services. The development of Smart Services will be illustrated at the lowest stage/level of the technical infrastructure, followed by the existence of Smart Products and the application of Smart Data. As those are the requirements needed for the implementation of Smart Services, they are clarified by specific scenarios.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 192-198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138415718","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":"What We Expect and What We Get? Total Rewards for Potential Employees","authors":"Elena-Sabina Turnea","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It would be advised that those who are looking to change their job or get a new one to be very well informed with respect to what kind of organizational rewards they can expect. In most of the cases, people want to be rewarded, but do not know what they need. Compatibility tests used in professional practice or job rotation on workstations are great possibilities to find out what kind of organizational rewards people are able to claim.</p><p>Without a doubt, total reward will be applied differently, depending of people's profile (age, seniority, skills, and so on). Usually students from master and PhDs have no work experience and yet, they ask from their first jobs for advancement opportunities. Well, this represent a wrong choice since beginners in work should focus first of all on professional development.</p><p>This paper explains in two stages, before employment (at the job interview) and after employment, what types of organizational rewards are in demand, according to students from master and PhD programs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 81-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109136","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":"A New Approach for Assessing Function-cost Correlation in Product Value Analysis","authors":"Şerban Miclea,&nbsp;Adrian Pugna,&nbsp;Romeo Negrea,&nbsp;Sabina Potra","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The paper presents a new approach for product value analysis by combining a classical approach with a straightforward (intuitive) one and incorporating a new method of calculating (setting up) a statistical confidence interval in terms of functionality and cost. In this process, the value analysis team can observe the differences between the ideal and real function to cost ratio and easily set up a confidence interval avoiding negative effects on the overall product quality. Moreover, computing an “close to optimal state” for the function-cost ratio, results in a better understanding of the differences, thus aiding the process of generating solutions for adjusting the ratio in case of cost reduction or reallocation, integrating a new function, product reengineering or modernization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 133-140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109207","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":"Improving Higher Education (Institutions) with the Matrix of Managerial and Financial Objectives","authors":"Dušan Lesjak","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.030","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The purpose of this work is to confirm theoretical findings in the field of management of higher education (institutions) and contribute with our own findings on the elements, mechanisms and instruments that affect the quality and effectiveness of managing and organizing higher education at the national and institutional level, and thus contribute to a more efficient and effective higher education. This work will also clarify interdisciplinary connections between various segments of the above mentioned management of higher education (institutions) field, which has not been explained yet.</p><p>In the introduction of the paper, the impact of higher education on economic development and on knowledge society is explained briefly. Further on, the background of the work is illustrated and the definition of the working problem is explained, which basically refers to the inefficiency of (mostly) publicly-funded higher education and lack of proper managerial solutions and skills at higher education institutions. Furthermore, the role of higher education and major trends in higher education are introduced and discussed. The main contribution of the paper is the matrix of higher education objectives which have to be realized in order to implement a successful higher education and institutions, mainly from managerial and financial perspectives.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 249-258"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.03.030","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109604","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":"A New Vision Over Agile Project Management in the Internet of Things Era","authors":"Andrei Gal,&nbsp;Ioan Filip,&nbsp;Florin Dragan","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Living in the modern society, where the <em>Internet of Things</em> (<em>IoT</em>) network is constantly evolving and <em>Things</em> belonging to the network are expanding new functions in a fast pace, there is inevitably a need of having a new vision over the software project management that should keep up the pace with these changes. The impact of the new smart devices is major and can be seen at all levels of software project management. By creating a project management solution across the <em>IoT</em> network, we aim to improve the efficiency and to optimize parameters such as: teamwork, analysis of a large amount of data, project managers and stakeholders input, resource planning, project development and feedback speed. A great contribution in achieving optimization and efficiency improvement for the software project management solution have all the smart devices using high computing power, high data transmission speed and efficient data processing. Therefore, this paper proposes an <em>Agile</em> project management solution that adapts to the <em>IoT</em> network, embedding Things with their features correspondingly into the project management process. Putting the project management process across the <em>IoT</em> network, the <em>Agile</em> project management solution slightly changes the steps of software project management as to increase different project parameters as like: team collaboration, team efficiency, project technique level, project technological level, project automation level.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 277-285"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109641","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":"Purchased Goodwill and types of Synergies in Businesses Combinations. Microsoft-LinkedIn Transaction","authors":"Sacui Violeta,&nbsp;Sala Diana","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>According to International and national accounting bodies such as the IASC or the FASB, purchased goodwill is considered, in the present, an intangible asset that appears as a result of the acquisition of one company by another, for a price premium. It is the amount that makes the balance between the purchase price of the target company and the value of all identifiable acquired assets (tangible and intangible) and liabilities.</p><p>From an economic point of view, this price premium that is paid in businesses combinations must be justified by the estimated future additional net profits and free cash-flows that can be obtained by the acquiring company as result of investing in the target company.</p><p>One of the most important sources of these additional earnings are the estimated synergies between the companies implied in combination. These can explain the significant price premiums paid in most acquisitions made by strategic investors. This paper focuses on the Microsoft-LinkedIn transaction, trying to identify the price paid in this acquisition, the size of the purchased goodwill and, the value and types of synergies that have been estimated for this combination of companies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 286-292"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109655","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":"Considerations Regarding Inbound Regenerative Management Accounting Application on Eco-efficient Business Models","authors":"Raul Ambrus,&nbsp;Monica Izvercian,&nbsp;Alin Artene,&nbsp;Larisa Ivascu","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Inbound regenerative management accounting as a cost control process is a fundamental shift in the world of business due to the changes it implies upon the mentality of seeing and developing a business model. More and more economic entities begin to realize the eco efficient potential they have at their disposal and are beginning to replace linear business models with circular business models. Within a linear business model the economic entity controlled the production and distribution processes using management accounting and calculation cost methods using implicit explicit and mix costs. The classic management accounting tool offers its usefulness mostly to investors and shareholders ensuring high return rats and increases overall profit neglecting the social and environmental impact and generating tons of wastes in the process. Inbound management accounting represents a new and eco-efficient way of managing the production and distribution process, raising awareness and boosting social responsibility and in the same time generating high return rats and considerable profit on medium and long term while gaining comparative advantage on the global market.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 460-465"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109913","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":"Managing a Symphony Orchestra in Times of Change: Behind the Curtains","authors":"Nicolae Bibu,&nbsp;Laura Brancu,&nbsp;Georgiana Alina Teohari","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.030","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The purpose of this paper is to discuss the symphony orchestra as a living organism in a perpetual interaction with the volatility of the nowadays environment, as a symbiosis between the goods and the services provided by a symphony orchestra's activity. A description of the symphony orchestra's activity, with emphasize upon German orchestras (Kulturorchester), as dominators on the classical symphony orchestras’ market. This paper aims to present some of the mission statements, the goals, the good practices identified in symphony orchestras’ management, mostly German, the typical and well-known pattern that characterizes a musician, member of an orchestra, and to describe the characteristics of today's management. There is a special emphasis placed on the interdisciplinary activity and the collaboration with the educational institutions. The results consist of the identification of the multiple stakeholders, the opportunities and the threats, the best practices and the innovative aspects in today's management of a symphony orchestra. “Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire” Gustav Mahler</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 507-516"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.030","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109972","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":"EMS Exploratory Analysis in Order to Improve its Integration Quality through Fractal Design","authors":"Ionuţ Viorel Herghiligiu","doi":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.040","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.040","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The organizations’ need to satisfy consumers’ demand often generates various environmental negative impacts caused by delayed responses to different environmental issues. Therefore it is necessary that this relation between organizations and environment be effectively managed. This can be done only by implementing and integrating an Environmental management system (EMS). Likewise analyzing this issue through another perspective, the EMS can be considered as a hierarchical management system – that is “limited”, having in view the explosive modifications that define the current social reality. This paper presents the research results conducted at the level of NE Romania largest organizations that are predominantly developing industrial activities. The study sample is 171 organizational managers. The paper aims to improve EMS integration quality process by transforming and adapting its architecture relying on the principles of Fractal philosophy. Therefore, the general objective of this work is the development of a theoretical framework as a model based on Fractal design that should improve the EMS integration quality. It must be noted that this research also results in a practical component, since it provides the organizational manager with new working instruments in order to improve the EMS organizational integration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89222,"journal":{"name":"Procedia, social and behavioral sciences","volume":"238 ","pages":"Pages 597-606"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.040","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55110105","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}