agrarian society

• Policy learning in policy domains with value conflicts: the Austrian cases of abortion and Assisted Reproductive Technologies (1).

...They are concerned with the stance a society takes regarding wilful termination of pregnancy, w... policy on genetic engineering in the agrarian sector, but soon they also came to deal with quest...

• German Policy Studies
• Band 3 Nr. 4, Dezember 2006

• Management Culture in Romania: Patterns of Change and Resistance

This study examines how far restructuring has involved a change in leadership style and the development of new philosophies and approaches which derive from the Anglo-American model of 'people management'. During the Communist period, Romania experienced a highly centralised system of management. Broader currents of historical and political culture also served to inculcate values of bureaucratic formalism. In transitional times it appears that the management role is being re-defined and management culture is changing. This article seeks to understand these changes in the culture and identity of Romanian management by examining experience in a range of organisations. It also considers how far Anglo-American values of HRM and managing are relevant to a country where the wider cultural and...

... dictatorship in Romania flattened society and made initiative, critical thinking and innovat... many who are managers today will have an agrarian background and strong ties to the village. Indeed,...

• Journal for East European Management Studies
• Band 12 Nr. 3, Januar 2007