Mass Media and the Internet Challenges–romanian Experience

AbstractThe analysis of the available databases allowed us to evaluate the evolution of the media, after the challenges engendered by the expansion of the Internet and the economic crisis that started in 2008. In our study, we present media in terms of quantity; we also deal with some traps generated by official statistics, the paradoxes of recent years (the apparent reducing of the media supply although statistics show its growth etc.). Here I used the research and statistical reports achieved by the Romanian Audit Bureau of Circulations/the National Readership Survey, the National Legal Deposit/Romania's National Library, the National Audio-visual Council, the Ministry of Communications

The Rate of Economic Growth and the Socio-Cultural Current

The increase of spendings with the prices of raw materials, energy and fuel has eventually, and almost inevitably, led to an unexpected rise in the demand for currency, a demand coming from the goods and services suppliers. The resulting effect was the surging of an accelerated inflationist wave, which in turn, produced the first warnings of a looming economic breakdown. From this point onwards, different other expenses became directly or indirectly engaged in relation to the volume of incorporated raw materials, to the employement of a highly skilled workforce, or to the necessity of technical equipment and machinery modernization. Starting from Peter M. Chisnall’s work, “Marketing: a behavior analysis” (3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, London, 2000), this study follows the interdependence of the behalf of goods manufacturers and managers, and on the other hand, behavioural attitudes on behalf of buyers and consumers; also exhibited and of importance are the stands taken by both sides in approaching an optimal strategy for their situation. At the same time, there is a clear indication of the impact socio-cultural changes exercises upon the dynamics and typologies of economic structures.socio-cultural fluxes, economic development and impact, protection management, technological research, consumption demand

The Role of Marketing in Adult Permanent Vocational Training in the Context of the Current Economy

The problem of permanent vocational training is important in sustaining the vocational conversion of the working class. A change of views and mentality is desirable regarding vocational training, in the sense that people need to be more aware of the importance of permanent learning, more motivated in order to broaden their horizon and more willing to develop their professional skills. The labour market in Romania has suffered important changes due to the economic transition process, which has been materialized especially on the level of reducing the number of active workers and of employees, thus maintaining a relatively constant rate of unemployment and affecting the labour marketing especially by a limited number of jobs.network, training, marketing, adults

Best Practices in Incentive Compensation from the Perspective of Value-based Management

As a consequence of the recent global financial crisis, the current economic environment emphasized the weak correlation between company performance and the incentives received by the management staff. Therefore, the existence and consistent implementation of best practices regarding the propelling of the management staff through incentives can lead to a tenable company development. The purpose of this article consists in studying existing methods of incentive granting from a value management perspective and in suggesting some alternatives that could be used by companies during a volatile period characterized by financial economic challenges.best practices, incentive granting, value management, economic value added

The Influence of the Democratic Pattern on the Media System in Romania

Starting from the assumption that media is tightly related to the political system of the respective country, we will focus on the aspects that define democracy and determine the profile of the journalist’s role in a democratic system. A good political system has the duty to accomplish two things: to create governments that ensure the well being of the citizens, through a civil society based on legislation and free changes in the market and to protect the citizens against corruption. We will provide a comparative analysis of the roles that journalists play in a democratic society. Our paper deals with the way in which the relation between the media and the political class is perceived in a democracy. This role is often defined by syntagms that focus on the journalists’ rights and not on their responsibilities. Without a clear establishment of the obligations assumed by press professionals, these syntagms allow abuses. This paper will deal with the following aspects: the relation between the media and the political class, the transition of the Romanian media from totalitarianism to democracy, the free market of ideas, and the influence of journalists’ professional culture

WebPS: A Web-based P System Simulator with Query Facilities

In this paper we present an open-source web-enabled simulator for P sys- tems. We use CLIPS embedded in C, and make the simulator available as a web application, complemented by a query language to specify the results

Education in European countries

Education, vocational training and lifelong learning play a vital role in both an economic and social context. The paper herein aims to identify Romania’s place within the UE-countries, considering a series of general indices: total public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP, private expenditure on education as % of GDP, annual expenditure on public and private educational institutions per pupil/student - by level of education, school expectancy, pupils and students, students - tertiary education, mobility of students in Europe, science and technology graduates, doctorate students in science and technology fields. Analysis methods: main components analysis, cluster analysis