The communication process in virtual teams

The purpose of this paper is to present the paradigms of virtual teams in the communication process in the context of the existing literature in this field. We argue the above issues and we explore the communication process within virtual teams like an interactive, complex and limiting process in connxion with the advantages and disadvantages offered by information technology.Virtual team, communication, competence, cultural diversity, information technology (IT).

L’IMPACT DE LA THÉORIE NÉO-INSTITUTIONNALISTE SUR LA RESPONSABILITE SOCIALE DES ENTREPRISES ROUMAINES

Le but principal de cet article et de mettre en valeur la liaison qui existe entre la théorie néo-institutionnaliste et la perception réelle de la responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise dans les pays en transition, en particulier en Roumanie. L’interconnexion entre la théorie néo-institutionnaliste et la responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise est mise en évidence par l’analyse du processus formel d’organisation. En effet, la rationalisation et la modernisation organisationnelle sont appréciées par le prisme de la relation qui existe entre les formes de la réalisation de la responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise et les pratiques de la responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise. Les changements qui surviennent toutefois aujourd’hui en Roumanie commencent à modifier l’importance de la responsabilité sociale dans les entreprises. Nous pouvons alors nous interroger sur la responsabilité sociale des entreprises qui existent actuellement en Roumanie.corporate social responsability, Romanian enterprises

THE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN OLTENIA REGION

Being confronted with a series of technological, economic and social problems in the context of the market economy, the Romanian enterprises have come to be aware of the necessity of personalizing the management practices for the human resources, the social responsibility and the social audit in spite of the fact that there are some clear regulations in the Romanian legislation. The study enabled the evaluation of the impact of promoting the Social Responsibility on the competitiveness of the companies from four large activity sectors from the Oltenia Region: automobile, petroleum sector, construction materials, production and transport of electric energy.corporate social responsability, Oltenia region, social audit

La relation contrôle de gestion — apprentissage organisationnel : une revue systématique de la littérature

Les systèmes de contrôle de gestion sont considérés depuis longtemps comme bloquant l’apprentissage organisationnel. Toutefois, on assiste à des évolutions récentes, basées sur les leviers de contrôle, qui légitiment leur rôle dans la dynamique de l’apprentissage organisationnel. L’objectif de ce travail est de comprendre l’évolution des recherches précédentes sur le sens de la relation entre le contrôle de gestion et l’apprentissage organisationnel ainsi que les conditions de leur articulation. Pour ce faire, une revue systématique de la littérature a été réalisée sur la base d’un échantillon de 51 articles scientifiques sélectionnés à partir de quatre bases de données et publiés entre 1978 et 2019. Les résultats préliminaires indiquent que le contrôle de gestion et l’apprentissage organisationnel sont deux domaines de recherche animés, caractérisés par l’hétérogénéité des théories, des méthodes et des sujets, mais avec un besoin de constituer un cadre intégrateur des deux concepts. Cet article met également en évidence les lacunes et les insuffisances des recherches antérieures et propose des pistes de réflexion futures dans le domaine du contrôle de gestion et de l’apprentissage organisationnel

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FINANCIAL CRISIS, CORRUPTION, AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN ROMANIA

The aim of the paper is to evaluate the influence of the financial crisis and corruption on the corporate social behaviour of Romanian organisations. Starting from the reference literature on financial crisis, corruption and corporate social responsibility, this article is an investigation of the impact that financial crisis and corruption characteristics have on the corporate social responsibility of the organisations. Our research underpins quantitative and qualitative methodology based on the outcomes of the HeRmeS international project.corporate social responsibility; corruption; financial crisis, HeRmes international project

The Managerial Implications of the Key Performance Indicators in Healthcare Sector: A Cluster Analysis

The aim of the paper is to identify a set of the key performance indicators (KPIs) in order to provide managers and employees from the healthcare system with recommendations for evaluating, monitoring, and controlling the critical factors that influence the performance of the healthcare sector in Algeria during a pandemic crisis. During February–August 2020, a cross-sectional survey design was administrated to medical employees from hospitals situated in the northeastern part of Algeria. Our findings proved that the four groups of KPIs correlate to each other, and during this period, the triple relationship among human factor-technology-medication plays a decisive role in reducing the pressure on the medical system and overcoming the crisis. In order to increase the efficiency of the decision-making process, a hierarchy of KPIs is recommended in terms of their impact on the performance of medical staff. The practical importance of our research consists in ranking KPIs on four clusters that support managers to focus on both the human factor (clinical errors, infection rate, and medication errors) and the technical elements of maximum importance (laboratory test time, location of the facility, and sufficient air)

The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Digital Transformation of Organizations

The paper aims to analyze the digital transformation process’s defining elements in the COVID-19 crisis. Starting from our main objective, which consists of a critical analysis of the defining elements of the digital transformation process in the conditions of the COVID-19 crisis, we formulate the following specific objectives: to analyze the contribution of external organizational factors to put into practice the new opportunities created by the organization’s digital transformation; to evaluate the impact of digital competencies on the digital transformation of organizations; and to analyze the role of new technologies in developing digital competencies. We used the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and the bootstrapped method to evaluate the model fit, and the model was tested by SmartPLS4 software. Our research is based on information from 203 employees with authority for decision making about the digital transformation strategy in their organizations undergoing a digital transformation process. Our findings revealed that organizations, regardless of size, profile, or field of activity, are affected by changes induced by new technologies and the crisis generated by COVID-19. Therefore, formulating a digital transformation strategy must aim to minimize the risks of obsolescence and maximize the results from exploiting new digital resources. However, our results do not prove that COVID-19 crises directly and positively influence the development of digital competencies. This leads us to conclude that developing these competencies is a continuous process unaffected by disruptive factors such as crises. Instead, the development of digital competencies is influenced by new technologies. Therefore, the COVID-19 crisis directly and positively influences organizations’ developing and implementing a digital transformation strategy and new technologies. The theoretical contribution of our research consists of an explanation of the role of perturbator factors, such as the crisis generated by COVID-19, in developing digital competencies and improving digital transformation. The practical contributions are dedicated to managers that should have a different approach to the negative phenomena that will be considered catalytic factors of the digital transformation and disruptive factors of the organizational climate

The Dangers of Dispersal of Responsibilities

Taking into account that it is in the nature of the modern corporation that risks are distributed over several agents, we discuss in this paper the organisational behaviour as it results from such dispersal of responsibilities for both the principal and the agent. We explore the hypothesis that dispersal of responsibilities could be the result or a cause of a lack of consensus between the principal and the agent. Our findings suggest that a dispersal of responsibilities has a negative impact on the principal-agent relationship and that it represents a foundation for theoretical and empirical approaches to organisational behaviour. We find that agent perceptions of a dispersal of responsibilities are linked to his/her resistance to the principal’s interests, but this relationship is deeper than was suggested by previous research. However, if the sharing of responsibilities does not run parallel to that, we may have as a result what we call an agency problem