Dr. Camelia Cojocaru is
Associate Professor, at the Faculty of Business and Administration, University
of Bucharest, Romania. Dr. Cojocaru’s teaching expertise covers Operations
Management, Controlling & Accounting. She’s also an experienced
professional with more then 24 years of extensive experience in banking
industry in management positions, specifically in Systems & Operations,
Operational Excellence, Process Improvement.
(https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Camelia_Cojocaru)
Prof. Magdalena Iordache-Platis is Professor of
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Marketing having more than 25 years of
experience in higher education institutions. She is author and co-author of
several books and articles dedicated mainly to university strategies and management.
She has been involved in projects related to the labour market,
entrepreneurship and quality assurance, as well as academic rankings. Her
current areas of interest include academic leadership and governance,
integrating practical placements in the curriculum, developing internships and
extra-curriculum activities, industry-university connections and increasing
graduates’ employability. At present she is vice rector at the University of
Bucharest in charge of quality assurance, institutional development and
business relationships.
Management and leadership topics been dealt with from different angles in the last decades. Strategic human resources management, as well as public leadership challenges are on the agenda of European Union.
What makes a good management in the public sector?
Is strategic and visionary leadership at the core of management in the public sector? Combining these elements in the best possible manner is a prerequisite for results in public organizations.
Within this framework, we invite papers discussing implications related to different public organizations management and leadership, from health to education, central or local administration, without limiting the potential spectrum of interest. A particular attention will be paid to empirical research for transition economies in general and the case of Central and Eastern Europe in particular.
Topics may include but are not limited to:
• Leadership skills and organizational development
• Personal development and organizations’ performance
• Types and models of public leadership
• Good leaders vs good managers for public organizations
• Leadership and management styles
• Leadership involvement in implementing effective strategies.