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Leadership in public sector. Optimizing RNA's logistic system

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  • Mina Simona

    (Constanta Maritime University Romania)

  • Surugiu Felicia

    (Constanta Maritime University Romania)

  • Surugiu Gheorghe

    (Constanta Maritime University Romania)

  • Berescu Serban

    (Constanta Maritime University Romania)

Abstract

This study develops the concept of integrated leadership in public sector, and particularly in portuar public services. Integrated leadership could be conceived as the combination of five leadership roles that are performed collectively by employees and managers at different levels of hierarchy. This approach tests the hypothesis that integrated leadership has a positive effect on organizational performance in the public services sector. The paper also discusses issues related to the link between global financial crisis and human resources management, at a general level, focusing on human resources management in port administration, in the management of uncertainty. This paper’s literature review regarding recent research on managerial strategy in the public sector has found that aggressive strategies aimed at exploting opportunities in the external environment can be as effective as change-oriented leadership behavior when it comes to improving organizational effectiveness. The paper’s research treats some various other aspects that have been linked to organizational effectiveness in the public sector, including goal settting, motivating employees and the shaping organizational culture. The data sources from Naval Romanian Authority and the sample on which the emphirical analysis is based suggest that the findings are generalizable across the national bureaucracy. Strategic decisions are those that determine the goals of the entire business organization, its purpose and direction. Top management has the big picture of all the elements of a complex business enterprise, and it must be able to integrate all aspects of a business into a coherent whole. The decisions made at this level also determine how the busniess will relate to external environments. Beacause strategic policies affect the entore business, they can best and must be made at the highest level within an organization. These policies and goals are not very specific because they must be applied to all levels and departments in a company. Strategic decisions are usually nonprogrammed in natureThese decisions determine the manner in which operations are conducted-operations designed to accomplish the tactical decisions made by mid-management. These decisions concern the most effective and efficient way to accomplish the goals stated on the operational(day to day) level. The decisions’ management is properly applied when the logistic system is operational. The study’s objective is optimization of the informational fluxes by implementing a modern informational management instrument, responsible with the improvement of the managerial and operative activities, information and the processes carried out within the pyramidal structure and the RNA’s organizational chart. The study’s objective is to create the parameters for a management informational system of documents and of the work fluxes, which is functional and can be implemented within the RNA and its 5 subordinated units. We will analyze the parameters of a Disaster Recovery Data System and of a Portal which will constitute specialized archiving and compression software, in order to assure the reduction of the decision times and generate proper statistics and reports regarding the institution’s activity.

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  • Mina Simona & Surugiu Felicia & Surugiu Gheorghe & Berescu Serban, 2014. "Leadership in public sector. Optimizing RNA's logistic system," Constanta Maritime University Annals, Constanta Maritime University, vol. 21(1), pages 191-196.
  • Handle: RePEc:cmc:annals:v:21:y:2014:i:1:p:191-196
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    • R0 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General
    • R4 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics
    • H0 - Public Economics - - General

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