| Paper Title | Author(s) | Page No. |
| Preface | | iv |
| Biographies of Conference Chairs, Programme Chair, Keynote Speaker and Mini-track Chairs | | v |
| Biographies of contributing authors | | vi |
| Keynote Address | | |
| Factors Influencing Adaptative Capability of Organizations to Changing Markets | Ryszard Rohatyński | 3 |
| Social Engineering and Empathy in Managing the Landscape | Mieczysław Leniartek | 13 |
| Academic Papers | | |
| Gaining the Best Value from HR in Construction Companies | Mehrdad Arashpour and Mohammadreza Arashpour | 23 |
| Information Governance: Beyond Risk and Compliance | Peter Beijer and Michiel Kooper | 34 |
| Management of Subordinates at a Distance: A Balance Between Co-Located and Virtual Activities | Svein Bergum | 40 |
| Cultural Heritage as a Regional’s Promotional Product | Ilona Biernacka-Ligęza and Lesław Koćwin | 47 |
| Enhancement of Company’ Performance Using the Right Management Tools: Their Influence on Corporate Strategy | Michaela Blahová | 56 |
| Scheduling of Construction Projects | Wojciech Bożejko and Mieczysław Wodecki | 64 |
| Benchmarking of Communities of Practice Model for R&D Organizations | Mei-Tai Chu and Rajiv Khosla | 73 |
| Corporate Governance in Pharmaceutical Industry: The Case of TAPIC Pharmaceutical Group | Hossein Dadfar, Staffan Brege, Makan Golizeh and Hushang Ghasemi | 83 |
| SHRM and Organisational Performance: Issues and Challenges | Tamer Darwish and Satwinder Singh | 93 |
| Academic Management and Leadership in Indian Higher Education | Sandhya Tushar Deore and Dharnidhar Nagorao Ratnalikar | 101 |
| The Gender gap in Entrepreneurship in Western Romania | Anca Dodescu and Adriana Giurgiu | 111 |
| Human Resources Management and Knowledge Management: The key for Competitive Advantage | Mircea Constantin Duică, Nicoleta Valentina Florea, Anisoara Duică and Andra Cucui | 119 |
| Organizational Culture’s Mechanism of Social Exclusion in the Process of Workplace Bullying | Katarzyna Durniat | 127 |
| Leadership in Classical Universities: Between an Entrepreneurial and Virtual World | Carmen Sonia Duşe, Dan-Maniu Duşe and Cătălin Nemeş | 135 |
| Legal Values and International Perspectives on Corporate Governance: Principle-Based Implementations vs. Rule-Based Systems | Niculae Feleagă, Voicu Dragomir and Liliana Feleagă | 145 |
| Romanian Entrepreneurs in the Foreign Trade Sector: The Link Between Leadership Qualities and the Capacity to Maximize and Sustain Competitive Advantage with EU External Trade | Adriana Giurgiu and Anca Dodescu | 153 |
| Leadership Conceptual Ambiguities: A Postmodern Resolution | Jonatan Jelen, Bill Brocato, Thomas Schmidt and Stuart Gold | 162 |
| Corporate Governance: Solution for National Companies? | Octavian Jula | 172 |
| The Relationship Between Firm-Level Entrepreneurship and Managers’ Regulatory Focus in the Service Sector: The Case of Iranian Organizations | Reza Kachouie and Sima Sedigh Adeli | 180 |
| Productivity, sex and Leadership: The Psychological Perspective | Alicja Keplinger | 187 |
| Social Communication in Management and its Psychological and Marketing Aspects | Jolanta Kowal and Krystyna Węgłowska-Rzepa | 198 |
| The Prospects of Graduates’ Career Development in Poland: The Example of a Competence Survey in the Lower Silesian Region 2006-2010 | Jolanta Kowal, Aleksandra Kwiatkowska and Iwona Patro | 207 |
| Sociological and Economic Aspects of the Implementation of eGovernment Solutions in Montenegro | Vujica Lazovic, Biljana Rondovic and Tamara Djurickovic | 216 |
| Revisiting the Black Box: Reflections on Governance Activities, Governance Research and the Prescription for Best Practice | James Lockhart | 226 |
| The Agile Governance of Business IT Projects | Sharm Manwani | 234 |
| HRM Practices in Local and Multinational Companies: Survey and a Conceptual Model | Fattaah Mohamed and Satwinder Singh | 241 |
| Psychosocial Determinants of the Production Managers’ Hierarchy of Values in the Light of Lean Manufacturing and Positive Psychology | Barbara Mróz | 249 |
| Leadership Styles Adopted in Romanian Companies: The Tension and Transition Toward a Contemporary Management | Anamaria Muresan, Roxana Gabor-Supuran, Anca Borza, and Dan Calin Lungescu | 258 |
| The Learning Organization: A Strategic Dimension of the Sustainable Enterprise? | Dan Oncica-Sanislav and Dan Candea | 263 |
| Balancing Strategic Leadership Roles During Church Transitions | Noel Pearse | 271 |
| What Lies Beneath Leadership Ineffectiveness? A Theoretical Overview | Jacobus Willem Pienaar | 280 |
| What Kind of Leader and What Kind of Change? | João Gabriel Costa Pinheiro | 287 |
| Open Organization Model Diffusion: The Mean Field Analysis Approach | Paola Pisano, Daniele Manini, Marco Gribaudo and Marco Pironti | 295 |
| Work Environments that Foster and Inhibit Creativity and Innovation | John Politis and Denis Politis | 304 |
| Leadership Success and Logistic Education: New Understanding due to Sustainable Strategies | Nataša Pomazalová and Zbyšek Korecki | 314 |
| Leadership in the Black Sea Region, Stakes and Perspectives: The Role of Romania | Delia Mioara Popescu, Diana Zlate and Mihai Ciuta | 319 |
| Work- Life Balance in Multicultural Organizations | Hamid Reza Qasemi | 325 |
| The Applicability of Transformational Leadership to Short-Term Projects | Arto Ryömä and Tommi Tapanainen | 332 |
| Aligning Dynamic Performance Measures | Mohammed Salloum, Magnus Wiktorsson, Marcus Bengtsson and Christer Johansson | 339 |
| Principles of Management Systems: A Practical Case Study From the oil and gas Sector | Mick Thurlbeck, Peter Smith and Vivian Kinnaird | 350 |
| Organizational Characteristics and Attributes of the Board of Directors: Findings From the Greek Manufacturing Sector | Evdokia Tsoni, Dimitrios Koufopoulos, Ioannis Gkliatis | 358 |
| The Board of Directors as a Team: Investigating the Influence of Shared Leadership on Board Task Performance. | Maarten Vandewaerde, Wim Voordeckers, Frank Lambrechts and Yannick Bammens | 365 |
| Project Management With Uncertain Task Times | Mieczysław Wodecki and Wojciech Bożejko | 373 |
| Software Process Improvement for the Airline Industry | Ali Zalzala and Anis Udaipurwala | 381 |
| The Central Role of Communication Effectiveness in Building Trust Climates: A Longitudinal Confirmatory Study | Rachid Zeffane | 393 |
| PhD Research | | |
| Decentralization of the Organizations as a way to Release Potential Through Reorganization of Employees to Motivated, Knowledgeable Workers | Tomas Karlík | 403 |
| How Ethics can be Integrated Into the Image of an Organisation | Carmina Simion Simescu Martinho Nunes and Alexandra Simion Simescu | 410 |
| National Image as a Factor in the Competitiveness of the Czech Republic | Michaela Vodáková | 417 |
| Problems Faced by Tertiary Education Graduates in the Labour Market in the Czech Republic | Šárka Vránová | 421 |
| The Analysis of Global Governance Through Social Networks | Laura Zalzala | 427 |
| Work in Progress | | |
| Application of the Customer Value Concept for Measurement and Value Chain Processe Management | Miroslav Chodúr, Přemysl Pálka and Jiří Svoboda | 439 |
| Changes in Management Practices Determined by the Financial Crisis in Romanian Companies | Roxana Gabor-Supuran, Anca Borza, and Anamaria Muresan | 443 |
| Leadership Styles Adopted in Romanian Companies: The Tension and Transition toward a Contemporary Management | Anamaria Muresan, Roxana Gabor-Supuran, Anca Borza and Dan Calin Lungescu | 448 |
| Global Leaders’ Virtues and Virtuous Performance | Arménio Rego and Miguel Pina Cunha | 453 |
