Andreea Maier

Innovation as a Part of an Existing Integrated Management System

Abstract This paper approaches the need for innovation management in the context of an existing integrated management system implemented in an organization. During the last decade almost all companies have been certificated according to various management systems, like quality management system, environmental management system, health and safety management system and others; furthermore many companies have implemented an integrated management system, by integrating two or more management systems. The problem rising today is how to integrate innovation in this integrated management systems. The challenge of the problem is that the development of an innovation management system is in the early phase. In this paper we have studied the possibility of integrating some of the innovation request in an existing management system, we have identify the innovation performance request and we proposed some recommendations regarding innovation management and its implementation as a part of an integrated management system. This paper lies down the bases for developing an model of integration management systems that include innovation as a main part of it.

Is the Success Possible in Compliance with Ethics and Deontology in Business

Abstract The road to success for companies in todays economic environment is more demanding than ever and the capacity of adapting to the rapid changes is compensatory in order to resist on the market. The managers struggle, daily, with increasingly complex problems, caused by fierce competition in the market but also from the rising demands of customers. In this context, managers are tempted to pick an easy way, a shortcut, which will give them an advantage over the competitors. Usually this shortcut is in contradiction with the request of ethics and deontology in business, however many managers ignore this situation and choose to make short-term profit. This leads to the following question: Is it possible to be successful by respecting the ethics and deontology in business, considering that some of the competitors have an advantage through non-compliance to these requests? The research made in this article approach this sensitive aspect of business ethics and offer some practical solution and recommendation for managers, highlighting the ethics principles and the consequences of an unethical behaviour. This paper is written such that any manager, regardless of the experience or knowledge, can have a clear image over business ethics and to be sure, that success can be achieve by respecting ethics and deontology in business.