Student Perception of the Social Value of Responsible Management

Abstract

In responsible management, managerial efficiency and sustainable development meet and influence each other. In order to give meaning to their organisation, to respect and look after their collaborators, a manager must promote a set of values on a personal, organisational and societal level. The purpose of this paper is to study the social value attributed to responsible management by students of a technical university. We have therefore undertaken to study a set of seven values attributed to responsible management and, more precisely, their utility and social desirability on a personal, organisational and societal level. The values have been operationalized with personality descriptors. The 60 participants in this study are students from a Romanian technical university. They had to assess, on four scales of seven points each (two for desirability and two for social utility), the value of a person characterised by one of the seven values attributed to responsible management. The results show us that efficiency is the value perceived by the students as being the most desirable for responsible management, and that in terms of social utility, agility is the most appreciated value. We found that there is indeed an effect of the context in which these values are perceived. Efficiency, audacity, dedication and integrity are perceived as more useful at an organisational level, while solidarity was perceived as more useful on a societal level. At the organisational level we also found a gender effect, in the sense that women appreciate people who are efficient, have integrity or are humble more than men do.

Person-centered approach effectiveness in Human Resource Management in the agriculture of Azerbaijan

“…The results correlate with studies such as Rickaby, Glass & Fernie (2020); Nedelko & Potocan (2021); Mazilescu et al (2021); and Bolis et al, (2021) on the significant impact of the EV on labor productivity. But the uniqueness of the results obtained in this study, in contrast to Rickaby, Glass & Fernie (2020); Nedelko & Potocan (2021) and Bolis et al (2021), lies in the substantiation, considering the characteristics of agriculture, of the impact on labor productivity not only of the priorities of EV but also their consistency between all structural units of agricultural enterprises.…”

“…The questionnaire for assessing the priority of the EV of enterprises operating in the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sectors in Azerbaijan was based on the basic values of Schwartz (Sortheix & Schwartz, 2017), as well as other studies (Mazilescu et al, 2021;Bolis et al, 2021). The developed questionnaire can be found at the link (Assessment of the priority of personal values, 2021).…”

“…It is personal values, as an integral part of a person, that determines where he invests his energy, resources, and time. The results of modern research indicate a direct relationship between the EV (Rickaby, Glass & Fernie, 2020;Mazilescu et al, 2021;Bolis et al, 2021) and management (Rickaby, Glass & Fernie, 2020;Nedelko & Potocan, 2021;Mazilescu et al, 2021) on organizational performance by influencing labor productivity. Thus, the EV is a decisive factor in labor productivity, and effective Personnel Management is the basis of the key to its increase.…”

Problems in Adolescents: What Are the Psychological, Social and Financial Consequences?

“…Mazilescu et al [11] in their paper "Student Perception of the Social Value of Responsible Management" investigated the social value attributed to responsible management by students of a technical university using a study set of seven values attributed to responsible management and their utility and social desirability on a personal, organisational, and societal level with 60 participants in Romania. They had to assess, on four scales of seven points each, the value of a person characterised by one of the seven values attributed to responsible management.…”