1. RESULT DEVELOPMENT
Romanian Managers Profile
multinationals & nationals analyze
May 2011

2. How do Romanian Managers think
The research was carried out during 2009 –2011
on 110 Romanian managers from 72 national and
multinational companies

3. Content:
1. Romanian managers profile:
multinationals-nationals
2. Distribution of managerial time

4. Company type
Nationals;
35,50%
Multinationals;
64,50%

5. 1. Romanian managers profile
Multinationals – Nationals
comparative analyze

6. Distribution by sex - company type
women men
66,2%
79,5%
33,8%
20,5%
Multinationals Nationals

7. Distribution by managerial levels - company type
first management middle management top management
Multinationals 16,9% 40,8% 42,3%
Nationals 10,3% 33,3% 56,4%

8. Managerial expectations of direct manager
- company type-
Multinationals Nationals
38%
integrity, honesty, sicerity 43,6%
36,6%
communication and cooperation 53,8%
36,6%
support, involvement 20,5%
19,7%
feedback 7,7%
19,7%
vision and strategy 20,5%
18,3%
opening 15,4%
18,3%
motivation 17,9%
16,9%
objectivity 17,9%
15,5%
trust 25,6%
12,7%
clear objectives and tasks 17,9%

9. Managerial expectations of subordinates
- company type
Multinationals Nationals
45,1%
teamworking 38,5%
29,6%
communication 28,2%
28,2%
integrity, fairness 25,6%
26,8%
ambition, perseverance, determination 20,5%
25,8%
initiative, proactivity 17,9%
23,9%
involvement and commitment 25,6%
23,9%
responsibility 12,8%
21,1%
sincerity and honesty 17,9%
16,9%
dedication, loyalty, devotion 20,5%
14,1%
achieving the objectives 17,9%

10. The ideal manager profile
- company type-
Multinationals Nationals
32,4%
communication
30,8%
25,4%
vision and strategy
15,4%
24%
leadership
7,7%
19,7%
to be organized
28,2%
19,7%
motivation and determination
17,9%
11,3%
people-oriented
7,7%
9,9%
objectivity, impartiality
12,8%
8,5%
integrity and fainess
17,9%
7%
decision making
15,4%
5,6%
competence
12,8%

11. The values of Romanian manger
- company type-
Multinationals Nationals
integrity and fairness 43,2%
43,6%
sincerity and honesty 32,4%
17,9%
respect for people 26,8%
23,1%
objectivity and impartiality 21,1%
15,4%
consistency and steadness 15,5%
10,3%
responsibility 11,3%
20,5%
vision and strategy 7%
7,7%
loyalty, decision, commitment 7%
10,3%
excellence, professionalism 7%
7,7%
confidence 4,2%
10,3%

12. Romanian manager profile - strengths
- company type -
Multinationals Nationals
results orientation 57,7%
79,5%
establishing plans 39,4%
35,9%
practice and business control 39,4%
30,8%
inspiration, intuition 32,4%
51,3%
dynamism 32,4%
43,6%
change managing 28,2%
23,1%
mobilising people 23,9%
35,9%
business vision 22,5%
25,6%
taking responsibility 22,5%
17,9%
ability to take risk 19,7%
15,4%
understanding people 18,3%
12,8%
anticipating problems 16,9%
12,8%
the calm under stress 12,7%
12,8%
self-knowledge 9,9%
5,1%
managing diversity 9,9%
10,3%
wider perspective 7%
17,9%

13. Romanian manager profile - weaknesses
- company type -
Multinationals Nationals
lack of motivation of subordinates 47,9%
74,4%
micromanagement 47,9%
41%
focus on power, authority 43,7%
28,2%
low leadership 40,8%
46,2%
lack of delegation 40,8%
43,6%
lack of coaching 40,8%
41%
excessive meetings 31%
30,8%
afraid of change 28,2%
32,1%
afraid of responsibility 23,9%
33,3%
focus on sanctioning the errors 23,9%
25,6%
focus on present, on solving problems 23,9%
15,4%
skepticism and excessive criticism 16,9%
20,5%
avoiding risk 15,5%
12,8%
strong focus on task 12,7%
5,1%

14. Romanian employee - cultural characteristics
- company type -
Multinationals Nationals
59,2%
lack of involvement 79,5%
57,7%
not assuming responsibilities 76,9%
50,7%
tendency to gossips and political games 43,6%
43,7%
fear of asking a question 35,9%
39,4%
fear to errors 35,9%
32,4%
cristicism 23,1%
32,4%
the need to be the boss 35,9%
29,6%
pesimism 28,2%
28,2%
poor communication skills 38,5%
23,9%
black and white thinking 20,5%
9,9%
perfectionism 7,7%
7%
low tolerance 10,3%

15. 2. Distribution of managerial time
Multinationals – Nationals
comparative analyze

16. Operational activities
53,32%
Multinationals Nationals
47,98%
33,8%
29,7% 29,7%
27% 27,4%
21%
14,5% 13,5%
3,2%
0%
less than 20% 20 - 40% 40 - 60% 60 - 80% more than 80% mean

17. Managerial activities
Multinationals Nationals 46,83%
46,08%
27,8% 27,9%
26,2%
22,3%
16,7%
14,8%
11,1% 11,1%
9,8%
8,2%
6,5% 5,6% 6,6% 5,6%
less than 20% 20 - 40% 40 - 50% 50 - 60% 60 - 70% 70 - 80% more than 80% mean

18. Managerial vs operational
managerial operational
Multinationals 46,08% 47,98%
Nationals 46,83% 53,32%

19. Weekly working time - company type
Mean = 46,9 h
Multinationals Nationals
40,6%
31,7%
29,9%
26,7%
25,1%
15,6%
12,5%
8,4%
6,3%
3,4%
less than 40h 40 - 45h 45 - 50h 50 - 60h more than 60h

20. Managerial communication
- company type-
with subordinates with colleagues with managers
Multinationals 50,83% 21,79% 24,56%
Nationals 52,24% 26,29% 21,95%

21. Managerial time:
HR and Communication activities
- company type-
communication HR
Multinationals 58,5% 14,3%
Nationals 53,7% 12,9%

22. RESULT DEVELOPMENT
Romanian managers profile
Multinationals – Nationals
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