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As many authors observed
transition societies from communism to
capitalism offer unique settings for social
research. Eastern Europe “become a ‘living
laboratory’ in organizational transformation
within a context of profound institutional
change” (Child & Czegledy, 1996). The dynamic
and dramatic events that took place in East of
Europe still have potential from this point of
view. Far from being the proclaimed "end of
history" (Fukuyama, 1992), the demise of
communism represented a landmark in the
management theory. But the benefits of the
‘junction’ of the Western management theory with
the Eastern social, cultural and historical
background are still to be expected. In the
institutionalized management conferences, the
Eastern scholars are still marginal. There is no
management theory originating in the post
communist context. But management was done
during communism and transition to capitalism.
Performant management was done even in
communism.
We consider that the past
two decades are long enough. This is the moment
for re-connecting East with West. The conference
main topic is focused on how management theory
(or theories) was adapted, verified or denied in
the post communist countries. Review of
Management and Economic Engineering
invites scholars both from
East and West to face the challenge.
Why at Technical University
of Cluj-Napoca? Because of the long academic
history of the city of Cluj-Napoca. Because here
in Transylvania, the West meets East, the
Catholicism and Protestantism meet Orthodoxy,
the occidental rigorousness meets the oriental
relativity. |
