Organizational structure and performance – a predictive study on the transformation of the Romanian public universities

Abstract

An administrative restructuring of universities is considered to be necessary for improving the performance of Romanian higher education. Broadly speaking, a positive impact is expected due to the augmentation of organizational entities, the “best tool” being the department. The present study assesses the possibility of a positive expected trend in performance, analyzing the causal relation between organizational structure and performance. The deductive analysis uses some referential theoretic works and also some empirical well-known evidence from the Western private and public sectors.