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Papers by Marius Radu

The article examines how the project manager role characteristics are perceived, valued and promo... more The article examines how the project manager role characteristics are perceived, valued and promoted by the key recruitment stakeholders - managers, entrepreneurs, recruiters or head-hunters - during their discussions in project initiation phase with the candidates for managing positions. In our research, we aim to understand the differences between the stakeholders perceptions involved in the project manager selection and ongoing compensation discussion. We used log-linear preference model based on paired comparisons and rankings. Also, we used mean comparisons of the scores of project managers roles attributes ranked by respondents from different industries (IT and construction) and with different organizational role (Management and Recruitment). Findings - The importance of the research is that it adds to the understanding of project managers’ incentives and compensation. Also, it brings attention to the perceived value of the project roles attributes and the importance of the be...

Management and Marketing, 2013

The value of a project can have multiple significances and it can be assessed in a relation with ... more The value of a project can have multiple significances and it can be assessed in a relation with the project stakeholders’ perceptions, assumptions and expectations. When considering a project, the company is usually interested in economic value. This value can be assessed isolated - the outcomes of the project as a black box or it can be assessed in a context - project as a strategic piece of a portfolio, aligned with the company mission. In the current study we used the conjoint analysis with a choicebased approach to assess the value of IT projects as it is perceived by the project team members - 'engine' stakeholders when dealing with projects. Also this paper illustrates how the choice experiments method can be used to assess the project value perceived by team members or other project stakeholders, as the project manager, senior management or product owner.

The Romanian Statistical Review, 2014

Public sector information contains great value for the citizens in general. Data stored on comput... more Public sector information contains great value for the citizens in general. Data stored on computers of public institutions doesn’t have value on its own. It has to be processed and analyzed to obtain information, and further on, information should be made available as public good, in order to facilitate its transformation to knowledge. R is a free software programming language, an environment and toolkit of modules addressed to anyone working with statistics. R can ease the road from public data to civic wisdom. This article is a brief review of R capabilities to extract, transform, analyze, and visualize public data. Second part of the article presents an example of a fully-fledged web application written entirely in R. The application uses loosely structured government data about Romanian Auto Park in order to present it in a friendly dashboard.

www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro, 2020

Nowadays, projects are a common mean of organizing activities in all fields, aspects concerning p... more Nowadays, projects are a common mean of organizing activities in all fields, aspects concerning project management representing a current research topic. While people are considered the most valuable asset of an organisation, project managers can be seen as key players for projects' success, a topic of great interest due to the high number of failing projects. The research aims to identify the profile of an ideal project manager, by presenting an overview of studies regarding the profile of a good project manager and, on the other hand, by analysing the perceptions of organisations' managers and HR specialists regarding the profile of the project manager. The research method is based on the conjoint analysis, for a more realistic approach. Thus, a controlled set of different project manager candidates' profiles is presented in pairs to respondents, who are asked to express their preference. As a result, the article proposes an instrument applicable within any organisation, to identify the profile of the project manager best suited for the role. Firstly, the empirical research provides evidence that persons involved in project managers' selection perceive the value of education, certification, experience or soft skills differently, based on their professional role. Secondly, it shows that project management certifications are relevant for project managers' selection and are much appreciated around the world. Although each project requires specific skills and competencies for the project manager, the research ascertains a preferred profile based on the perception of over one hundred respondents, involved in the selection process of project managers.

The article examines how the project manager role characteristics are perceived, valued and promo... more The article examines how the project manager role characteristics are perceived, valued and promoted by the key recruitment stakeholders - managers, entrepreneurs, recruiters or head-hunters - during their discussions in project initiation phase with the candidates for managing positions. In our research, we aim to understand the differences between the stakeholders perceptions involved in the project manager selection and ongoing compensation discussion. We used log-linear preference model based on paired comparisons and rankings. Also, we used mean comparisons of the scores of project managers roles attributes ranked by respondents from different industries (IT and construction) and with different organizational role (Management and Recruitment). Findings - The importance of the research is that it adds to the understanding of project managers’ incentives and compensation. Also, it brings attention to the perceived value of the project roles attributes and the importance of the be...

Management and Marketing, 2013

The value of a project can have multiple significances and it can be assessed in a relation with ... more The value of a project can have multiple significances and it can be assessed in a relation with the project stakeholders’ perceptions, assumptions and expectations. When considering a project, the company is usually interested in economic value. This value can be assessed isolated - the outcomes of the project as a black box or it can be assessed in a context - project as a strategic piece of a portfolio, aligned with the company mission. In the current study we used the conjoint analysis with a choicebased approach to assess the value of IT projects as it is perceived by the project team members - 'engine' stakeholders when dealing with projects. Also this paper illustrates how the choice experiments method can be used to assess the project value perceived by team members or other project stakeholders, as the project manager, senior management or product owner.

The Romanian Statistical Review, 2014

Public sector information contains great value for the citizens in general. Data stored on comput... more Public sector information contains great value for the citizens in general. Data stored on computers of public institutions doesn’t have value on its own. It has to be processed and analyzed to obtain information, and further on, information should be made available as public good, in order to facilitate its transformation to knowledge. R is a free software programming language, an environment and toolkit of modules addressed to anyone working with statistics. R can ease the road from public data to civic wisdom. This article is a brief review of R capabilities to extract, transform, analyze, and visualize public data. Second part of the article presents an example of a fully-fledged web application written entirely in R. The application uses loosely structured government data about Romanian Auto Park in order to present it in a friendly dashboard.

www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro, 2020

Nowadays, projects are a common mean of organizing activities in all fields, aspects concerning p... more Nowadays, projects are a common mean of organizing activities in all fields, aspects concerning project management representing a current research topic. While people are considered the most valuable asset of an organisation, project managers can be seen as key players for projects' success, a topic of great interest due to the high number of failing projects. The research aims to identify the profile of an ideal project manager, by presenting an overview of studies regarding the profile of a good project manager and, on the other hand, by analysing the perceptions of organisations' managers and HR specialists regarding the profile of the project manager. The research method is based on the conjoint analysis, for a more realistic approach. Thus, a controlled set of different project manager candidates' profiles is presented in pairs to respondents, who are asked to express their preference. As a result, the article proposes an instrument applicable within any organisation, to identify the profile of the project manager best suited for the role. Firstly, the empirical research provides evidence that persons involved in project managers' selection perceive the value of education, certification, experience or soft skills differently, based on their professional role. Secondly, it shows that project management certifications are relevant for project managers' selection and are much appreciated around the world. Although each project requires specific skills and competencies for the project manager, the research ascertains a preferred profile based on the perception of over one hundred respondents, involved in the selection process of project managers.