THE PROCESS OF SETTING OBJECTIVES IN ROMANIAN COMPANIES

The paper presents a study conducted for descriptive and exploratory purposes in Romanian companies, using the questionnaire-based survey and observation in order to emphasize the process of setting objectives. The results of the study indicate that in the investigated companies, almost all the employees know and understand very well their job objectives. However, managers show inferior knowledge and understanding of job objectives compared to employees. It is possible that due to the much higher complexity inherent to leadership positions, it is more difficult to managers to clearly identify the objectives of their job. This finding is an issue that needs to be addressed, because it is generally considered that such a situation has a negative impact on management performance.