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Decision-making is one of the core activities of commanders in operations. Commanders (with the help of staffs) carry out decision making, or the decision-making process in planning, because decision-making processes lie at the heart of planning processes. Commanders’ and staffs’ decision-making consists of the creation and assessment of various alternatives (variants of actions) according to certain aspects (criteria) and their mutual comparison, risk assessment, selection of the most advantageous (optimal) alternative and the adoption of a decision. In this paper, the authors focus on the method of deriving (selecting) a set of criteria from the objectives of the operation and their formulation for subsequent use in the creation, analysis, comparison and selection of a variant of action. The reason the authors carefully examine the significance of the influence of criteria on commanders' decisions is primarily the fact that these actions are not elaborated in detail in Alliance documents, which may subsequently affect the choice of optimal variants (decisions) regarding the actions of their own troops in joint (NATO) operations.
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Criteria and their Influence on the Tactical Decision-Making of Commanders in Operations

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The future conflicts will take place in increasingly complex operational environments and will largely include conventional, asymmetric or hybrid opponents. The battle space that has acquired new valences and the asymmetrical nature of the current operational environment require the perpetual reconfiguration of the rules of engagement. Within the asymmetric actions, the enemy will focus their efforts on attacking vulnerable military structures, which have a degree of protection inadequate for the operational situation. Therefore, the protection of force is a key element in the effective management of situations, maintaining the pace of actions and the ability to fight in the development of asymmetric operations. From the range of asymmetric actions that manifests itself globally, we aim to conduct an analysis focused on force protection measures specific to counterinsurgency, counter-guerrilla and counter-terrorism operations. The place and role of force protection in asymmetric operations attest to the fact that specific measures are aimed in particular at maintaining the morale and combat capability of their own forces throughout the range of missions performed, as well as protecting the civilian population in the area of action.
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“Carol I” National Defense University

The Opinions on Force Protection in Asymmetric Operations

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The paper analyses the image of the contemporary Romanian woman as it appears in the book “Never Mind the Balkans, Here's Romania”, written by Mike Ormsby and published in 2008. The book of the English writer is a collection of 57 stories that present various aspects of the Romanian life from the period between 1994-2008 when Ormsby visited Romania. Even though the gallery of characters he focuses on is created from people from all over Romania and from all the strata of the society, one can discover some common characteristics of the Romanian women. They have the most varied occupations (managers, veterinarians, opera singers, publishers, etc.) and display the most varied character traits, yet the careful reader is able to discern the vivid portrait of the “generic” Romanian woman.
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The Image of the Romanian Woman in “Never Mind the Balkans, Here’s Romania” By Mike Ormsby

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Modern basketball game is becoming more and more physical, and coaches have reoriented their view on building strong athletes with speed, strength, and accuracy. Jumping ability is used in many moves in basketball, from rebounding, defending, jump shoot, blocking till interception and offensive game. The vertical jump is the primary and essential skill in the jumping ability of a basketball player. Our research focused on the result of a questionnaire with 20 respondents that were coaches at different levels regarding the importance of vertical jump in the basketball game. The conclusions highlighted that vertical jump is considered necessary also for small players (point guard, shooting guard) and tall players (short forward, power forward, center), with emphasis on small players who have to compensate for their height with an excellent vertical jump; also the contribution of coordination and endurance, nutrition and appropriate rest periods can contribute decisively to the jumping ability. Also, between the methods of developing vertical jump was underlined the plyometric and circuit training.
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Study Regarding the Development of Jumping Ability in Basketball Game

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The use of remote working options has saved jobs and reduced health risks inherent to the rise of COVID-19. The opportunity to use telework has allowed organizations to engage in operational activities by leveraging virtual teams’ potential. Organizations offering workers to work remotely have become financial salvation for many workers during the pandemic, significantly since the pandemic impacted the U.S. economy so severely that more than since more than 57 million American workers have filed for unemployment government benefits in just 2020. While having a telework option is an assurance of organizational sustainability or continual employment, it represents a unique opportunity for exploration for employees, supervisors, and organizations attempting to adapt to this evolving level of complex change. This paper uses applied qualitative focus group research from a process consulting to explore the values and barriers that telework for a real estate title organization called XRO.
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Organizational Dynamics of the Rise of Telework as an Adaptive Response to a Global Pandemic

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Accounting for tangible fixed assets is a very important part of the accounting of public institutions, because these types of assets have a very large share and come in a variety of forms in public entities of different sizes and profiles, without which they would not could fulfil the missions for which they were created. The issue of accounting for these assets according to national regulations has been proposed to highlight it by comparison with international regulations represented by accounting standards for the public sector. In addition to the significant progress made since 2005 in aligning public accounting in the area of tangible fixed assets with that of the international standard (IPSAS – 17), we have found that there are provisions that have not been implemented for various reasons. Therefore, based on the research of the specialized literature, personal experiences and a survey conducted by us among professional accountants in the army, we have identified some possible solutions to continue the process of implementing this international standard, opinions and solutions that we present at the end of this article.
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“Carol I” National Defence University

Approaches to the Accounting of Tangible Fixed Assets in Public Institutions in Romania and in the Military in the Light of the Requirements of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS)

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Currently, one of the most concise expressions of the phenomenon of economic globalization is the extent of the organization of production on a global or regional basis and the integration on new criteria, of a functional nature, of the activities within it. A decisive role in the organization of production processes abroad is played by multinational companies, which, in order to achieve their objectives, most “export” not only know-how, but also management methods and techniques, applicable in the countries of origin. In this article, the authors aim to identify and highlight the main arguments that support the glocalization as an objective necessity and, at the same time, a viable solution to achieving a successful management of the multinational companies, to ensure a win-win relationship between them and the communities and the local markets in which they operate, in the context of economic globalization.
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Glocalization – An Objective Condition for a Successful Management of the Multinational Companies in the Context of the Economic Globalization

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This paper aims to generate the various waveforms commonly used in a laboratory. A computer is used to synthesize the waveforms. It makes use of software to synthesize the waveforms digitally and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) to parallel converter to transmit the digital version of the waveform to a digital to analog converter where it is converted to produce an analog waveform. A buffer is used to display the analog signal on an oscilloscope. Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS) is used to generate these waveforms. MATLAB simulation software is used to perform the DDS, and PROTEUS software is used for circuit design of the digital to analog converter.
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Function Generator Based on Personal Computer

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In current socio-economic processes, info-communication services play a determining role, modifying the activities of certain actors. The growing dependence that has developed over the past two decades has imposed the need to give political will to security, which has led to an iterative evolution of the regulatory environment. Therefore, the regulatory framework requires certain entities to develop safeguards including controls that enhance both prevention and response in a manner commensurate with the business value of the information to be protected. However, due to the nature of cybersecurity, developing such countermeasures is not the task of a standalone organization but all entities in cyberspace in a wide range, from individuals to the public sector. Therefore, each entity involved must design protection capabilities in a manner commensurate with the risk, which requires strategic tools and methods and drives organizations to learn from their security incidents. Following our previous paper “Business strategy analysis of cybersecurity incidents” (Bederna et al.) on the topic, this paper reviews the essential formal security strategy formulation tools applied in the cases of Yahoo! and Estonia. Both are based on publicly available information. The analysis confirms the importance of managements’ or the government’s attitude and support for solving cybersecurity challenges.
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Further Strategy Analysis of Cybersecurity Incidents

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