The Use of the Quality Management Tools in Public Institutions

• Author: Manuela Panaitescu, Doina Cucu
• Position: Senior Lecturer, PhD, Danubius University of Galati, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Romania/PhD in progress, Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest, Romania
• Pages: 506-510

European Integration - Realities and Perspectives. Proceedings 2019

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The Use of the Quality Management Tools

in Public Institutions

Manuela Panaitescu1, Doina Cucu2

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to analyze the stage of applying the legislation regarding the

development and implementation of the internal management control system, taking into account the difficulties

encountered in the process of elaborating the s ystem and operational procedures at the level of some public

entities. The Community legislation in the field of internal managerial control is made up, in large part, of

general principles of good practice, also accepted internationally. The way in which these principles are

transposed into the internal control systems is specific to each country, being determined by the legislative,

administrative, cultural conditions etc.

Keywords: internal management control system; public entities; community legislation

Introduction

The internal management control system of any public entity operates with a variety of processes,

means, actions, provisions, which concern all a spects related to the activities of t he entity, b eing

established and implemented by the management of the entity to allow it to have a good control over

the functioning of the entity as a whole, as each activity / operation. The p hrase “managerial int ernal

control” emphasizes the responsibility of all hierarchical levels for keeping under control all internal

processes carried out for achieving the general and specific objectives.

In order to ensure the achievement of the objectives, in an economical, efficient and effective way, the

management of the public institutions must ensure t he elaboration of the procedures for the pr ocesses

and / or the activities carried out within the public entities and to inform the personnel involved. In this

respect, both Romanian legislation and European recommendations must be respected.

1. The Romanian Legislation

Order 600 currently applicable, which amends the old ordinance 400 of 2015, legislates the C ode of

internal managerial control of public entities, through Standard 9 - Procedures, and specifies the

importance of elaborating the procedures documented at the level of public entities. Moreover, since

2000, the White Paper - Part I, defines internal control as the totality of “policies and procedures

1 Senior Lecturer, PhD, Danubius University of Galati, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Romania, Address: 3 Galati Blvd.,

Galati, Romania, Tel. +40372361102, Fax. +40372361290, Corresponding author: manuelapanaitescu@univ-danubius.ro.

2 PhD in progress, Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest, Romania, Address: Calea Vacaresti, No. 185, Sector 4, Bucharest,

Romania, Tel.: +4 021.330.90.32, fax: +4 021.330.86.06, E-mail: doina_cucu@yahoo.com.