Organizational performance – theoretical and practical approaches; study on students’ perceptions

Organizational performance depends on leaders’ mastery to create a cooperative working climate and on their ability to lead a team. Effective results require emotional engagement and empathy from participants in terms of activities performed within a team in order to provide solutions to issues that need to be resolved as professionally as possible. Organizational performance refers to the degree to which the organization, with some informational, financial, and human resources, positions itself effectively on the business market. Individual performance can influence the performance of the entire organization in the short, medium or long term in a positive or negative direction. The main objectives of the study are: 1)defining the firm’s performance; 2) presenting leadership characteristics as a managerial and organizational process; 3) analysing the leadership importance on organization performance; 4)presenting the research results regarding students’ perceptions on the recognition of organizational performance. The research approach used is a combination of literature review and answers to a questionnaire. Respondents are third year students in the bachelor programme at a Business School from Romania. The research scope is to identify young people’s perceptions regarding the recognition of organizational performance. The success factors that contribute to finding the first job after they graduate are also listed. According to respondents’ answers, the main characteristics of successful students will be specified, as well as their main priorities and values in life.