%0 Journal Article %T Interdepartmental Conflict ¨C a Real Barrier in the Process of Assimilating the Concept of Marketing in Organizational Practice? %A Luminita Iulia ZAIT %A Bogdan Vasile NICHIFOR %A Laura Catalina TIMIRAS %J Risk in Contemporary Economy %D 2012 %I Dunarea de Jos University of Galati %X This paper aims to identify the extent in which the interdepartmental conflicts from the local organizations can constitute a real barrier in assimilation of the concept of marketing in organizational practice in Romania. Based on an extensive literature review approach, which suggest different forms of conflicts between functional structures of an organization, and on a selective quantitative research, this article reveals the extent to which the assimilation of the concept of marketing in organizational practice in Romania may be hampered by their manifestation. %K interdepartmental conflict %K interoperable teams %K antagonistic relationships %K organizational issues %K operational issues %K consultative interaction %K asymmetric interdependence %U http://www.rce.feaa.ugal.ro/sites/default/files/ZaitNichiforTimiras.pdf