%0 Journal Article %T The Methods of Professional Development within the Higher Educational Institutions %A Claudia Mihaela Nicolau %J Acta Universitatis Danubius : Oeconomica %D 2009 %I Danubius University %X The main purpose of this analytical research paper was to distinguish the importance/the contribution of development methods ¨Cformal/non-formal, the analysis of different programs framed on one of these, but also, the correlation of these development methods with theresearch population profile ¨C the didactic personnel that activates in the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration1 frame. Among thesubjects approached through the implementation of the research methodology used (questionnaire ) on population, we mention: the personal policypromoted by FEAA, the delineation of the researched population profile, the presentation of professional development needs of the didacticpersonnel (formal, non-formal), the importance and contribution of faculty internal professional development programs on the didactic personnel. %K personnel policy %K development needs %K professional development programs %K university management %K formal methods %K non-formal methods %U http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/oeconomica/article/viewFile/74/71