L23 - Organization of ProductionReturn

We analyze the extent of the integrated state control over the privatized companies in the Czech Republic during the decade of 1995-2005. During this period, the integrated potential of the state to control companies had a pyramid-like form. Even though the pyramid control was not fully utilized, the state owned the golden shares that significantly improved state ability to control companies. Our findings suggest that state control in the period under research is correlated with decreasing, or even negative performance of companies. The efficiency of the state-owned companies was much lower than that of the privately owned. The inability of state agencies to cooperate and inefficient state administration are the most probable explanations behind our findings.

Enviable strategic objective of Czech business sphere is to increase competitiveness. There is a long term task which major objective is to participate in this problematic. Its first part, empiric research and descriptive analysis of competitiveness of Czech organizations, are discussed in this article. First of all theoretical and methodical background is characterized, especially definition of terminology, systemic approach, conditions of relevant corporate environment and concepts of management of knowledge organization. Basic objective of assignment is to get relevant information from real environment of wide spectrum of our entrepreneur subjects and use them for analysis of system of management of Czech organization, especially from the point of view of systemic approach, level of interrelations and logic links - synergy. Competitiveness of Czech organizations is analyzed on the sample of 348 Czech organizations in time horizon 2002-2007. Final generalizations will be used as a background for work in next phases.