Managerial style and its managerial implications for organizations in the Slovak republic
Abstract The article presents outcomes of a survey focusing on a style of management in Slovak organizations, using Blake & Mouton's managerial grid. The results presented ate based on a survey, consisting of a sample of 512 questionnaires addressing all managerial levels in Slovak companies. The corporations included in the survey are from various industries and fields of business as well as of different financial and capital ownership structures. The main objective of the survey is to portray management style of the managers in Slovakia from the perspective of managerial grid, analyzing people or task orientation in their managerial work. Further, the paper illustrates the differences in management style regarding the gender and the capital ownership of the company and depicts the consistency of the management style in relation to subordinates with the preferred management style from the superiors.
Susijungusių organizacijų kultūrų poveikis įmonės sėkmei
Failures of enterprises forced scientists to pay attention to intangible side of organization. They note that organizational culture can cause success or failure. Most scientists analyzed this influence in non-merged organizations. However, enterprises merge more often, but there are few investigations and they are not comprehensive. In this article the author discusses the concept of organizational culture, its impact on success, discloses the problems of culture analysis of merged companies and proposes the outline of research methodology of culture impact on success. It is proposed to combine quantitative and qualitative research methods, to distribute research into three periods and to separate companies into separate unit, not analyzing them as a single one.
Research requirements to reduce maintenance costs of civil helicopters
The maintenance problems faced by the operators of civil helicopters that result in high costs are documented. Existing technology that can be applied to reduce maintenance costs and research that should be carried out were identified. Good design practice and application of existing technology were described as having a significant impact on reducing maintenance costs immediately. The research and development that have potential for long range reduction of maintenance costs are presented.