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power, and before one establishes the role, the project is not effectively managed or solved (Dědina a kol., 2007). Used methods and research results The primary research was used to obtain the results. There were generated list of companies using the Amadeus database 6,7 . Companies were divided into four groups: smallsized enterprises ( 250 employees, LE) 8 . Public institutions (PI) consists the fourth group, which is a little bit specific but for completeness of this survey were also included. The survey was conducted this way: on the official web-site page of each company in the list was found an organizational structure. The survey’s limitation lies in the fact that it relies on information on this page. For example, if the company had went well / wrong, it would go over another form of structure, without updating its site; or the company can misrepresent, either accidentally or intentionally. The last and relatively frequent situation is that no such information is disclosed on its website 9 . But sometimes the employee contacts can help because it deduces the organizational structure. Table 1 gives the results of the survey. The table shows that many companies did not disclose its organizational structure. In case of small-sized enterprises the survey was conducted in all companies. For medium and large companies a sample of 100 companies was chosen. The summary of rows does not give a total result or the taken sample. The reason is that some companies’ web-site pages were not found. Table 1: Survey’s results Unlisted Functional Staff Line Divisional Matrix Total SE 42 11 0 4 0 0 114 ME 45 20 0 0 6 0 405 LE 12 3 0 0 45 0 1688 PI 10 x x x x x x Source: own 6 The Amadeus database is not generally accessible. More information can be obtained from the distributor's website: http://bvdinfo.com/home.aspx. 7 Using this database it was found that in the Czech Republic there is a total of 436,760 active companies. It is surprising because this number is higher than ČEKIA says. It recently published article where states that we have only 350,236 companies in the Czech Republic (ČEKIA, 2011). However, the number of companies is so high that it can be said that this selection is representative. 8 The division according to: (Vítková, 2009). 9 Typically, we can come across with it in companies, which do business in the construction or forwarding sector.
Discussion The survey showed that the theoretical assumptions were confirmed. For small-sized enterprises the functional organizational structure dominates, followed by the line structure. The divisional organizational structure prevails at the large-sized enterprises. In case of medium-sized enterprises there always depends on the specific number of employees. If the number of employees is close to fifty, the functional organizational structure prevails. If the number of employees moves at the upper limit (under 250 employees), the divisional structure prevails. The public institutions are built on a pyramid base. The top person is a head of state – a president (given by Constitution). Under him, there is a Prime Minister. Under him, the particular minister are subordinated with theirs ministry. And this way, every public institution is responsible to someone from government (Filip a kol., 2009). That is why the public institution cannot be classified to any organizational structure. They use the centralized system of management. Conclusions The survey showed that the small-sized enterprises use the functional organizational structure in the Czech Republic more often than every other. This structure is based on the fact that workers are grouped into departments according to expertise, experience, qualifications or similarities task. The large-sized enterprises, contrary, use mainly the divisional organizational structure, which is based on a decentralized management system. In the medium-sized enterprises it always depends on specific number of employees. If the number is close to fifty employees (lower limit) than the company tends to the functional organization structure. If the number is close to 250 employees (higher limit) than the company tends to the divisional organization structure. References Blažek, L., 2011. Management; Organizování, rozhodování, ovlivňování. Grada Publishing, Praha, 191 pp. Cejthamr, V., Dědina, J., 2010. Management a organizační chování (2nd Edition.). Grada Publishing, Praha, 352 pp. ČEKIA[online]., 20.10.2011. [cit. 2011-11-1]. Počet firem kontrolovaných z daňového ráje. Praha. Dostupné z WWW: . Dědina, J., Odcházel, J., 2007. Management a moderní organizování firmy (1st Edition.). Grada Publishing, Jihlava, 324 pp. Donnelly, J. H., 2005. Management. Grada Publishing, Praha, 824 pp. Filip, J., Svatoň, J., Šimáčková, K., 2009. Státověda (1st Edition.). Masarykova universita, Brno, 130 pp. Semorádová, P., 2009. Předpoklady vývoje organizačních struktur. VUT, Brno, 130 pp. Stein, J. C., 2002. Information production and capital allocation: Decentralisation vs hierarchical firms. Journal of finance, 57:1891-1921. Veber, J., a kol., 2009. Management (2nd Edition). Management press, Praha, 324 pp. Vítková, L., 2009. Místo a role malých a středních podniků v podmínkách globalizace. Masarykova univerzita, Brno, 91 pp.
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