Employees’ opinions to management in SMEs in the Czech Republic

Abstract

Objective. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in economic development and many of them consider management of employees to be the important source for achieving expected goals. Theoretical background is based on characteristic of different management styles. Method. The paper main aim is analysis of current problems in line management and compare any approaches to management in monitored six Czech SMEs. The survey was conducted from March to April 2018, by questionnaire. The relevant data were obtained from 258 respondents. The data analysis was based on the calculation of relative frequencies and the evaluation of the dependence of responses on gender and age of respondents using contingency tables. The research question is: What are the opinions of employees of the surveyed companies on management and how do they differ according to the type of company? Results. The results show that surveyed SMEs are able to effectively manage. Management practices in SMEs should be focused on management styles, employee evaluation and compensation to achieve expected organizational results through achieving desired employee results. Conclusions. The paper summarizes the results of the authors' questionnaire survey on managing people in six Czech profit SMEs. The results are interesting for the research and managers of SMEs who are responsible for managing employees. The results open up new possibilities for further research in the field of management. Limitations. The main limitation are results of only six SMEs and sample size.