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to results we can observe a phenomenon in which
companies without strategy prove higher efficiency than
companies with strategy.
Company strategy is interpreted as long-term heading of
company.
In frame of process survey data to verify hypothesis 1 several
methods of quantitative and qualitative evaluation were used. It
was actually difficult to verify hypothesis using only one
method. First processing of quantitative data included only
selection of respondent`s appropriate answers by selective
analysis and cluster analysis to obtain very first picture about
companies operating in Slovak Republic.
Then partial testing of working hypotheses followed. That lead
to verification of main hypothesis in survey. Methods used:
comparative analysis through effectivity index and
spiderweb diagram,
correspondence analysis,
statistic methods of evaluation like X2 test of
independence of qualitative signs.
In the article, only correspondence analysis results are shown.
5. Conclusion
Knowledge is not static, it means that today innovative
knowledge can be nuclear knowledge tomorrow. Therefore
Lenin´s old familiar “learn, learn, learn” can be applied in the
corporate practice. Improving the competitive position in the
market requires continuous learning and knowledge creation
based on the experience and skills. Company´s strategic
direction is often based only on employees’ knowledge. It is
important to take into account also the readiness of the market
and hence the knowledge of customers. Only combination of
customers´ and employees´ knowledge can be essential for
success.
Based on the analysis of the type of employees´ and customers´
knowledge, it is possible to determine the direction of the
company. Direction of the company is the way, which the
company has to go, but company need other analysis and audits
to identify the individual steps.
After determining strategic heading several audits need to be
performed. They will help to choose effectively strategic heading
with its ways. We recommend to perform an audit of
acceptability, suitability and feasibility.
Demerit which emerged while interpreting and designing
solutions is that in case of some combination of knowledge
activities of customers and employees there were no answers
from respondents for these combination. As the respondents
sample was representative, we can assume, that in Slovakia there
are no companies with certain combination type. However this
generalization is imprecise and for obtaining additional data for
table, more retailed data obtaining from companies would be
required.
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