Aplikace metody Balanced Scorecard v ČR – případová studie Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj ČR

The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is one of the modern management methods. The BSC is comprehended as a tool between business strategy and operational tasks by which the strategy is to be implemented. This strategy and practice connection is being monitored and balanced not only by financial measures but also by measures focused on business processes, employees and customers. This is what makes the BSC successful. The BSC is applied in many businesses for several years. The high degree of effectiveness of the BSC in private sector has become an impulse for the implementation of the BSC in public administration management. It can be assumed that the BSC could also enhance the effectiveness and efficiency in public administration. The main aim of the thesis is to determine whether or not the BSC is both an applicable and efficient management tool within the Czech public administration. The history characteristic and perspective of the BSC is an integral part of the thesis as well. The thesis also deals with creating general strategic maps, and describes the implementing process of the BSC within public administration with the emphasis on selected Czech central governmental body.