Organizational background of competitiveness, application of new models in the Public Sector

Absztrakt

To improve regional competitiveness with a special regard to large urban zones (LUZ), understanding of organizational background and analysis of possible methods and levels of cooperation is a key element. It is a relatively new research area to identify and map organizational structures and configurations in the business sector, whereas strategic planning goes back in historic time. This study concentrates on two main issues. On the one hand, the organizational models, mainly defined for the corporate and private sector by Henry Mintzberg will be studied by the evaluation of their applicability in the public sector, with a special regard to the municipal sector in Budapest. Structural and operative organizational models will be distinguished in project management by introducing and evaluating their differences. On the other hand, this study examines the existing and possible opportunities of synergies between the municipality, its fully owned public utility companies and other actors to establish a reliable and also flexible and open structure for accomplishment integrated approaches. The model defines a municipal organizational model not exclusively but inclusively, together with its own corporate and institutional structure, including universities, research centres, civil organizations and SMEs, too. The aim of this strategic management approach is to build up a model that ensures the maximal EU funding absorption during the 2014-2020 programming period, despite the decreasing allocation available for such developed regions as Budapest. Keywords: EU strategy, public sector, organizational structures, strategic planning