INOVAČNÉ AKTIVITY A ICH VÝZNAM V MIESTNEJ SAMOSPRÁVE
INNOVATION ACTIVITIES AND THEIR IMPORTANCE IN LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

Author(s): Michal Cifranič, Maroš VALACH
Subject(s): Public Administration, Management and complex organizations
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: innovations; innovation activities; innovation process; implementation of innovations; local self-government;
Summary/Abstract: Innovations are also an integral part of local self government. If the self-government wants to keep up with growing claims of the citizens, or with very quick modernization of competition, it has to outlay the necessary effort to modernize itself and its offered services. The aim of the paper is to identify and analyse the innovative activities of the city of Košice and its quarter Košice - Staré Mesto with a focus on evaluating the innovation environment, identifying implemented innovations, evaluating the financing of innovations as well as the institutional context of their creation. Both primary and secondary data were used to identify and evaluate innovation activities. In order to obtain empirical data was used the interviewing method supported by the structured interview. The municipality perceives the need for innovations in order to increase the efficiency of ongoing processes within its organizational structures, which will enable citizens to provide better services. It also considers it necessary to increase the share of funding to support introducing innovations. So far, most resources have been focused on process and organizational innovations, many of which have been created by the Office's employees, which can be considered as original.

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