Using Management Tools to Manage Network Organizations and Network Models

Abstract

The concept of network organization is topical and also attractive from a management perspective. The paper deals with network organizations active in Slovakia and the EU. Based on selected real-world examples, it highlights the aspects of the application of management tools in managing network organizations; describes operations of the network structures within the EU; and shows the directions of the development of such structures in Slovakia. It also defines links in the network and communication between its various organizational units in the direction of the process management model. The network model is examined from the perspectives of process management and strategic controlling.