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Use of Methods of Strategic and Decision-making Analysis in the Process of Creating Conceptual Documents of the MoD CZE
Use of Methods of Strategic and Decision-making Analysis in the Process of Creating Conceptual Documents of the MoD CZE

Author(s): Eva Štěpánková, Kristýna Binková
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Univerzita obrany - Centrum bezpečnostních a vojenskostrategických studií
Keywords: Methods of Strategic Planning; Methods of Decision-making Analysis; Department of Defence of the Czech Republic; SWOT Analysis

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to determine the extent of the use of strategic and decision-making analysis methods and the specifics and barriers of their practical application in the process of creating conceptual documents in the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic. In the qualitative research, a semi-structured questionnaire was created for the purpose of data collection and submitted to eighteen creators of the department's conceptual documents. The obtained data were evaluated by open coding according to the grounded theory, one of the methods of systematizing qualitative data. The results show that the methods are used, but informally or in a modified form – adapted to the specifics of the department. Barriers to the use of methods, are primarily the varying level of competence of the creators, the inappropriateness of certain methods for certain types of documents, time pressure or the preference for an intuitive approach. The ideal strategy seems to be a combination of the intuitive and rational approach.

  • Issue Year: 32/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 35-51
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Czech