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A Great Challenge Requiring Thorough Preparation
Part Two
We talked to Ján Trgal, a partner in the largest Slovak consulting company, Centire Ltd. on the subject of drawing non-returnable financial resources from EU funds.
[Obecné noviny, September 12th 2007]
A Great Challenge Requiring Thorough Preparation
Part One
The new programme period for drawing EU funds for 2007-2013 brings along a great challenge both for the public and private sector. Help for financing projects in the shape of non-returnable financial resources from EU funds is represented by a process which has its own precisely defined rules and regulations. There is a huge interest in Slovakia in obtaining these funds. It remains questionable whether all subjects are sufficiently prepared.
[Obecné noviny, September 12th 2007]
“The Great Unknown” Called Consulting
Everyone has probably heard a few jokes about consultants. Some are longer than others, but the message is always the same. For example: A man in a hurry asks a consultant passing by the time. He looks at his watch and replies “Half past seven”. Why do so many people question the true benefit of consultants? Are consultants really useful? What is the essence of this “great unknown” for many people?
[TREND, September 20th 2007]
It’s Important to Set the Conditions for Running a Business Which Means Life.
Water is a commodity whose sale and distribution have become geographically limited over the last few years. Like air, water is irreplaceable; it is a basic vital need and access to it should be a matter of course. We talked to Ján Trgal, partner in the leading consulting and IT company Centire, s.r.o. about the current state of the water sector in Slovakia.
[TREND, September 13th 2007]
Schools Need Marketing
Primary schools have problems surviving on the money which they receive from the state according to the normative funding per pupil. So they need to look for efficiency and learn from each other. Martin Kóňa talked to the project manager of the citizens’ association “European Centre of Management”, Dušan Šamudovský, about the project of primary school benchmarking.
[EUROREPORT plus, July-August 2007]
eGovernment in Slovakia
We talked to Martin Gálik, manager of the IT division of Centire, s.r.o. about eGovernment.
[golf SK, 2-2007]
ALWAYS STAY ON THE FAIRWAY
A good golfer is like a zen archer. He observes his target. He chooses a strategy to reach it. And then he looks into the distance for a long time. He clears his mind and visualises the trajectory. In his mind, he has sent the ball in the right direction. Energy follows the thought! Then he narrows his eyes and strikes the ball. With ease… We talked to golfer Ján Trgala, partner in the largest Slovak consulting company, CENTIRE.
[golf SK, June/ July 2007]
A New Era Requires New Attitudes
A visionary and adventurer in one person, Mgr. Renáta Kiselicová, founder and director general of the largest Slovak consulting company S&K Management Systems does not content herself with superficial information or set solutions.
[may 2007, EUROBIZNIS]
Good Old Advice Says: Let the Experts Help You
For several years now, the European Union has also been providing help to Slovakia by means of its funds. Even though we stated that we know how to use this aid efficiently, the reality is a little different.
[march 2007, EUROREPORT PLUS]
Public Administration is beginning to take an Interest in its Output
An audit cannot be a direct guarantee of quality. It can only be indirect, by optimising conditions
[12.4.2005, TREND / Zuzana Horníková and Ján Záborský]
Difficulties in Implementing Logic in the Remuneration of Public Employees
The attempt to motivate people in public administration meets with tradition, distrust, politics and inability
[12.4.2005, TREND / Zuzana Horníková and Ján Záborský]
Without Registers, Public On-Line Services Will Only Be Half-Operational
Departments will have to agree on rules for mutual data exchange
[9.3.2005, TREND / Jozef Andacký, Konštantín Čikovský, Martin Valášek and Peter Marčan]
Processes and Education are More Important than Technology
Fees for online services must been seen in relation to the ratio between price and performance
[9.3.2005, TREND / Jozef Andacký, Konštantín Čikovský, Martin Valášek and Peter Marčan]
Why are stamps entering retirement age
Electronic public administrative does not need more money, but coordination, process management and government pressure
[9.3.2005, TREND / Jozef Andacký, Konštantín Čikovský, Martin Valášek and Peter Marčan]
Controlling Needs Good Quality Reporting, but Continues
Even under the supervision of a foreign investor, the application of controlling can take years
[10.5.2004, TREND / Slávka Kampová]
Murphy’s Laws Driven out of the Ministry of Finance SR by a Process Audit
The finance department will use the money saved to increase the salaries of remaining employees
[5.2.2004, TREND / Slávka Kampová]
A Process Analysis Protects the Process from the Interests of the Existing Organisational Structure
Perhaps with the exception of the introduction of quality management systems, there is no method in current management practice which can more significantly influence real management than the so-called process analysis of an organisation.
[19.9.2001, TREND / RENÁTA KISELICOVÁ, PAVOL BOROŠ]