Organizations providing health services are often criticized because of inadequate and unsuitable management processes or procedures. Today’s challenge is focused on effective management and leadership skills in the area of health care. The aim of the research is to describe, analyze, and evaluate the current state of diversity management in details in the context of human resources management in the selected healthcare facilities. The source of the information was a questionnaire survey. The sample consists of 181 managers from various health care and health service organizations. The method of analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for data processing. The results were processed in SPSS and Excel programs. Pearson’s coefficient was used to evaluate the cross-correlation of the variables. The level of significance was 5% on both sides. Basic awareness of diversity management in the healthcare facilities is low. Some tools of diversity management are used, but only in isolation, non-conceptually, and unsystematically. The acknowledgment of diversity concept is poor and chaotic. The basic models of this concept defining its goals, activities, programs, responsibilities, and measurements are not known. One of the strong areas of the diversity management in the healthcare facilities is the diversity of working teams. On other hand, the weak side is the diversity as part of the organization culture and diversity as a part of human resource management. The summarizing index Attitudes towards Diversity received a higher average value than the Diversity Management Implementation index. Significant variables influencing the level of aggregate indices were identified: Ownership, size of the organization in terms of number of employees, patients’ satisfaction, and employees’ satisfaction.

Focusing on utilization of employees strengths at workforce brings companies benefit to the diverse workforce and creates a competitive advantage in a turbulent and dynamic business environment. The intention of this research is to fill a significant research gap in the in-depth exploration of relationships and support mechanisms for diversity management. The research is focused on teamwork climate as a mediating variable, moderating the effect of best practices in the implementation of diversity management and on its potential level of influence on the employee turnover in the company. It was applied the correlation to evaluate connection r among criteria of three areas: best practices in diversity management, teamwork climate and employee turnover rates. The control variables were age, gender, education and length of manager practice. The dependency between best practices in diversity management and employee turnover, which is mediated by teamwork climate, has been confirmed. However, partial mediation was found, where only part of the effect is mediated. The rate of turnover is influenced by the gender of the manager, age and length of practice. All variables (age, length of experience and gender) are significantly related to the variables of best practices in diversity management and teamwork climate. First published online 24 March 2022 Keyword : diversity, management, teamwork climate, employee turnover, mediation, best practices

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A start-up is a relatively new and attractive entrepreneurial form that is being explored in a broader national economy and industry context. However, there is little knowledge about its strategy, which is mainly represented by the business development strategy. The main goal of the research is to deepen and expand knowledge about the strategic background of start-ups, which is preparation and condition for a development strategy and later a business strategy, too. The partial goals of the research are in-depth and detailed knowledge of the content and novelty of the business idea, the quality of the internal environment of the start-up, the nature of the external environment of the start-up, and the content of the goals. The research sample contains 147 start-ups operating in Slovakia. Each start-up was researched by a member of the research team, who personally recorded the statements of the founder. The research results are based on qualitative analysis and synthesis of statements of the founders of start-ups. The main result of the research is a summary view of the strategic background of the examined start-ups, which expresses the peculiarities of the start-up business making and documents the possibilities and motives of the start-up’s strategizing. The summary of knowledge about the strategic background of the start-up is synthesized into a strategic balance sheet, which expresses the strategic perspective of the start-up, the possibilities of survival, explains the potential failure, and provides a solution to the identified imbalance. The practical use of the results consists of providing a model of the strategic balance, which is the result of field research of real and functioning start-ups. The originality and value of the research lie in the direct collection of qualitative data, immediate knowledge of business reality, and the synthesis of results into a comprehensive and at the same time detailed picture of the strategic background of the start-up.

The emergence and spreading of COVID-19 pandemic were surprising and sudden. It caused the need for competent crisis management throughout the public administration to manage the initial stage of the crisis. The purpose of our research is to identify the connection between the competencies of crisis management in self-governments and employee performance, measured at the time of the initial stage of the crisis, by their feeling of satisfaction, safety and establishment of conditions for work. In this research report, we expect these variables to be connected via the sharing of information, teamwork and cognitive diversity of work teams. The research used the mediator model according to Baron and Kenny. Sobel’s test was used to test the mediator effect. Regression analysis was used to verify the hypotheses. The ANOVA variance analysis was used to analyze multiple dependency. The level of significance was 5%. The research sample consisted of 207 managers in self-government organizations operating in Slovakia. The hypothesis on the dependency between the crisis management competencies and team performance during the initial stage of the crisis, facilitated by sharing of information, teamwork and cognitive diversity of crisis management, was confirmed.

Research paper is summarizing results of project focus on business models and strategies of startups. The research was focused on identification of business models and strategies of startups. Research sample was creating from more than 70 startups at the beginning of the research and we finished research 3 years later with 53 startups. This research paper is partial output that analyze startups in global business environment in terms of doing business abroad and making strategic steps. The aim of paper is identify basic strategic steps and decision making of startups through selected indicators such as market presence and entry modes focusing on the last stage of research. Startups business model were also analyze and part of the output is mapping the shifts in business model Canvas of startups.