ORGANIZATIONAL AUDIT AS A TOOL FOR INCREASING COMPANY PERFORMANCE: A QUALITATIVE SURVEY OF ORGANIZATIONAL AUDITS' RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN MID-SIZE CZECH COMPANIES.

The main objectives of organizational audits include critical and independent evaluations of the appropriateness/purposefulness of the companies' organizational layout and personnel organization with regard to their function and strategy, as well as identifying and eliminating possible performance weaknesses, mainly bottlenecks and overemployment, related to its organizational structure and work-flows. Their purpose, at the same time, is to provide an objective recommendation concerning the possibilities of a better alignment of company structure and strategy, simplifying the flow of main company processes, increasing the effectiveness of its management, and thus promote the overall company performance. The goal of the article is to survey the criteria and methods that organizational audits use for company structure evaluation and, using the method of a qualitative survey, conducted in mid-sized companies in the Czech Republic, analyse the results and recommendations of organizational audits carried out in these companies including their contribution to their performance and management efficiency. Also, the article seeks to identify the main preconditions for a successful organizational audit as well as the main requirements concerning the use of its results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]