Verification of the Evolution Model of Production Structure at Steel-Making Enterprises in the Check Republic by Cluster Analysis

Abstract

The article shows laws of organizational development of steel-making enterprises in the Check Republic and verifies the theoretical model of the production (operational) structure evolution. The said theoretical model of production (operational) structure evolution is based on the hypothesis concerning availability of two types of production (operational) structures: successive and parallel. In the process of enterprise growth and development these structures change each other by going over to a new level of development. Enterprises of steel-making industry (NACE codes 24.1, 24.2, 24.4 and 24.5) located on the territory of the Check Republic were chosen as objects of the research. Cluster analysis was used as the research method. The findings of the research approved in general the hypothesis about two types of organizational production (operational) structures and the theoretical model of production (operational) structure evolution. These findings can be used for developing business-models for steelmaking enterprises.

Keywords

• steel-making industry
• organizational development
• cluster analysis