Process management in small and medium businesses in the South Bohemia region regard to the objectives, threats and benefits competitive companies

Small and medium-sized businesses play an important role in creating jobs and generally acts as a factor in social stability and economic development. Currently, there are several views on how to classify a small or medium enterprise. It depends on what classification is used. For research purposes GAJU 068/2010/S businesses have been divided by number of employees. The research objective is to characterize the main business processes, which are small and medium enterprises engaged in and specify the most important indicators, which are provided. Partial results of this research are presented in this article, we focus mainly on the identified target companies, competitive advantages and possible threats as seen by the undertakings themselves. Key words: Small and medium businesses (shortcut = SME), Proces