Strategic management of the public sector in the Republic of Macedonia

The strategic management is a continuous process with defined modes of action and should be applied to all of the organizations regardless of whether they are private or public organizations. Therefore, the strategic management includes the following actions: overall analysis of the situation in the organization, monitoring and evaluation of authorities, the working environment, the vision for development in the future and the results and effectiveness of the intended programs. Through strategic management, organizations shape the most important strategic plan, examine the conditions in which they exercise their activity and attempt to find the best ways to deliver the strategic plan. The purpose of this study is to define the application of the strategic management in the public sector in the Republic of Macedonia. The research subject of this paper is to outline the positive and negative effects of the regulatory laws aimed at the establishment and implementation of strategic management in the public sector. Therefore, the research methodology is based on analysis of legal documents and regulations in the field of strategic management and strategic planning of human resources in the state authority. For that purpose, an interview was conducted aimed to perceive the function of the strategic management in the public sector and the methods used of the strategic planning. The interview was completed on 30 public servants employees in twenty state authorities. The survey results suggest that there have been efforts to establishment of legal aspect of organizational units for strategic management and that there has been a positive effect in terms of resolving the tasks in organizations through established uniform rules, backed up by financial structure. Keywords: strategic management, public sector, public administration, strategic plannin