PLANNING PROCESS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES IN BANSKA BYSTRIA REGION

Submitted article focuses on verification of basic theoretical knowledge from the field of corporate planning process on the sample of small and medium sized enterprises in Banska Bystrica region. It theoretically specifies basic terms, advantages and disadvantages of planning, describes general planning process and structure of planning, including methods utilized in planning activities. Analytical part is oriented on description of methodology and presentation of results gained within primary research. Interpretation of results is made in order to confirm or reject three main research questions that were put at the beginning of our research. The interpretation was made according to selected sorting criterion and with focus to characterize planning process in practice, incentives for planning, planning methods and control mechanism used in planning process evaluation. Research's results confirmed two assumptions, while the last one was rejected. Questionnaire was the main method of data acquisition, descriptive statistical methods we used in order to summarize results.