THE SERVICE APPRAISAL AND CAREER MANAGEMENT OF SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

This contribution deals with the importance of the service appraisal of soldiers of the Army of the Czech Republic mainly in connection with remuneration, planning and career management. It determines the basic changes in mentioned processes in connection with the change of the Act on Professional Soldiers. Furthermore, it deals with the selection of soldiers for higher systemized places within the career management. The appointment of soldiers to higher ranks is subject to fulfilling of the qualification requirements and servicing at least the given minimum length of service. The qualification requirements are fulfilled through training of soldiers. The transparent and objective system of the service appraisal of the soldiers and the use of its results is another means to ensure fair career management ruled by the central authorities. The service appraisal has to provide enough amount of objective information about the soldier's performance also with a view to identifying the needs of soldier's development. This contribution determines the basic changes in mentioned processes in connection with the change of the Act on Professional Soldiers. Furthermore, it deals with the selection of soldiers for higher systemized places within the career management. It analyses achieved results of success of the service appraisal of a chosen rank in years 2012 to 2014; it gives basic experience with the use of the service appraisal within chosen armies. It points to the possibilities of the use of foreign experience and approaches leading to raise the objectivity of the service appraisal, the possibility to choose modern forms of evaluation and the pieces of knowledge of foreign armies.