Abstract
Management of nautical tourism ports, by having general appropriate characteristics as well as characteristics related to business skills, can encourage development of related ports, which may result in direct and indirect impact on economy of the Republic of Croatia. For the purposes of this research work, there has been done a survey regarding management of eighteen (18) nautical tourism ports. The survey included issues such as general characteristics (gender, age), qualifications, as well as specific features like risk appetite, decision-making, use of scientific methods and similar. The research results indicate that nautical tourism management is not prone to risk which is mostly due to management’s age structure; increasing age decreases the desire for taking risks in decision-making. Management uses some group decision-making techniques, thereby it reflects the trust to lower levels in business while at the same time it increases their creativity and work motivation. Since nautical tourism is still in its nascent, the introduction of new scientific methods in decision-making could improve ports’ business and give them new directions and alternative directions of perceiving business challenges. The research paper also compares done research with previous similar surveys, but not to those that are directly related nautical tourism ports, all in order to identify changes that have occurred in management functioning over the years.
Highlights
Nautical tourism of the Republic of Croatia is the prosperous economy branch that has to do a lot regarding development, and it has to achieve the levels of its competitors
This paper shows which scientific methods of nautical tourism ports management is used while decision-making and if some business aspect may be improved by using additional scientific methods
The processed data from this study show that more than half (55 %) of nautical tourism ports managers are placed in the middle level of management striving to top management, 28 % of examinees consider themselves as the part of mid-level management, while only 17 % places themselves in a lower level management
Summary
Nautical tourism of the Republic of Croatia is the prosperous economy branch that has to do a lot regarding development, and it has to achieve the levels of its competitors. Management of nautical tourism ports, as well as management in general, with their business decisions is the main driving force of current and future changes, this research paper presents findings obtained via questionnaire regarding management competence. The questionnaire contains questions related to general characteristics of the management itself such as age, gender, qualifications and specific features with a focus on risk appetite, type of decisions and the use of scientific methods in decision-making. This paper shows which scientific methods of nautical tourism ports management is used while decision-making and if some business aspect may be improved by using additional scientific methods. Group decision-making methods are essential item of business management since its use gives the importance to the other employees and it examines to which extent the nautical tourism ports management uses such methods. Research results have been compared with previous similar researches in order to spot newly formed differences regarding characteristics and functioning of the management
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