Abstract
Overall public administration reform is one of prerequisites for successful integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) into the European Union (EU). Public administration modernization in our country is required in order to have responsible and efficient civil service. The goal of this research is to determine dissimilarities between representation share and importance level of competencies of public administration management in terms of sport in Bosnia and Herzegovina at all levels (municipalities, cantons, entities and the state). Research sample used was public administration management in sports i.e. public administration employees with different level of competencies (assistant head of municipality, assistant ministers at cantonal level, entity, district and state levels) (N=147). Data were collected via on-line survey and personal correspondence related to organizational structure of public administration management in municipalities, cantons, entities and the
state from managerial staff in sectors and divisions of sports, including demographical characteristics (6 items) in Part One, whereas the second part of questionnaire relates to abilities, skills and frame of mind of management, representation share and importance (23 items), based on Likert’s scale using seven-point rating scales (1 to 7). Data has been processed on single-variable and multi-variable scale basis. Mainly, this research focused on analysis of public administration management actions, the way in which their skills are to be valued and which are required to contribute to a positive results of sports organizations that are active in their environment. By applying test for corresponding samples we have presented that there are differences between statistical significance, level 0,01, and between representation share and importance, public administration management competencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina at all levels (municipalities, cantons, entities
and the state). Results of this research presented impartial situation in terms of public administration management in the field of sports and based on that adequate recommendations have been determined with a goal to improve management at all levels of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
