What is Industrial Organizations

The main purpose of this paper is to examine utilization of management practices in Slovenian industrial organizations. The focus is on examination of the level of utilization of management practices in industrial organizations and comparison to the level and pattern of use with Slovenian organizations in services. The paper discusses the role and importance of typical industrial practices for processes optimization and processes outcomes. Research results reveal that employees in industrial organizations significantly more use management practice to support their processes then those employees working in services organizations. Also the pattern of management practices utilization in industrial and service organizations is rather different. The sample for this study includes 357 responses from employees in Slovenian organizations. In discussion we addressed the link between management practices and processes optimizations, while in practical implications are outlined suggestions how to use management practices in order to improve performance of industrial processes.