Methodical Basis of the Business Excellence Status Assessment

Abstract Business Excellence represents a reform for any enterprise, but its achievement requires a continuous circle of evaluations, because only the evaluation of the result will open potential for complex improvement within the entire enterprise. The aim of the paper is to identify and specify methodical bases (dimensions) for evaluating the status of Business Excellence. The emphasis is placed on the characterization of dimensions currently used for the evaluation of Business Excellence status. Application of primary and secondary research methods showed that the object of evaluation can be all those factors, which in a certain way influence the success of the enterprise and the subject of evaluation is the enterprise itself or external company dealing in this issue, respectively; and the choice of suitable method depends on the object and purpose of evaluation, as well as on the knowledge of current trends in evaluating the Business Excellence status.