The aim of the diploma thesis is to describe the basic characteristics and analysis of the information profession of the Czech Republic in the sphere of state administration. Some space of the work is devoted to the characteristics of public and state administration. The diploma thesis emphasizes the institutions of state administration and their division. The following chapter deals with information institutions and information folders in the state administration and their categorization. The core of the thesis is the definition of the concept of an information specialist. The final chapter is devoted to the possibilities of graduates in the field of Information Studies and Librarianship in Public and State Administration and the exemplary position of a public administration information systems officer based on the analysis of advertised job offers.

The dissertation focuses on information support for the strategic management of universities in the Czech Republic, using competitive intelligence as a framework. Qualitative and quantitative research methods - text analysis, questionnaire survey and conceptual modelling - have been used to achieve the goal of the dissertation.Current state of the topic is reviewed both from the global and Czech perspective, with a special emphasis on legal and economic environment in which Czech universities operate. Strategic and organizational aspects of the information support provided to university management are evaluated. Data necessary for the provision of information support are also discussed. The key role of university libraries in the information support for university strategic management is identified.Categorization of internal and external information sources forming the data base for the strategic management support and the conceptual model of the data base are the main results of the dissertation. Key words competitive intelligence, strategic management, information managment, university evaluation, public universities, information support, information systems, information systems integration, public management and administration, Czech Republic,