správa

Správa is a noun used in Czech and Slovak to denote the act or result of managing, administering, or governing an organization, institution, or system. In government and public administration, it refers to the administration or governance of a city, region, or company, as in správa mesta or správa verejného podniku. In business, it can denote corporate management and the handling of assets, for example správa spoločnosti or správa majetku, including responsibilities such as planning, organization, and supervision.

In information technology and computing, správa is used for system administration and related activities, e.g., správa serverov or správa systémov, covering maintenance, configuration, monitoring, and security.

The term is formed from the verb spravovat (to manage, to govern, to administer) and carries the sense of control, order, or stewardship. In Czech and Slovak, it is common to refer to the body responsible for administration as "správa" in contexts like "správa školy" (school administration) or "správa štátu" (state administration). The word may appear in compound phrases such as "správa a údržba" (management and maintenance) or "správa údajov" (data governance) in modern usage.

Note that the related Czech word "zpráva" typically means a report or message, and though related linguistically, it is a distinct term from správa in standard usage.