National Repository of Grey Literature 1 records found  Search took 0.02 seconds. 
Intercultural differences in management in childcare facilities
Demyan, Nikolay ; Šafránková, Jana Marie (advisor) ; Kursch, Martin (referee)
The thesis focuses on the analysis of the management of selected organizations providing care for young children in terms of intercultural differences in the management style and principles of their managers from the majority society. The analysis is based primarily on the work of Geert Hofstede and Robert House, who revealed the sociological phenomenon of cultural dimensions. The theoretical part of the thesis is devoted to an analysis of the current legislative framework for the provision of early childhood education in Czech Republic and the position and role of the school or non-profit organization director as a manager. Special attention is paid to the concept of intercultural management as a specific area of people management and the basic theories of cultural dimensions of Geert Hofstede and Robert House are discussed, including the framing of the whole situation in the context of the Czech social and cultural environment. The practical part is focused on research of selected organizations providing care for young children. Due to the limited number of childcare facilities in the Czech Republic with a multicultural workforce, a qualitative research method, namely case study analysis using semi-structured interviews with managers of childcare organizations, was chosen to identify...

Interested in being notified about new results for this query?
Subscribe to the RSS feed.