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Evaluation of Nonformal Education - Preparation of Volunteers in particular Non-profit Organizations
Křečanová, Alena ; Eger, Ludvík (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee)
The central theme of this thesis is the phenomenon of volunteering with an accent to preparation of volunteers in two non-profit organizations, namely INEX- SDA and YMCA in Czech Republic. The structure of the thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part follows the basic terms and aims to put the phenomenon of volunteering to the wider context of civic society. The empirical part is focused on description of two chosen non-profit organization and afterwards, it is concentrated on empirical research. The aim of this research is to bring knowledge about educational program of volunteers` preparing to the voluntary activities in named non-profit organizations. KEY WORDS: civic society, non-profit organizations, volunteering, volunteer, non-formal education
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Cooperation of teams and joint leisure time of employees
Fördösová, Pavla ; Kuchař, Pavel (advisor) ; Tuček, Milan (referee)
The diploma thesis Cooperation of Teams and Joint Leisure Time of Employees deals with relation between frequency of involvement of individuals in cooperation of teams and their evaluation of the cooperation, information sharing and spending leisure time with colleagues. In the theoretical part, the theme is put into the broader framework of culture. The main areas affecting the problem are defined further. Emphasis is put on corporate culture, organizational climate and social relations between individuals in a company. In the empirical part of the text, the research question is described, the main hypothesis is set, the operational hypotheses are derived, the operationalization is performed, and the company and its teams that are subject of the research are presented. Subsequently, all processes and their relation being subject of the research are theoretically anchored and described based on the data analysis. In the concluding part of the text, there is an overview of mutual sympathy, ties and antipathy of members of the studied teams as well as it is found out to what extent the data analysis confirms the hypotheses determined. Information about mutual sympathy, ties and antipathy of individuals was obtained using the first questionnaire at the beginning of the research. The analyses of...
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Smoking as a social deviation and its regulation
Rázga, Michal ; Čada, Karel (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee)
This thesis deals with the issue of smoking as a social deviation. It focuses mainly on when and under what conditions smoking in the Czech Republic becomes a social deviation. The thesis points out that nowadays there are ideal conditions for smoking to become a social deviation. There are, in particular, two reasons for that: First, smoking is unhealthy and second, there is a new international trend of health promotion which is very popular today. The core of the theoretical part is represented by a chapter on social deviation which also includes the issues of social norms and presentation of smoking as a social deviation. Smoking becomes a social deviation in cases of breach of formal norms defined by the legal provisions regulating smoking. The thesis, therefore, includes a detailed inventory of all legal measures regulating smoking in the Czech Republic. The practical part addresses the views of students of social science disciplines regarding smoking as a social deviation. Students demonstrated a very good knowledge of the given issues. They do not perceive smoking as a social deviation, nevertheless, they suggested three new regulatory measures which in their opinion should strengthen the statutory regulation. By this, they also pointed out other cases of potentially socially deviant smoking.
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Where is the community? Case study of neighborhoods in Žiar nad Hronom
Kirschnerová, Hana ; Illner, Michal (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee)
Community and its ties to locality have been bothering sociologists and researchers since society has abandoned its traditional organization. Many of them considered positive and negative aspects of industrial and later modern society's influence on community sense and human relationships. This thesis will walk the reader through the influential writings on the topic of community, meaning of space and human relationships. Starting with the appreciation of traditional community, through worries about its disappearance, diminishing importance of local ties and ending with complete anonymity and individualization. The empirical part of this thesis brings up results of the research conducted in neighborhoods of Žiar nad Hronom, town in central Slovakia. Findings from the interviews were confronted with ideas of New Urbanism, basically confirming role of architecture design in neighbors' relationships. Intensity, frequency and quality of interaction among neighbors are thus influenced by factors of spatial design, length of residence and busyness of residents. Nature of the relationships among neighbors is far from ideal (as in traditional community) but people look for communities in wider sense, creating networks with people from other social circles than those bounded to a place.
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Employee motivation focusing on the importance of employee benefits
Svátková, Kateřina ; Kuchař, Pavel (advisor) ; Pašková, Miroslava (referee)
The Bachelor thesis "Employee motivation focusing on the importance of employee benefits" is primarily devoted to the issue of employee motivation as an important area within human resources management. The first part focuses on the theoretical point of motivation. It deals with short definitions of terms and best known theories of motivation to work. The second one deals rather with motivation in practical contexts, summarize the development of approaches to work motivation and tries to look at the situation in the Czech Republic. This work tries to introduce the system of providing employee benefits, again both in theory as well as practical approaches. In this section, attention is paid to the possibilities that can provide benefits and their impact on employee motivation, and partly to the form in which are benefits used in the country. The work also contains findings that were obtained from expert interviews and are loosely incorporated into the text.
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Aspiration of children from children's homes
Weissová, Aneta ; Kuchař, Pavel (advisor) ; Gorčíková, Magdaléna (referee)
Bachelor thesis "Aspiration of Children from Children's Homes" discusses family plans and dreams of children from children's homes, who don't live in family enviroment, which is one of the main socialization agencies and also origin of ideas of future life. Main purpuse of this thesis is to ilustrate differences between children from childrens homes and children from families. Survey of children in children's home above 15 years old was made for this thesis (N=127). Survey focuses on four main areas of family life: relationships, marriage, parenthood and distribution of roles in family. Other three datasets from surveys of future plans of childrens from families were analyzed. Frequency and correlations analysis were used and results of these two groups were compared together. It was revealed that plans of children from children's homes and children from families varies. Results show that children from children's homes are less inclined to future family life. There was also no evidence of linkage between age at which children were institutionalized and their future family plans.
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Social problems of city Most from perspective of its young population
Pícha, Tomáš ; Tuček, Milan (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee)
This Thesis deals with the social problems of city Most and how they are perceived and evaluated by its young population. Under influence of historical events the city has a very specific composition of the population and it has long been faced with many problems that are inherently social, economic, environmental and other. The Thesis presents the view of pupils and students of Most's schools on these problems and it analyzes which problems students consider as urgency, how they evaluate the living conditions in Most and what is their relationship to the city. The Thesis is supported by own SAQ survey conducted on a sample of approximately 600 students from different types of schools that provides answers to most of the research questions. Given that the Romany question intensively rezonates between young denizens of Most, the survey has been extended to gypsies living in one of Most's Romany localities - well-known settlement Chanov. This enabled the comparison of respondents' opinions (mostly from the rank of the majority) with views of young gypsies. Thus the overall output is consisted of a description of the current situation of the city and its problems, perception of these problems by its young population (majority in comparison with relatively numerous minority of gypsies) and outline of...
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Mother Centres in Vysočina Region and Multicultural Education
Mračková, Petra ; Ortová, Marie (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee)
The diploma work is called: Mother centers in Vysočina Region and multiculture education. Mother centers have been working in the Czech republic already more then twenty years and from the beginning they are based on mutual trust, solidarity, help, happiness from the shard social ties. Mother centers are open and available to all social groups regardless of race or religion. It means that they can be good places for beginning of multicultural education in life of human. The aim of this thesis is to chart the areas in mother centers in Vysočina Region from point of multicultural education, find out if mother centers in Vysočina Region integrate between their activities also activities based on multicultural education. And if the answer is positive, if the reason is to develop multicultural perception from youngest age and forego xenophobia and racism behaviour in the future or integrate families of national minorities and foreigners who are living in the place where mother centers create their activities. The thesis bear upon specialized literature from Czech and foreign environment. The thesis are divided into two parts - the theoretical and practical. The theoretical part consists of definitions of basis therm of area of mother centers and multicultural education and answer question: when is the best time...
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Flexicurity model and its implementation in the European labor markets
Bielawski, Jakub ; Kuchař, Pavel (advisor) ; Tuček, Milan (referee)
This diploma thesis considers a model of flexicurity, which currently represents a key strategy of European employment policy. "The Danish miracle", as it is sometimes called, combines two at first sight contradictory trends - the high flexibility of the labor market and adequate security for workers. However, application of the model to the European labor markets seems to be problematic for several reasons. Several potential barriers to the effective implementation of flexicurity are being discussed in the paper. The most serious seems to be the insufficient and ambiguous definition of the model. This means that different actors understand the nature of the model differently and accept it with different expectations. Flexicurity also ignores the heterogeneity of each labor market. The argument that flexicurity represents a win-win situation for all citizens seems untrustworthy and unrealistic. The paper further argues that the model is connected with the place of origin because of the importance of informal institutions such as advanced social dialogue and public-spiritedness. Finally, it is necessary to take into consideration the enormous financial demands of the model due to the emphasis on a generous social system.
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Coaching as a leadership style
Sedláčková, Martina ; Kuchař, Pavel (advisor) ; Tuček, Milan (referee)
Diploma thesis Coaching as a leadership style discusses new approach of management in corporations. The perspective on ideal way to manage people has been changing from dehumanizing approach of management to more humane perspective, which takes into account the uniqueness of personalities, interpersonal relationships, needs and motivation. These changes are described in the beginning of the thesis. Then, author focuses on a new trend - the use of coaching skills in managing people in organizations. Based on interviews with managers and their direct subordinates, the current situation of implementing coaching as a leadership style in Czech corporations is shown. The necessary conditions, which need to be accomplished for successful implementation, are revealed. The corporate environment must be set up and manager as a role model must be created. Managers need to change themselves, they need to develop their personalities and learn coaching skills. Furthermore, the relationship between managers and their employees must be based on mutual trust and openness. Consequently, coaching as a leadership style has an impact on employees. It develops them, reveals their potential and enables them to learn new things. It supports their autonomy, satisfaction and engagement. It contributes to quality of...
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