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Culture shock and ints impact on the human
Vysoudilová, Marie ; Kutnohorská, Jana (advisor) ; Mareš, Jiří (referee)
Author: Marie Vysoudilová Institution: Ústav sociálního lékařství LF UK Hradec Králové, Oddělení ošetřovatelství Title of the Thesis: Culture shock and its the impact on human Thesis supervisor: Doc. Jana Kutnohorská, Ph. D. The number of pages: 120 The number of attachments: 2 The year of defense: 2013 Keywords: the culture shock, the migration, the culture, the menthal health, the multicultural education, the transcultural psychology, Saudi Arabia, Egypt The submitted Bachelor's Thesis is focused on cultural shock, its experiencing and influences on humans during their stay abroad. Since the cultural shock affects the individual not only with the respect to personal and working activities, but first and foremost with the respect to health, I would like to inform you in this Thesis not only about individual experiences and sensations of ordinary people who stayed in the given country, but also about a possibility of an impact of cultural shock on the human health and on readiness of people to their exile stay. The theoretical part of my Thesis defines such concepts as the cultural shock, migration, mental health, transcultural psychology, as well as some facts about Saudi Arabia and Egypt. As the main part of the Thesis, there is a qualitative research dealing with influences of sensations and...
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The Developments of the Rentier State Model in Saudi Arabia
Tomaštík, Karel ; Gombár, Eduard (advisor) ; Ťupek, Pavel (referee)
Saudi Arabia, along with other Gulf oil monarchies, represents an original politico- economic system. Huge revenues in the form of oil rent, flowing to the Treasury since the oil boom in the early 70's, have fundamentally changed the socio-economic structure, which was in literature termed the rentier state. The origin, development and description of typical characteristics of rentier state are the main topic of this thesis. The first section discusses the theoretical foundations and approaches to the issue. The second chapter provides a historical background in order to position the study in the context of previous political, economic and ideological development. In an analysis of the formation of state structures, the work deals with the relationships between members of the ruling house of Saud, between the government and social elites, with functioning of clientelist structures and interactions within the bureaucratic apparatus. Based on the study of these relationships the thesis marks out particularities of the Saudi politico-economic system that distinguish it from the classical concept of rentier state model. The main distinctive feature is the diminished autonomous ability of state to regulate the functioning of state institutions and to encourage individual agencies to cooperate actively...
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Al Jazeera versus Al Arabiya
Kužvart, Jan ; Přikryl, Pavel (advisor) ; Makariusová, Radana (referee)
Diploma thesis "al Jazeera versus al Arabiya - Media Rivalry of Qatar and Saudi Ruling Families during the 2006 Lebanon War" deals with domestic Arab satellite channels - Qatar al Jazeera and Saudi al Arabiya - and their way of reporting about the war in Lebanon in 2006. Their news coverage is put into context of rivalry between Qatar and Saudi ruling families. The thesis focuses on wide range of issues including the role of media in foreign policy of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, use of media for securing stability of the ruling regimes and for pursuing their regional influence. Main theoretical concept of the thesis is the Arab media model which enables projection of interests of the ruling families in Qatar and Saudi Arabia into their media.
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Podnikání na světových trzích: porovnávací studie
Ghazanfar, Anmol ; Bolotov, Ilya (advisor) ; Cook, Gina (referee)
The main aim of this bachelor thesis is to make the reader aware of the history, culture, and economy of the three countries: Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia. The thesis is divided into three parts, dedicated to the topics mentioned above. There is a conclusion presented at the end of each chapter that explains and compares the three countries. Before entering a foreign market, one must learn and become aware of these three main areas, as it (the knowledge) can be used as a helpful and informative aid when doing business in these countries that have a very high potential, interesting history, complex culture, and economy.
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The business and cultural specifics of Saudi Arabia
Bendová, Kateřina ; Müllerová, Františka (advisor) ; Karpová, Eva (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the business and cultural specifics of Saudi Arabia. The main objective of my bachelor thesis is to characterize economic, cultural and business aspects of Saudi Arabia. The first chapter is devoted to the basic characteristics of Saudi Arabia, specifically to geographic conditions, demographic data, political system, legal system of the country, national emblems, membership in major international organizations and practical information. In the second chapter I deal with the economic characteristics of Saudi Arabia. It includes an analysis of the basic macroeconomic indicators and economic sectors. This part of the thesis also focuses on Saudi Arabia's foreign trade, including the trade with the Czech Republic. The third chapter is devoted to the culture of Saudi Arabia, its most significant features and business negotiations. It also includes the cultural dimensions by Geert Hofstede, the Islamic religion, the way of life and the position of women in the Arab world. The fourth chapter contains the interviews with the representatives of the Czech companies, which have already entered the Saudi Arabian market.
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Czech-saudiarabian business cooperation with consideration of cultural differences
Kozminská, Michaela ; Müllerová, Františka (advisor) ; Trojanová, Kamila (referee)
The main objective of this bachelors's thesis is to analyse the mutual business cooperation between Czech republic and Saudi Arabia. I want to find out, what was the development of this cooperation in the past, what trend is typical for the present and based on this information I am able to determine, what development will be typical for the future. Also, I am going to focus on Arabic culture and I am going to try to find out, how this culture affects business cooperation. The thesis is dividend into four chapters. The first chapter is some kind of introduction of Saudi Arabia and is devoted to geographical and demographical figures, politico-legal arrangement, history of Saudi Arabia and membership of the country in the international and in the regional organizations. The second chapter is devoted to analysis of the economic situation in Saudi Arabia. I focus on the analysis of the main macroeconomic indicators, analysis of the individual sectors of economy and analysis of the international trade of Saudi Arabia. The third chapter is focused on the analysis of the business cooperation between the Czech republic and Saudi Arabia. In this chapter I apply to the development of the mutual cooperation, after that the analysis of the balance of the mutual trade follows, including the analysis of the czech export to Saudi Arabia and the other way around. In this chapter is also the part that is focused on the description of Czech entities operating in the markets of Saudi Arabia. In the last chapter I focus on the cultural specifications of Saudi Arabia, on their religion and the way of their life. This chapter includes also the analysis of Saudi Arabia based on the dimensions of Geert Hofstede or it includes also the part, which is devoted to influence of cultural differences on business cooperation.
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Universality and relativity of human rights from the perspective of Islam - case study of Saudi Arabia
Tošovská, Lucie ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Novotná, Yvona (referee)
In my diploma thesis I focused on human rights in Islam from the universal and the culture comparative point of view. A goal of my work was to find out, whether it is possible to justify the human rights abuses under the terms of concept of cultural relativism in the Islamic civilisation. The thesis should answer a question if it is possible to apply the principles of cultural relativism in case of human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia. This was achieved by analyzing the most important international and regional tools for human rights protection. The thesis is divided into three chapters, which are dedicating to this issue.
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