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Organisational Structures and Forms of Collective Action in Civil Sector Organisations. Case Study Czech Forum for Development Cooperation.
Vraštilová, Klára ; Šťovíčková Jantulová, Magdaléna (advisor) ; Antošová, Petra (referee)
Networking of civil society organizations has been occurring in the Czech civic sector for several years. Since the nineties a number of new networks has emerged or extended their membership base. Networks can be examined diversely. This work is focused principally on the network internal operations. The aim of this work is to show the forms of organizational structure and collective action on the example of the Czech Forum for Development Cooperation (FoRS). The operational objective is to determine whether the examined internal form of network has an effect on the achievement of its objectives. The hypothesis that the centralised and hierarchical forms of network achieve more likely their objectives was confirmed in this case. The analysis also revealed that the network FoRS acts as a "consensus- based organization". This type of structure has typically sparse network of interactions, weakly shared collective identity and the absence of conflicting orientation towards a defined enemy.
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Social Capital of Civil Society Organizations: Interorganizational Relations Across All Sectors
Jirků, Zdeňka ; Matyáš, Ondřej (advisor) ; Šťovíčková Jantulová, Magdaléna (referee)
SYNOPSIS The diploma thesis deals with social capital of Civil Society Organizations, which is introduced here as a strategy for achieving the objectives and mission of Civil Society Organizations through networking and building relations with key players in their surroundings. Through the example of Civil Society Organizations providing services in Tábor the diploma thesis provides insight into the problematic of creation and maintenance of interorganizational relations with stakeholders across all sectors and therefore building external social capital of organizations. The theories of social capital and interorganizational relations with regard to the specifications of Civil Society Organizations are presented in the theoretical part of this thesis. The research part presents findings based on qualitative research, which was conducted through semi-structured interviews with representatives of Civil Society Organizations. The findings and results are and summarized in the conclusion.
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A Volunteer with a Big "V" - Laid-back, or Self-sacrificing?
Vondrušová, Gabriela ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Šťovíčková Jantulová, Magdaléna (referee)
Volunteering - one of the topics which are still present in the society, as it can be perceived as a unique instrument to solve social challenges or organizing society with its specific conditions. The topic of my diploma thesis, based on the grounded theory method, is the process of building and maintaining the relationship of the volunteer to their voluntary work from the volunteers' perspective. I was curious as to what circumstances or limits accompany the forming of such a relationship in the social context and if certain "prototypes" can be found, which would differ in negotiating their role to their surroundings. In my thesis, I focus exclusively on those volunteers who have been given the "Křesadlo" award for the volunteer of the year, which provides the framework of this relationship. I would like to use my results to enrich the knowledge of volunteering's image, which could be used both on the academic field and when working with volunteers. Keywords: civic sector, volunteering, self-perspective, role, identity, "looking-glass self", norm, defence mechanisms, information management, Křesadlo.
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The Process of Professionalization of Non-profit Organization Atmostéra, o.s. - Case Study
Kovaříková, Šárka ; Matyáš, Ondřej (advisor) ; Šťovíčková Jantulová, Magdaléna (referee)
This diploma thesis introduces case study that deals with problems of professionalization of non-profit organization Atmosféra, o. s., organization arranging experience programs for elementary and secondary schools mainly in Zlín Region. The aim of this thesis is to analyze members' attitudes to professionalization of the organization and on the bases of this analysis to recommend and suggest procedure leading to improvement of services of the organization. Theoretical part describes problems of voluntary work and professionalization. Practical part contains research dealing with members' attitute to professionalization of the organization. Due to specialization of this thesis, I chose method of case study, in which I use qualitative research methods.
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Professionalization Czech Netwok of Mother Centers
Čapková, Michaela ; Kolínská, Rut (advisor) ; Šťovíčková Jantulová, Magdaléna (referee)
This thesis deals with the professionalization of the Czech Network of Mother Centres o.s. (civic association). The theme of professionalization in the context of civic sector organizations is a widely-discussed topic and it is up to the organization itself how it will professionalize. The Czech Network of Mother Centres o.s. is a civic umbrella association of maternity centres in the Czech Republic. The history of its establishment reflects the different stages of professionalism and efforts to improve and develop services. The first part of this thesis deals with definitions of professionalism, from which emerge three key areas: human resources, organization processes and organization transparency and communication with the external environment. In the second part of the thesis there is a study of The Czech Network of Mother Centres o.s. professionalized areas, and the reasons why it happened. The conclusion summarizes the research findings and formulates recommendations for the future direction of the Czech Network of Mother Centres o.s. Key words Professionalization - The Czech Network of Mother Centres - human resources - volunteering - structure of the organization - transparency - processes in the organization
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