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Barriers to Volunteering in Non-Profit Organizations (Prague 5)
Sládková, Dina ; Dohnalová, Marie (advisor) ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (referee)
This thesis is concerned with the barriers to volunteering in nonprofit organizations working in Prague 5 in the field of social services. It is a qualitative research that specifically focuses on NGOs and also the state non-profit organization, which are compared in terms of their attitudes to volunteering in general and also in terms of perceived barriers to volunteering. In the analysis of barriers to volunteering is among others searched for the "locally-specific" factors, i.e. factors associated with Prague 5 or capital city Prague, which may affect the attitudes of non-profit organizations towards volunteering. In conclusion, there are shown some ways to overcome existing barriers to volunteering and to support the development of volunteering in nonprofit organizations.
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School Councils and their Place in the Czech Civil Society
Zilvar, Jiří ; Müller, Karel (advisor) ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (referee)
In my work I deal with school councils and their acception in czech society standing on the start line of global changes. The work is devided into five chapters. First one attends czech form of the school concils and handle with their actors and evolution. Second chapter is dedicated to social context - to the era of reflexive modernization and the knowledge society that come with new demands for society and individuals and also to specific czech societal conditions. Third chapter talks about changes nad innovation done in the education sphere. Fourth chapter deals with international comparison of school coucils and school self-government in general. The last chapter contains description of debate that preceded estabilishing of the school councils and a survey among head masters of the schools after the first term of obligatory estabilished school councils.
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The Role of the Foundation Board When Doing Public Good
Zadražilová, Gabriela ; Turnerová, Jolana (advisor) ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (referee)
This master's thesis focuses on studying how the foundation boards perceive responsibility. The research based on both the method of directed interviews with the representatives of some of the foundations and a content analysis of their annual reports shows that the members of the boards are willing to promote civil society, they however lack the strategic approach by which they would analyse both the needs of the key stakeholders and the actual impact of supported projects.
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Corporate Volunteerism - the research at selected participants of Corporate Social Responsibility
Prokopová, Lenka ; Nešporová, Michaela (advisor) ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (referee)
The main aim of this thesis is the analysis of tools of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) towards employees. This document is focused on corporate volunteerism. The theoretic part defines basic terms regarding Corporate Social Responsibility, volunteerism and philanthropy. It is also focused on forms of corporate volunteerism and explanations of them. The research evaluates results of a questionnaire concentrated on companies which use corporate volunteerism. The next part of the research is the analysis of interviews with representatives of non-governmental organizations which use corporate volunteers. The interpretation of the research results shows the nowadays situation of chosen participants involved in CSR communication towards employees and its position in nonprofit sector.
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The Church Organisations as a Part of the Czech Civil Society
Hulová, Kristýna ; Moree, Dana (advisor) ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (referee)
The aim of this work called "The Church Organisations as a Part of the Czech Civil Society" is to clarify the position of the church organisations in the contemporary Czech civil society. It points its look to the church legal entities, which are registered in the specific register run by the Czech Ministry of Culture. The theoretical part explains several terms as the civil society or the civil sector and points to the historical context of the concept of diaconia and charity. This part also describes the embedding of the church organisations in the contemporary Czech legislation. The quanitative part contains a typology of the church legal entities, which is based on the CZ-COPNI classification of the activities. The qualitative part is composed of several interviews with the directors and managers of the biggest church charitable organisations. All the obtained information is finally summarized to the conclusion.
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The most frequent problems in the Five P Programme from the coordinators'point of view
Procházková, Michaela ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Šloufová, Romana (referee)
This is a theoretical-analytical thesis which focuses on problematic features of the Five P Programme. On the basis of practical information received from the coordinators the thesis gives details about the current Five P situation and its most frequent problems including suggestions of their solution. In the theoretical part there are important information about volunteering, Five P programme, coordinator's activities, the law about voluntary service as well as the posibility to have the programme Five P registered as a social service. The theoretical part results in the statement of hypothesis about which problems can cause worries in the coordinators' work. In the empirical part, the thesis concentrates on problems from the coordinators' point of view, their own practical experience. All the organization running the Five P Programme in the Czech Republic were asked for cooperation on this topic. I strongly believe that my thesis The most frequent problems in the Five P Programme from the coordinators' point of view can help to improve qualitative development both the programme itself and the organizations which run it.
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Web 2.0 in nonprofit sector
Lacey, Věra ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Skovajsa, Marek (referee)
This work describes the use by Czech NGO1s of "Web 2.0", and attempts to identify relevant issues involved in its implementation. Many issues relating to Web 2.0 implementation (e.g.motivation, context, costs, impact) have been linked to various organisational theories. A model of implementation based solely upon these theories was initially devised, and subsequently modified to reflect the reality of the situation in NGOs, following the completion of research based upon phone interviews. The most frequently used applications were found to be discussion forums and chatrooms. These were primarily implemented to overcome physical distance and engage with youth audiences. They were also usually intended to improve external communication, although they have been found often to miss this purpose and not fulfil original expectations - often due to poor quality of content, as opposed to problems of content control and security, as were often anticipated The impact of Web 2.0 has as yet been largely unfelt by Czech NGOs. Whilst organisations may feel it desirable to participace in all technological advances, poorly conceived or ad-hoc implementations have been shown to provide little or no benefit. However, well-planned approaches that ensure appropriate deployment for the right target audience can provide huge...
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