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The system of care for vulnerable children and amendment to the Act on Social and Legal Protection of Children in the reflection of key stakeholders
Rudolfová, Aneta ; Dobiášová, Karolína (advisor) ; Kotrusová, Miriam (referee)
The thesis "System of care for vulnerable children and amendment to the Act on Social and Legal Protection of Children in the reflection of key stakeholders" deals with attitudes of actors involved in the issue of care for vulnerable children towards existing state of system of care for vulnerable children, pros and cons of its partial aspects, as perceived by actors from their point of view. Attention is also focused on the process of change that is sphere of care for vulnerable children currently undergoing in connection with the adoption of the amendment to the Act on Social and Legal Protection of Children, which entered into force on January 1st 2013. Based on the knowledge gained through expert interviews, opinions of actors are illustrated both of the comprehensive conception of the amendment, as well as of relation to its individual measures. The aim of the thesis is to present a coherent interpretation of perspectives that actors of different expertise hold with regard to the existing concept of policy and to the way it is modified by the new legislation and thus to find out what are the areas of conflict and consensus between their views and on the basis of that reveal the extent to which the form of amendment to the Act on Social and Legal Protection of Children is based on shared...
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Actors in the transformation process of hospitals into joint stock companies in the Slovak Republic (2010-2011)
Baranková, Soňa ; Háva, Petr (advisor) ; Kotrusová, Miriam (referee)
This thesis is focused on the transformation of hospitals into joint stock companies from 2010 to the end of 2011. It is primarily aimed at actors, their actions, positions, attitudes and interests in this process. Furthermore, it is concerned with the question of the public vs. private interests in terms of health protection, ensuring the availability and quality of healthcare. The transformation process of hospitals and the position of actors is explained by the combination of economic and public policy theory - neoliberalism, economic globalization, New Public Management and Advocacy Coalition Framework. We explain actions, attitudes and interests of actors in the transformation process of hospitals by using research methods such as an analysis of selected events in health care and research of actors' actions. These research methods are based on different methods of data collecting such as semi-structured and informal interviews, a questionnaire survey and the study of secondary sources. The main aim of this thesis is an analysis of the transformation process of hospitals into joint stock companies in context of selected events in health policy, with a focus on research of actors' actions, attitudes and interests in this process. Keywords hospitals, transformation, actors, joint stock company,...
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The institutional system struggling with underclared work in the Czech Republic
Knoblochová, Eva ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Kotíková, Jaromíra (referee)
The thesis "The institutional system struggling with underclared work in the Czech Republic " discusses institutional precautionary measures taken by the Czech republic in the matter of illegal employment. The key institution that has the responsibility to take measures against illegal work is the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic. The fight against illegal employment requires the introduction of a wide range of mechanisms and measures ranging from prevention to repression to discourage employees and employers from benefiting from this phenomenon. Illegal employment jeopardizes economy, weakens the labour market and reduces the number of jobs for citizens who apply for them at the unemployment offices. To combat illegal employment, there have to be precautions against illegal employees on the demand side as well as against employers on the supply side. One of the objectives of the fight against illegal employment is that the measures contribute to the fulfilment of legal obligations, which relates to statutory contributions to social insurance, health insurance and income tax. In order for the combat against illegal employment to be successful, it is imperative to have the support of the whole governing representation including organizational, financial and technical...
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Comparison of employment policy in relation to graduate unemployment in the Czech and Slovak Republics
Hankovský, Jakub ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Geissler, Hana (referee)
This thesis deals with the problem of graduate unemployment. Europe is suffering from high unemployment among young people and the Czech and Slovak republic are no exceptions. Graduates are among the vulnerable groups in the labor market and their most common deficiency from the perspective of czech employers and experts is the lack of practice. According to Gary Becker, we receive human capital in the process of formal education and then we supplement it with competences gained by training with an employer. Czech and Slovak republic invest in human capital of graduates through active employment policies in two fundamental ways. They attempt to integrate candidates to the labor market and thereby to secure them a work experience or to invest in the human capital of graduates directly through requalification or other educational courses. In the Czech Republic graduates and young people are not defined by law as a risk group in the labor market since 1.1.2012 and the only measure that is explicitly targeted at this group is a program funded by the European Social Fund called "internships in companies - learning experience." Slovakia dedicates a tool called "graduate practice" to graduates, which encourages employers through contributions to creating jobs for graduates at least for the duration of...
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Comparison of the system of social services in the Czech Republic and the Slovakia
Hrubišková, Markéta ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to compare the system of social services in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. The author's purpose is to focus on ongoing reforms of both systems and to analyze how successful they are in achieving their targets. These targets come from current trends in the field of social services and are also incorporated in the documents of the European Union. The thesis consists of two parts. The first contains an analysis of the legislation of social services in the Czech Republic and the Slovakia - author analyzes the historical evolution in their legislation and the content of their current laws. The second part of the thesis contains the comparison of the Czech and the Slovak system of social services. Therefore, the main research method used in this work is the method of comparative analysis. The work finds out that Czech and Slovak enactments of social services have some common features. It is obvious that they are based on the common ground. They bring new precautions which should lead into an increase in quality of social services. These precautions can be mainly seen as positive, despite the fact that they have a few shortcomings. But the systems of social services have still lot of serious weak points. The economic inefficiency seems to be the main problem of the...
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Qualifications according to the needs of the time
Hanousková, Kateřina ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Mouralová, Magdalena (referee)
This bachelor thesis Qualifications according to the needs of the time deals with the lifelong learning, its main idea and the main signs of the society of knowledge. It deals with the kinds and division of lifelong learning. Further the strategic documents are pointed out, on which is the main conception of this thesis, based on. The second part describes the concept of lifelong learning in Czech Republic. Here the main goals of lifelong learning are described and the way of cooperation of the systems and organizations, which are involved in its realization. The last part of this bachelor thesis is directed on the interview analysis. Here is shortly characterized the methodology of quantum research followed by its evaluation. The interviews were made with the employers in security services, who have the biggest experiences with lifelong learning in Czech Republic.
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Employment policy in times of economic crisis (2008 - 2010)
Jarošová, Natálie ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Kotíková, Jaromíra (referee)
In my thesis, I focused on the issue of employment policy in times of economic crisis in 2008 - 2010. I examined what recommendations and measures have been implemented in this area at EU level and in which documents they were involved. After analyzing the European steps I studied the situation in the Czech Republic, as an example of an EU Member State. I looked for, what measures have been taken to promote employment and eliminate unemployment. I also watched how the Czech measures were linked to European steps. When writing, I progressed according to analysis of the documents described in book about qualitative research methods written by Hendl. First, I defined the research questions, and then I defined what I consider as a document. When I have found a certain amount of documents I chose those that were relevant to my theme until I came to the default number of documents useful for my work. After analyzing the documents I have come to the fact that all actions of Member States are in line with priorities defined at EU level. Therefore, all measures to promote employment, which were realised in the Czech Republic and other Member States, followed the steps taken at EU level. In the solutions to employment problems arising due to the negative effects of the economic crisis was a major priority to take...
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The specific factors of social exclusion of older persons and their reflection in public administration
Klinkáček, Jiří ; Čabanová, Bohumila (advisor) ; Kotrusová, Miriam (referee)
Specific factors of social exclusion of older persons and their reflection in public administration Abstract This work deals with social exclusion of older people. First try on the analysis of the concept of social exclusion to find a framework through which could later be studied its occurrence in a group of seniors. This framework is the definition of general elements that characterize social exclusion in terms of social, economic and political, which allows you to set specific indicators, which can then be examined in a group of seniors. This work is defined as the proportion of the population older than sixty years. He also works with the theme of health, which is provided as a determinant, which affects all other dimensions. The individual results gradually that seniors as a group generally show a tendency towards higher incidence of social exclusion than the general population or the unemployed. Identified dimensions were then tested using analysis of secondary data set of European social Survey 2008. Another intention of this work was to deal with reflections identified dimensions and their occurrence in public administration and the various levels identified based on the concept of multilevel governance. Reflections on the individual dimensions of social exclusion and was performed at international,...
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Assistance of dignified life for the elderly - Social services in field
Tvrdíková, Lucie ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Čabanová, Bohumila (referee)
Diploma Thesis "Assistance of dignified life for the elderly - Social services in field" is focused on the field of social services for the elderly, which's main function is to enable seniors to remain as long as possible at home, despite difficulties with self-sufficiency and independence, leading to a better quality of life. Due to the aging of population and new trends in the way of care for the elderly, it was necessary to fundamentally change the way of this kind of care in the Czech Republic- the current requirements are quality of life, individual approach and subsidiarity. To create the background leading to providing quality services and care, there was the need to change the law. In 2007 came into force the Act 108/2006 Coll. on social services, which changed the setting of social services, their definitions, rights and responsibilities, funding, but also shifted the responsibility for providing services and quality control on the region, as well as for the availability of services. At the same time steps have been taken, which should support the market behaviour of service providers to achieve their accessibility, affordability and quality. The content of this work is to evaluate the Social Services Act in relation to European trends of care and assessment of the law, its applicability...
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Elderly people on the labour market: Why work in post-productive age? Why not
Jandová, Pavlína ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Čabanová, Bohumila (referee)
In connection with adverse demographic characteristics of western societies and with growing expenses of states, linked with sufficient economic security of the oldest individuals in the post-productive age, the age limit of leaving into the old age pension in Czech Republic is being permanently prolonged in as well. Is the labour market able to adapt on the new situation and to accept the increasing proportion of elderly people amongst employees? And are the Czech senior citizens willing to take part in economical activities? This bachelor's work is focused on finding the elderly people's motivation to remain on the labour market and on studying the obstacles which they encounter. The resultant findings are mainly based on the performed research survey on the targeted population, which was carried out with the method of qualitative interviews. These findings are supplemented and supported with previously realised researches. The identified motivational factors of elderly people to work can be divided into three groups: influence of the state and its policies, influence of lifestyle socio-demographic characteristics, which affect the lifestyle and the influence of individual dispositions. All the factors are described further and their positive or negative impact on the economic activity of elderly...
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