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The comparison of ethical codes of public administration civil servant in the Czech Republic and Austria
HAZUKOVÁ, Veronika
The thesis is concentrated on comparison of ethical codes of public administration civil servants in the Czech Republic and Austria. First of all, the choice of this two states is based on common history and development of public administration. Aspect of intercul-tural differences is not omitted. The thesis aims on description of both ethical codes along with ethical code of European Union, which are both codes based on. Thereafter the comparison of all three codes is performed on the base of previous description and results obtained by survey. Survey was made in Czech Republic and Austria. The civil servants and employees of municipalities with extended competence and the civil serv-ants on equal level of districts, so-called Bezirk, in Austria are respondents of the sur-vey.
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Integration of children of foreigners in kindergarten environment in Prague.
KURUC, Daniela
The bachelor thesis deals with the issue of integration of foreign children living in the Czech Republic, specifically in Prague. The focus is mainly on children whose mother tongue is different from Czech. In the theoretical part, the thesis describes the specifics of the pedagogical approach within the issue, it mentions the current possibilities and legislation setting for the education of children with special educational needs. It acquaints readers with key concepts of the topic, discusses the position of multicultural education in the preschool curriculum, the role of possible racial prejudice and their prevention, intercultural communication and problems associated with child adaptation. It will briefly mention the statistics of the Czech and Prague demographic structure and its development in recent years. The practical part examines the theoretical readiness of teachers to work with preschool children who come from different socio-cultural environments and also face language barriers. It notes the specific needs of foreign children in the integration process into kindergarten. The survey made by qualitative research method by means of interviews with teachers determines the situation in the given area at selected kindergartens in Prague. In the final discussion, there is brief methodological support for teachers, including recommendations from "good" practice, which lead to successful integration of children with different mother tongue into the Czech classroom.
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The White House Presents: The Media Image of Barack Obama
Seidlová, Kristýna ; Jirák, Jan (advisor) ; Zezulková, Markéta (referee)
The diploma thesis The White House Presents: The Media Image of Barack Obama examines the media presentation of the President of the United States, Barack Obama, through the official media channel of the White House. Five video recordings of President Obama's speeches are analyzed with a focus on linguistic, visual and auditory sign systems with the use of the qualitative semiotic content analysis. Before the analysis itself, an explanation of theoretical terms related mostly to the representation of reality is provided. On these grounds the analysis is then approached as a description of different means of achieving media construction of reality, to which both the President himself and the White House Office of Communications contribute. This Office is in charge of the content of the above-mentioned channel. To broaden the context, general information about the functioning of the President's media communication is included. The aim of this thesis is an interpretation of the communication tools presented by the White House media channel and the analysis of their symbolic meaning in order to explicate the process of a specific media image of the President coming into existence. The approach to the analyzed content from the perspective of intercultural communication is also of importance. It must be...
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The influence of interculturality in communication of employees in organization
Pejková, Nikola ; Kocianová, Renata (advisor) ; Eger, Ludvík (referee)
The work deals with the cultures and its impact on communication of the organization. It focuses on the influence of cultural background and personality related to the specifics of communication between workers and managers communicate with employees. Attention is focused on the differences in the behavior of workers from different cultural environment, the importance of specific knowledge of other cultures to overcome differences and optimal cooperation in intercultural environments. The issue of interculturality and its impact on communication between workers in an organization is viewed primarily in terms of personnel management and the work also deals with the different approaches to the management of the group of countries.
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Russian-speaking community in the Czrech Republic
Bušková, Petra ; Šebesta, Karel (advisor) ; Macurová, Alena (referee)
This master thesis explores the process of integration of the group of 5 russian- speakers in the Czech republic. In the first part of the thesis the theoretical terms connected with the integration of foreigners are introduced. The migration policy of state, bias and stereotypes or language aspect of integration is mentioned. The second part of the thesis contains the report of the research. At first chosen methods of language biography and follow- up interview are characterized here. Their analysis and interpretation of particular speakers follows. At the end of the thesis the results are sum up and the integration tendencies of speakers are decribed here.
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The barriers to the use of library services by migrants from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine
Garmash, Sofya ; Nekolová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Římanová, Radka (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with barrier problems, which appear in communication between migrant, who could be Russian, Ukrainian or Belarusian, and Czech librarian. The first chapter devoted to theoretical introduction in intercultural communication; describes such terms as culture, national minority, assimilation and others. The second chapter devoted to detailed analysis of barriers (language, psychological), which can influence on communication of both sides. The third chapter focuses to foreigners (their types: migrant, refugee, asylum seeker) and on the types of residence, that migrants can obtain in the Czech Republic. There is also briefly describes the Ukrainians, Russians and Belarusians (reasons for migration, the number of migrants in the Czech Republic and so on.). The fourth chapter is practical and describes how is the situation in the Municipal Library in Prague, as well as research - including their preparation, methodology, process and results - which were analyzed by me in the two branches of this library. Both librarians and migrants took part in this research; and opinions of both groups are presented. . Conclusion devoted to an assessment of the results of research and recommendations how described barriers can be overcome. Keywords: intercultural communication, migrants,...
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Propagation of Japanese culture in the Czech Republic - a communication analysis of Informational and Cultural Centre of the Japanese Embassy in the Czech Republic and the Czech-Japanese Association in 2009-2010
Špánová, Kateřina ; Hejlová, Denisa (advisor) ; Dolanský, Pavel (referee)
The topic of marketing communication activities between Japan and the Czech Republic has despite of all important economical links of the two countries not yet been deeply analysed. The goal of this work is to examine the major communication activities advertising the Japanese culture to the Czech audience. It also includes an insight into the cultures, their similarities and differences and how these affect the mutual communication. Japan and the Czech Republic have started mutual relations during the 1st World War, keeping them friendly for most of the future time regardless to political changes that haven't always been favourable. After the Velvet Revolution and re-creation of Czechoslovakia (splitting into the Czech and the Slovak republic later on), the Czech-Japanese Association and the Japan Information and Culture Centre emerged - they are now two organizations with different backgrounds yet similar goals: to help building mutual relations of the two countries and to introduce the Japanese culture in Czech republic in its wide range. This work presents a detailed analysis of both organizations' work in propagation of Japanese culture in the Czech Republic. It also provides a number of recommendations based on the analysis, which could help making the communications of both organizations more...
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Problems in Intercultural Communication Caused by Differences in Czech and English
Macasová, Hana ; Vít, Radek (advisor) ; Morgan, Craig Alan (referee)
Problems in Intercultural Communication Caused by Differences in Czech and English This thesis deals with intercultural communication and with the problems which it yields. The author is concerned with the history of intercultural communication and its definition, as well as with problems that may occur when two different cultures communicate. In addition, great attention is paid to communication between English and Czech people, where the author deals not only with the differences in languages, but also with the diverse nature of these two cultures. On the basis of a research made with help of a questionnaire, the author confronts two different samples of Czech university students of English. Key words intercultural communication, culture, language, communication, English language, Czech language, stereotypes, obstacles, problems
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