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Cooperative as one of the possible tools of the economic concept of Steady-State
Dekastello, Petr ; Hájek, Jan (advisor) ; Vejchodská, Eliška (referee)
The thesis analyzes the theory of Steady-State Economy based on a research of literature as well as principles and starting points for its application in practice. The central question revolves around the viability of the theory. First, however, the thesis focuses on the context, i.e. the background and needs for the emergence of this theory. Thus, the research begins at a time of industrial revolution and the rise of modern economies. In the course of the research, the analysis also points out the phenomenon of cooperatives, which arise in the early days of industrialization, as examined at the start of the work. Later, after a comprehensive introduction of the steady-state economy theory, the thesis returns to cooperatives, as during the research certain parallels in both of the phenomena emerge. Consequently, the conclusion recapitulates and examines whether steady state economy has been proven to be viable, what could support its functioning and whether one of the answers might be cooperatives - considered they have been shown to realize certain assumptions of this economic theory in practice. After a review of criticism of both of the phenomena, a final evaluation and decision may be reached, i.e. the research questions may be answered.
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Possibilities to increase competitiveness of consumer co-operatives
STRAKOVÁ, Martina
This thesis deals with the increasing competitiveness of consumer cooperative stores with growing Vietnamese convenience stores. The theoretical part focuses on cooperatives, competitiveness, shopping atmosphere and consumer behavior. The practical part is based on my own observation and a questionnaire survey. For this part of the thesis, I chose four specific business units, of which two are consumer cooperative stores and two are convenience stores. One of the consumer cooperative stores and one of the convenience stores are located close to each other in České Budějovice. The second consumer cooperative store and the nearby standing second convenience store are located in Chvalšiny. In the first part I compared prices, assortment, shopping atmosphere and additional services of all four selected stores. The second part is based on a questionnaire survey. I distributed the questionnaire to 200 respondents in České Budějovice and Chvalšiny. The questionnaire concerns shopping and satisfaction with selected factors in the relevant consumer cooperative store and the competing convenience store. It also concerns the ranking of these stores based on their importance to the consumers. The aim of the thesis is to assess the potential of the increasing competitiveness of consumer cooperatives in the context of the growing number of so called "Vietnamese conveniences".
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The transfer of membership rights and obligations in cooperatives
Brostík, Ondřej ; Oehm, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Štenglová, Ivanka (referee)
The Transfer of Membership Rights and Obligations in Cooperatives The aim of the thesis is to analyse legal relations arising from the transfer of membership rights and obligations in cooperatives. I chose this topic, because Czech legal regulations of the transfer are very often ambiguous and inaccurate. In the thesis I have summed up the current Czech legislation, pointed out some practical problems and tried to solve them. The thesis is composed of three chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of the subject to be analyzed. The first chapter defines general terminology concerning the transfer of membership rights and obligations in cooperatives. I have tried to explain the different terms used in the Czech Commercial Code and to describe their mutual relations. Chapter two focuses on detailed description of the transfer in all types of cooperatives in the Czech Republic. The first part of this chapter describes the legislative evolution of the transfer as a legal institute. Next parts of this chapter investigate the contract of transfer and its constituent elements. To reach the self-contained description, the final part describes how by-laws of the cooperatives deal with this juridical institute. Chapter three concentrates on chosen topics referring to the transfer of membership...
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The Assessment of the Financial Health of Jednota Tábor
Sechovcová, Veronika ; Kozáková, Petra (advisor) ; Novotný, Martin (referee)
The aim of the diploma thesis is to evaluate the financial health of the Jednota Tábor business cooperative from 2011 to 2015 using methods of financial analysis and inter-comparison comparison and possible recommendations for improvement of its financial situation. The thesis is classically divided into two basic parts, theoretical-methodological and practical. The first part of the thesis explains the basic concepts related to the topic of financial analysis and describes the basic methods of assessing the financial situation. At the end of this part of the thesis are presented the methods of intercompany comparison. In the second part of the thesis, the theoretical and methodological points are applied on a practical example, namely the trade union Jednota Tábor. For better information ability, the results are compared with the results of the Jednota Jindřichův Hradec consumer association and the results of the industry. The conclusion of the work is summary of the results, evaluation of financial health and suggestion of recommendations for possible improvement.
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By-laws of a housing cooperative
Váňa, Jiří ; Oehm, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Zahradníčková, Marie (referee)
As the name suggests the thesis deals with the articles of a housing association. Articles are the constitution of a housing association and the most important internal housing association's regulation. This constitution should complement the statutory provisions related to a housing association. It specifies the structure of a housing association, name, registered office, statutory bodies and their competences, scope of business, constitution and termination of a membership etc. The condition of the validity of the articles of association is its written form. The thesis consists of 6 chapters. Each chapter examines the articles of a housing association from specific perspective and also brings author's view on the articles. First chapter provides a brief picture of the beginnings of cooperatives in the world, including the housing associations. In the second chapter the development of legal provisions of articles from mid 19th to 90' of the 20th century is stated. The second chapter is divided into 5 chapters. The third chapter deals with a general introduction to the cooperatives. There are discussed the principles of the cooperatives, the term of housing of association and legislation. It also describes different types of housing associations in the world. This chapter is composed of 8 parts. The...
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The Bodies of Cooperative
ŠOCHMANOVÁ, Šárka
The cooperative is a community of an unclosed number of persons that is established for the purpose of mutual support among its members or third parties, or for business purposes. The cooperative is now regulated in the New Civil Code and the Business Corporations Act, which came into force on January 1, 2014. The New Civil Code and the Business Corporations Act have brought many changes in this section. The aim of work is to highlight them. Futhermore, the introduction of social cooperatives and housing cooperatives, especially their governing bodies. The bodies of cooperative include assembly, board and control committee. Next to these, every cooperative may establish optional bodies. The basis for practical research is the study of scientific literature and relevant legislation. The research work focuses on the comparison of the Code of rules of selected agricultural cooperatives from the South Bohemia region using a questionnaire. The main points of practical research and his results are next, the cooperatives still constitute an indivisible fund or other reserve fund for case of extraordinary expenses or for cover the loss. The new increased responsibility didn't force the cooperatives to change number or structure of members of the board because they solved that with the professional liability insurance.
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Tingatinga: cooperative or family?
Lhotová, Zuzana ; Halbich, Marek (advisor) ; Mildnerová, Kateřina (referee)
The topic of the diploma thesis are the tingatinga painters in Tangatinga Arts Cooperative Society in Tanzania. The tingatinga art is based on the motive of the African nature and on the lives of the people in Tanzania. These painters accept both the rules of the cooperative as well as the hierarchy of a family, because this organization is based primarily on the family interconnections. The goal of the thesis is to find which institution type is the dominant one and the principles of how cooperative operates. The relationship with the founder of this art style is also interesting. The thesis is based on the anthropology of tourism because it deals with a touristic art. Some of the approaches can be applied to the study of tingatinga painters but some of them are in contrast. Another question is whether the relation between the painters and the tourists is influenced by the process of acculturation. The art and the painters are influenced with the commercialization process and this thesis tries to capture this dynamic process and the influence of tourists on its creating.
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Transfer of Rights and Responsibilities in Cooperatives
Bolfová, Petra ; Oehm, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Štenglová, Ivanka (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to evaluate and analyse legislation of membership rights and responsibilities transfer in cooperatives in Czech Republic. The legislation of this institution is quite austere and ambiguous leading to various problems in practice. This thesis is divided into five parts. The first part defines main sources of legislation on which current cooperatives are based on. The second part defines basic concepts of cooperative law, e.g. a cooperative, membership, membership share, membership rights and responsibilities and their relations. This part presents cooperative principles and outlines basic structure of each type of cooperative. The third one is the main part of the thesis and deals with legislation of membership rights transfer and responsibilities in general. It contains analysis of the specifics of membership rights and responsibilities among cooperative members and transfer between a cooperative member and a third person - a non-member. In addition, peculiarities of membership transfer in housing cooperatives are discussed. The next chapters focus in detail on legislation applied to the rights and responsibilities agreement, its content formalities, characteristics of the parties, issues of (non)corruption and its form. The fourth part contains a detailed explanation of...
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