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Personnel management tensions in the CPC in 1987-1989. Effect on rebuilding events in Czechoslovakia in the late eighties
Matějíček, František ; Cuhra, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Tůma, Oldřich (referee)
Thesis called "Personal tensions in the party leadership in the years 1987-1989. Effect of reconstruction of the events in Czechoslovakia in the late eighties "deals with the situation in the supreme leadership of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1987-1989, depending on the change of political line of the Soviet Union and the emergence of Mikhail Gorbachev to the position of the CPSU Central Committee General Secretary. The aim is to describe the position of top Communist politicians to transform the economic and social development mechanism and the related conflicts within the party. Deals with personnel moves, compares approaches to political wing led by Vasil Biľak, Gustáv Husak, and new entrants into the process represented by politicians and Ladislav Adamec Miroslav Stepan. The study also examines the atmosphere in the party's highest authority, the Bureau of the CPC and the power ambitions of individual personalities. Based on the memories of players attempting to outline the time model of the distribution of political forces in the late eighties in domestic politics has occurred and ultimately contributed to the downfall of the communist regime.
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Daniel Gile's effort model in simultaneous interpreting
Tauchmanová, Jana ; Rejšková, Jana (advisor) ; Čeňková, Ivana (referee)
6 Summary Simultaneous interpreting is a very complex cognitive process. Daniel Gile's Effort Model is an attempt to describe in a schematic way the various competing processes that simultaneous interpreting is composed of. The model is based on findings from cognitive psychology, especially those relating to working memory and the limited processing capacity of the human mind. It defines the process of simultaneous interpreting as a combination of three individual, yet coinciding efforts (the Listening and Analysis Effort, the Production Effort, the Memory Effort), which require a certain amount of processing capacity to assure quality interpreting performance. Problem triggers can cause saturation of the interpreter's processing capacity to occur. Saturation manifests itself either by failure sequences or by the deterioration of the interpreter's performance, immediately or at a distance. The focus of our thesis is on processing capacity saturation due to numbers in simultaneous interpreting, from the point of view of the Effort Model. The first part of our paper is theoretical and deals with the various aspects of the simultaneous interpreting process, especially those relating to processing capacity, saturation and working memory; as well as with questions of well-known problem triggers, interpreting...
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Private Military Companies and Security Sector Reform in Post-Conflict Countries: A Case Study of Iraq
Sladká, Jana ; Bureš, Oldřich (advisor) ; Karásek, Tomáš (referee)
A subject of this diploma thesis is a role of private military companies (PMCs) in security sector reform (SSR) in Iraq in a period from 2003 to 2011. The first chapter of the thesis focuses on goals and process of post-conflict SSR from a theoretical point of view because of an involvement of PMCs in post-conflict reconstruction which was taking place in Iraq. Part of the theoretical chapter is a SSR and steps which is the SSR process composed of. The second chapter concentrates on definitions and typologies of PMCs. This part of the thesis makes a distinction between mercenaries and private military contractors and PMCs themselves. Last but not least the second chapter encompasses discussion about a role of PMCs in a process of SSR in post-conflict countries. The third chapter is dedicated to a historical development of cooperation between PMCs and the US; it analyses roots of the US dependence on services provided by PMCs. A case study of Iraq elaborates on a role of PMCs in a process of Iraqi security reform. Aim of this chapter is to define advantages and disadvantages of usage of services provided by PMCs. By taking into account disadvantages employment of PMCs represents, steps that could help to avoid those in the future are suggested.
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Financing of the Revitalization of a Block of Flats
Válková, Hana ; Ing.Marta Novotná (referee) ; Kocmanová, Alena (advisor)
This master thesis deals with the financing of the revitalization of a particular block of flats in Brno. The thesis contains process of reconstruction, comparison of supplier´s offers and bank credit products and return on investments. Based the selection criteria, analysis and calculations is chosen optimal supplier and bank institution. The result of this thesis is a proposal for the flat owners association how to efficiently finance revitalization.
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Social metabolism in Czech and Czechoslovak territory in historical perspective
Kušková, Petra ; Jeleček, Leoš (advisor) ; Kupková, Lucie (referee) ; Spišiak, Peter (referee)
This dissertation is based on the conceptual framework of social metabolism and it applies methods of Material and Energy Flow Analysis and Ecological Footprint. It studies interactions between human activities and natural environment in Czech/Czechoslovak territory from the historical perspective (after the division of Czechoslovakia for Czechia and Slovakia together). The term of social metabolism is a metaphor inspired by biology. Society or human economy similarly to a living organism which extracts materials from the earth, processes biophysical materials to maintain itself and emits its wastes back. So the economic system functions in an analogy to a living organism and those processes are called "social" or "industrial" metabolism. This dissertation comprises seven individual empirical studies: (I) An introduction to a research topic covered in following articles. It is based on the work of leading world environmental historian and it interprets selected Czech realities within the context of the world environmental history. (II) The historical series of MEFA indicators together with ecological footprint. (III) An article which applies the ecological footprint method on the ecological farm in comparison to conventional agriculture in the context of more foreign studies on this topic. (IV) An...
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DSLR Video and its Impact on the Conventions in Filmmaking
Nuska, Petr ; Získal, Bohuš (advisor) ; Šlerka, Josef (referee)
The thesis deals with the involvement of digital single-lens reflex cameras (DSLR) with video-capturing capacity in documentary and ethnographic film, more particularly, it examines whether and to what extent these genres were influenced by a trend called DSLR revolution. The main contribution of the work is a qualitative analysis of the testimonies of ten filmmakers, who used DSLR cameras while working on their films during the years 2010-2014. The synthesis of this analysis is conceptualised as a reconstruction of the process of decision-making whether to use or not to use a DSLR camera, considering its benefits (affordability, technical and aesthetic qualities, compactness and simplicity) and its limits (ergonomics, visual artifacts, workflow limits). The reconstruction of this decision-making process is considered in the context of specific experiences of the participants and it focuses on the impact of DSLRs on filming workflow and final product. The final chapter deals with the DSLR revolution as a social trend which was stimulated by the influence of online communities of DSLR filmmakers who actively participated in the course of the revolution. Appendix of the thesis contains a brief description of the film projects of all participants and the model of the structured questionnaire used for data...
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Plato's second coming. An outline of the philosophy of George Gemistos Plethon
Hladký, Vojtěch ; Karfík, Filip (advisor) ; Segonds, Allain Philippe (referee) ; Zografidis, George (referee)
The present work is an attempt to provide a complex exposition of the philosophy of George Gemistos Plethon, a XVth century Byzantine Platonist who influenced also contemporary Renaissance thinkers in Italy. The first part of this study treats Gemistos' "public philosophy", that is, his practical proposals for political reforms in the despotate of Morea (in the Peloponnese) on the basis of Platonic principles as well as the funeral orations, which he composed and in which the immortality of the human soul is demonstrated by rational argumentation. The second part is dedicated to the overall reconstruction of Plethon's own version of Platonism or philosophia perennis, the perennial rational philosophy, which is common to all the people throughout different ages and the best expression of which is to be found in the works of Plato and Zoroaster (the Chaldaean Oracles, according to Plethon). Finally, the third part discusses the religious beliefs of Gemistos - examines the testimonies of the contemporaries, his stand at the Council of Florence, and his treatise on the procession of the Holy Spirit as well as the neo-pagan Laws which is a kind of his self-stylisation to Plethon, "the second Plato", - with the result that it is rather improbable that Gemistos was a Platonic polytheist as it is often claimed.
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The Impact of the Khmer Rouge Rule on the Stability and Position of Cambodia in the Region
Juška, Bohdan ; Knotková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Havlová, Radka (referee)
My work refers to the modern history of Cambodia and the region of Indochina with the accent on the Khmer Rouge regime. It explores the topic of the impact of the Khmer Rouge regime on three levels- local, regional and global. It gives a brief outline of the historical development from the war of independence to the peace talks in the 1980s. It covers some key historical events, e.g. the Lon Nol's coup d'état in 1970, followed by the Khmer Rouge takeover in 1975, the genocide regime, the response of the neighbouring countries, the Vietnamese invasion in 1978, the establishment of The People's Republic of Kampuchea, reconstruction, peace efforts. It deals with both domestic development and the international and diplomatic relations as well. The work also studies the impact of the volatile Cambodian history on the region and the response of the bi-polar world of the 1970s and 1980s, in the context of the Cold War, primarily of the USA, the Soviet Union and China. It attempts to reveal the Khmer Rouge doctrines, the nature, characteristics and origin of their extremist ideology, the connection with global communist teaching. It also focuses on the aspect of the international law. Other topics mentioned in the work are refugee issues and international tribunals.
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Accommodation social services as an instrument of social integration of social excluded people
Bláhová, Irena ; Čabanová, Bohumila (advisor) ; Kotrusová, Miriam (referee)
The diploma "Accommodation social services as an instrument of social integration of social excluded people" deals with accommodation social services, focuses on Asylum. There are essential informations about all accommodation social services in the diploma. The diploma mentions concepts of social exclusion, social and culture capital, social integration and equality and equity as theoretical starting point. The diploma examines legal and other documents in the Czech Republic and within the European Union, which relate to the issue of social services for social excluded people. There is an analysis of one particular Asylum. The conceptions of social work had been researched in more detail. The diploma focuses on Asylum users and their unsatisfactory integration to the society. For this research was used the Asylum for men and mothers with children in Děčín town. The diploma mentions the reasons of admission of 17 users, who used the Asylum services in 2009. It analyses their reasons to come to the Asylum. And it also examines the reasons why they are not integrated to the society after they leave the Asylum. Which results in repetitional apply for Asylum.
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Expatriation of Germans from the former Horšovský Týn region in 1945-1948 in the different sources.
Thomayerová, Jana ; Soukupová, Blanka (advisor) ; Moravcová, Mirjam (referee)
Through analysis of various source materials (archival documents, personal memories and regional literature) this master's thesis focuses on reconstructing the process of the expulsion of Germans from the former Horšovský Týn region carried out within 1945-1948, which is defined as both organized and unorganized as well as spontaneous and enforced one, including the preparation phase of the process organized by the State Administration, and particularly the period of the Czech aggression against German population, and also the so-called period of additional transportation.
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