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Transnational Corporations in Europe: Is their Economic Power Growing?
Lojková, Kristýna ; Cihelková, Eva (advisor) ; Vošta, Milan (referee)
Transnational organizations (TNCs) can be considered as an economic drivers which are able to adapt to changing economic climate. The ability of being present in more than one country give them the opportunity to raise their competitiveness through choosing the countries according to its preferences. Recently the relation between nation states and the TNCs has been changed slowly. The number of TNCs is growing and they are able to play an active role in the wolrd economy. Their activities produce possitive and negative externalities thus it is possible to find their followers and opponents at the same time. The aim of this thesis is to analyze whether the economic power of the TNCs is growing significantly or not.
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Luxury economics - comparative analysis of conspicuous consumption among TBU, UEP and CTU students
Veselý, Pavel ; Rod, Aleš (advisor) ; Babin, Jan (referee)
This thesis focuses on the comparison of conspicuous consumption and purchase of counterfeit goods in different socioeconomic environments. For comparison, I analyzed results of the researches by Bc. Tomáš Štegmann and Bc. Jan Vágner, who deal with this issue at University of Economics in Prague (UEP) and Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU). Then I compared it with results of my survey made at Tomas Bata University in Zlín (TBU). I was able to confirm the assumption of less knowledge and worse awareness of luxury goods among students in Zlín. In the case of students of TBU low income does not play a significant role in the acquisition of a counterfeit in the future, unlike UEP and CTU. Conversely, significant factors at TBU are negative impression of an individual with counterfeit, purchase of a counterfeit in the past and recognition of fake. Negative impression of an individual with a counterfeit is consistent with findings at UEP and CTU. Purchase of a counterfeit in the past does not have significant effect on the future buy of counterfeit at both schools in Prague and effect of recognition of fake is at TBU similar to CTU. Compared to UEP, the effect has opposite direction. At TBU more students have already bought fake and also they avoid buying counterfeits in the future less than the students of UEP and CTU. Perception of counterfeiting as a crime is comparable at all schools -- it's not a serious crime.
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Political and economical development of selected COMECON countries in the seventies and eighties
Szobi, Pavel ; Jakubec, Ivan (referee) ; Stellner, František (advisor)
The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon) was an organization which was founded much more because of political than economic reasons. During the first years of its existence it was a soviet power instrument to control the economics of the Eastern Europe and later it became a middle o so called socialist economic integration. The most important part in it played the German Democratic Republic and Czechoslovakia, countries with the best developed industry in the soviet bloc. Their economies supported less developed allied countries and lastly also the Third world countries which assumed the idea of communism. Often comparisons of the Comecon to the West European integration caused that the Eastern bloc tried to establish cooperation with the European Economic Community and to imitate its success. But an analysis has shown the pointlessness of these attempts. The Eastern bloc wasn't able to reform its institution for an economic integration and the downfall of totalitarian regimes automatically leaded to the Comecon decline.
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Postavení žen v politice v Latinské Americe
Josefiová, Michaela
This bachelor thesis deals with the topic of the position of women in politics in Latin America. The first part describes the evolution of Latin American politics, political and social role of women in Latin America, including the barriers that women have to face, and how Latin American region is introduced the gender quota systems into their national policies. The second part is focused on the evolution and current situation in the number of represented women in legislation in selected countries, the progress of implementation of quota systems and the process of their adjustment to the current form, and on women that were able to achieve a significant position in politics in Latin America, or they played an important role there.
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Problems of leisure time of children in the second stage of basic school and compensation school load
LEŽÁKOVÁ, Petra
The topic of my bachelor thesis is focused on middle school children and spending their free time and compensation of schoolwork. Nowadays, there is a large amount of extracurricular pursuits which children can follow in their free time. They can attend various leisure-time centres, centres for children and youth, school centres and clubs and many others providing leisure-time activities. These centres primarily offer sport activities, afternoon clubs, educational trips and a great deal of other pursuits. Children also pass their leisure time passively, mostly watching TV or using a computer. This is the reason why this issue should be dealt with. We should help children to fill their free time productively and effectively so that they would be able to use it to pursue their hobbies and interests. There are a lot of factors which can considerably influence spending free time such as a family, friends and peers but also teachers or a school which a child attends and many others.My work is divided into two parts. First of them is the theoretical part.section of my bachelor thesis concerns compensation of schoolwork. Second part of the thesis, the practical one, is based on a quantitative research consisting of questionnaires concerning leisure preferences of middle school children. Results of the above-mentioned questionnaires are compiled into graphs and presented in this work. The primary aim of this thesis was to monitor how the youth of today passes their leisure time. To accomplish the objective, four hypotheses were suggested: Hypothesis 1: Today?s children prefer spending their free time passively rather than actively Hypothesis 2: When spending free time passively, children prefer using computer to watching TV Hypothesis 3: Sport activities are more popular with boys rather than girls Hypothesis 4: Pupils prefer playing teams sports to doing individual sports
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Stomatal development under variable environmental conditions
HOŠTIČKOVÁ, Irena
It is necessary for plants to adapt to variable environment conditions to be able to grow and to propagate themselves. One of the most important environmental factors is water availability. The main role in regulation of transpiration play stomata ? microscopic pores, which control gas exchange (mainly CO2, H2O, O2) between internal and external leaf environment. Number of stomata at the leaf epidermis is influenced by lots of environmental factors, e.g. atmospheric CO2 concentration, irradiance, air humidity, temperature etc. In this thesis I was aiming to study the influence of atmospheric CO2 concentration on stomatal development of Lepidium sativum L. and the influence of irradiance on stomatal development in Hordeum vulgare L.
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Fulfilling Needs of Appalic Patient from the Point of View of Family Members and Nurse as Part of Nursing Process.
DAŇKOVÁ, Alexandra
The apallic syndrome is a group of symptoms characteristic of a condition wherein the cerebral cortex ceases to govern the organism and only the brain stem remains effective. The condition is typical of a consciousness change known as the vigilant coma in which the patients' eyes move around without being able to fix on nearby persons or objects; the patients do not make any spontaneous movements and are unaware of both themselves and their surroundings, with which they cannot establish a contact. Adopting the viewpoints of nurses and family members, this paper addresses the needs of apallic patients. The theoretical part, while describing the syndrome and human needs in general, deals in detail with what the apallic patients may require and how they should be nursed. Moreover, the theoretical part specifies the role of nurses at the apallic patients' bedside, the issues of their families, and those of the way in which the nurse is supposed to communicate with the family. The paper aims to disclose the patients' needs; the level of their satisfaction; and the roles that nurses and families play in the care of apallic patients. These objectives yielded the following research questions: What needs of apallic patients should be met in the process of nursing? To what extent does the nursing process meet the needs? What role in the care of apallic patients should be assumed by nurses as assessed from their families' point of view? and What role in the care should be adopted by the family members themselves? The set being surveyed consisted of 10 nurses deployed at the Intensive Care Units (5 nurses from the Internal Medicine Department ICU and 5 from the 2nd Aftercare Department ICU of the České Budějovice Hospital) and 5 family members of the patients. The required information was gathered using the method of qualitative research applied through semi-structured interviews held with the nurses and the family members. The investigation took place on the premises of both ICUs of the Hospital. Answers obtained from the persons in response to the partial research questions made it possible to accomplish the paper's objective. The effort revealed certain deficiencies in the care being delivered. Not all the patients' needs were found properly satisfied, first and foremost psychosocial needs and those concerning activities. Such needs could be beneficially fulfilled with reliance on the concept of basal stimulation, a method not routinely used in the care. As follows from the interviews, in visiting their relatives the family members become depressed, and their emotions have not changed during the recent years. The paper can be instrumental in improving the quality of care provided by nurses to the apallic patients and in communicating with their families.
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Dramatizations of Larger Epic Pieces Designed for a Child Actor
Hrnečková, Anna ; Pšenička, Martin (advisor) ; Kočí, Julie (referee)
This thesis analyses the dramatizations of larger epic units, which have appeared on the Czech national (or regional) shows of children's theatre since 1989. After characterizing the role of dramatic text created for the theatre played by children, the work attempts to establish the evaluation criteria for the dramatization of the investigated area. With regard to the artistic and educational objectives, the work compares the composition, language and thematic basis of selected texts. At the centre of attention are those means of adaptation which acquire particular significance especially in connection with a child actor; ways of creating adult characters, the depiction of the inner world of children's heroes etc. The main task of this text analysis is to answer the question about how far the authors were able to get within the narrow borders brought on by focusing on child actors up to fifteen years of age.
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The effect of the pre-weaning play on the coping ability of piglets
Večlová, Barbora ; Chaloupková, Helena (advisor) ; Fuchs, Roman (referee)
This diploma thesis is focused on animal play behaviour, it's features and factors that influence it. It also shows how play can be used as an animal welfare indicator and moreover that play may also improve welfare. Play is interesting from physiology and neurology point of view as well because it is able to trigger positive emotions. This thesis also describes the main hypotheses explaing evolutionary functions of play. The newest hypothesis claims that play may be a "training for the unexpected"(Špinka et al., 2001). Our experiments tested this hypothesis. We investigated if play of piglets before weaning could improve their coping with stress and reduce agonistic behaviour after weaning and later in life. Results show that play in an extra space before weaning does not influence pig's behaviour very much, but it seems to have some impact. Results also show other factors influencing agonistic behaviour of pigs - groupsize, gender and weight gain.
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Munich days and their reflection in broadcasting
Šubrová, Klára ; Michela, Miroslav (advisor) ; Randák, Jan (referee)
The year 1938 was filled with a number of dramatic events, which culminated with the signing of the Munich Agreement in Autumn. The agreement, which was signed in the absence of the representatives of Czecho-Slovakia, was one of the first pieces in the mosaic of Hitler's strategic steps, which eventually led to a global conflict- World War II. Broadcasting was of the utmost importance in the anxiety and chaos of 1938. Right from its birth, broadcasting played an important part in the development of culture and education (including public education). After the signing of the agreement, appeals to citizens replaced educational programmes. The broadcasts were historical, cultural and patriotic in their themes and they also promoted patriotic endeavors. The year 1938 saw very important broadcasts delivered by important Czecho- Slovakian personages, which gave the listeners the chance to participate in the social and political events of the day. I subjected all of the speeches to analysis and so was able to establish their characteristic features. Broadcasting became one of the most influential media of the time, directly communicating important up-to-date information.
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