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"When the mind is tranquil and the qi 氣 well managed..." The inner cultivation in the 內業 Neiye and the 想爾注 Xiang'er zhu in the context of the debate on early Taoism
Tichá, Markéta ; Lomová, Olga (referee) ; Chlup, Radek (advisor)
This thesis deals with the topic of early taoism. First it summarises current scholarly discourse about early forms of taoism. Most scholars in the field have already abandoned the dichotomy of earlier "philosophical taoism" (daojia) and later "religious taoism" (daojiao) and have begun to offer new models for understanding the continuities among the ideas and practices presented in the taoist texts of different periods. So far they have dealt with preHan and early Han taoist texts and their relations. The result of this research is suggestion that the continuity within the frame of taoist tradition is based on specific practice of inner cultivation and related cosmology. Further they suppose this practice is also common to later forms of taoism (later Han and postHan periods). Nevertheless it seems there are no detailed analyses of relevant texts with this concern so far. Therefore I compare the Neiye chapter from the Guanzi collection (4th/3rd century B. C.) and the Xiang'er commentary to the Laozi (2nd/ 3rd century C. E.) with the aim to find out whether we can prove (of refute) this assumption for the period of the first taoist organisations known by history. I came to the conclusion that in spite of the fact that there is a several centuries long gap between the recording of these texts and that their...
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Evaluation of Nurses in the Most Town Hospital
Zemanová, Radka ; Vrzáček, Petr (advisor) ; Drábková, Hana (referee)
The Master thesis deals with evaluation of staff, an inseparable part of the process of management of human resources. The thesis includes both theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part provides explanation of the importance of human resources for the relevant organisation elaborates on modern conception of management of human resources and identifies the process of management of work performance, which is an important part of management of human resources. The thesis focuses in greater detail on evaluation proper of the staff. After defining the term, significance is described of evaluation of staff for the relevant organisation. Conditions for effective evaluation are also referred to. The thesis then deals with evaluation itself of the staff; i.e. with manners and frequencies of evaluation, topics of evaluation, methods and the course of the evaluation process. References to the basic legislative framework associated with this area are inseparable parts of the thesis. The last chapter of the theoretical part of the thesis deals with the process of implementation of the new system, when the general change management is elaborated on as well as the peculiars of launching the evaluation system. The practical part of the thesis starts with brief description of the hospital in the town of Most and...
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The Comparative Analysis of the Mapping of Deprived Urban Areas
Souček, Vojtěch ; Guri, Durmish (advisor) ; Dohnalová, Marie (referee)
The dissertation is a comparative analysis focussing on the issue of deprived urban areas in two EU member states - the Great Britain and the Czech Republic. The common link is the mapping of these areas. The dissertation is structured into two main parts - Theoretical and Empirical. The Theoretical part is divided into four main parts, called the thematic blocks. The first block is devoted to the terminology and definitions concerning the deprived areas. The second block focuses on an European-wide project concerning the deprived areas and their mapping, called the European Learning Network (LNet). third block where the mapping of deprived urban areas, the government policy and the examples of good practices are described, is devoted to the Great Britain. The fourth block is aimed on the Czech republic, with the same structure as the chapter before - mapping of deprived urban areas, government policy on this issue, good practice examples and finally the survey carried out among the relevant institutions and its outputs are presented. The Empirical part is the comparison of the Great Britain and the Czech Republic approaches to the issue of deprived urban areas.
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Civil associations participation in governing relevant to environment protection
Amchová, Veronika ; Stejskal, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Máca, Vojtěch (referee)
This thesis deals with participation of non-governmental organizations in environmental decision-making and grounds this phenomenon in legal framework of public participation in the international, communitarian and Czech scale and more broadly in the context of democracy and the role civil society in it. On the basis of legal regulations of NGOs participation in the Water Act and in Law on Integrated Prevention and the actual functioning of administrative proceedings brought under these laws, examines the implementation of requirements resulting from Aarhus Convention, especifically its Article 6, in the Czech legislation and practice. The thesis also asks for the causes of inconsistencies between the requirements of the Aarhus Convention and the real course of administrative proceedings, and examines critically the democratic decision-making processes.
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Against Masaryk's Republic - Monarchism as an Ideology of Part of Czech Catholic Intelectuals in Mid-War Period
Rychtar, Jakub ; Kučera, Jan (advisor) ; Kučera, Rudolf (referee)
The thesis deals with political aspects of the situation of the Polish minority in the contemporary Republic of Lithuania. Basis and practice of the Lithuanian ethnic and language policy, relevant sociodemographic features of the Polish minority, and their interaction within the political system, as manifested by the patterns of Polish minority mobilization and representation in the political structures, are successively analyzed in mutual cohesion. A study of the political dimension of the Lithuanian Poles' and the Polish kin-state's interrelationship together with a brief comparison of their situation with kin minorities in Belarus and Ukraine contextualize the analysis. In spite of both comparatively very good endogenous resources and the formally non-discriminatory political practice of the Lithuanian state, the thesis documents Polish minority's underrepresentation within the political system, as caused by the political opportunity structures. Aggregation and articulation of Polish minority interests in contemporary Lithuania fully comply with conventional patterns in institutionalized democracies. However, the findings of the thesis contradict the presumption of eventual weakening of the Lithuanian-Polish ethnic cleavage within the political system, and, more to the contrary, point to proofs of actual...
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CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE IN DISPOSE OF BIODEGRADABLE WASTE
Šmejkalová, Zuzana ; Geuss, Erik (advisor) ; Havránková, Věra (referee)
This diploma paper deals with contemporary practice in dispose of biodegradable waste, especially biodegradable communal waste (biowaste) in the Czech Republic. It explains fundamental terms, points out relevant legal rules and describes methods of biowaste handling. It evaluates collection and utilization systems in two cities in the way of comparison method. It compares them from cost and benefits (economic, environmental) points of view. The main purpose of the diploma paper is general introduction into the issue, pointing out negative effect of biowaste landfilling and presentation of actual systems of utilization. Also the work points out contemporary trend consisting in raising separation and reducing biodegradable communal waste landfilling.
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Labour unions and collective bargaining
Musílková, Lenka ; Soušková, Milena (advisor) ; Spirit, Michal (referee)
Collective bargaining is one of the methods of reciprocal communication between employers and relevant trade union, which solve wage or salary and other rights in labour-law relations. Collective agreement is the purpose of collective bargaining. Its content and observance is significant part of relationship between employers and employees. Process of collective bargaining, closing collective contracts, solving collective disputes, process during strikes and lock-outs is described in the Act No. 2/1991 Coll. The aim of my master thesis is to analyze legal regulations of social dialogue, content of collective agreements and show some real examples. I also describe all feasible solutions of collective disputes, which are results of disagreements between contracting parties by closing or default of collective agreement.
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Finantial Stability of the Non-governmental Organizations in the Czech Republic Focusing on Safety Line Association.
Řečníková, Veronika ; Bergerová, Marcela (advisor) ; Dohnalová, Marie (referee)
This master's thesis is concerned with the financing of NGOs in the Czech Republic particularly in terms of ensuring their finantial stability. Divided into theoretical and practical part, it focuses on studying the present situation in NGOs financing in a broader context, describing the relevant economic aspects and fundraising resources. The practical part is designed as the case study of the Safe Line Association, analysing the utilization of fundraisign resources and the way of ensuring the financial stability of the organization. It presents the results of the fundraising audit, carried out in the organization by the author of this thesis, and its evaluation.
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Business Intelligence in Healthcare - Data Mining Techniques as a Possible Hospital Management Tool in Austria
Schmied, Marten ; Štěrbová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Mevenkamp, Nils (referee)
Public healthcare provision is under increasing economic restraints making an efficient and sustainable managerial planning a necessity in the hospital sector. Business Intelligence is the extraction of business relevant knowledge in order to adjust and refine executive operations. On the free market industries have applied the according methods and software dedicated to the generation of Business Intelligence is offered by variety of companies. Data Mining, furthermore, describes the facilitation of algorithms in order to train programs to detect unseen patterns from huge amounts of data. Therefore mining techniques are suitable for adding to the business relevant knowledge, particularly as they can produce more accurate predictions. The thesis examined the status of Information Technology normally utilized in Austrian hospitals and simultaneously identified studies that apply Data Mining to a Hospital Information System to gain Business Intelligence. While the general level of Austrian Hospital Information Systems is well sophisticated, common challenges are present in a separation between clinical and administrative systems and their interfaces. For the Data Mining a majority of studies aims at medical improvements. Some applications were found to have good business relevant prospects but their feasible introduction into the practice needs additional fostering.
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Personality Protection and Camera Systems
Široký, Oldřich ; Cvik, Eva Daniela (advisor) ; Pavla, Pavla (referee)
The thesis deals with the protection of individual integrity and camera systems, through the lens of valid and effective law regulation. The content of this work is formulation of theoretical basis, an analysis of relevant laws governing the issue of individual integrity protection of natural persons (especially their privacy) and camera systems, specifically for each type of camera system: the camera system with recording, camera system without recording, comparison of both types of camera systems and an account of legal instruments available for protection of individual integrity of each person, whose universal individual integrity rights were violated due to the operation of a camera system (regardless of it's type). The theoretical basis is followed by the main body of work, which explores researching camera system usage within a specific public authority agency. The operation of camera system is subjected to critical legal analysis, where particular aspects of a specific public authority subject's practice is evaluated as part of the findings of the thesis and qualified as compliant or non-compliant with the law. At the end of the work, the author formulates specific recommendations to the public authority agency, aiming to improve the approach to operating a camera system from the legal point of view.
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