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Samuel Huntington's Conception and its Critics
Ščetinkinová, Natálie ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Jeníčková, Martina (referee)
This Master's Thesis deals with the famous work of a Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington. The topic is described to full extent. First of all, there are defined basic terms connected with culture. Afterwards, the conception of a Clash of Civilizations is described in its basic concepts, whereas there are not omitted consequences connected with the author's other works as well as his life. A special chapter is dedicated to the impact that this work caused. This chapter is devided into two parts. In the first part, there are presented general references of several authors. In the other part, there are discussed comprehensive conceptions of certain authors. Concretely, they are represented by Francis Fukuyama, Immanuel Wallerstein, Alvin Toffler and Michael Novak. After description of basic ideas of these big thinkers, there is made a comparison of their conceptions, which is based on the following terms -- universalism, democracy a capitalism, world order and modernization. In the last part of this Master's Thesis, there are deduced conclusions from the comparison of these conceptions that deal with the international system, which makes this issue more clear for both public and academic people.
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Decision Making Support Using Exact Software's Enterprise Information Systems
Pitka, Lukáš ; Pour, Jan (advisor) ; Šváb, Jiří (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with an information technology support of organization's decision making processes using Exact Software's enterprise information systems. The main goal of this paper is a demonstration of various Exact Software applications using real world examples from several Czech enterprises. Illustration of various benefits of integrated enterprise systems architecture is another goal of this paper. Possible benefits gained during the process of implementation of Exact Software's applications and necessary requirements that have to be fulfilled create the last goal. Risks and issues that can be encountered during the implementation process are mentioned along with benefits. To achieve these goals this diploma paper contains a lot of practical illustrations supplemented by theoretic explanation. Paper includes four parts. First part is an introduction into decision making processes in enterprises and provides a general overview of Exact Software's enterprise information systems portfolio. Another area covered by the first part is an overview of possible benefits of these systems in according to the level of organization management. Second part is dedicated to Exact Synergy Enterprise. At the beginning of this part there are outlined procedures, benefits and assumptions necessary for successful system implementation. The following text in part two contains many real world examples from the decision making point of view. Third part covers Business Intelligence application Exact Business Analytics from the standpoint of implementation guidelines, prerequisites and benefits. Subsequent subchapters contain practical examples of usage of this system. The last part is comprised from two case studies of Exact Software's systems implementation -- first one is a financial counseling company, second one is a company from the IS/ICT area. The paper as a whole represents unique material for companies that are looking for solutions on their decision making and analytical procedures problems. On the basis of this paper the reader can create an overview of current capabilities of enterprise information systems. A vast majority of presented solutions are system independent i.e. the usage of systems from Exact Software is only exemplary. Case studies of complex enterprise IS architectures in real world enterprises represents another great contribution to this diploma paper.
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Career Choices of Young Mothers
KOKEŠOVÁ, Lucie
The issue of young female´s career choices is associated with many dilemmas as well as problems, making work and childcare very hard to balance. Finding an ideal, family-worthy partner takes a long time and is not an easy task. When the responsibilities associated with taking care of the household and children begin, especially when the mother goes back to work after maternity or parental leave, many disagreements between the partners may appear. Going back to work after maternity or parental leave goes hand in hand with the uncertainty of finding a position that correlates with having children. In the Czech Republic, there is a discrimination of mothers being overlooked by the majority of people, so employers don´t make it easy for new mothers. Czech family policy offers a number of benefits that ease the situation of pregnancy, childbirth, motherhood and parenthood. They are primarily focused on the social and health needs of women. Other means of combining work and childcare can be flexible forms of employment, daycare facilities, or intergenerational solidarity, especially the traditional help from the grandparents. The practical part of this thesis contains qualitative research. Data were collected from semi-standardized interviews with eight communication partners using snowball sampling method. The sample therefore contained pregnant young women and mothers of children up to the age of nine. The interviews lasted several hours and took place at home of the communication partners in a friendly atmosphere. The goal of the research was to get to know the career choices of young women dealing with maternity, because they usually remain the primary caretakers. The main research question was how and why young new mothers decide between career and motherhood. According to the answer, additional research questioned were asked. They were divided into five main areas. Results were processed using coding method. The results show that the most important factor when deciding whether to have children is finding an ideal partner. Employer´s reaction to a pregnancy announcement usually wasn´t problematic for the communication partners. Going back to work or looking for a job after maternity or parental leave is directly related mainly to previous work experiences. Terms of the contract signed before the maternity or parental leave may give an assurance to some extent. The communication partners are familiar with the discrimination against women in the labor market, and they are of the opinion, that there´s nothing they can do about it. Women who will have to find a new job accept the need to lower their expectations and demands in the labor market, at least in the beginning of their maternity. Those more experienced with job search also lowered their expectations about the financial terms of employment and also had to accept worse positions. The most popular means of combining work and childcare among the communication partners are kindergarten/daycare centers, afterschool clubs and the help of their grandparents. Equal distribution of housework is also notable problem for the communication partners, especially right after their return to work. Let this thesis be beneficial to all young women deciding between career and motherhood. It should contribute to understanding of this dilemma and all the problems associated with it.
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Corporate logo and its innovation
Tritová, Lenka ; Kašparová, Eva (advisor) ; Hauptová, Petra (referee)
The aims of the Master's Thesis were to find out how the change of the corporate logo of travel agency Strakotour has influenced the business and how the amateur and the expert feel about this innovation. The theoretical part describes the basic concepts of logo creation, corporate design, culture and communication. The logos of big companies and their "stories of success" are explained there too. In the third part I introduce the travel agency Strakotour, its position in the market and the way of communication, which is characterised by the recent change of its corporate logo. Then the practical part shows problematic factors of this innovation: its pros and cons. The research was carried out via focus group and individual personal interviews. The results of the research are well-arranged in tables, graphs and diagrams in the practical part. The most important findings and recommendations can be found in the final parts and in the conclusion of this Master's Thesis.
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Foundation and activities of the Czechoslovak Church in the catholic parish in Přerov between 1919 - 24
Kubička, Adolf ; Petráček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Stříbrný, Jan (referee)
ENGLISH ANNOTATION. This bachelor work deals with the foundation and activities of the Czechoslovak Church in the catholic parish in Přerov nad Labem between 1919 - 1924. It describes the problems resulting from the effort to re-establish the catholic parish in Přerov nad Labem and Semice, after that parish actually went down after the parish priest and the believers all joined the Czechoslovak Church. It deals not only with the pastoral activities of the catholic administrators and parish priests, but also with their endeavour to get back the farmerly illegally confiscated possession. Last but not least it also describes the religious disturbances at those days, taking place between the believers of both Churches concerning mentioned problems.
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Maternal and paternal leave in the Czech Republic and Austria
Kubová, Lucie ; Kotous, Jan (referee) ; Munková, Gabriela (advisor)
V posledních letech se pozornost veřejnosti, odborníků i českého státu stále více zaměřuje na oblast podpory rodin. Nezastupitelné funkce rodiny, zvláště výchovná a emocionální, jsou stále patrnější, stejně jako názor, že rodina je považována za základní stavební jednotku společnosti. V rodinném společenství dochází k přípravě jedince na život a formování jeho osobnosti. Jedním ze záměrů státu je proto podporovat tvorbu nových rodin a přispívat k udržení jejich stability, tolik důležité pro vhodnou výchovu jedince. Rodinná politika, která je úzce spjata s politikou sociální, společně s kulturním a společenským prostředím ovlivňuje vnitřní i vnější podmínky vzniku, existence i zániku rodiny. Podpora rodin státem je zpravidla uskutečňována nabídkou nástrojů státní rodinné politiky a poskytováním finančních příspěvků, jimiž se stát snaží kompenzovat alespoň částečně náklady spojené s výchovou potomků. Ve své diplomové práci se zaměřím na problematiku, se kterou se setkáváme dnes a denně. Buď se týká nás samotných, nebo se s ní setkáváme ve své rodině nebo u přátel. Mám na mysli problematiku mateřské a rodičovské dovolené a dávek s nimi spojených. Má rodina dostatečnou podporu ve státě? Jaká jsou konkrétní zákonná ustanovení ochrany těhotných žen a žen matek v pracovním právu? Jaká práva mají rodiče malých...
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Business Activity Monitoring in Business Intelligence solutions
Benoni, Daniel ; Gála, Libor (advisor) ; Novotný, Ota (referee)
Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) is an acronym of Gartner Inc. to describe systems that are intended to provide "Real-time access to critical business performance indicators to improve the speed and efficiency of business operations. BAM systems help enterprises improve their operational efficiency and increase the ability of understanding and responding to events that have a significant impact on their business processes. Despite the fact that most businesses today are in urgent need to improve their operating performance, BAM systems as a solution seams to don't approach. The reality is that many software vendors supplied new BAM systems solutions by simply adding new features to existing products. In addition, there are no formal standards to define which specific features of the BAM system should contain. Another problem is the lack of theoretical models to support comparative analysis between the different systems of BAM. The aim of my thesis is to contribute to the improvement of the existing theoretical basis for the use of Business Activities Monitoring (BAM) as part of BI solutions, by providing an understanding of the relationship between the needs of decision support systems in real time and current applications of systems BAM. This work provides evidence that the relationship between the Real-time Business Intelligence needs of enterprises and BAM solution is determined by the need to ensure that the BAM system deliver current Real-time information to enable BAM users, who are often operating managers directly responsible for business processes, effectively respond to referred alert, supplied by the BAM system. To increase users' ability to effectively respond to events generated by the BAM system depends primarily on two basic operational issues. First, it is necessary to ensure adequate response for BAM users, to ensure necessary actions associated with the event. Second, BAM user must be able to understand the nature of the problem associated with the event, to initiate the proper steps to resolve the problem. Here it shows that, apart from insufficient knowledge of the nature of problems, BAM system needs, beside generation alerts in very low latency, also add context to these alerts, to provide enough information for BAM users to understand the nature of the problem associated with the event.
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Creation of the Metaphors by Pupils, 8th Grade
Kurincová, Taťána ; Chrz, Vladimír (referee) ; Hříbková, Lenka (advisor)
The scope of this thesis was to track the metaphorical creativity of the 8th grade students. The research took place in three classes: in regular elementary school class, in language elementary school class and in eight years high school class. The main issues I was dealing with were following: Are the 8th grade students able to create metaphoras and if so than what are the main characteristics of their creation. Which factors can help and which can hinder such their ability. Can we already notice at the age of such students major differences in their language creativity? The structure of my thesis derives from my previous experience connected to the research on knowledge of the metaphoras of elementary school students at first and from a deep analysis of the scientific literature on the creativity at second. I have decided after a detailed study to give two materials to different students which are focused on the affirmation of their verbal expression and on their ability to understand metaphoras and hence the ability to create them. The research itself took place in the following way: first the students were given the material on the orientative affirmation of their verbal expression and after a one-week break material on their ability to understand and to create metaphoras. One school lesson during...
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Autoimmune ovarian damage in adolescent girls, the impact antiovarian antibodies to irregular menstrual cycles and fertility
Kosová, Hana ; Hořejší, Jan (advisor) ; Grim, Miloš (referee) ; Fučíková, Terezie (referee) ; Ulčová-Gallová, Zdeňka (referee)
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City logistics and problems of big agglomeration - New York City
Zaoralová, Lenka ; Pernica, Petr (advisor) ; Mervart, Michal (referee)
The main goal of the diploma thesis is to describe and evaluate the form of city logistics and transportation services in New York City and to define related basic problems. The theoratical part focuses on the general background of distribution processes, logistics technologies based on transport and city logistics in general. Then in the practical part there is commented the status and trends in personal, freight transport, distribution and storage of goods in New York region, the largest problems of transportation services in aglomeration and strategies of their solution. The conclusion contains the summary and recommendations.
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