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Implementation of project management in social services organizations
DUFKOVÁ, Denisa
The application of project management in social services is the way in which the organization seeks to achieve socially beneficial projects, using project management tools and techniques. The diploma thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part deals with social services, management and project management. The main goal of the diploma thesis is based on mixed research to find out how project management is implemented in organizations providing social services. For the quantitative part, the following hypotheses were set in connection with the objective: H1: Selected sociodemographic characteristics influence the implementation of project management in organizations providing social services. A H2: The sources of financing the organization affect the number of implemented projects. The research showed that selected sociodemographic characteristics (these were: gender, age, length of practice, job position, highest level of education, focus of manager's education, then founder, size of organization, target group) statistically significantly affect the implementation of project management in organizations providing social services. In the qualitative part, the aim was to find out how project management is implemented in organizations providing social services from the manager's point of view. Research has shown that the implementation of project management is very important for organizations providing social services and thanks to it they obtain funding to improve social services. Project management is mainly taken care of by directors with certain employees. The preparation of projects depends on the team in which an agreement is reached on the call and objectives related to the project. They also apply for a call and then implement the project. Finally, the evaluation and billing of the project will take place. The obtained information on the implementation of project management in organizations providing social services can be used to create a proposal to improve management in organizations in the social field, or the results can serve as a stimulus for further expanding research.
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Historical development of canistherapy across organizations
DUFKOVÁ, Denisa
This Bachelor´s work deals with the topic of historical development of canistherapy across the organizations and surveys the development and improvement of canistherapy in the organizations, which provide social services in České Budějovice. The theoretical part describes zootherapy and canistherapy. It shows the involvement of animals in therapy, its history, subdivision, methods and forms used. Next chapter focuses on canistherapy issues. It describes the origin of the relationship between dog and human, history of the therapy in the world, in Czech Republic, and other specifics of the therapy. The aim of the practical part was to find how much the canistherapy has improved over the years in organizations providing social services in České Budějovice. Two major research questions were posed to identify these goals. 1: How has the canistherapy in České Budějovice developed historically? 2: How has the the canistheraphy improved in České Budějovice over the years? A qualitative research strategy has been used for research, using a polling metod and a semistructured interview technique. The research team consisted of workers from three organizations providing social services in České Budějovice and was completed by a canistherapists, who visit the organization on a regular basis. The results were processed using the method of open coding. The results showed that the standards of canistherapy are still improving. We can see this fact on changes within the organizations - the number of clients and their interest in canistherapy is growing. It was found that there is an active effort to unify and include canistherapy into the methods of social work. This work can be used by the public, canistherapists and organizations providing social services, to describe canistherapy as a focused therapy for the clients, and to inform about the efforts to include the canistherapy into the methods of social work.
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