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Headhunting: etnography of construction of person as a commodity
Pomahač, Matěj ; Stöckelová, Tereza (advisor) ; Abu Ghosh, Yasar (referee)
Pomahač, Matěj. 2011. Headhunting: etnografie utváření osoby jako zboží. Nepublikovaná diplomová práce. Praha: FHS UK. Key Words ethnography; human resources consulting; headhunting; economic anthropology; economization; commodification; structural holes Summary This thesis is based on more than a year-long research which took place in a private human resources consulting company focused on the search for highly skilled workers (known as headhunting). The research focus was based primarily on the fact, that the author worked in the reference field as human resources consultant. This perspective enabled to focus on description and perception of everyday activities ongoing in the company in relation to its clients and candidates, from the headhunter's point of view. The data collected during the course of participant observation have been analysing with the use of Michel Callon's studies of economization and commodification in major part, and through the Ronald S. Burt's theory of structural holes in minor part. The analysis reveals the economic and political factors determining the field of headhunting practices and procedures, which headhunters use in order to face up their position of intermediary party between clients and candidates. The study also focuses on processes and technologies, by means of the...
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Free hugs - Sociological interpretation
Dobešová, Petra ; Balon, Jan (advisor) ; Kotík, Michal (referee)
Bachelor thesis "Free Hugs - A sociological interpretation" gives an interpretation of the phenomenon called Free Hugs - offering hugs to strangers on the street. The basic question behind the early work was the following problem: What happens in a society, where people are willing to offer hugs to strangers in the street? What kind of pressure operates on people? What is causing this pressure? The goal of the work is to interpret the characteristics of modern society, which most importantly affect the atmosphere that makes ordinary people create their sign saying "Free Hugs" and go into the streets. The text is divided into three chapters. The first provides the first insight into the topic and a brief excursion into the short history of the phenomenon. The second, major chapter deals with the sociological interpretation of the original motivation leading to the emergence of the described phenomena - advanced level of individualization in modern society and economization and fragmentation of relationships, both in work and private spheres. The third part deals with the sociological interpretation of several phenomena, which caused a significant extension of the Free Hugs Campaign. The relevant requirements of the modern phenomenon of the Free Hugs consider a general picture of modern society,...
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Economization immovable monuments in the selected region of the Czech republic
Vladyková, Aneta ; Netková, Jarmila (advisor) ; Mokrošová, Petra (referee)
The issue of economic utilization and cultural animation of immovable monuments currently affects mainly the objects of local significance. The thesis addressed the question of the efficiency of economization of architectural heritage in the administrative district of Prague 11. Based on the analysis of the region, the range of cultural products offered by the most important sights of Prague 11 is further examined in terms of content, attendence and capacity utilization. Based on the data and the results of the survey, the thesis brings proposals of Chodov's stronghold expansion with new attractive products. Ultimately, it is the recommendation how to increase attendance and overall capacity utilization of the stronghold.
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Personnel Management Economisation in the Building Industry
Bušina, Filip ; Němec, Otakar (advisor) ; Dvořáček, Jiří (referee) ; Horňák, Pavol (referee) ; Linkeschová, Dana (referee)
The building industry economic situation has shown a continuous descending tendency starting from 2008 in the field of efficiency and future development. Individual building companies have to undertake previously banned optimisation processes that affected both the company itself and its employees. Moreover, when assessing the role of the state and its involvement in the stabilisation of the current "bitter" situation, we cannot but state that such an involvement is zero. Therefore, this paper has two core objectives: the first one is to "define methods of the economisation of the personnel management in the building industry" and to "identify the economic policy of the state relative to building organisations and to determine the impacts of such policy on the behaviour of building organisations".
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