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Quality of work life from the employees'perspective
Štěpánková, Petra ; Kirovová, Iva (advisor) ; Svianteková, Gabriela (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of quality of work life, specifically from the employees' point of view; that is from the subjective perspective. The theoretical part of the thesis covers the historical development of quality of work life and puts it into the context of organizational management. Furthermore, it demarcates a set of different definitions, conceptions and currently used methods of measurement of the construct. By analysing the conceptions, it closely introduces ten chosen factors of quality of work life which represent the theoretical basis for the practical part of the thesis. The practical part consists of a layout of a research project which focuses on the development of a standardized survey for measuring quality of work life in Czech setting. Keywords: quality of work life, subjective quality of work life, work-life balance, job satisfaction, productivity
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Work conditions preferences of generation Y
Kebzová, Kateřina ; Dvořáková, Miroslava (advisor) ; Kopecký, Martin (referee)
Work preferences of generation Y, which will, in the next few years, constitute a significant proportion of the workforce on the labor market, differ noticeably from the preferences of the previous generation, generation X. The aim of this thesis is to provide information about generation Y and its work conditions preferences and to introduce the concept of work-life balance, as well as related alternative ways of working. Among these alternative ways of working belong flexible jobs or the principle of freedom at work, which offers the ability to work in more natural conditions. Keywords: generation Y, work conditions, work-life balance, flexible jobs, freedom at work
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Early Childhood Education as Means of Parental and Professional Roles in Region Ústí
Sluková, Kristýna ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Hejzlarová, Eva (referee)
My thesis "Pre-school education as a means of harmonization of parental and working roles in the region Ústí", focuses on different types of kindergartens, which can be one of the tools for harmonization of parental and professional roles. This issue is also linked with the problem of lack of places in kindergartens, which isn't entirely new, but there has not be found yet any suitable solutions that would help eliminate this problem. Because of wide range of different types of kindergartens parents have the option to choose suitable kindergarten for their children as well as kindergarten can adapt to demands of parent so that they were allowed to return to work. This work is concerned with the extent to which directors of kindergartens (as frontline employees) and municipality (representatives bureaucracy) affect the determined indicators (time availability, space availability, affordability and services), and adaptation of the kindergartens with respect to harmonization of parental and working roles. Based on interviews with the director of kindergarten and with representatives of community, it was found that the established indicators are more suggestible in kindergarten established by the private sector, as the directors of these kindergartens are also the founders. On the other side the...
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Work-Life balance among cardiologists and cardiac surgeons
Klimešová, Zuzana ; Šmídová, Olga (advisor) ; Tichá, Růžena (referee)
This thesis deals with the work-life balance issues encountered by cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. The main objective of this study was to find out on how these young doctors in cardiology specialization training combine their work and other areas of their lives that they consider important and draw attention to the problems of being junior doctors with a vision to use the obtained results to improve their conditions both for work and for quality of life. Qualitative research techniques were utilized and data were obtained from semi-structured interviews with our respondents. The theoretical part of this thesis presents the informations and concepts regarding balance between work versus private life concerning their interdependencies. It focuses both on professional and social aspects and their eventual conflict. Partly, it maps motivation: motivators (motives and aspirations), which led these young doctors in their lives and careers, as shared motives characterize the level of content and identification with professional roles and their professional aspirations. Widely, it deals with the working conditions of junior doctors that the de/motivation to contribute. Moreover, part of it was also given to possible future impacts on doctor's health resulting from failure of work-life balance. The...
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Measuring the level the family-friendly orientation in companies
Hodovníková, Ilona ; Vinopal, Jiří (advisor) ; Trunda, Jiří (referee)
Measuring the level of family-friendly orientation in companies Abstract The thesis deals with measurement of family-friendly orientation in companies, which is relatively neglected in the literature. Family-friendly orientation of a company is advantageous not only for its employees - the parents, but also for the employer. It is becoming a significant aspect of the company's competitiveness on the labour market and leads to decrease in morbidity, decrease in staff turnover, and even increase in work productivity. The family-friendly index (POF index) has been used to measure the family-friendly orientation for several years in Germany and Austria. The main goal of this thesis is to verify whether the POF index could also be an appropriate tool for measuring the level of family-friendly orientation in Czech companies. Based on the evaluation of reliability and validity by authors of the POF index and based on own qualitative evaluation the author of this thesis concluded that the instrument is suitable for Czech companies as well, i.e. that the POF index in the Czech Republic does not suffer from any deficiency that does not manifest in Germany or Austria. Measurements using the POF index are however adversely affected by a low response rate of about 10% with German and Austrian respondents. Similar...
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Family policy of the Great Coalition in Germany (2005 - 2009)
Pištorová, Tereza ; Filipová, Lucie (advisor) ; Baštová, Petra (referee)
The Federal Republic of Germany is among the countries with the lowest birthrates in Europe; Germany's total fertility rate has fluctuated between 1.3 and 1.4 children per woman since the 1970s. Presented thesis "Family policy of the grand coalition in the FRG 2005- 2009" deals with measures taken by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, headed by Ursula von der Leyen, and their impact on the birthrate and other indicators such as the employment rate among mothers and the risk of poverty. In this period of time, the concept of family policy was changed towards the Scandinavian model, which supports Work-Life-Balance. The effects of the introduction of year-long income- dependent parental benefits, which are extended by two months when the parents alternate in care, are analyzed in this thesis. The second researched measure is the massive support of the expansion of child care opportunities for children under three years of age. The thesis shows that the total fertility rate has not shown any significant change; nevertheless, the decrease in specific fertility rate among highly educated women was halted and the employment rate among mothers increased. The effects will only be able to be complexly assessed after a longer period of time.
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Influence of development activities on quality of work life
Dufková, Markéta ; Gruber, Jan (advisor) ; Eger, Ludvík (referee)
UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE FILOZOFICKÁ FAKULTA KATEDRAANDRAGOGIKY A PERSONÁLNÍHO ŘÍZENÍ Bc. Markéta Dufková Ovlivňování kvality pracovního života rozvojovými aktivitami (Influence of development activities on quality of work life) DIPLOMOVÁ PRÁCE Praha 2013 Vedoucí práce: PhDr. Jan Gruber, Ph.D. ABSTRACT This work focuses on comparison of theoretical approaches to the quality of work life with practical approaches in international companies. At the same time, emphasis is placed on staff development, which includes education. The basis of this work is the analysis of approaches to quality of life or more precisely the quality of working life. Theoretical dimensions of quality of working life are a synthesis applied to a practical measurement tool used in the studied Corporation. Nowadays, the employee is valuable and essential element of organizational life. Orientation on cutomer and focus on employee requires a thorough knowledge of motivation patterns and human needs. Improving the quality of working life can affect not only the work performance of the employee, but also its satisfaction with the work. A secondary effect is a reduction in fluctuation. Quality of working life can be affected by a large number of ways, in this work, however, attention is focused on the effect of staff development on the...
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The Social Condition of Sole Wage Earners - A Comparative Analysis of Family Policy in The Czech Republic and France
Šedivková, Veronika ; Pavlík, Petr (advisor) ; Dudová, Radka (referee)
This thesis discuss various steps how institution of family policy in France and the Czech Republic influences the social status of single mothers, or how it affects their standard of living an opportunities. The thesis is based on a comparative analysis of two measures. The first one concerns possibilities of work-life balance, the second one means of prevention from poverty. The key factor influencing work-life balance is the interplay between maternity/ parental leave, public childcare accesibility and flexible working time practice. The character and availability of allowances completes the picture of what the prevailing gender principles in each family policy are. Hence, it also demonstrates the situation of single mothers. Key words: one-parent family, signle mothers, labor market, flexibility, discrimination, poverty, social policy, family policy, work-life balance, maternity/ parental leave, childcare, gender
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Current problems of work and family life synochronization in Czech families
Šíchová, Tereza ; Zrcková, Alžběta (advisor) ; Mejzlíková, Kateřina (referee)
Bachelor's thesis: Current problems of work and family life synochronization in Czech families Tereza Šíchová 2013-05-17 Abstract The bachelor thesis "Current problems of work and family life synochronization in Czech families" deals with situation of preschool childcare. One of the goals is to find the right place for this kind of services in the context of work and family synchronization. Due to bad situation about the capacity of the public kindergartens (which are completely full) it really is necessary to find some other possibilities how to make work-life balancing easier. Because it is a dealbreaker for the parenthood. Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Czech Republic puts forward a proposal of using the alternative way of childcare in the sense of private care. But the opinion about private childcare - if it is proper, available and if it comes up our expectations - is still kind of questionable. That is why there is also an empirical part of this thesis. It includes a modest survey. The leading goal of this survey was to find the attitude of Czech parents to the alternative childcare services. Also it tries to evaluate important connection between the formal and informal services. There are also positive and negative aspects of single of them from the parental view. In the conclusion the...
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CSR: Factors of Social Responsibility in Human Resources Management within an organization
Melicherčíková, Dita ; Kocianová, Renata (advisor) ; Dvořáková, Miroslava (referee)
4 ABSTRACT This bachelor thesis focuses on the corporate social responsibility from the perspective of the human resources management. The thesis introduces the concept of corporate social responsibility, describes evolution of this concept and summarizes its main characteristics. In the context of current and expected development the thesis emphasizes the connection between the corporate social responsibility and human resources management, considers the role of human resources professionals and line managers in applying responsible practices in HR and suggests possible ways of integrating the corporate social responsibility values in human resources management practice. It also outlines the process of implementing the corporate social responsibility within an organization and ways of evaluating associated benefits. KEY WORDS corporate social responsibility, human resources management, ethics in human resources management, workplace diversity, work-life balance
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