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Korupce v křesťanském národě: „Ovlivňuje křesťanská víra úroveň korupce ve společnosti?“
Kraus, František ; Houdek, Petr (advisor) ; Svoboda, Miroslav (referee)
What are the determinants of corruption? This thesis builds upon contemporary approaches to assessing the level of corruption in different countries using purely economic determinants such as the aggregate income, level of education, openness to trade or taxation. This method is further enhanced by involving variables mapping the religiosity of the surveyed states as institutional determinants. Faith works as an agent that reduces selfish behavior and stresses moral values, thus it should prove to reduce corruption. The dataset involves data of 30 countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in the years 1999-2010. Two independent OLS models are set up using corruption perception indicators as endogenous variables; one with purely economic determinants, and the other with added religious determinants of corruption. Expansion of the model gives out a more robust set of results with greater determination. The results show that increasing number of Protestants in a society correlates with lower levels of corruption. The effect of the government spending on education has been considerably reduced after involving the religious variables. However, corruption does not seem to be influenced by the percentage of Christians in total population.
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Finanční ohodnocení krásy krajiny - metoda CVM
Cudlínová, Eva ; Lapka, Miloslav
Evaluation of landscape amenity is not very common and relatively difficult from the economic point of view. In our case study focused on comparing aesthetic preferences of Czech and Japan respondents regarding rural landscape. We used the contingent valuation method. We also wanted to reveal the respondent’s preferences in a financial form. These preferences served us as quantitative indicator for an attestation of the respondent’s qualitative preferences. It seemed that a strong correlation between the aesthetical and financial evaluation exist in two extreme cases – respondents were not interested, or they were strongly involved in landscape amenity. A substantial difference occured between the Czech and Japanese respondents in the case of case of open or closed access to the landscape.
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Immigration as a factor endangering the bilateral relations between the EU and Switzerland
Jakšová, Karolína ; Jiránková, Martina (advisor) ; Němcová, Ingeborg (referee)
This thesis deals with the theme of bilateral relations between the EU and Switzerland, focusing on the current phenomenon of migration. The EU and Switzerland cooperate on bilateral sectoral basis, since Switzerland (hence the citizens of Switzerland) does not want to integrate into the European internal market to maintain its sovereignty and autonomy. Within the first series of bilateral agreements between the EU and Switzerland an agreement on free movement of persons was signed, thereby Switzerland opened its labour market to EU citizens. In February 2014, however, the citizens of Switzerland used the institution of direct democracy and adopted by a narrow majority the initiative to stop mass immigration. This step disrupted the agreement on free movement of persons and the complex negotiations started in order to solve this impasse. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the impacts of immigration on the Swiss economy and the subsequent evaluation of the reasonableness to mitigate the immigration through a citizens' initiative.
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The civil elites at the local level
Koutná, Gabriela ; Müller, Karel (advisor) ; Fleissner, Kamil (referee)
The main objective of this thesis is the identification and understanding of the mechanisms of recruiting local political elites and their role in the process of democratization of local politics, and in the process of strengthening local civil society on concrete example selected municipality. The case study concerns with the municipality Semily, which was chosen to work as a community with exemplary transparent and open manner of governance. In 2006 there was a significant change in political representation when recruiting new political elites was a top down process led by a particular person according to predetermined priorities.
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Výběr a implementace open source nástroje pro řízení portfolia projektů
Marek, Jan ; Chlapek, Dušan (advisor) ; Kučera, Jan (referee)
Methods and ways of implementation of changes and innovations in companies through project management are in today's society very well established. There exists methodologies, techniques and tools for the management of individual projects. However in a role of project manager, I very often faced the fact that companies are performing the project portfolio management in very intuitive way. This in itself leads to failed and prematurely terminated projects, initiation of the wrong projects or realisation of correct projects, but at the wrong time. Very often I have also recognized, that there is lack of awareness of fact, that there are also Open Source applications that can help with the organization's portfolio. This thesis deals with the definition of requirements, search and selection of proper OSS application and subsequent implementation. In the first part of this thesis I prepare a theoretical framework about PPM, and on that basis then identify and verify a set of requirements for selection of right OSS PPM application. The next section of thesis describes searching for suitable applications from a variety of sources, assessment against the requirements and the final selection. In the last part the implementation project is drafted, which aims to serve other colleagues in project management as one of the possible implementation paths. The outputs are then continuously confronted with experts in matter of projects and project management in the field of IT in order to maximize symbiosis between theory and real life experiences. Virtually every project management methodology defines the collection of already-proven techniques, best practices or lessons learned from the previous similar implementations. The main contribution of this thesis I see in fact that it contains not only the design of the project implementation, but also describes a logical path, what leads to the result. Therefore this thesis could be used as a base or discussed best practice, when a project of implementation of PPM application in place.
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ARTĚL - The Idea, Activities and Noteworthy Figures in the Association
Skopalová, Markéta ; Rakušanová, Marie (advisor) ; Novotná, Eva (referee)
Synopsis The thesis opens up by reviewing the situation in arts and crafts in the wake of the 20th century. Imperfectly managed transition to mass production caused lower quality. As a result, movements for raising quality arose in Europe. These arts and crafts societies are introduced. The British Arts and Crafts Movement, the Werkstätte in Dresden, the German Werkbund, and the Wiener Werkstätte influenced the Czech scene the most. They became models for the first Czech society of this kind, the Prague Artěl. The history of Artěl is discussed, in particular its creation, development, participation in exhibitions, and links to other organisations. In its final part, the thesis introduces Artěl's most important members and their works. Artel, Prague art group, Arts and crafts, Applied art, 1st half of 20th century
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E-learning as a phenomenon of information society
Blahož, Milan ; Řezníček, Václav (advisor) ; Čermák, Radim (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the issue of e-learning and its importance in current information society. Using information and communication technologies in everyday life was the main reason to include them in education too. The goal of thesis is complexly define electronic learning as another instrument in education, view on factors which are closely connected with it and recognition of developments and trends which e-learning goes to. Next on the base of accomplished analysis note on positive and negative effects on society and also on importance of individual knowledge and individual's critical thinking. Theoretical framework at first defines the basic terms like data, information, knowledge and education, which are more used in the rest of the work and without their clear definitions is work useless for potential reader. As next deals with both views on information and communication technologies, describes information society and its main characteristics, especially importance of information and its essential role for economy. Following chapter is focused on e-learning as an extensive topic. Defines electronic learning as a complex unit, from historical development to nowadays. Also includes variants of e-learning, persons which are involved in and modern trends as the last like Massive Open On-line Courses or m-learning. Key part of the work is analysis applied on electronic learning and presented in SWOT form, where are described identified particular factors. With summary of analysis deals next chapter. There are chosen factors discussed in common with available statistics from Czech Statistical Office and on this continues last part, which is focused on positive and negative effects on society. Recommendations resulting from the work are listed in the end of the thesis.
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The system of treatment of juvenile offenders in Czech Republic
Sváčková, Stanislava ; Koťa, Jaroslav (referee) ; Lorenzová, Jitka (advisor)
Criminality is very compelling phenomenon, which every advanced society struggle with. The adolescent period is less resistant of negative influence society and that is the reason find systém of suitable actions from juvenilie delinquency. This essay handle how is in Czech Republic solving system of treatment of jevenile offenders and what contains. Outline the problematic of adolescent period and system of criminality prevention. Connection with new principle about juvenile justice enlarge criminal process and available deportment solving of criminal behavior of juvenile offender. We can also look through of violation of law and possibility of intervention social curator. Then it will take us through the system of institutions for court-ordered institutional and protective care and system of treatment of juvenile in execution of a punishment. Own space has Probation and Mediation Service because without it will not be able to get one of most important goals, which is maximum to use legal way how to avoid court. The essay ends with sense that system of treatment of juvenile offenders is set up well, but in work experience we can still find low sites. So the space is still open for deeper analysis each of system elements. The analysis sould help to increase efectivity of system like complex.
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Optimalization of thermoelectric linear actuator
Tlach, Michal ; Páleníček, Jan (referee) ; Vlach, Radek (advisor)
This dissertation describes the process of designing, process of optimalization and the following implementation of the changes of the thermoelectric linear actuator which operates the opening and the closing of the valves used in the most modern buildings for example for floor heating. It is a product produced in large series with the annual production of more than half of a million items. The reason for the optimalization is the instability during the assembly in the production and the reduction of costs, whereas the final assembly takes place in Germany. The dissertation deals with designing of the conceptions for solving of the trouble parts of the current version of the actuator. The chosen concept is consequently optimalized, tested and put into production.
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