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DRUG POLICY YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW -- THE ANALYSIS OF FUTURE IMPACT OF NEW CZECH PENAL CODE
Svobodová, Lenka ; Písař, Pavel (advisor) ; Petrášek, František (referee)
This thesis refers to the drugs policy applied in the past as well as at the present time in the world, especially in the Western countries, and with emphasis on the Czech Republic. Its aim is to prognose future development of this policy. The theoretical part of the thesis attends to the relation between economics and law, or more precisely economics and crime, and it it describes the contemporary Czech drugs legislation, and outlines its former development. The objective task of the other part of the thesis is to analyse prospective consequences of the new Czech Penal Code. This thesis is inspired, in particular, by the Impact Analysis Project of New Drugs Legislation.
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Fifteen Zears of German Unity: Literary Rexlexion of the German Democratic Republic after 1990 in the Work of Selected German Authors
Ficalová, Zdeňka ; Haupenthal, Thomas Maria (advisor) ; Glosíková, Viera (referee)
Fünfzehn Jahre nach dem Fall der Mauer wurden die Landschaft und das Leben im Osten zum Schauplatz zahlreicher Romane und Erzählungen. Das Spektrum der Werke ist mannigfaltig. Der ehemalige sozialistische Teil Deutschlands und dessen Widerspiegelung in den Werken jüngerer Autoren, die diese Zeit als Kinder oder Jugendliche erlebt haben und sich nun prosaistisch mit diesem Motiv auseinandergesetzt haben, wurden in den letzten fünfzehn Jahren oft literarisch verarbeitet. Um dieses umfangreiche Thema zu behandeln, ohne dabei in einer Grenzenlosigkeit zu geraten, ist meine Arbeit auf drei, in meinen Augen sehr wichtige Autoren, beschränkt: Ingo Schulze, Jana Hensel und Thomas Brussig. Wie schon erwähnt wurde, versuchte ich in meiner Arbeit auch auf die in der Einleitung gestellten Fragen Antworten zu finden.
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The effect of the use of sports celebrities as the reference group on the buying preferences of the young generation in the Prague region
Voráček, Josef ; Čáslavová, Eva (advisor) ; Tomek, Gustav (referee) ; Gregar, Aleš (referee)
Title: The effect of the use of sports celebrities as the reference group on the buying preferences of the young generation in the Prague region Objectives: The main objective of the thesis is to determine through marketing research whether and what effect has the use of sports celebrities in marketing communication of companies as a reference group on the buying preferences of the young generation, so-called Generation Y, in the Prague region. Methods: The thesis used a questionnaire survey and subsequent focus groups. For the creation of the questionnaire is used as a basis the US version of the original questionnaire of the authors BUSH, MARTIN, BUSH (2004). Firstly the questionnaire undergoes a process of transcultural transfer, in which is utilized a modified direct translation and confirmatory factor analysis. This survey includes a sample of 416 respondents who are students of Prague secondary schools and universities. Focus groups are conducted with four groups which counts a total of 41 respondents. Results: The research results show that the use of sports celebrities in marketing communication has no demonstrable effect on the word-of-mouth communication and the switching and complaining behaviour for Generation Y. This communication tool can have an indirect positive effect on brand...
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The Poets Charles Cros, Tristan Corbière and Jules Laforgue in the Rendition of Vladimír Holan
Valentová, Lenka ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
The work is concerned with the French artists of the cursed poets Charles Cros, Tristan Corbière and Jules Laforgue in rendition of the Czech poet and translator Vladimír Holan. The first part is dedicated to an age-long tradition of the Czech- French relations. In the second part the work deals with a literary-theoretical background of the Czech and French poetry and with the point of view of a literary criticism to the studied poets of the symbolism and the decadence and to Holan. The third part analyses the poetic universe and a concrete version of original poems. Their translation by Vladimír Holan the work examines then. Concurrently, the work judges the common constituents of the production of the chosen French poets and of Vladimír Holan. Afterwards, it assesses a doing of the translator in transposing the French poems to the Czech language environment.
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Attitudes of nurses to nursing care for terminally ill clients in the long term care Departments
SCHMIDOVÁ, Žaneta
Terminal phase means gradual and irreversible failure of vital functions and organs ending in death. This state directly precedes death. We can understand terminal stage as dying itself. "Nevertheless the term dying must in no case be reduced to terminal phase" (Kelnarová, 2007, p. 10). It is the most demanding phase for a nurse and the whole team caring about a dying patient (Theová, 2002).This thesis deals with mapping nursing care of clients at terminal stage and the possibilities of coping with the care of dying clients and their family members for nurses.The research part was elaborated in the form of qualitative research. The aim was to obtain high quality data to given topic. The technique of semi structured in-depth interview was chosen as the most suitable method. Each respondent was given a number. Lines were subsequently numbered to enable references. The data were analysed by the paper-and-pencil method and four categories were created. Ten subcategories were created within the given categories. The information obtained was processed in schemes. The interviews were performed from February to April 2014.The research sample consisted of six nurses working at a long-term care department. The nurses were intentionally chosen in various categories to get the most objective possible data. There was also one man working at the position of a nurse.The respondents' answers showed that nurses working at the long-term care department have basic knowledge of the issue, are able to get oriented in the problems of dying, the terminal stage length, are able to describe the frequency of meeting with a dying client. The nurses cope well with satisfying the needs of terminally ill clients, they do not omit any of the needs. The nurses are capable of having holistic approach to clients. They take the demands of the care about a dying client as a part of their work, they make no difference and care about a dying person as of any other client at their department. They describe their experience with the dying and their families, they only describe communication with a dying client and his/her family as problematic and sometimes they are not sure whether they act correctly and are afraid of hurting someone. They communicate with such a client and his/her family according to their best conscience and they hope that their approach is the right one. The research has also shown that the nurses are able to prevent the burnout syndrome, they understand that they have to care about themselves, they must like their work, have positive approach to life. They perceive burnout syndrome as a problem, they try to prevent it and if they feel symptoms of inconvenience and dissatisfaction with their job they try to find the better aspects and not to give up. Except for one respondent, who describes herself as burned out. This is however given by the respondent's personality itself.The research shows that nurses have sufficient knowledge of the problems of terminally ill clients at their department, that they are able to provide quality nursing care. They however admit that sometimes they are not completely sure whether they treat a client correctly not to hurt him/her in given situation. After this fact was discovered a brochure was prepared giving nurses instructions for general approach to dying clients and help them minimize negative impact on a client.
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Patients with implanted cardioverter defibrillators
HEŘMANSKÁ, Marie
This Bachelor Thesis deals with the issue of implantable cardioverter defibrillator usage, namely with the impact of implantable cardioverter defibrillator on patient life and the details of nursing care in scope of implantation of these devices. The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (hereinafter referred as to "ICD") enables to prevent or avert heart failure which affects approximately 2 % of population. Nearly 3/4 of cases of sudden death take place at home and 2/3 of these cases are witnessed by other person. Indications for the ICD implantation are severe malignant ventricular tachycardia (ventricular tachycardia, fibrillation and chamber flutter) which rapidly lead to the circulation failure, unconsciousness and, finally, death. The rapid termination of such arrhythmias by ICD saves the life of its holder. The diagnostics shall commence by the standard electrocardiogram (ECG). The field study of the Bachelor Thesis includes results of the qualitative research based on the semi structured interview. The research group contained thirteen patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator, residing in Středočeský kraj (Central Bohemia Region) and Jihočeský kraj (South Bohemia Region), who have had their ICD at least for a year. All respondents were asked ten basic questions as a part of the interview. The interviews were recorded over voice recorder and subsequently were directly transcribed to text. The interviews were processed while using the open coding, paper and pencil method. The data analysis produced five categories: Difficulties before the implementation of ICD, Changes in lifestyle after the implementation of ICD (with subcategories of Life certainties, Common activities, Employment, Driving and State of mind), Defibrillator shock, Nursing care and Importance of ICD for patients. The research shows that patients are predominantly satisfied with the nursing care. Nearly all respondents do not feel the need for increased nursing care while being in hospital. Patients greatly appreciated the wound care all respondents were satisfied with this precise type of care as no complications did occur while healing and the wounds healed per primam. I see imperfections in the patient education although ten patients state that they were duly informed, they were informed only by their doctor. Only one patient states that he was given "certain" information from the nurse. However, these results may be misrepresented by patients due to the time lapse (from the hospitalization). Furthermore, the research shows that ICD device does not influence common activities of majority of respondents. Nearly all respondents experience mental relief and the improvement of life quality. The respondents do not consider the restriction connected to the ICD usage to be negative. The majority of them try to observe given advices (in scope of driving, travelling, magnetic security systems, etc.) which do not restrict them in their common life significantly. Even though their disease is severe and endangers their life, the patients with these devices may travel abroad, do sports, work and live their normal life with less risk of sudden heart failure. Twelve respondents out of thirteen consider the ICD to be of great significance to their life. The outcome of this Bachelor Thesis is the Guide for ICD Patients.
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Commercial retouching techniques
Nguyen, Hai Ha ; Šedivá, Zuzana (advisor) ; Žid, Norbert (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on options of using various techniques to retouch digital photos and its application for commercial purposes. The main objective of this thesis is to explain the term digital retouching and indicate usable options for commercial matters. This thesis is divided into two parts. The first part describes basic terms, which are related to digital retouching. The author also shares his personal experience and recommendation related to this topic. The second part describes suitable techniques for retouching in the category of technical retouching and creative retouching. In this thesis I presume that a reader should have basic knowledge of using programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom. All retouching techniques were done with either Adobe Phoshop CS5 or Adobe Lightroom 3 (both were available in English localized version)
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Film Cooperative, Version 2.0: Searching for the Form
Reichová, Tereza ; Felcman, Jakub (advisor) ; KUBICA, Petr (referee)
This thesis with the sumptuous working title Film Cooperative, Version 2.0 is the result of my two-year background research for the purpose of establishing a cooperative entity. I proceed from the generally positive perception of present cooperativism abroad but I apply my research on the specific situation in the Czech Republic. Although it is marked by a rich cooperative history during the so called “First Republic,” the current approach to the cooperativist model is rather negative particularly due to the adverse role that collectivization played in the second half of the 20th century.
Therefore I focus on cases from the Czech context, both from the past and present. Since film cooperativism has not yet taken roots in our country, we would be its pioneers. In my work I therefore look for past and present models from other sectors that could help stimulate it. I conclude my thesis by inspiration from alternative models of thinking about the world where finance is not the driving model but a carrier into a better world.
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Performance Appraisal as a Human Resource Management Tool in the Field of Agriculture
Venclová, Kateřina ; Macák, Tomáš (advisor) ; Fejfarová, Martina (referee)
Purpose: The aim of this PhD dissertation is to design a performance appraisal system as
a Human Resource Management (HRM) tool for selected professions in the field of agriculture in the Czech Republic. Further objectives of the dissertation are to identify the significance of HRM and performance appraisal in the field of agriculture within generational change. A subsequent objective is to create a theoretical performance appraisal system for selected professions as a tool of HRM. Further objectives are to determine the current state of formal performance appraisal and to identify the input criteria of an appropriate performance appraisal system for the field of agriculture.
Research design/methodology/approach: The research for this dissertation has been developed on the basis of a mixed methods research design, involving a sequential strategy based on quantitative and qualitative research methods. Moreover a pragmatic philosophical approach has been adopted. The quantitative and qualitative elements of the strategy adopted include study of pertinent literature, an electronic questionnaire, personal interviewing, one--dimensional and multidimensional statistical methods.
Findings: A performance appraisal system for selected professions as a tool of HRM in the field of agriculture in the Czech Republic has been designed, together with possible areas for future research. The survey conducted has shown over a period of 3 years that the majority of agricultural organizations do not utilise any performance appraisal system. However, this research demonstrated the significance of a performance appraisal system in the context of the selected HRM model within generational change in the field of agriculture. The research also explored the currently used performance appraisal methods, identified appraisers and appraisees, the purposes of performance appraisal in the field of agriculture, and performance appraisal connection to the reward system.
Research limitations: The random sample of agricultural organizations was not necessarily representative of the industry as a whole, because the sample taken was a purposive sample. The length and structure of the questionnaire developed for this research was not sufficient to permit the detailed identification of performance appraisal methods used and the criteria applied in the field of agriculture. In order to compensate for this limitation, personal interviewing with a random sample of informants was conducted.
Originality/value: No previous research focused on performance appraisal in the field of agriculture has been conducted in the Czech Republic. The research described in this dissertation presents the first detailed description and analysis of the currently used performance appraisal system for the field of agriculture in the Czech Republic. The Author recommends that the currently used performance appraisal system should be used to extend other performance appraisal methods focused in the areas of process and input to reach higher attitude of HRM. In addition, the author highlights the importance of performance appraisal outputs in the connection to the reward system. The specific performance appraisal system proposed here may be beneficial for good management during a period of generational change. Furthermore, it may support more effective human resource management in the field of agriculture. It is hoped that this PhD dissertation may provide the basic groundwork for further research in other HRM areas and performance management.
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Řízení devizové expozice podniku
KRÁSNICKÁ, Martina
The first part of this dissertation, entitled Exchange Rate Exposure Management, addressed the question whether there has been a relationship between changes in exchange rate volatility and financial results of Czech enterprises and therefore foreign exchange exposure management is justified. For this purpose, the empirical data of revenues and exports and imports in CZ-NACE sections were used. Statistically significant results were demonstrated in the Section C - Manufacturing, where it was confirmed that profitability of sales declines with increasing volatility of the exchange rate. The nominal exchange rate CZK/EUR was taken into consideration, while a recent thesis (Klecka, 2016) showed that the use of another type of the exchange rate does not provide a statistically significant difference. In the second part a simple model called Estart was created in order to quantify the maximum impact of unexpected exchange rate changes in the profitability of a company and thus in order to start with the management of the exchange rate exposure. The formula for calculating exchange rate exposure is simple and requires only a few inputs as company total revenues, total expenses, the percentage of revenues in foreign currency and the percentage of expenditure in foreign currency. In order to quantify the maximum impact recommended percentage variations dependent on the time horizon were determined from the historical data of the exchange rate CZK/EUR. The company then receives initial information about the maximum impact of unexpected exchange rate change on their profitability and hence for example the potential maximum amount that makes sense to invest in exchange rate hedging. The model is also suitable for calculating the maximum impact for the specific payables and receivables. The Model Estart is for its simplicity usable particularly in small and medium-sized enterprises, which currently begin to address the question of the impact of exchange rate change on their profitability for example because of announcements of Czech National Bank concerning the end of the intervention that has been depreciating domestic currency since 2013 and also the complicated situation in the Eurozone. The next necessary step is to use more sophisticated methods in accordance with the principles of foreign exchange rate exposure management in order to quantify the impact of unexpected changes in the exchange rate on the profitability, respectively on the value of the company, mainly because of the management of the operational exposure, which is crucial and which is not addressed by this simple model.
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