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Individual Giving in Humanitarian and Development Organisations of the Civic Society
Schramm, Filip ; Dohnalová, Marie (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with an issue of individual giving in organisations of the civic society aiming at humanitarian aid and official development assistance. The goal of the thesis is to reveal whether there is an executive or missionary approach in the field of individual giving. The theoretical part provides information from the professional literature about civic society organisations, their financing with an emphasis on individual giving as well as about the field of humanitarian aid and official development assistance. The empiric part contains an analysis of obtained data through annual reports of individual organisations and questionnaire construction, results of the research and practical recommendations.
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Commercialization of civil society organizations from the perspective of managers in the field of elderly care in the Czech Republic
Čechurová, Helena ; Šťovíčková Jantulová, Magdaléna (advisor) ; Moree, Dana (referee)
The diploma thesis focuses on the commercialization of civil society organizations (CSOs), specifically the institutional isomorphism that makes CSOs "business like" as well as the relationship between CSOs and the commercial sector in the context of commercialization. The purpose of this thesis is to gain an understanding of the manager's perspectives representing CSOs in the field of elderly care in the Czech Republic, with a particular emphasis on the institutional isomorphism and the relationships mentioned above. The findings of the study were obtained from narrative and semi-structured interviews with seven selected managers in the field of elderly care in the Czech Republic. The findings indicate that the participants regard the institutional isomorphism (coercive) as unfair and meaningless; patchy and outdated. The examination of the level of relationships between CSOs and the commercial sector resulted in the Relationships Typology. The typology presents three foundations based on need, reputation, and crisis that have been identified as the foundations for developing relationships between CSOs and the commercial sector. Each foundation conceals the unique nature of relationships visible in commercialized CSOs as reflected by selected managers. Key words: business-like, hybridization,...
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Evaluation and monitoring the impact in the field of social work in non- profit organizations
Schneiderová, Denisa ; Vrzáček, Petr (advisor) ; Lejsal, Matěj (referee)
This thesis deals with monitoring of impact and realisation of continuous evaluation in the performance of social work in non-governmental organisations. The chosen topic closely relates to the professionalisation of social work. Complex evaluation and monitoring of its impact allow social work to be presented to the public and other subjects. The goal of this thesis is to analyse the current situation in a sample of non- governmental organisations, which are financed by the same donor. Furthermore, to evaluate the options, abilities, and limits of non-government organisations in the fields of evaluation and impact monitoring. This thesis analyses the relationship between the donor and the receiver of the support and their mutual position in evaluation process and impact analysis. Qualitative research in the form of half-structured interview was used in the making of this thesis. The goal of the research is to describe the current situation in the field of preparation and execution of evaluation and impact measurement, which describes possible areas of cooperation between the receiver and the donor. The main outcome of this thesis is the discovery of the fact that the receivers are more likely to be able to set and execute the evaluation, than to set methodology and subsequently evaluate the...
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Fundraising in a public non-profit organization
Hrušková, Lucie ; Dohnalová, Marie (advisor) ; Deverová, Lenka (referee)
The subject of this thesis investigates the issue of multi-source financing in non-profit organizations. It focuses on the possibility of implementing fundraising as a strategy in civil society organizations and in public non-profit organizations. The first part lays in the theoretical foundation of the public and civic sector and the specifics of their funding. The empirical part includes a case study of a selected non-profit organization that focuses on its current funding mix and aims to consider the possibilities and limits of implementing different fundraising strategies in public organizations.
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Perspective of Senior Homeless Population on Non-profit Organizations
Hofmanová, Petra ; Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma (advisor) ; Košák Felcmanová, Alena (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the issue of non-profit organizations focused on helping senior homeless senior people or people in otherwise difficult situations. In the theoretical part, we will find the anchoring of the topic in the literature and the definition of the researched topics, which are the theory of the emergence of civil society, the definition of homelessness, its forms and causes, the possibilities of solving the homeless situation and legal anchoring in the Czech Republic. The practical part is focused on obtaining the necessary data from narrative interviews in the targeted organization dealing with helping homeless seniors in Prague. With the help of interviews, information was obtained regarding the use of the services of non-profit organizations, how the clients got into this life situation and what their other options are. At the end of the thesis, a comparison of findings from interviews with clients of the asylum and recommendations for possible improvement of the services provided is given.
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The controversial nature of a social enterprise as a commercialized organization of the civil sector
Hořínková, Monika ; Frič, Pavol (advisor) ; Witz, Petr (referee)
The topic of this diploma thesis is the commercialization of civic organizations, which we understand as the process in which they take over some procedures, methods and strategies of the commercial sector in order to generate some profit. As the highest level of commercialization, this work considers the transformation of civil organization into a so called social enterprise.At the next potential level, this civic organization would become a pure market enterprise acting as socially responsible. Thus, a social enterprise is defined as a civic organization, for which profiting is just as important as an increase in public benefit by fulfilling of its own altruistic mission. However, it is said that this social mission may be threatened by the economic one. Whereas the social enterprise combines those two opposing attributes in the form of a social and economic mission, it is considered to be controversial. That's why the aim of this diploma thesis is to determine the importance of a transformation of civic organization into the social enterprise for its life and how this transformation affects its functioning and its essence. The diploma theses is based primarily on the theory of civil society, the civil sector, the social economy and the theory of social enterprise. It is a case study, which...
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Civic society organizations providing social services and entrepreneurial activities in Pardubice region
Marková, Tereza ; Dohnalová, Marie (advisor) ; Šloufová, Romana (referee)
SYNOPSIS This thesis covers partial universe of civic society organizations that provide social services in Pardubice region. The primary goal of the thesis is to explore, through a questionnaire research, whether the income generated by these organizations is a determining factor in their association with the concept of social economy and social enterprise. The secondary goal is to identify, using semi-structured interviews with the representatives of civic society organizations, how they fulfill principles of social enterprise based to the "softer definition" developed by EMES. The first two chapters introduce concepts of public sector and social economy as well as identify their similarities and differences. It is followed by a description of social services and support of civic society organizations from the view point of several parties. The third chapter is dedicated to the actual research.
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The Role of the Kurdish Civic Association in the Integration of the Kurds into Czech Society
Pettrichová, Daniela ; Moree, Dana (advisor) ; Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma (referee)
SYNOPSIS The principal objective of this thesis, entitled The Role of the Kurdish Civic Association in the Integration of the Kurds into Czech Society, focuses on defining the basic terms (integration, civic society, migrants' association), and briefly describes the legislative impact of migration on Czech civil society. The role of the established civic sector in the integration process is outlined, and types and functions of migrants' associations are defined. In addition, insight into the migration of the Kurds and their ways of associating within a host society is provided. Research data is based on analyzed questionnaire results: surveys completed by a research pool of 27 Kurds living in the Czech Republic, aged 15 and over. Participant observation at Kurdish meetings and events - both formal and informal, and individual interviews were the methods of choice for evaluating the importance and function of the Kurdish civic association. In conclusion, evaluated data has been summarized and recommendations given for further activities of the Kurdish civic association. KEY WORDS Integration, Kurds, Kurdish civic association, migration, civic society, civic sector, migrant association
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The Fight against Corruption in Prague - the Anti-corruption Strategy of Government and Civil Society during the "Necas's government".
Urbanová, Hana ; Guasti, Petra (advisor) ; Navrátil, Jiří (referee)
Presented work deals with the issue of fighting against corruption. In a theoretical level the work informs about the causes of corruption and the tools that are currently used for its persecuting. In the practical part I try to find out the way of improvement of corruption range seen throgh the eyes of actors that operate in Prague city. The aim of the work is to identify possibilities of efficiency improvement of nonprofit organizations and the public sector in the field of fighting against the corruption. The analytical part of the work, therefore, maps the situation in relations between selected non-profit organizations and relations between them and the public administration, which is in this work represented by the Prague City Hall - an institution which represents by the local government activities.
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