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Entropy and Consumerism in Pynchon's Works
Litochleb, Daniel ; Roraback, Erik Sherman (advisor) ; Robbins, David Lee (referee)
In his works, Pynchon engages the difficult concept of entropy and exposes how certain trends in contemporary culture and society, such as consumerism, exhibit tendencies similar to those of entropy. This observation has disturbing implications for contemporary culture and society, such as eventual cultural heat-death, where new ideas cease to develop, because all the useful intellectual energy has been exhausted. Therefore, I have decided to examine this concept of entropy and how Pynchon engages it in his works "Entropy," The Crying of Lot 49 and Gravity's Rainbow, which expose the main contributors to greater entropy and the disturbing implications of this concept for contemporary culture and society, some of which we are witnessing even today. The two main scientific types of entropy, thermodynamic and that of information theory, are explored by Pynchon in his early short story "Entropy," which I have analyzed in the second chapter of this thesis. As such, this short story provides an unobstructed view of Pynchon's early engagement with the concept of entropy, which increases in complexity in his later works The Crying of Lot 49 and Gravity's Rainbow. The Crying of Lot 49, explored in the third chapter of this thesis, indicates a considerable development of and change in Pynchon's perspective...
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The play as the implement of knowledge and development of the pre-school child
PALEČKOVÁ, Jiřina
In my bachelor´s work I am concerned with play activity and it´s development, characteristics, fundamental and meaning in preschool education. I am concerned with various selection of playing and with creation of optimal conditions for the playing. One of the most important part of playing are various toys and other play equipment. I observe child´s playing from two points of view. First as the child´s evaluation activity which means what the playing brings and how the activity develops the child´s personality. At the same time I deal with possibilities that the playing provides to the teacher to learn more about the child and to be able to understand the child better. I am interested in the meaning of the term free playing or playing as an investment of love or how it is possible to use playing in educational diagnostics and therapy. The theoretical knowledge is followed by the practical part which involves result analysis of the study of children´s playing. Using observation I compare how children play in a heterogenous group and group of children at different ages. It means what sort of toys they use most often and if they are able to cope with rules and respect each other and what way they use to solve conflict situations while enjoying group playing. I note if they play apart or if they have need to play with the others, to comunicate with them, to win recognition or if they are passive during playing and submit to the ideas of the others and let the others have the upper hand. Another research, in form of questionnaire for the teachers and parents, finds out how children play at home in their free time and how not only teachers but parents themselves view such playing and if they realize its naturalism and usefulness and its therapeutic signification.
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Current problems in governmental management of state budgets in selected countries of EU
Steininger, Martin ; Boháč, Radim (advisor) ; Marková, Hana (referee)
Current problems in governmental management of state budgets in selected countries of EU The main purpose of my thesis is to analyse current problems in governmental management of state budgets in selected countries of the European Union. The essential introduction which deals with the institute of state budget and its historical evolution is not omitted. The thesis is mainly focused on the reformist efforts of the preceding and contemporary governments within the analysis of the issue of state budget in the Czech republic. The reforms which are preparing for now and also those which are already part of the Czech law are mentioned. The thesis is aftetwards fosused on the situation of the sovereign debt crisis in Greece, Ireland and Portugal. The end of the thesis desbribes the solution of these problems by the European Union which will impact on a form of this community in the future. The thesis is composed of five main chapters. Chapter One is introductory and provides theoretical basis for another chapters. The chapter is subdivided into five subchapters. Subchapter One describes the historical evolution of the institute of state budget. Subchapter Two is then focused on the concept of state budget and budgetary law. Following three subchpaters are concerned with the functions of state budget,...
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Legal regulation of ownership of cooperative flats
Semjanová, Dáša ; Oehm, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Čech, Petr (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to describe the legal regulation of ownership of cooperative flat. The thesis is composed of four chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of legislation of ownership of cooperative flat. Chapter one is composed of four main subchapters, and contains brief descriptions of basic institutes of each cooperative. The first chapter also contains an explanation what the cooperative is, who are the members of cooperative, what is an organization and regulations of cooperative, and how the cooperative expires. Second chapter is aimed on the flat cooperative. Its first part contains short historical overview of legal regulation of flat cooperative since their creation, till the second half of the twentieth century. Second subchapter explains the concept of the flat cooperative. Inside the following two subchapters of this chapter are described kinds of a typical flat cooperatives, and detailed described the concept of cooperative flat. Third chapter of the thesis analyzes the transfers of the flats cooperatives to the ownership of their members. In the first subchapter is an explanation of the legal regulation, which offers the change between the owner of the flat from the cooperative to its member-man. In this part are also described the theoretical conceptions of...
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Legal regulation of ownership of cooperative flats
Semjanová, Dáša ; Oehm, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Čech, Petr (referee)
69 Abstract The purpose of this thesis is to describe the legal regulation of ownership of cooperative flat. The thesis is composed of four chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of legislation of ownership of cooperative flat. Chapter one is composed of four main subchapters, and contains brief descriptions of basic institutes of each cooperative. The first chapter also contains an explanation what the cooperative is, who are the members of cooperative, what is an organization and regulations of cooperative, and how the cooperative expires. Second chapter is aimed on the flat cooperative. Its first part contains short historical overview of legal regulation of flat cooperative since their creation, till the second half of the twentieth century. Second subchapter explains the concept of the flat cooperative. Inside the following two subchapters of this chapter are described kinds of a typical flat cooperatives, and detailed described the concept of cooperative flat. Third chapter of the thesis analyzes the transfers of the flats cooperatives to the ownership of their members. In the first subchapter is an explanation of the legal regulation, which offers the change between the owner of the flat from the cooperative to its member- man. In this part are also described the theoretical...
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A Situation as a Pedagogical Problem
Kubalík, Tomáš ; Koťa, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Pelikán, Jiří (referee) ; Palouš, Radim (referee)
Disertační práce se pokouší dát do souvislosti filosofii Martina Heideggera s teorií situovaného učení. Práce je rozdělená na dvě části. První část je filozofická, druhá pedagogická. Tématem první kapitoly je analýza definice situace včetně situace pedagogické. Následně charakterizujeme aktéra v roli a klasifikujeme situace, protože to, jak aktér rozumí sám sobě, se odvíjí od typu situace, v níž se nachází. Jinak si aktér rozumí, když vše probíhá relativně hladce a jinak si rozumí na pozadí konkrétní problémové situace, kterou řeší racionální úvahou s pomocí praktického sylogismu. Role učitele jako facilitátora pak spočívá v tom, že průběžně poskytuje žákům pomoc při řešení problémů, usměrňuje proces zobecňování, systematizace, hodnocení a upevňování poznatků, což je v kontrastu k tradičnímu slovně názornému vyučování, které je založeno na instrukcích a informacích od učitele. Cílem druhé části je pak představit u nás nepříliš známou teorii situovaného učení, kterou Yves Bertrand řadí mezi tzv. sociokognitivní teorie učení, protože zastánci této teorie se domnívají, že lidské chování pramení spíše z vnějších faktorů než z instinktů a navíc je podle nich veškeré učení přípravou na výkon sociální role. Klíčový je pojem legitimní periferní participace jako specifické činnosti, která je spojená jen s...
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Banking transactions and their legal regulation
Nevrlý, Lukáš ; Kotáb, Petr (advisor) ; Dřevínek, Karel (referee)
/ Banking transactions and their legal regulation The aim of my diploma thesis is to analyse banking transactions and to inform about their substential elements, legislation in the Czech legal order and business conditions used by banks. I did not explain all the kinds of banking transactions conducted by banks in this diploma thesis due to their extensive range, but I just focused on the most important transactions in my point of view. The thesis is composed of four chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of banking operations. Chapter One is introductory and defines basic facts about banks and legal conditions of their running activities. The chapter consists of three parts. Part One focuses on concept of banking transactions. Part Two investigates divisions of banking transactions and Part Three addresses the issues of bank as an entrepreneur. It also describes relevant legal regime necessary to obey to perform banking transactions and question of acquiring banking licence. Chapter Two is subdivided into two parts and provides explanation of active banking transactions. Part One illustrates single credits, which are subdivided into five parts focused on credit bureaus, residential and commercial mortgages, consumer credits, current account credits and discount credits. Part Two...
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Social network analysis using flow of e-mail communication within organization
Schmid, Jan ; Bahbouh, Radvan (referee) ; Kuchař, Pavel (advisor)
Thesis is intended as a methodological experiment which follows up to contemporary extractions of social networks using flow of email communication. It tries to combine previous technical approaches and further develop them. As essential discipline is identified social network analysis (SNA) and its historical development is briefly described. SNA is not understood as an independent science and its incompatibility to other scientific disciplines (sociology, sociometry) is pointed out. The introduction of SNA is completed by description of data file organization, which quite differs from conventional organization of sociological data file, as well as description of basic computing methods. The thesis focuses on SNA in organizations where it serves to map informal structure and its comparison to formal structure. Concept of informal structure introduces the term of community of practise, which is considered as an ideal condition for innovation. Individual aspects allowing or obstructing the development of community of practise can be defined through models of communication networks. Apart of SNA in organizations diploma take in consideration authors who worked on analysis of email networks. Summary of previous studies offers different ways of SNA of email communication but most of cases do not combine SNA in...
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Soft skills analysis of selected manager
Kratochvílová, Eva ; Tripes, Stanislav (advisor) ; Hiršová, Miloslava (referee)
The manager. This term is generally known but not everyone know all the circumstances of managers' work. The field of my bachelor thesis are soft skills and its analysis. Theoretical part serves general overview of the most important soft skills which the manager should dispose. There are mentioned not only particular levels of managers but as well introduced the aim of soft skills which are very important characteristics of manager. Soft skills analysis of selected manager is incorporated in research part of the thesis. The main focus is especially on which soft skills dispose the manager and how these skills influencing the enterprise and its employees. The qualitative research was based on interviews with employees, manager and his sister. Thanks the different points of view on this topic was achieved triangulation. Results presents possible improvements for effective communication.
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Shrnutí diskuze o nastavení imigrační, azylové a integrační politiky České republiky v evropském kontextu
Janda, Jakub
Mezinárodní migrací je označován proces prostorového přemisťování osob přes hranice, spojený se změnou místa bydliště na dobu kratší či delší, případně natrvalo. Podle směrumigracese rozeznáváemigrace(vystěhovalectví) aimigrace(přistěhovalectví). Od migrace je potřeba odlišit ostatní formy prostorového pohybu, které vedou pouze k dočasné změně bydliště - dojížďka, vyjížďka, cestování. Pro všechny formy prostorových pohybů obyvatelstva se používá souhrnný pojem mobilita (hybnost). Migrací vnitřní označujeme pohyby uvnitř hranic vymezené oblasti – vnitrostátní migrace. Migrace je přesun jednotlivců i skupin v prostoru, který je spolu s porodností a úmrtností klíčovým prvkem v procesu populačního vývoje a výrazně ovlivňuje společenské a kulturní změny obyvatel na všech úrovních. Imigrant je cizinec, přicházející do země za účelem pobytu dlouhodobějšího charakteru, zatímco cizinec je každá fyzická osoba, která není občanem České republiky. Pro účely zákona o pobytu cizinců se cizincem rozumí fyzická osoba, která není státním občanem České republiky, včetně občana Evropské unie. Do tématiky zapadá také problematika azylu, což je ochranný pobyt – oficiálně nazýván jako mezinárodní ochrana, kterou stát poskytuje státnímu příslušníku třetí země nebo osobě bez státní příslušnosti v souvislosti s jejím pronásledováním zpravidla z důvodů politických (v ČR jsou důvody udělení azylu specifikovány v zákoně o azylu).
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