Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1965. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record.

The main goal of the diploma thesis ?Analysis of the management leadership style and its impact on effectiveness of non-profit organization? is to analyse the methods of leadership and management, to characterize its manager?s style of the leadership and management, to suggest optimal system of the leadership and management and to judge their impact on the effectiveness of the performed activities and strategic aims I have chosen the local action group called civic association ?CHANCE IN NATURE ? Local action group? to be the object of this diploma thesis. This action group is located in South Bohemia. The thesis is divided in to three parts. In the first part I have focused to theoretical determination of the basic terms related to the setting of the diploma thesis. The second part discuses the characteristic of the chosen local action group. The last part is devoted to analysis of the leadership and the evaluation of received information and to verbalization of conclusion.

My diploma work is about problematics of insurance and lending of local action groups. First part is focused on basic characteristics of local action groups, historical development of its financing and characteristics of MAS Šumavsko, z.s. Then I describe problematice of credit products of chosen banks on czech bank market. Next part is about detailed analysis of credits and insurance products od MAS Šumavsko, process of using and comparison in time. The last part of my diploma works is focused on proposals and recommendations for MAS Šumavsko in the field of financing, lending and insurance.

New Zealand has one of the worst rates of child poverty in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Research has shown that modern mass media provide a mediated cultural forum through which policy responses to child poverty are socially negotiated and from which public support for children in need is either cultivated or undermined. This thesis focuses on the role of media advocacy by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) who attempt to widen public debate and legitimate options for addressing child poverty. I investigate the case of the Government's Working for Families package and the controversy surrounding the media release of CPAG's negative evaluation of the package in the form of a research report Cut Price Kids. Attention is given to competing ideological frames underlying the Government's package, in the form of neo-liberal emphases on distinctions between God's and the Devil's poor. Attention is also given to CPAG's response, in the form of communitarian notions of collective responsibility for all families in need. Specifically, I analyse the role of the mass media in framing child poverty as a social issue across three levels of mass communication - production, representation, and reception. At the production level interviews were held with six journalists involved with reporting on Cut Price Kids and two members of CPAG. Fifteen Government and 5 CPAG press releases were also explored to document media production processes and restraints on public deliberations. In addition, the ideological stances influencing the framing of coverage were investigated. At the media representation level 21 press, seven radio, and five television items were analysed to establish the scope of public debate, whose perspectives were included, and the ways in which differing perspectives are combined. At the reception level four focus group discussions with lower socio-economic status (SES) parent groups, as well as follow-up photo-based interviews with eight participants were explored in order to document the role of media coverage in the lives of families with children living in poverty. Across levels, findings suggest that journalists are restrained by professional practices which maintain the importance of balance and detached objectivity, rather than interpretations of appropriate responses to child poverty. Tensions between the Government's emphasis on restricting support to families with parents in paid employment and CPAG's emphasis on the need to not discriminate against the children of out of work families framed coverage. The lower SES parents participating at the reception level challenged the restrained nature of coverage, which excluded people such as themselves, and openly questioned media characterisations of them as bludgers who are irresponsible parents. Overall, findings support the view that media are a key component of ongoing social dialogues through which public understandings of, and policy responses to, child poverty are constructed. Specifically, psychologists need to engage more with processes of symbolic power which shape the public construction of child poverty in a conservative manner that can lead to victim blaming, and restrains opportunities for addressing this pressing social concern.

Magistro baigiamajame darbe analizuojamas LEADER programos įgyvendinimas ir perspektyvos Akmenės rajone. Pirmojoje magistro baigiamojo darbo dalyje nagrinėjama Lietuvos ir užsienio autorių įžvalgos apie kaimo plėtros politikos raida, mokslininkų kaimo plėtros apibrėžtys, LEADER programos koncepcija išskiriant pagrindinius LEADER metodo veiksnius, LEADER programos įgyvendinimas ES ir Lietuvoje bei Lietuvos VVG vertinimo aspektai. Empirinėje dalyje analizuojama LEADER programos įgyvendinimas 2007 – 2013 m. ir perspektyvos Akmenės rajone. Analizuojama Akmenės rajono vietos plėtros strategija, Akmenės rajono vietos veiklos grupės ataskaitos, veiklos ataskaitos, Akmenės rajono vietos veiklos grupės projektų ataskaitos. Remiantis VVG vertinimo metodologija, VVG veiklos sėkmės veiksniai buvo surūšiuoti į rodiklių sistemą, kuri leidžia kiekybiškai įvertinti VVG atliktus darbus. Siekiant įvertinti visą VVG veiklą, veiksniai buvo sugrupuoti į tris grupes: Akmenės r. VVG turimi ištekliai, jų naudojimo proceso eiga ir pasiekti veiklos rezultatai. Gautų rezultatų pagilinimui naudotas kitas kokybinių duomenų rinkimo metodas – pusiau struktūruotas interviu su informantais ir nestruktūruotas interviu su ekspertu. Interviu metu sužinota informantų nuomonė apie LEADER programos įgyvendinimą 2007-2013 m. bei tobulinimo galimybes rengiant 2014 – 2020 m. vietos plėtros strategiją. Išgryninant VVG veiklos aspektus, užtikrinančius sėkmingą LEADER programos įgyvendinimą ir tobulinimo galimybes 2014... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This Master degree thesis analyses the implementation and prospect of the LEADER programme in Akmene’s district. The first part of the thesis examines the insights of Lithuanian and foreign authors into the evolution of rural development policy, the scientific definitions of rural development, and the concept of LEADER programme by highlighting the key elements of the LEADER approach, the implementation of the LEADER programme in the EU and Lithuania and the evaluation aspects of Lithuanian LAG. The empirical part of this thesis analyses the implementation and prospects of the LEADER programme in Akmene’s district from 2007 to 2013. The objects of the analysis are as follows: the local development strategy in Akmene’s district, the reports of Akmene’s district local action group, proceeding reports, the project reports of Akmene’s District local action group. Based on the evaluation methodology of the LAG, the success factors of the LAG were organized into a system of indicators that allows us to quantify the work done in the LAG. In order to evaluate the overall activities of the LAG these factors were grouped into three categories: stock of the LAG resources in Akmene’s district, the process of their use and the achieved work results. One more qualitative data collection method – semi-structured interviews with informants and unstructured interviews with experts – was used to deepen the received results. During the interview it was ascertained the opinion of the informants... [to full text]

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc. Psychology)--University of Waikato, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-94)

The aim of the Master's thesis "The Current Role of Local Action Groups in the Development of the Region" is to evaluate the results of using resources from support programs within the LAG Vltava civic group. This action group is located in southern Bohemia. The work consists of two parts. The first part is a literature survey, where the theoretical information on the basic concepts, which I use at work. After this chapter, followed by a brief presentation of methodological approach. The second analysis of the work deals with the specific characteristics of local action groups. The main objective of the analytic part of the thesis was to evaluate formulated hypotheses. The last chapters are devoted to the evaluation of the information obtained and the formulation of conclusions. Analysis of both primary and secondary data has shown that the local action group involved in the development of the region.

The aim of the presented diploma thesis is the evaluation of financial support of micro-regions Chelčicko - Lhenicko and Vlachovo Březí through Local Action Groups (LAG) "Rozkvět zahrady jižních Čech" and "Chance in nature" within the Rural Development Programme in the Czech Republic for the time period of 2007-2013. Special emphasis has been given to Osy IV. Leader. The theoretical part defines the basic concepts of rural development, such as defining the rural characteristics of the population and rural development players, Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, and the Leader method. The principles of the Leader method are used by local action groups in gaining support from EU funds. The practical part is focused on the evaluation of the existing support of both micro-regions under PRV Osy IV. Leader to assess the activities of both local action groups, and the contribution of the financial support and activities of LAG to the development of rural areas.

This diploma thesis aims at evaluating the impacts of specific tourism projects implemented in LAG Šumavsko. The main theme of the thesis is to focus on the achievement of the objectives of the projects, their subsequent sustainability, functionality, sense and their perception by the applicant and local citizens. The theoretical part of the thesis is focused on defining basic concepts, terms and areas related to the evaluated projects. In the practical part of the work, attention is first focused on LAG Šumavsko, further there are described the resolved projects and their subsequent evaluation. The basis for the evaluation of the projects was the conducted interviews with the applicant and selected people from the public. Key words: tourism, local action group, projects, regional development, Šumava

The topic of the diploma thesis is "The local action groups in the Czech Republic in the programming period 2007 - 2013: A Case Study MAS Hlučínsko". The thesis deals with the local development and rural areas in general with a focus on voluntary cooperation with the local actors from the private, public and nonprofit sectors in Hlučínsko. The analytic part contains an analysis of the socio-economic areas, analysis of completed projects in the programming period 2007 - 2013 focused both on improving the technical and transport infrastructures and the development of rural heritage and synthesis of findings from an empirical investigation in the form of structured interviews with representatives of MAS Hlučínsko.