The aim of this diploma thesis is to appraise the construction using the BIM model with cost approach. The work deals with the introduction of BIM, a description of history, implementation and the need for BIM in construction. Furthermore, the work contains a description of valuation methods with a special focus on the cost approach. A 3D model of a family house was created for the purposes of the diploma thesis. The subject property was valued by several cost approach methods - appraisal using technical and economic indicators, item budget, cost approach in BIM. The thesis contains a description of the procedure for valuation using BIM and assessment of prices of all appraise methods.

This master‘s thesis deals with the performance evaluation AGROMORAVIA, a.s. using of classic, modern and statistical methods and subsequent formulation of own designs and their benefits to improve company performance. Based on the analysis results are compared with a competitor. In addition, selected economic indicators are subjected to statistical analysis and the result is a prediction of future development, from which derives valuable information that serves the proposals for improving the current situation of the company in the coming years. Analyses are performed for the period 2006 to 2012.

The work deals with the determination of the sum insured in the insurance of houses. For this purpose are used three methods of real estate valuation. These procedures are compared with the methods of insurers. The methods are applied in the practical part of the concrete houses and results of the methods are compared.

This thesis presents a comparison of different methods of determining the default price for family house by using cost valuation method. Here are compared the default rates found in specific houses by itemized budget, calculating according to technical and economic indicator and obtained under the Ministry of Finance to implement certain provisions of Act No. 151/1997 Coll. Using charts and graphs shows the results for valuation individual houses and their variances. The aim is determine the price shares of construction and equipment of the itemized budget of houses created for this work and compare them to share price valuation in the annex to the Decree Ministry of Finance, perhaps to make an attention to differences or shortcomings in price share valuation announcement.

This thesis focuses on the comparison of selected methods of valuation for the property type flat in Karlovy Vary - Stara Role, specifically prefabricated insulated houses. The theoretical part describes the basic concepts associated with the valuation, it describes methods of valuation and detailed description of location . The practical part of the thesis is focused on the valuation of flats according to the current price regulation. Comparative and yield methods are used in this valuation. The conclusion of the final price of these methods is processed and evaluated.

Investigations reveal that the failure rate of e-governance projects in developing countries is between 35% and 50% whereby, 35% is classified as a total failure and 50% is considered a partial failure. Furthermore, previous e-governance frameworks lack reliable project discipline to deliver e-governance systems effectively to stakeholders for further exploits. This is one of the major reasons why e-governance projects fail to deliver the expected value to the citizenry and thereby, negatively impacting on socio-economic development. The purpose of this study was to develop a framework for benchmarking e-governance projects for socio-economic development in developing countries. The Design Science Research methodology was relied upon for the purpose of the study in order to answer its various research questions. Preliminary research investigations led to the identification of a range of critical success factors necessary for effective and efficient delivery of an e-governance project that fulfils expectations throughout the project lifecycle. Further investigations demonstrated that the foregoing critical success factors represent crucial and effective mechanisms for performing project assurance in the ambit of Monitoring and Evaluation. A generic framework for benchmarking e-governance projects was proposed. Further evaluation and validation exercises were undertaken on the framework through a survey involving a comprehensive sample of participants recruited from the Ghana ecosystem, a country considered a developing country. Experts who had comprehensive knowledge of challenges experienced when engaging in e-governance projects were also recruited from the international community as additional respondents in the survey. The study used a combination of simple random sampling and purposive sampling. Simple random sampling method was used to select 19 practising project managers, while purposive sampling method was employed to include e-governance experts in academic and research institutions as well as non-governmental organizations, with valuable insights concerning the research questions being addressed. The data collected was analysed using thematic analysis, and Pearson Chi-square test. The outcome of the evaluation and validation exercises produced an improved framework of which an appropriate prototyped proof of concept was developed for the purpose of enabling e-governance project stakeholders to perform project quality assurance throughout its lifecycle. Such as prototype, if implemented in real-life will go a long way in addressing many challenges faced in the entire e-governance project value chain from a prioritization, learning, cost, quality, time and impact perspectives. The overall outcome of this study showed that despite the reality that the failure rate of e-governance projects remains high in developing countries, there is strong evidence indicating that the aforementioned situation could be circumvented. The research found that success is achievable by embarking on a rigorous process of monitoring and evaluation based on well-defined performance metrics that embody time, quality, budget and scope. As such, the significant minimization of the failure rate of e-governance projects in developing countries would become reality provided that sound monitoring and evaluation are performed in all phases of the project even after its deployment. / Information Science / Ph. D. (Information Systems)

Rural development is a key policy area in developing countries. Its basic premise boils down to improving the economic well-being and quality of life of rural people. Best practices regarding rural development in developing countries, including Benin, China, Korea and Rwanda, that are known to have been relatively successful in reducing poverty and diversifying the rural economy showed that strong governance, institutional capabilities, active rural communities, and most importantly funding, are all essential for successful rural development. Moreover, land reform and investment in agriculture, infrastructure, education and health play a crucial role in the early stages of rural development. The aim of this study was to examine the concept of rural development as well as policy measures and best practices relating to rural development in order to formulate a rural development strategy for the rural areas of Limpopo Province. To achieve its research objectives, the study used a qualitative research method and secondary data analysis. Before 1995, rural development in South Africa was neglected, resulting in underdevelopment and impoverishment in rural areas. Post-1994, policies for rural development were adopted by the democratic government to improve the economic well-being of people living in rural communities. However, this had thus far limited success as high levels of poverty and inequalities in rural areas still prevails. Those highly affected were rural people in Limpopo Province. In 2018, Limpopo was the most predominantly rural province in South Africa, with over 80% of the population living in rural areas. The study classified Limpopo’s local municipalities into three types of areas, namely predominantly rural area (a local municipality is classified as predominantly rural area if the share of rural population in the local municipal area is above 50%), significantly rural area (that is, a local municipality where the share of rural population in the local area represents between 15% and 49% of the local area’s total population), and predominantly urban area (that is, a local municipality where the share of rural population in the local area is below 15%). Out of 25 local municipalities in Limpopo, 19 were predominantly rural areas, five were significantly rural areas and one was predominantly urban area. Findings show that, in rural areas of Limpopo, there was the prevalence of lower-wage jobs, lower educational attainment, a higher share of low-income households, and more than half of the population depended on government's social grants (including old age grant) and remittances as their income sources. Analysis indicates that educational attainment, household income levels, consumption expenditure and investment tend to be relatively lower, while the unemployment rate is higher, in predominantly rural areas. The economic structure is changing as the share of the primary sector in total Gross Value Added (GVA) is slowly declining, while that of the tertiary sector is gradually increasing. Regarding the contributions to the GVA and employment by sector in predominantly rural areas, agriculture contributed less than 3% to the total GVA, yet it is one of the top employers, contributing 13% of employment. Although mining contributed the most (23,7%) to the total GVA, it only employed 4% of the workforce. To address challenges in rural areas, a rural development strategy for Limpopo Province should contain policy tools that will promote infrastructure development for better access to education, communication, transport, safe water and other basic facilities. It should also encourage capital formation in rural enterprises; promote multi-sectoral development involving reviving agriculture, developing tourism and manufacturing sectors; and promote agro-processing and downstream mineral beneficiation; improve support and access to funding for rural enterprises; and promote the development of the green economy to create decent job opportunities. Access to land and land tenure security are a necessity to stimulate investment needed to accelerate rural development. / Economics / M. Com. (Economics)

The required goal of the Diploma thesis is the evaluation of the public investment project in Staré Město and the proposal for its possible variants. An analysis of individual variants and a final evaluation of whether the project of a parking house in Nádražní Street in Staré Město is effective and feasible will be carried out.

Целью данного проекта является разработка теоретических и методических подходов к управлению качеством и эффективности сервисного центра ООО «АМК-Екатеринбург» и обеспечение устойчивого дальнейшего развития. Проведенное исследование позволило доказать актуальность проблемы повышения эффективности производственной деятельности СТОА и сформулировать ряд теоретических выводов и практических рекомендаций. Особую значимость в обеспечении безопасности автомобильной техники сейчас приобретают автотехцентры автомобилестроительных компаний, составляющие фирменную сеть послепродажного обслуживания автомобилей, инфраструктура которых обеспечивает социальную и экономическую эффективность использования автомобилей. Сфера предоставления услуг должна функционировать таким образом, чтобы полностью удовлетворять требования клиентов с возможно малыми затратами средств и времени. Было проведено исследование практики управления качеством ПАО «АВТОВАЗ», а также произведен анализ предприятия ООО «АМК-Екатеринбург». Сбор, обработка и анализ показателей спроса на услуги ООО «АМК-Екатеринбург» позволяют целенаправленно подойти к их прогнозированию с целью изучения возможностей предприятия по удовлетворению обращений клиентуры по ТО и ремонту на перспективу. Расчет основных технико-экономических показателей показывает нам, что в целом предприятие работает эффективно. Выполнив технико-экономическое сравнение вариантов предприятия до модернизации и после, наиболее целесообразным из них является проектный вариант. / The aim of this project is to develop theoretical and methodological approaches to managing the quality and effectiveness of the service center of LLC AMK-Yekaterinburg and ensuring further development. The study allows us to prove the relevance of the problem of improving the efficiency of production activities of service stations and formulate a number of theoretical conclusions and practical recommendations. At present, auto-technical centers of the automotive industry have been acquired, which make up the company’s after-sales service network of automobiles, and the infrastructure that ensures the social and economic efficiency of car use. The scope of the provision of services should operate in such a way as to fully meet the requirements of customers with low cost and time. A study of the quality management practice of PJSC AvtoVAZ was carried out, as well as an analysis of the enterprise LLC AMK-Yekaterinburg. The collection, processing and analysis of demand indicators for the services of AMK-Yekaterinburg LLC allow you to purposefully switch to their forecasting in order to explore opportunities to meet customer needs. Calculation of the main technical and economic indicators shows that the company works efficiently. A technical and economic comparison of the project options before modernization and after has been issued, the most appropriate of which is the project version.

Este trabalho tem por objeto de estudo a correlação entre a utilização per capita de energia elétrica e o Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano (IDH). O objetivo geral da pesquisa é avaliar a compatibilidade das premissas do Plano Nacional de Energia (PNE) brasileiro, em relação à utilização de energia elétrica, com o desafio da elevação do IDH nacional ao nível “muito alto” – o mais elevado conforme a terminologia atual das Nações Unidas. Quanto ao método, a pesquisa é, em relação aos seus objetivos, preponderantemente descritiva, e quantiqualitativa no que se refere ao estudo do problema. Realizou-se tratamento estatístico de diferentes aspectos correlacionados à energia elétrica e ao IDH, de modo a estabelecer padrões significativos e universais dessa correlação, os quais parecem possíveis de serem previstos mediante utilização de fórmula matemática, a qual tornaria então possível avaliar o desenvolvimento humano utilizando a energia elétrica como parâmetro. Verificou-se que a proporção da utilização de energia elétrica é cada vez mais intensa em relação ao total de utilização de energia primária, o que se explica pela absoluta indispensabilidade, motivada pela versatilidade e disponibilidade, da primeira, e definiu-se um valor objetivo mínimo à utilização per capita de energia elétrica, ponderado em função da intensidade energética – no caso, 222 kWh –, necessário ao status de desenvolvimento humano “muito alto”. Definiram-se ainda duas fórmulas matemáticas – a primeira delas possui maior versatilidade descritiva, pois envolve equação logarítmica, enquanto a segunda, simplificada, utiliza função potência – capazes de individualmente estimar, em função do valor de utilização de energia e compondo uma base comparativa global, o IDH correspondente do ente analisado. Ambas são capazes de auxiliar na compreensão, ainda que em cognição preliminar, acerca da situação energética do ente sob análise, podendo ser utilizadas como indicador de possíveis direcionamentos de políticas energéticas que se pretendam voltadas ao desenvolvimento humano. Comprovou-se a acurácia da fórmula logarítmica em termos globais e históricos e, na sequência, verificou-se quão compatíveis são entre si o Plano Nacional de Energia e o IDH “muito alto”, em médio prazo e tendo como cenário os estados brasileiros. Concluiu-se, quanto a este objetivo geral, que a evolução histórica de oferta e demanda de energia elétrica no País é compatível com os números projetados pelo PNE, e que estes são compatíveis com o IDH “muito alto” – para atingir tal nível seriam necessários cerca de 720 TWh anuais, enquanto o PNE projeta, para 2030, 971 TWH e a evolução histórica das últimas duas décadas indica, para o mesmo ano, aproximadamente 830 TWh. O eventual atingimento desse nível de IDH deve, contudo, ser relativizado, pois provavelmente não seria suficiente para tirar o Brasil da atual posição de catching-up em relação aos países desenvolvidos. / This work studies the correlation between the per capita use of electrical energy and the Human Development Index (HDI). The main research objective is to evaluate the compatibility between the Brazilian National Energy Plan’s (PNE) goals, regarding the use of electrical energy, and the challenge of increasing the national HDI towards the “very high” level – the highest one according to the current United Nations terminology. As for the method, the research is, regarding its objectives, predominantly descriptive, and quanti-qualitative in relation to the problem studied. Several statistical aspects correlated to electrical energy and HDI were statistically treated, in such a way as to define significant, universal patterns of this correlation, which seem to be possible to predict through a mathematical formula that would then make it possible to evaluate human development using electrical energy as a parameter. It was noted that the proportion of electrical energy is increasingly bigger in relation to the total amount of primary energy, something explained by the absolute indispensability, through versatility and availability, of the former, and an objective minimum per capita value of electrical energy use – in this case, 222 kwh –, weighted as a function of energy intensity, was defined as necessary to reach a “very high” HDI. Besides it, two formulae were developed, both capable of individually estimate an entity’s HDI from the weighted value of electrical energy use. The first of them is more descriptively versatile, by using a logarithmic equation, while the second one is a simplified version, based on a potency function. Both formulae are capable of helping, yet in a preliminary cognition, to understand the energetic situation of the entity under analysis, possibly serving as decision support for energy policies aiming at human development. The logarithmic formula was checked globally and historically for accuracy, and after that it was used to verify how compatible are the Brazilian Energy Plan and a “very high” HDI, on the medium term and on the framework of the Brazilian states. It was concluded that, regarding this general objective, the historical evolution of national electrical energy supply and demand is compatible with the PNE projected numbers, which, on their turn, are compatible with a “very high” HDI – to reach such a level would require about 720 TWh per year, while the PNE forecasts, to 2030, 971 TWh, and the historical evolution of the last two decades indicates, for the same year, approximately 830 TWh. The possible attainment of this HDI level, however, should be put into perspective, because it probably would not be enough to avoid the catching-up situation Brazil is currently facing in relation to developed countries.