¡@¡@The twenty-first century is the globalized competition age. In accommodation to rapid change of the competitive industrial environment, the application of information technology becomes the major factor for enterprise to survive. The crucial agenda related to information management which is highly emphasized by enterprises varies. This report collects key subjects about information management in Taiwan and other countries from 1982 to 2007 in order to discuss and discover the changes of crucial agenda for the pass 25 years. With supplemental theoretic documents and practical operation condition, we conclude the major ten critical topics in Taiwan information management based on taking surveys and doing interviews. Those top five are ¡§Information security¡¨, ¡¨Using information systems for operation¡¨, ¡§Using information systems for competitive advantage¡¨, ¡§Integrating information in systems¡¨ ¡§Communication with department of end-user¡¨. This report also reveals differences between the analyses result of crucial agenda from diversity factor. ¡@¡@There are few published documents related to researches on Taiwan crucial agenda for the past 25 years. Some of them are always paid more attention by enterprise, like ¡§Using information systems for competitive advantage¡¨, ¡¨Communication with department of end-user¡¨ and ¡§Promoting effective use of the data resource¡¨ while some of them, ¡§Using information systems for operation of bussiness¡¨, for example, are taken highly of gradually. Furthermore, compared to other countries, US is the most similar country to Taiwan regarding to crucial agenda, but they still have slight differences.

This master thesis deals with acquisitions in academic libraries. It briefly outlines the characteristics of universities and describes the acquisition process and other related issues. Content analysis of foreign literature maps acquisitions in academic libraries abroad. Literature review is combined with a case study in the European University Institute. The research of the current acquisition practice in Czech academic libraries was done using the Delphi method. The conclusion of this thesis is dedicated to the summary and comparison of the information gained from the literature review, the case study and the research. Key problems and trends in academic acquisitions are formulated.

This diploma thesis deals with the area of further education of civil servants at the level of the central government and its aim is to critically evaluate further education at selected departments in connection with the introduction of Act No. 234/2014 Coll., which came into force on the 1st January 2015. The thesis describes how the Civil Service Act influences the further education of central government officials, it outlines the key issues that are related to the education of central government officials and shows what are the problems that central government officials encounter in the field of further education. The research project is the case study, which included public policy documents related to the topic of further education and data collected through in-depth interviews with ten officials of two selected departments and two representatives of the human resources department, was used. Based on the thematic analysis, key issues of further education of central government officials were identified: educational needs, meeting educational needs, sources of information retrieval, and a official exam. Problems encountered by central government officials in the field of further education are part of these issues.