The thesis presents an analysis of the area of further education and personal development of local government employees, in particular of employees at Prague City Hall (MHMP). The focus is aimed primarily at mentoring project in MHMP, its principles and guidelines, there are listed the advantages and disadvantages of such a system and possible improvements. Based on identified weaknesses in the education strategy of MHMP the thesis suggests a training programme designed to improve the skills of leading managers in the areas of effective leadership and the staff motivation.

The objective of this thesis is focused on people's awareness about personal development and its possibilities. Mapping the different attitudes of people as this term is perceived and what opportunities for personal development they use. An important part of this work is to show the differences in personal and professional development of respondents by length of practice and in different companies. Opinions of respondents are analysed from interviews and questionnaires. The final part contains formulated proposals and recommendations for both employees and companies.

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This study examines the relationship between whether the level of independence a first-grade age child was permitted at home influenced his social behavior at school.

<p>This is a study about engagements and motivation. Its purpose is, by looking at other motivational theories than Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, to find out why certain people choose to become engaged as student representatives. The question this study is working from is: why do certain people choose to engage themselves as student representatives?</p><p>This study has a qualitative approach, which means that a number of interviews have been done and subsequently profoundly analyzed. The underlying factors that play a part in the student representatives’ engagements have been sought out in this data material. This study is built on seven interviews which have been analysed with an inductive thematic analysis.</p><p>The result of the study is presented in five themes: motivation, social heritage, proof of engagement, result of engagement and opposition with engagement.</p><p>Much of what explains why someone becomes engaged as a student representative lies largely in what motivates you. Much of it can also be traced back to the socialisation process that we go through when we are young, and which returns every time we come across a new situation. If you have seen a parent, or such, take on a non-profit engagement, this will leave its mark on you and the way that you subsequently will act.</p><p>Not only socialisation and different motivational factors influence enough to make you engage yourselves in non-profit organisations in the manor a student representative does. It also requires that they should get something out of the sacrifice they make. It isn’t about money as much as it is about self fulfilment and personal developments. To feel good about oneself because of the effort you provide, and the knowledge you can get which might help you in the future, are all reasons to become engaged as a student representative.</p>

<p>Sammanfattning</p><p>Studien söker svar på om psykologilärares ämneskunskaper i psykologi är en tillgång i lärarrollen. Det finns mycket litteratur om psykologins betydelse i lärarrollen, men någon empirisk forskning kring dess praktiska effekt är minimal. Studien utgår ifrån en kvalitativ ansats, där intervju används för att finna svar på frågeställningarna. I den tematiska analysen definieras sex teman: Medvetet förhållningssätt, Omedvetet förhållningssätt, Trygghet, Personlig utveckling, Personlighet, Analysen. Respondenterna visar genom sitt medvetna och omedvetna förhållningssätt att de praktiserar sina ämneskunskaper i psykologi i mötet med eleverna. Slutsatser som kan dras är att kunskaper i psykologi är en tillgång i läraryrket. Framförallt är en essentiell kunskap hos respondenterna deras förmåga att analysera mötet mellan elever, och elev, lärare. Genom analysen blir respondenterna bl.a. klara över sina och andras känslor och behov. Känslan av trygghet och medvetenheten om sina känslor är viktig i kontakten med eleverna, för att skapa en meningsfull undervisning (Imsen 2006). Enligt respondenterna är personligheten en mycket betydelsefull faktor för hur människor förhåller sig och handlar gentemot sin omgivning. Samtidigt menar respondenterna att psykologin har bidragit till respondenternas personliga utveckling, men att det finns många andra tillvägagångssätt för att nå insikt.</p><p>Nyckelord: Psykologi, Personlighet, Trygghet, Personlig utveckling, Analysen.</p> / <p>Abstract</p><p>The study seeks conclusions about if the psychology doctrine in subject knowledge psychology has a supporting role in teaching. There is a vast amount of literature about psychologies importance in the teaching role, but any empirical approach about psychologies practical effect, is very minimal. The study originates from a qualitative approach, where interviews are employed to finding answers to problem questions. The thematic analysis is defined by six themes: Conscious Attitudes, Unconscious Attitudes, Security, Personal Development, Personality, Analysis. Respondents show through their conscious and unconscious manner that they practice their knowledge in psychology in their meetings with students. The conclusions which can be drawn are that knowledge in psychology is an aid in the teaching profession. Above all it is essential the respondents knowledge in the ability to analyse the meetings between students, and students and teachers. Through the analysis the respondents become clear in their feelings and needs and also of those of others. The feeling of security and consciousness of ones feelings is an important factor in dealing with contact with students to create a meaningful educational environment (Imsen, 2006). According to the respondents personality is an important aspect to how people interact in their environment. However the respondents mean that psychology has contributed to their personal development, but mean that there are many other possibilities to achieve enlightenment.</p><p>Key words: Psychology, Personality, Security, Personal Development, The Analysis.</p>

In leadership development, an established literature and a fertile praxis fall short of clarifying how individuals may develop the many and varied capabilities that contribute to leadership processes. Literature promoting personal growth tends to reduce personal development to cognitive development or rely on broadly defined and under-evidenced notions. The adult development literature offers to this research a conceptualization of personal development as systemic qualitative change in individual sensemaking. As sensemaking develops, it progresses toward greater integration (of interdependent cognitive, emotive, purposive, and conative dimensions), sophistication, and self-determination. The research aimed to examine how changes in the sensemaking of individuals may result in developmental outcomes relevant for personal and leadership development. This inquiry moves from a perspective idealist ontology and a social constructivist epistemology, selects philosophical hermeneutics as a research paradigm, and embraces exploratory qualitative longitudinal research. Purposive sampling guided the selection of research context, a leadership program focused on personal growth. Transcripts from 32 semi-structured constructivist-phenomenological interviews, collected from nine participants across fourteen months, were analyzed through constructivist grounded theory. Development was assessed ipsatively according to a literature-based framework. Contributions, in terms of substantive theory, are not generalizable beyond research context and sample. This research advances the differentiation of developmental context, process and outcomes. Context is found to transcend holding environment—to be ideally conducive to a specific type of change in virtue of a distinctive emerging quality. While vector processes facilitate development, core processes (individual sensemaking) are development. In terms of outcomes, the research supports an association between personal development and development of leadership capabilities, but questions whether self-awareness or personality adjustments per se constitute authentic personal or leadership development. This research exposes a pattern of seeking affirmation, associated with disproportionate identity salience of external image, which is potentially capable of hindering personal development by triggering maladaptive rather than adaptive self-reflection.

Government and higher education see the employability of graduates as a priority. Anecdotal and empirical evidence from the researchers own fully accredited institution suggests there is little structure to the delivery of Personal Development Planning (PDP); it is not related to the world of work and of limited relevance to the learning that takes place. A critical review of published literature has revealed that an understanding of the links between PDP and work-based learning (WBL) could provide routes to improving professional membership. The thesis resolves this gap in knowledge enabling HE practitioners to enhance the development of skills and competencies. The research is mainly set in a positivistic paradigm with mixed methods research following a survey based methodological approach. Data collected through questionnaires, structured interviews and focus groups, are used to analyse the opinions and beliefs of staff and students in HE and experienced professionals working at the cutting edge of the construction industry. The work identifies the skills and competencies needed for academic study and employability, with PDP seen as an essential element of an academic course. Reflective practice is key to learning new knowledge and skills in the workplace and empirical investigation suggests experience plays a significant part in the learning process. All students should have an opportunity to see the application of theory with practice through WBL. The research has contributed to the body of knowledge by challenging the inadequacies in existing practice. The thesis identifies the key components and linkages in a theoretically informed model that proposes the use of a Graduate Skills Framework for Construction Management. This new-found understanding and toolkit promotes the teaching of employability skills alongside PDP in a structured programme of WBL. Research participants agree that this is expected to support the development of professional competencies and enhanced capability for the benefit of students, professionals and the construction industry.

Studien syftar till att ta reda på vad ett begränsat antal medarbetare upplever att de lärt sig/utvecklat efter deltagande i en värderingsorienterad personlighetsutvecklingsprocess på sin arbetsplats med avseende på självkännedom, engagemang och utveckling.Metoden har varit kvalitativa intervjuer och visst stöd av grafiska resultat som ingår i processen. Den teoretiska utgångspunkten har varit att undersöka KASAM (känslan av mening) (Antonovsky, 1991) och dess utveckling hos en liten grupp i ett företag.Resultaten i sig är tydliga, vid genomgång av intervjuerna framgår följande teman: självkännedom, relationer och kommunikation, visioner/framtid, lärande samt lednings- och gemensamma frågor. I samtliga dessa delar finns det enligt respondenterna märkbara resultat där individutvecklingen förefaller bestående medan den organisationspåverkande delen som var märkbar i början hamnat i avtagande och troligen måste underhållas på ett medvetet sätt.