The thesis is focused on the adolescence as a particular life period of a man. Its aim is to analyze this period in connection with free time. Moreover it tries to point out the influence of value orientation of each individual which is reflected in one{\crq}s free time. And the topic is related to the society and current period called postmodernism. It deals with the influence of consumer culture that presses on the teenagers and with manifestations of this influence. It tempts to draw the attention to the crisis of so called traditional values and the antagonism between what people believe in and what they do. Finally I am trying to point at the possibilities of the free-time pedagogy that disposes of the methods, which can efficiently reduce problematic aspects brought by current time.

The dissertation deals with formalization a value orientation in pubescence in a relationship with internet use. The general angle of the dissertation is theoretic, the most methods that are used are descriptive methods and partly relational methods. The general structure of the dissertation is divided to four basic chapters. First chapter defines terms of attitudes and values from the philosophic, psychologic, sociologic and pedagogic perspective. The second chapter deals with a pubescence phase, its difficulties from the viewpoint of formalization of a value orientation. The third chapter is focused on internet and there are generally mentioned eventual effects resulting from its use. The fourth chapter finally summarises the foregoing chapters with the accent on formalizing a value orientation in pubescence in a relationship with internet use.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:32:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Carolina Gazso Righetti.pdf: 1908386 bytes, checksum: 9e9b7959279bfb8a61a8ed97c5f703b8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-01-30 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / This paper aims to analyze the effects of the social value orientation and the social interdependence on the Budgetary slack. Budgetary slack is a subject very studied by international researchers as a dysfunctional budget problem, however until now, with no clear conclusion about your causes. Assuming that this subject impacts organization process of planning, results and competitiveness, this paper intend to contribute to budgetary slack knowledge based on social theories of social value and interdependence and slack theory, originated in the economics, most specifically, in the agency theory. It was applied a questionnaire, a budget experiment and an instrument to measure social value orientation among 41 leaders oh Tower International Company. According to statistic analysis, it was not possible to validate the hypothesis of this research, but considering the theories used on that, It is clear that there is a vast potential on the search of best practices in the management accounting area. / Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os efeitos da orientação de valor social e da interdependência social sobre a formação de folga orçamentária. A folga orçamentária é um tema largamente estudado por pesquisadores internacionais como fenômeno disfuncional do processo orçamentário, mas ainda não há uma conclusão clara a respeito de suas causas. Entendendo-se que esse tema influencia o processo de planejamento, os resultados e a competitividade das organizações, busca-se, neste trabalho, aprofundar os conhecimentos acerca do assunto, tendo como base as teorias sociais de valor, de interdependência e a teoria de folga orçamentária enraizada na teoria econômica da agência. Para tanto, foram aplicados um questionário, um experimento orçamentário e um instrumento para definição da orientação de valor social entre 41 gestores da empresa Tower International. De acordo com as análises estatísticas, não foi possível validar as hipóteses desta pesquisa, mas, considerando-se as teorias que nortearam este trabalho, pode-se concluir que há um vasto potencial na busca de melhores práticas na área de contabilidade gerencial.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:32:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Carolina Gazso Righetti.pdf: 1931666 bytes, checksum: 25c44d91bd44ee8051f145cf285eab59 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-01-30 / This paper aims to analyze the effects of the social value orientation and the social interdependence on the Budgetary slack. Budgetary slack is a subject very studied by international researchers as a dysfunctional budget problem, however until now, with no clear conclusion about your causes. Assuming that this subject impacts organization process of planning, results and competitiveness, this paper intend to contribute to budgetary slack knowledge based on social theories of social value and interdependence and slack theory, originated in the economics, most specifically, in the agency theory. It was applied a questionnaire, a budget experiment and an instrument to measure social value orientation among 41 leaders oh Tower International Company. According to statistic analysis, it was not possible to validate the hypothesis of this research, but considering the theories used on that, It is clear that there is a vast potential on the search of best practices in the management accounting area. / Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os efeitos da orientação de valor social e da interdependência social sobre a formação de folga orçamentária. A folga orçamentária é um tema largamente estudado por pesquisadores internacionais como fenômeno disfuncional do processo orçamentário, mas ainda não há uma conclusão clara a respeito de suas causas. Entendendo-se que esse tema influencia o processo de planejamento, os resultados e a competitividade das organizações, busca-se, neste trabalho, aprofundar os conhecimentos acerca do assunto, tendo como base as teorias sociais de valor, de interdependência e a teoria de folga orçamentária enraizada na teoria econômica da agência. Para tanto, foram aplicados um questionário, um experimento orçamentário e um instrumento para definição da orientação de valor social entre 41 gestores da empresa Tower International. De acordo com as análises estatísticas, não foi possível validar as hipóteses desta pesquisa, mas, considerando-se as teorias que nortearam este trabalho, pode-se concluir que há um vasto potencial na busca de melhores práticas na área de contabilidade gerencial.

The thesis is thematically aimed at the issue of impacts of selected respondents' membership in an informal group, it is oriented on the organization of children and youth leisure time, in particular; mostly in the form of long-term holiday stays in the wild. The work is focused mainly on questions, which role in selected members of the group is played by factors, such as family background, personality development, mental status, great experiences, personality of a group leader, interpersonal relationships in the group, environment in which the group forms, etc. The theoretical part shall seek to describe the issues of children and youth leisure time with an emphasis on sociological and psychological point of view. The practical part consists of monographic research and qualitative research. The aim of the monographic research is to describe by means of historical methods the development of group in time, based on social changes which during the existence of this group in the society happened. The aim of the qualitative research is to identify not only the effects of membership in the group to selected respondents, even also causes of these effects. The result of the qualitative research is to establish hypotheses; however, these hypotheses due to the nature of the research cannot be relevant to...

The thesis called "Life attitudes and values of selected groups of adolescents" deals with comparison of changes through longitudinal study in chosen indicators of value orientation and actual life attitudes of adolescents, who are situated in educational institution and being at the same time students of high school preparing themselves for future career. The results are compared with the survey, which was carried out between the years 2009 - 2010. The arrangement of gained data has a character of comparative study, which evaluates an occurrence of certain aspects in respondents' hierarchy of values and maps their shift in a certain period of time. The theoretical part is concerned with attitudes and value orientation, their elements and formations; furthermore it structures a phenomenon of adolescence in general, which is compared in selected indicators with specifically selected groups, which are the subject of the survey. For a better insight into the problematic, the conclusion of the theoretical part specifies an environment of an institutional education and its basic characteristics. The issue is observed from pedagogical, psychological and anthropological point of view. These views offer treatises about possibilities and resources affecting an education in devices for juveniles, whose...

Vor nicht einmal vier Jahren schien der weltweite Konjunktureinbruch auch die Automobilindustrie in eine tiefe Krise zu stürzen. Die Zahl der verkauften Fahrzeuge ging v.a. in Europa und Nordamerika dramatisch zurück und eine Botschaft war in unterschiedlichen Variationen in der Presse und in Fachdiskussionen zu vernehmen: Junge Menschen verlieren die Lust am privaten Pkw. Gestern noch Status- und Freiheitssymbol, wird das Auto morgen nur noch reines Funktionsgut sein, so die oft formulierte These. Vor allem in Großstädten sei der junge Mensch heute pragmatischer unterwegs und sehe das Auto insgesamt differenzierter. Anekdotische Beweise und Gegenbeweise für diese These waren seitdem vielfach zu vernehmen. Eine tiefergehende wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit diesen Trends fehlt jedoch bisher. Dies verwundert, könnte doch gerade dieser Bewusstseinswandel in einer jungen Zielgruppe einen wichtigen Impuls für die Gestaltung eines nachhaltigeren Mobilitätssystems darstellen. Dieser Text liefert die Grundlage für eine notwendige wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit dem o.g. Trend zur pragmatischen Verkehrsmittelnutzung bei jungen Menschen. Ziel ist es, auf wichtige unbearbeitete Fragestellungen hinzuweisen und ein Überdenken bisheriger Kommunikationsstrategien anzuregen. Zunächst stehen zwei Fragen im Mittelpunkt. Zum einen, welchen Einfluss haben überhaupt Einstellungen und Werte auf das Mobilitätsverhalten junger Menschen? Die Bedeutung des Automobils mag schwinden, doch sind es nicht vielmehr strukturelle Zwänge, die eine Nutzung des Pkw begründen? Und zum anderen: Inwiefern wird das Mobilitätsverhalten in Kindheit und Jugend geprägt? Ist tatsächlich von einer „Erziehung zur Automobilität“ auszugehen oder spielt die Sozialisation im Mobilitätsbereich nur eine untergeordnete Rolle? An die Aufbereitung des Forschungsstandes schließt sich eine Zusammenstellung empirischer Hinweise für geänderte Mobilitätsmuster junger Menschen an. Auf Basis nationaler und internationaler Studien können mehrere Trends identifiziert werden: ein leichter Rückgang des Führerscheinbesitzes, eine Abnahme der Pkw-Verfügbarkeit, ein Rückgang der Pkw-Nutzung und ein Trend zur Multimodalität. Sie sind v.a. bei jungen Männern nachzuweisen. Die betrachteten Studien stützen sich überwiegend auf nationale Verkehrserhebungen, die nur wenige Indikatoren zur Verfügung stellen, mit denen Ursache-Wirkungs-Beziehungen analysiert werden können. Deshalb wurden auf Basis einer Literaturrecherche mögliche Ursachen veränderter Mobilitätsmuster junger Menschen bestimmt und in fünf Thesen zusammengefasst. Es wird beschrieben, dass sich Biographien in jungen Alterskohorten verändern. Weiterhin wird auf das Zusammenspiel von Mediennutzung und Mobilität eingegangen. Es werden Aspekte eines möglichen Wandels von Wertorientierungen dargestellt und auf stärker ökonomisch-strukturelle Ursachen eingegangen. Zu diesen Ursachen zählen Budgetumschichtungen und Änderungen im Verkehrssystem selbst, die eine multimodale Verkehrsmittelnutzung fördern. Trends und Ursachen werden in einer Bewertungsmatrix gegenübergestellt und hinsichtlich ihrer Wirkung beurteilt. / Not even four years ago, the global economic crisis seemed to toss also the automotive industry into a deep struggle. The number of distributed vehicles decreased especially in Europe and North America dramatically and the variously phrased message in media and scientific discussions was that young people lose interest in a privately owned vehicle. A status symbol and metaphor for freedom yesterday, tomorrow just a mean to an end is the often repeated assumption. Primarily in agglomerations, young people tend to be more and more pragmatic in their travel behaviour or might even show a reserved attitude towards cars. Anecdotal examples and contrary evidence for the assumption could be registered many times ever since. However, a deeper scientific debate regarding this matter is still missing. An irritating state, since an attitude change within a young target group could deliver an important impulse for the creation of a sustainable mobility system. This paper delivers the basis for a sound scientific discussion on the observed trend regarding a more pragmatic travel behaviour within younger age groups. It is the aim to point out important unaddressed research questions and to stimulate a reassessment of the current marketing strategies. Current studies are evaluated and empirical clues for changed travel behaviour of younger people are collectively displayed. The state of research for two main assumptions is reviewed. On the one hand, which impact do attitudes and values have on mobility of younger people? Maybe the importance of the car is diminishing, but are not structural constraints rather the reasons for a possible change of usage? On the other hand, how far is the individual travel behaviour influenced by childhood and coming of age? Is a “breeding toward a car society” existent or is the socialization just a minor aspect regarding mobility? The preparation of the state of research is followed by a collection of empirical clues for changed travel behaviour of young people. Five trends can be identified on the basis of German and also international studies regarding the mobility of young people: a slight decline in the ownership of driver licences, a decreased car ownership as well as a decreased car usage and a trend towards multi-modal travel patterns. Finally, the four trends can be primarily observed for young males. The studies regarded are mainly based on national travel surveys, which usually only include a limited number of indicators necessary for an assessment of cause and effect relations. Hence, possible causes were identified based on the literature research and aggregated into five theses. It is described, that biographies of younger age groups are changing. The usage of new communication technologies and its influence on mobility is mentioned. Aspects of a possible change in the value orientation are responded, too. Finally, economic and structural causes are analysed. Budget shifts and changes in the transportation system itself are examples of such causes, which may lead to a more multi-modal usage. Trends and theses are systematically assessed regarding the strength of influence.

Thesis is concerned with the transmission of values and norms in the family. The goal is to quantify the level of transmission of values between children and parents. The second step is to identify what impact on transmission of value in the family has education of parents and parenting style, which apply to a child during adolescence. Underpinning the findings is the analysis of data file "Cultural and value orientations 2008", which is unique in that it includes real families (parents and their adult children). Attention is focused on the values for different levels of generality (the value frameworks, value orientations, attitudes and norms) and education in the family as a source of values. Analysis shows a high degree of agreement between parents and their children in the sphere of values. As the main variables that affect the transmission of values were identified education of parents and parenting style.

Global companies have to deal with cultural differences which may be source of misun-derstanding in the moment when company expands in to the new location and tries to introduce own organizational culture in different country. This diploma thesis tries to identify possible complications which might arise to an American company running business in the Czech milieu. At the beginning the thesis introduces main terminology and theoretical concepts related to the topic (labour market changes, globalization, culture, organizational culture etc.). The second part of the thesis is dedicated to the results of own survey made among the employees in the Czech office of an American company. Survey is based on the results of the analysis of documents about Czech and American values (mainly about values related to the work) and is trying to analyze how Czech employees accept American corporate culture. Survey tries also to confirm differences which are rising from cultural value orientation of Czech and American population.

Problem: The problems of values have been in the forefront of human interest since ancient philosophy. Due to the serious nature of this topic it is not a surprise that values are presently the focus of nearly all social sciences (psychology, economics, sociology, anthropology, ethnology etc.). However, value orientation in seniors still represents a relatively not very explored area. In this respect, the value orientation of seniors in relation to sport and the barriers inhibiting their participation in locomotion activities in particular is a topical issue in the light of the present-day demographical development in the developed countries. Hypothesis: We presume that we find relationships between the value orientation of a selected senior population and their degree of participation in locomotion activities, the type of locomotion activities and socio-demographic characteristics. We also presume that we find relationships between the value orientation of a selected senior population and their subjective perception of barriers limiting or inhibiting seniors' involvement in locomotion activities. Objective: The objective of a descriptive analytic research study is to identify the value orientation and barriers limiting or inhibiting sporting activity in sporting and non-sporting seniors. Method: A...