This thesis deals with certification of project managers according to the ICB standard, which focuses on the competence of the project manager. The theoretical part introduces the historical development and approaches to project management, basic concepts in project management and widespread standards and certification in project management. The practical part is devoted to detailed description of the version 3 and 4 of the ICB standard. Subsequently comparison of both versions according to selected criteria and on the basis of this comparison are evaluated strengths and weaknesses of each version. The conclusion is formulated to benefit ICB 4 for the practice of project management and is designed to possibly form the structure of the standard.

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In the present time, when prices of energy go up continually, we can hear more and more about the topic of energy-cutting. Important role in this sphere performs low-energy development. Passive houses, which are specific type of low energy houses, cut heat demand significantly. It means marked improvement with the view of energy saving, protection of the environment, but also quality of living. There is no doubt that these constructions bring numerous advantages, as evidenced by ever-growing number of passive houses abroad. Nevertheless, in the Czech Republic are very little passive houses. Partial intention of the thesis work is to highlight the importance of certification, which is able to contribute toward expansion of passive houses. The outcome of this part is proposal of the criteria for certification of passive houses in the Czech Republic. Principal aim of my diploma work is to compare passive house to common house in light of capital expenditures and operating costs and information about pay-off period of investment in low-energy buildings. Just matter of economic return is the most important criterion in decision making about construction of house or building.

The purpose of the thesis is to analyse current documentation situaton and organization steps based on norms and other requirements for accreditation, suggested precaution and documentation to meet requirements and create quality manual to get accreditation.

This work deals with the status of quality in strategic management of organizations in industry, services, small and medium-sized enterprises, public organizations and administration. It reflects the development in the Czech Republic in the last 25 years in terms of quality. It concerns establishment processes contained in the Blue Guide and the NLF in the Czech Republic, including some instruments such as certification, accreditation and conformity assessment. The second area of the work deals with the National Quality Policy in the Czech Republic, defined by the Council of quality of the Czech Republic. The main objective is the realization of research and determination / verification, whether the strategic management of organizations polled is used and in what way. What modern management concepts do these organizations use and how are their strategies contained in the individual quality requirements. The results were compared with results of similar research carried out not only in the Czech Republic in the past years, so it would be possible to confirm the trends I´ve observed. The results will be used as a guidance for Czech organizations in respect of the aforementioned topics.

The palm oil is the most desirable raw material in a wide range of industry in the 21st century. It is a basic material for food, cosmetics, biodiesel and many other products. However, it’s production has a negative impact on the environment. In this thesis the palm oil authenticity is judged according to the differences in composition depending on the conditions of cultivation, which is related to the certification of this raw material. The fatty acid spectrum in the samples of palm oil was determined by method of gas chromatography coupled with flame ionization detection. In terms of total fatty acids content, the non-certified palm oil (fat sample 1) containing 0.969 g.g-1 fat (after three months storage 0.880 g.g-1 fat) is better than certified palm oil (fat sample 2) containing 0.648 g.g-1 fat (after three months storage 0.533 g.g-1 fat).

Implementation of the Third energy package into the legal order of the Czech Republic Summary This thesis discusses the implementation issue of the Third energy package, also known as the Third liberalization package, into the Czech national law. It consists of three regulations and two directives of the European Union, which determines the energy politics both on the European level and on the level of the member states. The first part of this thesis describes the ancestors of the Third energy package and their accomplishments or failures together with reasons for creating the next generations of liberalizing legislation. The author describes the liberalization in the form of the legal, functional and accounting unbundling separately for electricity and gas industry at the European level, and then the implementation at the level of the Czech legislation. In the next chapter it is further explained, what were the European legislator's incentives for creating the Third energy package, and what new institutes it stipulates. It is herein described that the European Union came with three different unbundling versions of the transmission system operators (TSO) - Ownership unbundling (OU), Independent system operator (ISO) and the Independent transmission operator (ITO). Requirements of all of the three variations...

The goal of the diploma thesis is to determine the current position of the Fair Trade concept in the framework of social responsibility within the European context, to find out strengths and weaknesses, evaluate them, and make the recommendations for the future development and improvement of the European social responsibility with regard to the Fair Trade, as one of the visible activity belonging to the social responsibility approach. The theoretical part focuses on introducing of basic principles of social responsibility and Fair Trade in the European context. In the empirical part, the primary data are collected with the qualitative method using expert interviews with the key experts from Fair Trade area. Personal opinions and suggestions from professionals and experts are presented and summarized. Afterwards, the empirical finding are compared with theoretical background and results are interpreted.