Pagrindinis šio darbo dėmesys skiriamas Zenavičių giminės konversiniams aktams bendrapolitiniame valstybės kontekste, tai yra kaip giminės karjera priklausė nuo tikėjimo pasikeitimų. Šis darbas parodo, kad religinis giminės lojalumas XVI – XVII a. (kada ir vyko Zenavičių giminės tikybinės paieškos) galimas tik giminės gėrovės kontekste. Bratošos-Zenavičiai greičiausiai kilo iš Serbijos didikų, kurie į LDK galėjo atkeliauti per Moldaviją. Aukštą ir netradicinę kilmę liudija ir ankstyviausių žinomų šios giminės narių sėkminga karjera LDK, kuriai nesutrukdė ir stačiatikiškos konfesijos išpažinimas. Zenavičių giminės herbas atspindi atvykusių giminės protėvių adaptaciją. Minėtas tyrimas leidžia mums suprasti, kaip Zenavičiai įsiliejo į kilmingųjų luomą ir kaip greitai jie priėmė LDK formavusį diduomenės modelį. Nuosavybės ženklo savybių turėjo jau Zenovijaus Bratošaičio naudota linijinė kompozicija, kas atspindėjo to meto LDK tradiciją. O tai reiškia, kad jau XV a. Zenavičiai laikė save teisėtais LDK gyventojais, o noras pabrėžti savo kitatautiškumą tik parodo norą paaukštinti savo kilmę ir vaidmenį valstybėje. Vėliau savo kilmingumą Zenavičiai bandė patvirtinti kilmės legenda, kurioje akcentuojamas giminystės ryšis su Serbijos kunigaikščiais – Despotais. Iš pačios legendos galima numanyti, kad kilmingumo sąvoka parodoma su XVI a. būdingu suvokimu. Tad galima visai pagristai teigti, kad legendos kilmė yra ne ankstesnė negu XV a. pabaiga – XVI a. pradžia, o galutinę savo išraišką... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Such political organization as the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (further GDL) need to be analyzed both of political and cultural sizes. It is quite difficult aim. One of the way to find the answer to the question was it possible to made a carrier to an orthodox believer noble in the GDL is to made a genealogical investigation of one such family. So the main goal of this investigation is to find out how could the Bratosz – Zenowicz family made so brilliant carrier being in 15th century Lithuania strangers, came, as it is thinking, from Serbia or Moldavia? It is interesting to realize, when this particular family understand, that they are the members of this state and that they can reach the same goals that any other noble family. We have no enough sources about the question were the family already orthodox when came in the GDL or not. But we know precisely, that already in the end of the 16th century Jorge Zenowicz became a reformat. His son Christopher Zenowich connected in his hands both catholic and reformat beliefs. One of the most important question we need to answer is how did this family get its coat of arms? Was in one general process in all GDL? Analyzing all facts we can constant, that in spite of the act of Horodle, where a conception of coat of arms appeared in the GDL society, but only some families were able to get this sign of nobility, Zenowicz already in 1422 years formatted and confirmed the coat of arms of their own family. Creating the legend about their past... [to full text]

Throughout the world, weather-related and other natural phenomena claim thousands of lives and devour billions of dollars annually in recovery efforts. Destruction of life and property in the wake of disasters is devastating, and can have a dramatic impact on families and businesses around the globe. Yet, published works specifically in the field of Family Resource Management (FRM) reveal a limited understanding of how families respond when these critical events strike with little or no warning, particularly for business-owning families. This paper explores family business responses to a particular natural disaster through case study research from the FRM perspective. Essentially, its purpose is to ascertain whether the FRM description of management is useful for family business systems in the wake of a natural disaster. A review of the FRM and family business literature is offered, followed by a broad description of qualitative methods and a justification for the case study methodology for this project. In-depth information about the successful management of a natural disaster was gathered through face-to-face and phone interviews with five leaders of family-owned businesses. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed, followed by member checks and peer reviews to strengthen the trustworthiness of the findings. Based on the experiences of the five CEOs that participated in this study, it appears that the FRM conceptualization of management generally captured their experience and can perhaps be a useful tool in conceptualizing the preparation for, and recovery from, critical events. It was also found, as anticipated, that access to tangible resources (money, materials, equipment) and intangible resources (communication processes, family unity, adaptability, relationships) was a key to successful management. What was somewhat surprising, however, was the emphasis placed on the power of relationships in the management process. A discussion on how this study relates to previous work on family stress and coping models is offered, and implications for researchers, practitioners, and government agencies that interface with families in business are provided. / Graduation date: 2003

Annotation: The aim of the thesis " Methods of Social Work in Families with a Child in the Terminal Phase of a Disease" is to answer the basic research question, which reads: "How do the social workers of selected Prague organizations focusing on child palliative care perceive the application of methods of social work with child clients in the terminal stage of the disease? " A partial aim of this thesis is to describe the current state of child palliative care in the Czech Republic. The purpose of this diploma thesis is not to map all the methods of social work that could be used in practice, but to note the seriousness, the topicality of the problems and to point out the different perception of the given situation.