This diploma thesis deals with the quality of education and possibilities of its measuring. Primarily it is focused on the assessment Programme for International Student Assessment. The aim of this diploma thesis is to find out whether significant regional disparities could be identified and to reveal potential factors influencing the causes of these disparities. Education is generally considered to be important factor of regional development and the way how to improve economic and social situation of the region. Theoretical part of the diploma thesis describes definitions of the basic concepts, the role of education in theories of the regional development, issue of education quality and background of PISA project. Practical part introduces the education system in the Czech Republic and the role of our regions as partly autonomous units. Especially the attention is paid to PISA results. The last results 2012 of Czech regions are the object of further analysis.

Companies strive to stand up on the marketplace and prosper. Naturally, hiring the best people is necessary as much as facilitating employees to work at their full potential. This present thesis investigates the relationship between managerial coaching and employee's performance. First, using information from interview of managers. And second, using data from a sample of 102 respondents, multiple regression analysis and Pearson correlation analysis was conduced with SPSS software. The result found that managerial coaching as an indirect impact on employee performances. This thesis provides data on coaching effectiveness.

This thesis explores two important aspects of growth, namely the roles of financial development and inequality. The recent literature has indicated that both the finance-growth and inequality-growth relationships are complex and not well captured through conventional linear regression analyses. Thus, most of the existing empirical literature focuses on marginal or direct growth effects, ignoring the role of possible factors, conditions and thresholds that may alter our thinking about how financial development or inequality may affect economic growth. Further, it ignores the presence of outliers, especially in cross-sectional analyses which may hinder our understanding of these relationships. Therefore, Chapter 1 addresses the issue of outliers in finance-growth literature and provides a robust sensitivity analysis of some past studies and an updated data set. Chapter 2 focuses on whether R&D plays a role, potentially as a proxy for an omitted variable, for growth and whether it has important interactions with financial development. Chapter 3 then examines the role of inequality for growth, allowing the effects to differ depending on the level of human versus physical capital accumulation.The cross-sectional analysis of Chapter 1 employs the robust regression methods of median quantile regression and least trimmed squares. It shows that the findings of past studies are sensitive to outlier observations. Further, we find that the positive effect of financial development on growth disappears and even becomes negative once we use our extended data set of 86 countries over the period 1997-2006. This last finding is consistent with Rousseau and Wachtel (2011). Moreover, we investigate whether our understanding of the finance-growth relationship can further be improved by introducing a measure of R&D into the standard analysis. We note that our measure of R&D has a strong positive effect on growth and may proxy the role of an omitted variable which is highly correlated with economic growth.Chapter 2 also uses R&D and investigates its interaction with conventionally measured financial development. It employs a variety of panel data techniques for a panel of 36 OECD and non-OECD countries to show that the relationship between financial development and economic growth is not straightforward; rather, it is conditional upon the level of innovation or R&D. Further, we find that a high level of technological innovation or R&D is associated with a weak or negative effect of financial development on economic growth. It is also noted that R&D is associated with financial innovation and the results suggest that countries with a high level of R&D may have less regulated financial systems which can adversely affect the finance-growth relationship.The third chapter explores the relationship between inequality and growth in the context of a unified empirical approach suggested by the theoretical model of Galor and Moav (2004). Based on that model, we construct a new measure, the human capital to physical capital ratio, which is used to study threshold effects in the inequality-growth relationship. Methodologically, we use threshold regression with instruments, developed by Caner and Hansen (2004), which allows us to endogenously identify the threshold human capital to physical capital ratio that alters the inequality-growth relationship. Using data on 82 countries, our results show that there exist significant threshold effects, with a level of the human capital to physical capital ratio below which the effect of inequality on growth is positive and significant, whereas it is negative and significant above it. We also test the robustness of our results using different measures of the human capital to physical capital ratio. These results are consistent with the theoretical predictions of Galor and Moav (2004).

Research of the relationship between human capital and economic growth has been significantly developing since 1960s'. This thesis aims to contribute to the topic of human capital, map its importance in the theoretical and empirical economics and examine the influence on macroeconomic growth. In most of the countries human capital and education are budgeted mainly from the public resources thus is the human capital theory important for the public sector as well. First part of the thesis presents the main growth models and its evolution concerning also the human capital. In the second part there is a summary of the most important empirical literature. In the third part I present and comment the results of the empirical analyses. The benchmark data panel covers 92 countries within years 1960-2005. The method of analyses is panel data regression. The primary finding of the thesis is confirmation of the positive influence that human capital has on the economic growth. Third part also tests the most adequate proxy of the human capital. The quality of the human capital as well as the link between quantity and quality are also reflected in the regression analyses.

The master thesis answers the following question - Are the public or the private employees more effective in their work? In terms of the structure, number of majour factors driving the effectivness of employee's working styles are mentioned in the theoretic section of the paper. Followed by empirical research that investigates which employees display the type of behaviour that leads to superior performance. Final section presents recommendations on how such findings can help companies improve the behaviour of their workforce.

This thesis explores return on investment within higher education in the Czech Republic. It analyzes the issue, comparing groups of students studying at Czech universities, according to their country of origin. The first part of the thesis is focused on defining higher education as an economic asset, and exploring its financing in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, the concept of human capital is analyzed, including its history, methodology and the types of return on investment identified within higher education. In the second part the parameters for the analysis are defined. This section also outlines the set method for calculating return on investment within higher education in the Czech Republic. The return on investment for students in higher education is then examined between the three nationalities with the highest representation in Czech universities -- Czech, Slovak and Russian students.

The main aim of dissertation thesis is to estimate, how much affects the investment on human capital (tertiary education) economic benefits. Thesis includes results about internal rates of return and also some estimation based on Mincer function. Results are compared with OECD Education at A Glance publication. Thesis works with models of tuition fees and progressive personal income tax.

The dissertation focuses on the valuation of human assets for the purpose of business valuation. The introduction section contains, among others, search of knowledge about the human capital valuation including an identification of "empty spaces" in the business valuation theory in connection with the valuation of human assets. The main aim of the dissertation is the theoretical and experimental development of selected "empty spaces" which were divided into two levels - direct (separate) valuation of human assets and indirect (implicite) valuation of human assets through enterprise valuation methods DCF and EVA. The theoretical section includes a treatise on the status of human assets (human capital) within the intellectual capital and the absence of human assets in the financial statements which are coming to the conclusion that human assets should be incorporated as a separate item in net operating assets of the enterprise in DCF and EVA valuation methods. The dissertation analyzes various definitions of human capital and subsequently on the basis of specific design requirements derives definition of human assets for the purposes of business valuation. The experimental section provides descriptions and analyzes of available methods/models for human assets (human capital) valuation. Subsequently, the derived modified income approach valuation for the direct valuation of human assets includes proposals for an allocation of revenues attributable to human assets, an incorporation of the quality element of human assets assessment to a forecast of future revenues which are attributable to human assets and the specific discount rate for human assets. In the framework of indirect valuation of human assets (in DCF and EVA methods), the attention is aimed to a design of variant options of financial value of human assets incorporation into the net operating assets (among others, these part also contains a proposal of a theoretical basis for determining of human assets market value) and adjustments of economic reports: net operatig assets (NOA) and net operating profit after tax (NOPAT). The variant incorporation of human assets into the NOA is analysed especially for the purpose of finding out changes in the distribution of the enterprise value between NOA and market value added and changes in the profitability of the invested capital compared to the situation when no financial value of human assets is incorporated into the NOA. The final section is focused to a proposal of recommendations for human assets valuation. The recommendations include a part for the direct valuation of human assets (cost and revenue approach) and the indirect valuation of human assets through DCF and EVA valuation methods.

This diploma thesis addresses the tertiary education in Denmark. Education and investment in human capital are the key factors for economic growth nowadays. This thesis describes a system of education in Denmark, focusing on tertiary education. It analyzes the indicators that are related to higher education. Among these indicators are length of study, the amount of earnings according to educational attainment and unemployment. These indicators are presented in an international context and are compared with the values of countries in the European Union and countries belonging to the OECD. This thesis is focused on the Danish tertiary education mainly because in Denmark, college students are viewed differently than in the Czech Republic. Students at universities in Denmark have the option to receive subsidies and loans that are available to everyone. As a result, Denmark ranks among countries with the highest expenditure on education relative to GDP. In conclusion, the thesis evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the system in Denmark and also comes up with proposals to improve the system.

A qualitative transcendental phenomenological methodology was used to identify the essence of healthcare workers' perceptions at the workplace. In-depth interviews were conducted on 25 physical therapists and physical therapist assistants consisting of over 214 years of clinical experience representing 11 clinical sites in the South Florida area. The perceptions towards their coworkers and managers during times of change were explored from a variety of angles and yielded an insightful essence of the work they do on a day to day basis as front-line medical professionals. There were eight major concerns identified as influential factors that impact job performance, coworker and manager relationships, and patient care in this segment of the healthcare system. Based on the essence derived from the therapists' and assistants' experiences, 14 functional propositions were posited and lay the foundation for future research. Managerial recommendations along with the Healthcare Workers Systematic Daily Flow Model were offered to guide in the development of the recommended initiatives.