5 ABSTRACT The presented thesis, which is complemented with a case study, deals with education of employees in the process of adaptation. Attention is paid to the theoretical anchoring of this issue by specialised literature. On the theoretical level, the thesis outlines adaptation and adaptation process, employee training as well as education of employees who are in the adaptation process. This theme is deliberately shown in connections and actual context through introduction of the system of education of employees in the adaptation process as it is set in a selected company. It discusses the way of identification of educational needs, and the planning, implementation as well as subsequent evaluation of the education. The aim of the thesis is to provide a comprehensive view of education of employees in the process of adaptation, and to find out within empirical research how the system of education of employees in adaptation process is set in a specific selected company. Keywords: adaptation process, new employees, human resource management, employee education

Thesis is focused on personal management in public administration with accent on educational facilities. The base for quality as well as effective function of those facilities (schools) is created by human resources. Analysis and evaluation of personal management at selected schools located in the area of Chrudim district, incl. assessment of requirements for improvement of state-of-art situation, are the aim of the thesis. The positions of an officer and of an educational facility employee are compared. Individual activities of personal management are also engaged next to it. The thesis is based on professional literature as well as on the Act No. 561/2004 Coll. on pre-school, basic, secondary, tertiary professional and other education. Practical part of the thesis is based on materials provided by schools. Evaluation of this problem and proposal of recommendations are based on these materials.

This thesis describes and analyses diversity management and its best practices (with the focus on nationalities and cultures). The central question in this research is: 'what are the essential elements of diversity management to effectively manage diversity within organizations?' Via desk- and field research (interviews and questionnaires) information is obtained to answer this question and other sub questions of the thesis. Nowadays, organizations have to adapt themselves to a rapidly changing environment, both internal and external. Companies have to deal with a continuously evolving labor- and sales market, which is the result of various factors, including the changing demographic composition and globalization. Organizations cannot longer ignore diversity and should take it into account, to ensure that the company will not face any future problems related to recruiting, efficiency, innovation, growth, et cetera. Based on the conducted research, it became clear that implementing diversity management consists out of several stages, namely: 1. Establish diversity council and appoint diversity contact officer who together bear the main diversity responsibilities; 2. Previous diversity initiatives should be visualized; 3. Organizational data must be collected; 4. Diversity strategy and priority areas must be set up (inclusive organizational culture, management support and awareness & commitment); 5. Establish diversity policy (allowance of country-by-country deviations) and 6. Define diversity tools (recruitment, training, mentoring & coaching, career development, linkage diversity & performance, benefits/other factors and partnering with external bodies). During these different stages, it is important to communicate with all employees, since this will create support, awareness and commitment to diversity. After the process has been completed, it is important to monitor and evaluate the diversity vision, policy and tools. Main conclusions that can be drawn from the research are the following: 1. Diversity brings more advantages than disadvantages; 2. Management team diversity is of great importance; 3. Inclusive organizational culture is essential; 4. Diversity management must be integrated and 5. Attractiveness of diversity management should be promoted. In addition, the conducted research made clear that companies should spend more time and energy to diversity management and they should really focus on their 'ability to execute', since this will bring many advantages and will avoid future problems.

The present diploma thesis deals with HR controlling, which represents an effective way for organizations to monitor and assess quantitative and qualitative indicators. HR controlling is an efficient means of demonstrating the contribution of HR managers not only to their departments but also to the overall aims of organizations. The first part of the thesis defines basic theoretical prerequisites concerning the importance of HR management in organization efficiency, the HR system and HR controlling. The analytical part of the thesis begins with the presentation of the BUZULUK, a.s. company. The principal part of the thesis is comprised of a situational analysis, the definition of the needs of internal HR department customers and a new conception of personal indicators. The main aim of the thesis is to analyze the present approach of the BUZULUK, a.s. company to efficiency assessment in the field of human resources and, based on this, to propose a system of efficiency indicators, which might ultimetely help the implementation of HR controlling in the aforementioned company.

The presented study focuses on online social media and possibilities of their use in human resource management. The aim of the study is to define recommendations for a more effective application of social media and their tools in HR management, based on an analysis of social media tools and evaluation of results of a research carried out among Czech organizations. The study also attempts to identify the potential use of individual online social media in the respective HR activities. The study consists of a theoretical and an analytical part. The theoretical part first describes social media as a whole and then presents a description of the most common social networking services. The analytical part comprises three chapters. One chapter includes an analysis of social media tools and their potential use in the respective HR activities, while another chapter contains a description and analysis of the results of a research examining the use of social media in HR practice of Czech organizations. The final chapter presents a comparison of the outputs of both analyses. Recommendations for a more effective use of social media in HR practice are then defined based on this comparison. The outcomes of this comparison include the finding that practical use is in accordance with the defined potential only in the case of LinkedIn, which is by far the most used social networking service in Czech organizations. Facebook is the second; however, the extent to which it is used does not fully match the possibilities it offers. This also holds for other social media, particularly in terms of their use for recruitment and HR marketing, the most suitable HR activity for social media. The recommendations defined for using social media in HR practice of Czech organizations therefore mainly include greater diversification of the range of these tools used in recruitment and HR marketing, leading to addressing different types of job candidates and to better employer branding, and screening job candidates on various social networking services, using as many resources as possible.

The Master's thesis "Performance management" is focused on performance of employees in health care system. The main incentive for a writing this Master's thesis was a growing dissatisfaction of employees. Analysis of the thesis is focused on performance management system, which is largely difficult to determinate in health care. For the analysis results to be relevant, it is supplemented with a survey among employees which has confirmed that the system has its flaws, especially in mutual communication between managers and their subordinates. One of the strengths of the system can be the fact that the company is trying to overcome the rigid human resources management system, which still dominates in the contemporary health sector.

The thesis characterizes controlling as a tool for measuring processes effectiveness. It explains main drivers and key assumptions of the controlling existence. It is focused on controlling possibilities to be applicable in human resource management. Moreover, it names particular human resource practices and describes methods of the human resource controlling. The objective is to find the appropriate methods of evaluating human resource management effectiveness. Key Plastics Janovice is chosen as a company that already deals with the HR controlling at some level. In the thesis, there is looking for possibilities to apply the HR controlling and to keep current processes at the same time. The model of HR Balanced Score Card is proposed as a general tool for evaluating the effectiveness of employed human resources by the company.

This diploma thesis deals with personal work and human resource management in these days, when it comes to a number of modern information technologies. Main objective is to analyze the management of human resources, given the focus of the case studies, especially in the field of internet marketing, and based on this analysis, determining entitlement to the HR systems and a procedure for evaluating selected HRIS (Human Resource Information System). With main objective relates to show the established procedure evaluation of selected systems in practice. For this purpose a case study on a particular emerging company. Objective will be achieved by setting the steps of selecting, characterizing the selected products and specifying criteria for each of the four groups with the system of weights. Will be used the methods of analysis and comparison. The work is divided into four chapters. The first two - Human Resources and HRIS - are focused theoretically. The third chapter is focused on a market analysis, determination of the steps for the selection and evaluation criteria for selected products. At the conclusion of this chapter are products evaluated through clear tables. The last chapter is devoted to the case study and evaluation of products according to specific needs and requirements. There is to modify the system of weights and decommissioning some minor criteria. By thus adjusted weights is chosen the product that best matches.

This work deals with employee's job satisfaction in organization Y. The aim of this work is to work out analysis of examined area or let's say to find out the current situation of the examined area, to detect weak points and to suggest further recommendations to improve the actual situation. In theoretical part of this work, we can find specification of all terms related to human resources management, work satisfaction and staff motivation. Further there are defined aspects influencing this satisfaction. Practical part is focused on analysis of particular company, where the questionnaire-investigation has been carried out, based on which the subsequent recommendations for improvement in job satisfaction are suggested.

Graduate recruitment is an activity that is practiced by many organisations and HR professionals in South Africa (SAGRA, 2012), yet there is still much to learn about the challenge of what graduates perceive to be the most important factors in attracting and retaining them. In addition, it is generally known that the information and communications technology (ICT) industry is at “war for talent” (McKinsey&Company, 2007) among IT graduates due to the scarcity of the IT skills set (ITWEB, 2008). IT News Africa (2012) reports that South Africa has a growing shortage of skilled workers within the information and communication technology (ICT) field. This can particularly be indicated by the numbers released by South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs, which for instance, has issued a detailed list of 7,600 open ICT technical job vacancies (IT News Africa, 2012). The objectives of the study were: (1) to determine what firstly attracts IT graduates to ICT companies, and (2) to determine what retains these IT graduates. The purpose of this was to assist HR managers to overcome the challenge of attraction and retention within the ICT industry. Data for this study was collected by means of an online survey, namely the IT Graduate Recruitment Survey, on a purposive sample (N = 172) of IT graduates in the South African IT sector. Descriptive frequency, median, ranking and chi-square statistics revealed significant insight into the IT graduate’s perspective of attraction and retention factors. The main findings indicate that the top attraction factors for IT graduates include interest in the prospective organisation’s specific products, the services it provides and the employer’s brand in the industry; the overall reputation of the employer; career opportunities; security of employment; and to be able to make use of the IT qualification for which they studied. The two most influential advertising techniques to attract IT graduates are people who already work in the industry, and employer websites. The top retention factors include the availability of opportunities for further study, being supported by the employer and future career opportunities. The findings contribute valuable insight and knowledge to the field of Human Resource Management that can be applied in the recruitment, selection and talent management processes in relation to IT graduates in the ICT industry. Future research could compare different ethnic, gender and qualification groups – i.e. an IT degree candidate versus a diploma candidate – and their expectations when entering the workplace. The impact of on-boarding and induction can also be investigated in terms of the impact these have on retention. It is also recommended that researchers conduct in-depth qualitative interviews together with the current questionnaire to evaluate IT students’ and graduates’ perceptions of the viable attraction and retention techniques more critically. / Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / Human Resource Management / unrestricted