The thesis examines quantitative development of foreign trade with ICT goods in the Czech Republic since establishment of the republic in 1993. For this purpose, original data generated from the external trade database gathered by the Czech Statistical Office are used. The main goal of the thesis is to perform thorough de-scription of development of foreign trade with ICT goods in the Czech Republic. Among others, the analysis includes trend and seasonality description, evaluation of impact of the economic crisis in 2008, forecasting of development for 2015, 2016 and 2017, and basic international comparison with several members of the European Union.

ŽALMAN, Jakub. Impact of EU on the internationalization of Czech SMEs in ICT in-dustry. Diploma thesis. Mendel University in Brno, 2015. The topic of this diploma thesis is how is the fact that Czech Republic is member of the EU influencing internationalization of Czech SMEs operating in ICT industry. EU has opened and unified the internal market a lot which gave new possibilities of internationalization for member countries. Importance of the topic is also given by the facts that small and medium-sized companies have crucial importance for Czech economy and ICT industry is growing and has crucial influence on increas-ing effectiveness of companies. Sub-goals of the thesis concerns with the motiva-tion, barriers and risks of internationalization process within the EU. Literature review provides insight into globalization and internationalization itself, possibilities and theoretical approaches to internationalization process. In the literature review are also described different theoretical approaches to risks, barriers and motives of internationalization with emphasis on small and medium-sized companies. Next part of the thesis is focused on the situation of SMEs within EU and Czech Republic, on the ICT industry within the EU and Czech, its im-portance and development in Czech Republic and on the own primary research.

The theme of this thesis is the Global digital divide. The first part deals with past, present and future of the Internet. What direction and what speed should be evolve. Further with the problems of the global digital divide, demarcation, causes, impacts and redress. The practical part of this work consists of three main parts. In the first part is digital divide in the world and differences of using the internet between the territories of the world. In the second and main part is the digital divide in Europe, which compares countries in Europe in using the internet. The third part is a digital divide in the Czech Republic, there are compared regions of the country. The analysis results are wrote down in the graphs and shown graphically in created maps.

This work is focused on developing of own proposals and recommendations for future growth of agile approach in selected company, based on description and analysis of existing procedures in this company. There is basic characteristic of selected company, general and specific description in case study after study of theoretical basis. Agile procedures are compared to principles of agile manifesto and Scrum method in conclusion of the case study. There are identified shortcomings of procedures in agile project management of selected company based on this comparison. For mitigation, or elimination of these shortcomings, there are presented and discussed own proposals and recommendations for future growth of agile approach in selected company.

This thesis deals with the issue of information systems targeted at Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The theoretical part defines basic terminology and creates thereby the theoretical base of the issue of a company´s information systems (IS). Then an analysis of the influence of implementation of information technologies into SMEs is carried out determining the development of the region. The practical part of the thesis is based on a case study dealing with the implementation of the information system QI for a medium-sized project construction company. The case study captures the whole process consisting of the selection of the product, pre-instalment analysis, implementation of the IS, training of the users leading to the system fully operating live. Built on that is then the following economic calculation of the implementation of the IS. The portability of the used solution is then assessed and the resulting outcome of the IS for the company is then evaluated. Drawbacks of the whole process are identified and their solutions are suggested.

This thesis deals with the importance of ICT in the management of household budgets. At first are presented the objectives and the selected methods in the two main areas of work. The theoretical part describes the basic concepts, such as finance, money, income and expenditure, financial management, remuneration and budgeting process. The next section presents the basic forms of home finance management and describes chosen applications. Introduction of practical part deals with the evaluation of a questionnaire survey which aimed to map the situation of the management of home finance university-educated respondents. By questionnaires is determined the age category of respondents, number of dependents and self-employed persons in the household, the method of recording revenue and expenditure and the subsequent establishment of the budget, then the debt or form of household savings. Results are presented graphically and verbally. The next section contains a description of the software solutions accounting of revenue and expenditure and household budgets created specifically for the purpose of this thesis. In chapter Results and Discussion is presented evidence gathered in the practical part using SWOT analysis and proposed measures to eliminate the two identified threats. The final chapter assesses whether the objectives have been achieved.

Este trabalho pesquisa o uso das tecnologias de informação e comunicação que estão sendo usadas pelos adultos de idade avançada no Brasil. O objetivo principal é estudar o uso destas tecnologias para fins educacionais. Adultos idosos têm algumas limitações, têm dificuldades para operar os equipamentos e têm um comportamento particular a respeito do uso de algumas Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação. Este estudo mostra como os adultos de idade mais avançada estão usando essas Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação, suas dificuldades, seus sentimentos a respeito, suas expectativas e como eles estão obtendo algum aprendizado auxiliado por estas tecnologias e seus benefícios para sua qualidade de vida. Para designar este grupo de adultos, que abrange a 3ª idade e mais um segmento de idade imediatamente abaixo, foi criada a expressão "Adulto de Idade Avançada" (55 a 90 anos). Para que se possam quantificar as formas, intensidade de uso e dificuldades no uso foi criado um índice que mede o quanto e como estes adultos estão usando de cada tecnologia, permitindo assim uma comparação e classificação. Através desse índice podem-se determinar estatisticamente quais variáveis influenciam ou não o uso das tecnologias e inferir perfil e comportamento da população estudada. Conhecido este perfil pode-se fazer recomendações e associações de tecnologias com tipos de atividades que possam promover algum tipo de aprendizado para estes usuários e com isto lhes adicionar um componente a mais de qualidade de vida. / This work researches the use of Information and Communication Technologies that are used by advanced age adults. The main purpose is to study the usage of those technologies for educational purposes. Older adults have some limitations, have difficulties to operate the devices and have a particular behavior about the use of some modern technologies. This study shows how the seniors are using these technologies, the difficulties they felt, their expectations and how they are getting some learning helped by the technologies and its benefits to their life quality. To designate this adult group, that covers the third age and one more age segment, immediatelly below, was created the expression "Advanced Age Adult" (55 to 59 years). In order to be able to quantify the kinds, intensity of use and difficulties in using was created an index that measures how much and how these adults are using each technology, thus allowing a comparison and classification. Through this index can be determined statistically which factors influence whether or not the use of technologies and inferred profile and behavior of the population studied. Known this profile can make recommendations and associations with technology types of activities that can promote some kind of learning for these users and by this, they can add one more component to their quality of life.

Digital technologies have been present in the educational environment in the Czech Republic and other countries for many years. Not only are they becoming a relatively frequent means of making education more attractive, but they also have a great potential for improving methods of illustration in areas difficult to visualize, such as human biology and anatomy. The presented thesis is divided into the theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part summarizes available specialized literature covering the bases for utilizing digital technologies in the practice of teaching; maps out the process of implementing digital technologies into schools in the Czech Republic; and last but not least, describes key elements and methods of teaching with the help of digital technologies. The practical part introduces the results of a survey which took the form of a mixed methods research among elementary and high school pupils, teachers, and students of Teaching Preparation programs. In the final discussion, the amassed data are compared to some of the relevant past surveys conducted by various subjects. In addition, the practical part also includes model activities for using digital technologies in human biology teaching; a description of their pilotage; and a critical reflection on the process. KEYWORDS...

Students' use of technology for the purpose of academic and leisure pursuits is ever increasing. Technology access, and its subsequent use for the many varied forms of digital reading, is particularly timely and relevant for high school aged students that will likely interact with digital reading for years to come. The relationship between academic technology use, non-academic technology use, and students' scores on the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) supplemental Digital Reading Assessment (DRA) as they related to gross domestic product (GDP) were explored in this study. Research questions were answered using extant data collected from the DRA and Information Communication Technology (ICT) survey portions of the 2009 PISA. Results indicated that academic and non-academic technology use ICT survey items were moderately correlated, however the academic and non-academic survey items were only weakly correlated to the DRA score. Moreover, the non-academic mean score was significantly higher than the academic mean score survey items. Finally, a regression analysis showed that GDP accounted for 3.28% of the variance; the non-academic survey explained 0.27% of the variance, while the academic technology use survey items only accounted for .05% of variance in the DRA. The relationship between academic and non-academic technology use as well as countries' overall DRA and GDP is further explored in the discussion.

Research report presented to SBL, Unisa, Midrand. / No abstract / Graduate School of Business Leadership / MBL