After reading the thesis, the reader is acquainted with terminology of tourism and its fundamental topics. Furthermore, correlation between culture and tourism will be explained. Culture as one of the significant tourism inducements. It brings plenty of both positive and negative influence on the environment, which is closely outlined. The presented work focuses on the town of Hradec Králové which is described in details, particularly from the point of view of population, economy, infrastructure and culture. The pivot of the thesis is the culture area Festivalpark which is located at the suburbs of Hradec Králové. The work deals with history of the area, its specifics and main events which have taken place in there. Both positive and negative influence of the Festivalpark on Hradec Králové will be assessed by the SWOT method on the basis of the work with data, collected from all accessible subjects who are affected by the existence of the Festivalpark.

This thesis focuses on the complex topic of managing multicultural teams in Hilti -- specifically Market Organization Czech Republic. The main goal is to chose a suitable theoretical model, which could be implemented as a part of the corporate culture of Hilti. It should increase the awareness and tolerance while working as a part of a multicultural team. As a result, the efficiency of multicultural teams in Hilti should increase. The first part focuses on theoretical background -- especially on culture, teams and communication. It also presents several approaches to managing multicultural teams. The second part reveals the current situation in the company through observation and individual discussions. As a result, model based on theory and the results of my observations, is presented.

This thesis deals with the potential of the Czech Republic selected sites inscribed on the World Heritage List. The aim of this work is to confirm the hypothesis that inclusion of the Czech immovable cultural monuments on World Heritage List has an impact on the number of domestic and foreign visitors. In this regard, we will try to outline the positive and negative aspects arising from the inscription of monuments on the World Heritage List. Content of work is the analysis of selected factors that may affect attendance at selected sites. Using sociological research oriented to visitors of selected World Heritage Sites will focus on the perception of visitors of World Heritage Sites, because they are the ones who make the demand for tourism services. In conclusion, the results of research evaluate and propose possible solutions to more closely involved World Heritage Site in the development of tourism in the region.

The thesis deals with cultural standards of Sweden in the context of european civilization and swedish history. It points out important topics and problems of contemporary swedish society. Well-known research of Geert Hofstede is confronted with personal experience of Swedes and foreign visitors. Theoretical lead-in to understanding culture and communication is an integral part of the thesis.

1 Summary The Organizational Culture of the Local Congregation of The Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren. The goal of this thesis is to describe and map the local congregation of Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren from viewpoint of its organizational culture, this perspective makes it possible to understand possible conflicts and prospects of those conflicts within the Evangelical church - its functional units. The theoretical part brings the definitions and meaning of the organizational culture, which are mostly rooted in anthropology. Further it focuses on characterisation, of the church and congregation in terms of their interconnection. In the methodological part, qualitative research methods are used, more precisely six in-depth interviews with six respondents, members of the congregation. Here the perspective of the organizational culture describes the congregation environment and draws near the possible conflict between fundamental values.

This master thesis focuses on multilingualism and interculturality in international projects and work environments. More specifically, it is oriented towards the context of European research projects. The aim of this thesis is to do a qualitative research on the perception and experiences with linguistic and cultural diversity of project partners who are working on European research projects that are funded by the biggest European Research and Innovation programme called Horizon 2020. In the theoretical part, the most important notions such as European research projects, interculturality, communication, multilingualism and lingua franca are defined. After the description of my research method, I proceed to the practical part that is devoted to the presentation and interpretation of interview results.

In my dissertation I have tried to describe the position and perception of dance in contemporary Japanese society from the perspective of modern methods of dance research. I focused on the transformation of the status of dance in society during the 20th century and the beginning of the new millennium, especially in terms of professional dance, its financial and media support, education, occupation and social status of dance artists in various dance genres. Context is completed with a reflection on the current problems of Japanese society that, to a large extent, affect the nation´s approach to dance, as well as a sociological survey on the perception of dance from the perspective of the young generation. It also includes an insight into the linguistic labelling of dance in contemporary Japanese.

The doctoral thesis deals with the topic of specification and comparison of cultural dimensions of companies from different places of global community. Main focus is to answer a question, how the corporate culture and its cultural dimensions influence a shift of a company towards a knowledge-based economy. The identification of cultural dimensions was realized through the quantitative research VSM 94 in two German parent companies and their subsidiaries from the Czech Republic, India, Japan and USA. In case of one Czech subsidiary the research was extended with the qualitative research TCSD. Subsequently the identified cultural dimensions were compared with the desirable cultural dimensions of knowledge-based company. The results show that only cultural dimensions of low power distance and feminity correspond to the knowledge-based economy, long-term orientation is in the transition phase. The longest way to the knowledge-based economy was revealed by collectivism and uncertainty acceptance. Here can be found the greatest potential for corporate culture forming and human resources management. Based on the analysis of cultural dimensions, shared values, strength of corporate culture, cultural influence of parent company and impact of national culture were expressed proposals to shift the examined companies to the ideal state - knowledge-based company.

In the first part of this thesis I explain by means of cultural anthropology, religious studies and performance theories the basic characteristics of ritual and the interconnection between both, ritual and theater. In the second part I analyze various important factors for the development of rituals. With these factors I subsequently analyze my own ritualistic theater productions: Hudební Modlitba Lety 1942 (Ponec Theatre - Prague , CZ, 2014) and the installation and performance Memories (HISTeRIA festival - Gračišče, SL , 2013)

The aim of the thesis is to analyze the mutual perceptions of intercultural differences between Czechs and Germans in business negotiations. Currently, more and more international companies in the Czech republic are based on the cooperation between Czechs and Germans. Mutual cooperation between the representatives of these nations brings many positive effects, but it can also lead to misunderstandings and conflicts, mainly due to the different understanding of some aspects of foreign culture. In theoretical part, the thesis deals with concepts such as globalization, culture, nation and nationality. Furthermore, it deals with intercultural psychology and intercultural communication, which is also related to prejudices and stereotypes. At the end of the theoretical part there is a reference to the cultural dimensions and standards, international business environment and business cooperation between Czechs and Germans. The empirical part describes the semantic differential method, which was the basis for the research. In this research, Czech and German respondents, who are frequent participans in businness negotiations, were addressed.