The final thesis deals with competitive position of an educational institution, which provides Masters of Business Administration programs on the Czech market with managerial education. Using the methodology of positional maps it evaluates the power of the school towards its competitors. The thesis includes an analysis of internal and external environment which provides us with major strengths and weaknesses of our institution. It also sets the fields management of the school should concentrate on. The thesis can also serve for MBA potential customers as a list of institutions which provide this type of education in the Czech Republic.

The thesis is focused on system simulators and their use in management education. It is concentrated on the use of management games and simulators. The work begins with a general overview of system simulation, clarification of basic concepts and more detailed information on simulation modeling. It informs readers about the history of this branch, data inputs, relation with other disciplines. I am interested in modeling and simulation goals of typical usage. I deal with the usual user profile of management games, the reasons for using simulation modeling, description various types of simulators, microworlds, possibility of a formal knowledge representation. Work describe area of management games. There is also a description of the influence of games on the managerial hard and soft skills, including their relationship with various levels of management. The thesis focus on market research of management games and simulators, and then selecting the appropriate management games for teaching at the Faculty of Management in Jindřichův Hradec. Suitable games are described in greater detail and compared.

AUTHOR: Ing. et Bc. Lenka Návratová DEPARTMENT: Centrum školského managementu SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Václav Trojan, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: This thesis focuses on current status of a school headmaster, his/her roles, function and competence. The aim of the thesis is to determine the level of respondents'opinions for the needs of introducing the headmaster`s profession and its influence on the quality of the school management with a potential impact on the overall level of education in the Czech Republic. The thesis also submits analyses of levels of knowledge in certain areas of management competences and assesses their importance for management work of the headmaster as basis for setting standards and headmaster` s career. The first part of the thesis include theoretical knowledge of school management. It introduces the preparation and filling of school managerial staff. It also introduces the creation of a competency model as a tool for selection, evaluation and further development of training school headmasters. This thesis includes a science part which is made of empirical research carried out by the questionnaire method. It is focused on mapping the managerial skills and knowledge of school headmasters and the need to set the school standard. Consequently the comparison of the development level of selected...

The aim of the thesis is to make a strategic analysis of the newly opened private school by University of Economics, Prague. For analysis of external environment is used PEST model and Porter's model of Five Competitive Forces. Special attention is paid to description of Czech-MBA-schools market. Internal environment is described by analysis of company's resources. Outputs from partial analyses are summarised in SWOT analysis. SWOT analysis serves than for formulation of strategic recommendation to ISBM.

This thesis charts the developments that have occurred in the field of managerial education specifically from the perspective of the current trends in educational programmes both in the Czech Republic as well as abroad. The theoretical section of the thesis consists of a pilot study aimed at the demand for educational and developmental programmes amongst a selected research sample of managers and also at an analysis of the supply offered by a sample of educational organisations located in the City of Prague. Based on the information that was gathered, certain conclusions were drawn and recommendations made for modifying the study programmes offered by the Faculty of Management of the University of Economics.