M.Ed. / GENERAL AIM To investigate the components of teacher competence and how these aspects can be managed to enhance teacher effectiveness. GROUP AIM To investigate the components of effectiveness and how this can enhance teacher competence. SPECIFIC AIM Determine the contribution of curriculum interpretation towards improving effectiveness in the teaching and learning situation; To obtain teacher opinion as to the extent that curriculum interpretation enhances effectiveness; and Devise a possible strategy whereby curriculum interpretation support effectiveness and enhance teacher competence.

Many billions of dollars each year are spent in pursuit of economic and social development goals. The field of program evaluation aims to measure the efficacy of these programs and allocate funds to achieve optimal results. However, current research on program design and evaluation tends to focus on determining causality through complex statistical methods, neglecting intermediate measures of data, such as network metrics. Similarly, research in computational social science has focused on generating hypotheses and validating theory rather than economic development applications. This thesis develops a novel technique for using computational social science to design and evaluate social and economic programs. A framework for program design and evaluation using network metrics is presented, along with two case studies that illustrate the use of this technique. In the first, we consider Start-Up Chile, an economic development program whose goal is to foster networks between Chileans and international entrepreneurs, using network metrics to evaluate its ability to facilitate connection between Chilean and non- Chilean entrepreneurs. Second, an agent-based model for designing entrepreneurial incubators is developed, with novel conclusions for more efficient design of economic development programs.

This master’s thesis describes life cycle phases management of the project Implementation of the project culture in the MoroSystems company from the perspective of a project manager. The thesis comprehensively describes the project from its inception, through planning, implementation up to handover of the outcomes to the customer, completion and evaluation. The thesis contains attachments which document meetings with the customer and project management artifacts created at different stages of the project.

This Master‘s thesis is focused on the assessment of the market value of VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST, a. s. Based on the analysis of the company‘s surroundings and a financial analysis, a financial plan and the company‘s evaluation, using the method of discounted cash flow, are proposed.

The diploma thesis is focused on the planning of personal development of employees in the context of the process of performance management in the organization. Attention is paid to the role and function of personal development planning in achieving the set goals in the process of performance management. The theoretical part defines concepts of performance management, education and development and personal development planning and describes theories of these concepts. The analytical part, based on a study of internal documents and interviews with managers, describes how the work performance of employees in Czech-Moravian Guarantee and Development Bank is managed. The result of this research was identification of weaknesses in the application of the concept of work performance management in the organization. Finally, recommendations are proposed in order to streamline the mentioned processes in the organization. KEYWORDS performance management, evaluation of employees, training of employees, individual development planning, human resources management

This project is a study to determine if a group of middle school students can improve their problem solving ability by means of curriculum of nonroutine problems that was presented over a six month period.

The master´s thesis deal with transportation costs occurred in distribution company. It analyses both the evidence and monitoring of the particular costs, and also the range and efficiency of the spent costs. The outcome of my thesis is proposal of the evidence and the methodics for costs´ evaluation during the physical distribution.

Urban Sprawl, d. h. die exzessive Ausdehnung städtischer Fläche erzeugt sowohl aus ökonomischer, ökologischer und sozialer als auch aus verkehrlicher Sicht negative Wirkungen für Mensch und Umwelt und stellt damit ein ernst zu nehmendes Problem im urbanen Kontext dar. Diese Entwicklung ist einerseits auf natürliche Ursachen wie Bevölkerungswachstum, Präferenzen der Haushalte und die fallenden Transportkosten zurückzuführen. Andererseits treiben aber auch bestehende Marktverzerrungen wie die Subventionierung suburbaner Infrastrukturen, die fehlende Einbeziehung des Nutzens von freier Fläche und im Speziellen die Nicht-Berücksichtigung der externen Kosten des Verkehrs das städtische Wachstum über das optimale Maß hinaus voran. Im Zentrum der vorliegenden Arbeit steht daher das Konzept einer Stadt der kurzen Wege, das eine Möglichkeit darstellt, diesen Problemen zu begegnen. Ziel ist es dabei, mit Hilfe von Verdichtung und Nutzungsmischung innerhalb urbaner Strukturen die Verlagerung und Vermeidung von Verkehr zu erreichen und die zurückgelegten Distanzen insgesamt zu senken. Um die Wirksamkeit dieses Konzeptes besser beurteilen zu können, untersucht die vorliegende Arbeit die folgenden Fragestellungen: • Wie kann eine Stadt der kurzen Wege definiert werden? Welche Merkmale besitzt sie, welche Wirkungen erzeugt sie und wie können diese gemessen werden? • Wie kann eine Stadt der kurzen Wege umgesetzt werden? Welche Strategie wird dazu verfolgt und welche Maßnahmen stehen zur Verfügung? • Inwieweit tragen ausgewählte Maßnahmen zur Schaffung einer Stadt der kurzen Wege bei? Wie wirken sie und welche Rolle spielt ihre Ausgestaltung?

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In this study, senior certificate (standard 10) pupils' attainment of the cognitive and affective aims and objectives of the senior certificate mathematics curriculum was investigated. With regard to the attainment of the cognitive objectives and aims, senior certificate pupils' performance in their mathematics examination, in terms of three broad categories of cognitive abilities (lower level, middle level and higher level mathematical abilities) was analysed and examined. As no norms (criteria) for mathematical attainment in respect of these three categories of cognitive abilities could be identified, these norms had to be firstly developed by the researcher. However, suitable standardised scales were identified and administered to determine senior certificate pupils' attainment of the affective aims and objectives (attitude towards and interest in mathematics). Besides the quantitative analysis, qualitative assessments of senior certificate pupils' attainment of the cognitive and affective aims and objectives were also made using information obtained, by way of a questionnaire, from teachers of senior certificate mathematics classes. The main findings that emerged from this investigation were: * The senior certificate pupils are attaining the desired proficiency levels in the cognitive objectives and aims of the senior certificate mathematics curriculum. However, these pupils are not adequately attaining the affective aims and objectives of the mathematics curriculum. * Qualitative information elicited from senior certificate teachers of mathematics tends to support the above findings which were obtained from the quantitative analysis. * There is a need for curriculum development in certain areas of the senior certificate mathematics curriculum, particularly in Euclidean geometry, for standard grade pupils. In terms of the general findings, certain recommendations were also formulated. In several ways, the present research is a pioneering effort in evaluating the efficacy of the cognitive and affective aims and objectives of the senior certificate mathematics curriculum. It is hoped that this study will serve as a catalyst for future research. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D. Ed. (Didactics)