The purpose of this study was to determine how Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B funds in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) were initially budgeted for sustainable or unsustainable purposes by the 50 Local Education Agencies (LEAs) in East Tennessee in 2009-2010. Federal guidance for use of ARRA funds suggested funds should be spent quickly to create or save jobs and support education reforms. Thoughtful investment in order to avoid the funding cliff when ARRA funds ended was also stressed. The one-time funds presented a substantial increase in federal dollars and provided opportunity for LEAs to reduce maintenance of effort, the level of state and local funds an LEA must maintain in order to receive federal funds. The study was conducted to determine if significant relationships existed among the percentage of economically disadvantaged students, the percentage of dollars taken in reduction of maintenance of effort, geographic demographics of the LEAs, and the percentage of dollars budgeted for sustainable purposes. Data sources included the 2009-2010 IDEA Part B ARRA budget applications and 2009-2010 IDEA Special Education Services LEA Budget Applications as approved by the Tennessee Department of Education. The LEA Report Card Profiles were the source for the percentage of economically disadvantaged population. Significant results were found in the difference in dollars budgeted for unsustainable and sustainable purposes with more funds for unsustainable efforts. No significant relationships were found among the percentage of dollars budgeted for sustainable purposes, the percentage of reduction in maintenance of effort, the percentage of economically disadvantaged students, and the rural-urban index classifications of the LEAs. The study indicates the importance of careful long-term planning by LEAs to identify and prioritize needs in order to appropriately budget short-term funds to the best advantage for students. There may also be implications for state and federal entities that underscore the importance of specific structuring and clear communication of parameters for use of short-term funds.

Currently, human resource management is one of the most important system operations of specific companies. Due to the growing effort to achieve higher competitiveness, companies are looking for new resources, namely human ones, and the importance of human capital within the global society is on the rise. The dynamic management approach involving motivational approaches strenghtens the unique role of information technology and, along with the improved quality of staff, increases general awareness. If the quality of employees and ultimately the quality of the human factor is continuously improved and if the employer motivates the employees towards innovation processes, business will be booming and will have a good position in the market. It is also desirable that employees are motivated to identify with the goals of the their company. The above issues are the main focus of this thesis. The main objective was to analyze the forms of motivation and stimulation and their impact on employees with proposed measures. An analysis of the data and other information obtained was followed by an overall evaluation of the current approaches to motivation and stimulation of human resources in the selected company. Based on this information, measures were proposed to increase employee satisfaction and motivation to better results.