Title: Development and Education of Employees through Outdoor Activities in the Insurance Company ČSOB Objectives: The aim of this thesis is based on the findings of the current state of human resource management, methods of development and education of workers in ČSOB Insurance Company subsequent design changes in the field of human resources. Furthermore, finding effective solutions for improvement in cooperation, communication and business development of human potential through experiential outdoor activities. Methods: Analysis of documents, SWOT analysis, interviews. Results: Creation of draft recommendations for future planning strategy for education and staff development. The focus of this thesis is the design of outdoor teambuilding course, which will be able to ČSOB Insurance Management and the Department of Human Resources to include in their plans for training and staff development. Keywords: Training, development, teambuilding, outdoor, team, ČSOB Insurance.

Arbetskraften på svenska festivaler består till stor del av volontärer. Vid arbete med volontärer kan vissa problem uppstå, exempelvis att volontärer inte dyker upp till sina pass. Vilket i sin tur kan innebära en viss osäkerhet för projektet. Då volontärer är en slags gratis arbetskraft gäller det att hitta och fokusera på andra faktorer än monetär ersättning som kan motivera och styra volontären, och på så sätt försöka reducera osäkerheten. Syftet med uppsatsen är att ta reda på hur festivalarrangörer styr volontärer, samt i vilken utsträckning de använder sig av ansvarsfördelning i nuläget. Metoderna vi valde att använda oss av, baserades mycket på att vi ville att våra egna erfarenheter och uppfattningar skulle vara en del av vår uppsats. Uppsatsen är baserad på en kvalitativ forskningsmetod, med inriktning på en abduktiv ansats. Vår primärdata har vi samlat in med hjälp av intervjuer från tre olika respondenter som arbetar med volontärer på tre olika svenska festivaler. Något vi kommit fram till är att det är viktigt att förstå volontärer och dess beteende för att kunna styra dem. Viktiga faktorer som kan påverka styrningen är att ha en välfungerande grund inför projektet, bestämma sig för hur styrningen ska utformas och veta hur man kan motivera volontärerna. Uppsatsen riktar sig framförallt mot festivalorganisationer som jobbar med volontärer, men även andra organisationer som jobbar med ideell arbetskraft.

In this essay we have investigated how team building can make a project group more effective towards reaching the goals of the project. With this question at issue we have interviewed a couple of project managers in the event industry that we believed was well suited for this research. The purpose of this essay has been to view if team building is used in practice and if so is used with the purpose to make the project groups work more efficient. To reach our purpose we chose to use a qualitative method with a cross-sectional design and semi-structured interviews.In the theoretical reference frame there is one chapter about the project manager's influence on the project group, definition of team building, definition of the project group and how a team is created, the groups different stages and pros and risks with having a friendly work relationship. Among other things we used the FIRO-model that presents which different phases a group goes through.The study came to the conclusion that team building can make a project more efficient by having a project manager that is enthusiastic. Team building can also enhance the chemistry within the project group and help the group to get to know each other in a simple way. For example having lunch together or that the company organizes kick-offs before the project goes into intense periods. The study also came to the conclusion that it is good for the group to get to know one another as long as they stay professional in their work role. It is important that the project group is not afraid to speak their minds to help the project grow.This paper is written in Swedish. / Denna uppsats undersöker hur teambuilding kan effektivisera en projektgrupp mot att nå de uppsatta målen i projektet. Med denna frågeställning som grund har vi intervjuat ett flertal projektledare i eventbranschen som vi ansett passat in i vår studie. Syftet med studien har varit att se om teambuilding används i praktiken och om det i så fall används med syfte att effektivisera projektgruppens arbete. För att nå vårt syfte valde vi att använda oss av en kvalitativ metod med tvärsnittsdesign och semistrukturerade intervjuer.I den teoretiska referensramen har vi med avsnitt om projektledarens påverkan på projektgruppen, definition av teambuilding och projektgruppen, hur ett team skapas, gruppens olika faser samt fördelar och risker med att ha en vänskaplig arbetsrelation. Vi använde bland annat FIRO-modellen som visar på vilka faser en grupp genomgår.Studien resulterade i att vi funnit att teambuilding kan effektivisera projekt genom att ha en projektledare som är entusiasmerande. Teambuilding kan också hjälpa till att skapa personkemi inom gruppen och hjälpa gruppen att lära känna varandra genom ett så enkelt sätt som att äta lunch tillsammans eller att företaget anordnar kick-offer innan intensiva perioder i projektet. Det som studien kommit fram till är att det är till projektets fördel att gruppen lär känna varandra så länge de håller sig professionella och fortfarande inte är rädda för att ge varandra konstruktiv kritik som får projektet att växa.

The aim of my thesis is an analysis of workers´ care and team-building activities of two previously chosen financial-consulting companies. The theoretical part focuses on the definition of the fundamental concepts of workers´ care and teambuilding. Next two chapters deal with characteristics of each company in terms of defined monitored aspects, it means in terms of workers´ care and team-building activities. The outcome of the practical part is an analysis of the research among workers of both companies in terms of workers´ care and team-building activities. Finally, I evaluate both aspects in those companies and suggest recommendations to improve these areas.

The teambuilding event refers to the structured attempt to improve or develop the effectiveness of a group of people who work together. It is a method used to improve productivity by getting subordinates to work together. It helps to generate teamwork so it enhances lateral and vertical communication where participants develop a sense of interpersonal trust and support. Group dynamics refer to the cause-and-result relationship which exists in a group and the study of its development. This research aims to interpret the group dynamics of a structured teambuilding event. A sample of 40 cabin controllers of a South African airline was used, who were divided in four separate groups. The teambuilding event was requested by the airline and participants were aged between 21-60 years old. The results of this introductory case study indicated that group dynamics can successfully be interpreted in a teambuilding event. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial Psychology)

Title: Changing of social cohesion through courses in nature Aims: Aim of the study is to provide a comprehensive perspective on the topic of changes of the social cohesion of groups after the course activities in nature. Methods: Methods used in the work are text analysis with secondary data analysis. Results: An analysis of available sources revealed that the odds of outdoor activities have a positive effect on the development of social cohesion among work groups as well as groups of adolescents and sports teams. The work also deals other benefits of outdoor activities courses. Key words: social cohesion, team building, outdoor education, sociometry, group, team

The diploma thesis is based on the presentation of adaptation courses as a specific form of primary prevention of bullying in a school class. The thesis concerns with the adaptation courses methodology of Agentura Wenku s. r. o. These courses emphasize cranking of processes which are essential for healthy functioning of the school class. The positive climate which is created during the courses help to minimalize the appearance of risk behaviour such as bullying. The first part of the thesis introduces bullying in the school environment, forms of its prevention and the importance of positive social climate in a school class for functioning of prevention programmes such as adaptation course. The methodology created by Agentura Wenku s. r. o. is described in detail in the second part of the thesis. The thesis describes didactic process and specific games which are used by the agency in its programme including Zpětné vazby (feedback) - a reflexive method which differs the adaptations courses of Agentura Wenku s. r. o. programmes from other courses offered by competing agencies. The last part analyses the results of a brief survey of the attitude of teachers concerning the discussed topic. KEYWORDS adaptation event, bullying, prevention, adaptation, risk behaviour, classroom climate, teambuilding

The teambuilding event refers to the structured attempt to improve or develop the effectiveness of a group of people who work together. It is a method used to improve productivity by getting subordinates to work together. It helps to generate teamwork so it enhances lateral and vertical communication where participants develop a sense of interpersonal trust and support. Group dynamics refer to the cause-and-result relationship which exists in a group and the study of its development. This research aims to interpret the group dynamics of a structured teambuilding event. A sample of 40 cabin controllers of a South African airline was used, who were divided in four separate groups. The teambuilding event was requested by the airline and participants were aged between 21-60 years old. The results of this introductory case study indicated that group dynamics can successfully be interpreted in a teambuilding event. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial Psychology)

The thesis deals with the impact of teambuilding on the social climate in organization. The theoretical part describes the climate in the workplace, corporate culture, teamwork and clarifies the concept of teambuilding, including its principles and forms. The practical part consists of the presentation of the research results concerning the effects of a teambuilding course organized for the employees of Essox s.r.o. Based on the theoretical analysis, the diploma thesis states that teambuilding affects the social climate in the organization, and it is one of the means how to improve its social climate. The research revealed that the Essox teambuilding had a positive impact on the social climate in the area of interpersonal relationships, but did not impact on building teams and teamwork.

This thesis deals with teambuilding in connection with management of changes in clinical practice and in manager practice. The executives in nursing are registered nurse managers, bearers of changes in quality of nursing care. Courses of teambuilding are a part of educational programmes for development of managerial skills of nurses. Teambuilding means both, team education or building of a team, and training focused on support of mutual confidence and team cooperation. A combination of methods of qualitative and quantitative research was chosen to elaborate the empiric part of the paper. The objective of a qualitative part was to find out, how much are the teambuilding courses used in practice and what is the benefit of the courses for the team. The data were obtained by means of a half-standardized interview with 6 respondents who took part in the teambuilding course. Three hypotheses were set on the basis of these interviews. These hypotheses became then a background for the second stage of the research by means of quantitative method. The objectives of quantitative research were to survey nurse managers´ awareness of possibilities of team education, to find out whether the nurses are interested in courses and to reveal obstacles in realization of teambuilding courses in medical facilities. By means of questionnaires for ordinary nurses and for nurse managers we achieved the objectives. The hypothesis about the awareness of nurse managers of the course was not proved. The second hypothesis about the interest of ordinary nurses in teambuilding courses was not proved either. The lack of financial resources was mentioned as the most frequent obstacle for realization of the course. During the collection of the data for the research in management in nursing, a lack of publishing activities of nurse managers was revealed. A lot of interesting information was obtained thanks to the interviews with nurse managers. Publishing of the experience of sister managers with leading and managing nursing teams would become significant contribution and inspiration for other nurses in practice.