scholarly journals Universities, human capital, social capital and enterprise: some lessons from the Czech Republic

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Šárka Hrabinová ◽  
Jiří Novosák ◽  
Oldřich Hájek ◽  
Nataša Pomazalová
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Support Measures ◽  
Questionnaire Research ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
The University ◽  
High Share

The goal of this paper is to evaluate the state-of-the-art and potential of interactions between universities and firms, using the Zlinsky region as a case study. Practically, attitudes of firms located in the Zlinsky region towards their cooperation with the Tomas Bata University in Zlin are surveyed on the basis of questionnaire research. Theoretically, this paper is embedded in the debate on changing missions of universities. The findings point at a high share of firms which declare some form of interactions with the Tomas Bata University in Zlin. However, considering human and social capital, these interactions are frequent only in rather less progressive forms of interactions. More progressive interactions between firms and academics are rather scarce. Furthermore, the findings show a high potential to stimulate more progressive forms of interactions between firms and the Tomas Bata University in Zlin related to human and social capital. It is noteworthy that human and social capital of the university is not perceived as a barrier by the firms in our sample. On this basis, the development of support measures for creating links between academics from the Tomas Bata University in Zlin and firms in the Zlinsky region is recommended.

University Graduates’ Employability, Employment Status, and Job Quality

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente González-Romá ◽  
Juan Pablo Gamboa ◽  
José M. Peiró
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Hierarchical Level ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Career Identity ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
The University

We investigated whether a set of indicators of the employability dimensions proposed by Fugate, Kinicki, and Asforth (i.e., career identity, personal adaptability, and human and social capital) are related to university graduates’ employment status and five indicators of the quality of their jobs (pay, hierarchical level, vertical and horizontal match, and job satisfaction). We analyzed a representative sample of university graduates ( N = 7,881) from the population of graduates who obtained their degree from the University of Valencia in the period 2006–2010. The results showed that indicators of human and social capital were related to employment status, whereas indicators of human and social capital and career identity were related to distinct job quality indicators. These results support the validity of the conceptual model proposed by Fugate et al. to investigate employability in samples of university graduates.

scholarly journals Implementación de la Política Pública de Pueblos Mágicos. Caso de estudio: Tapijulapa, Tabasco / Implementation of the Public Policy Peoples Magical. Case Study: Tapijulapa, Tabasco

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-152
Author(s):  
Lucía Sandoval ◽  
María Estela Ortega Rubí
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Politica Publica

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this research is to analyze the participation of different stakeholders, resulting from the implementation of the Public Policy Magical Towns, aimed at sustainable development of Villa Tapijulapa. This investigation is currently underway, however it has been observed that it has been funded development projects, through various government institutions that contribute to Magic Towns Program, which has not been successful, in addition there is a misuse system resources. These issues are presented by the complexity of cooperation, multiplicity of participants and perspectives; and the various attitudes and degrees of involvement of the various stakeholders. As the analysis of the social capital of the community and the characteristics of the agency charged with implementing achieve identify areas of opportunity to propose strategies for improvement.RESUMENEl propósito de ésta investigación es analizar la participación de los diferentes actores sociales, derivada de la implementación de la Política Pública de Pueblos Mágicos, dirigida al desarrollo sustentable de Villa Tapijulapa. Esta investigación actualmente se encuentra en proceso, sin embargo se ha podido observar que han sido financiados proyectos de desarrollo, a través de diferentes instituciones gubernamentales que coadyuvan al Programa de Pueblos Mágicos, los cuales no han sido exitosos, además de existir, un mal uso del sistema de recursos naturales. Estas problemáticas se presentan por la complejidad de la cooperación, multiplicidad de participantes y perspectivas; así como las diversas actitudes y grados de compromiso de los diferentes actores sociales. Por lo que el análisis del capital social de la comunidad y de las características de la agencia encargada de la implementación lograrán detectar las áreas de oportunidad para proponer estrategias de mejora.

scholarly journals The Effect of Human and Social Capital on Entrepreneurial Activities: A Case Study of Iran and Implications

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1393-1403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ehsan Chitsaz ◽  
Mehdi Tajpour ◽  
Elahe Hosseini ◽  
Hengameh Khorram ◽  
Saloomeh Zorrieh
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
Human And Social Capital

Best Practices Adopted by Universities in The Development of Mediation in The Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 203-229
Author(s):  
Pavlína Krausová ◽  
Hana Láníková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Communist Country ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The University

This article provides a comprehensive overview of key practices that may be adopted by the universities in order to advance mediation as a dispute resolution method among young professionals and key stakeholders of dispute resolution. The findings are based on the case study of the Charles University, Faculty of Law, which has been chosen due to its sharp rise in the number and variety of theoretical and practical university offerings related to mediation. It, therefore, represents a sustainable model of a progressive university program. The authors describe and analyse a full range of its university classes, summer schools, workshops, student societies, competitions, and conferences, many of which are self-organized by the students and university alumni themselves. They report how the various mediation activities developed over time, what contributed to their success, or posed a challenge, and offer an insight into the specific curriculums and practical methodologies. While they may be context and location-specific, the authors believe they are transferable and have the potential to serve as valuable inspiration for other developing ADR programs. To put those educational efforts into a broader context, the authors consider the state of the legal development of mediation in the Czech Republic. e Mediation has been introduced into its respective legal system only after the establishment of the democratic government in 1989, due to it being a communist country. Yet it took more than twenty years to adopt a legal framework that would regulate the basic principles of mediation and its exercise. Furthermore, the authors briefly draw attention to some of the challenges mediation is facing in the Czech Republic after the adoption of the Mediation Act in 2012. They consider in more detail how the specific obstacles may be mitigated by the proactive approach of the universities, especially law faculties, which have a direct relationship with the future driving forces of dispute resolution, such as future legislators, judges, and other professionals. The authors express a notion that the university activities are likely to have a positive impact on the (herein referred to as “ADR”) culture in the Czech Republic, especially in the following years, which is supported by the latest programs developed by government institutions and private parties which are emerging continuously, some of which have direct or indirect relationships, and contact with the university environment. Finally, they provide concrete recommendations as a list of best practices, which were gathered from the analysis of the case study of Charles University.

scholarly journals Picture Fuzzy ARAS Method for Freight Distribution Concept Selection

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Jovčić ◽  
Vladimir Simić ◽  
Petr Průša ◽  
Momčilo Dobrodolac
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Third Party ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Third Party Logistics ◽  
Concept Selection ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Third ◽  
Selection Of

Companies can perform their freight distribution in three different ways. The first concept, the in-house concept, represents the use of a company’s own resources and knowledge to organize transportation from the production to retailers or from the warehouse to customers. The opposite concept is to outsource distribution activities by hiring third-party logistics providers. The third concept represents a combination of the previous two. Although the arguments in favor of outsourcing can be found in the literature, an appropriate selection of a freight distribution concept is specific for each company and depends on many evaluation criteria and their symmetrical roles. This paper presents a methodology that can be used by companies that need to choose their freight distribution concept. An advanced extension of the Additive Ratio ASsessment (ARAS) method is developed to solve the freight distribution concept selection problem. To illustrate the implementation of the proposed methodology, a tire manufacturing company from the Czech Republic is taken as a case study. However, the proposed picture fuzzy ARAS method is general and can be used by any other company. To validate the novel picture fuzzy ARAS method, a comparative analysis with the nine existing state-of-the-art picture fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making methods is provided.

Neighbourhood Social Capital: Does an Urban Gentry Help? Some Stories of Defining Shared Interests, Collective Action and Mutual Support

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 106-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Talja Blokland
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
New England ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
The Social ◽  
Urban Elite ◽  
Individual Asset ◽  
Human And Social Capital

In European and American cities alike, politicians and policymakers have developed a strong believe in ‘mixture’. They believe that mixed neighbourhoods have the critical mass of an urban middle class whose economic, human and social capital benefits the whole neighbourhood. If middle classes have the social network contacts to access politicians and policymakers in ways that residents without such contact cannot, is it enough for the poor simply to rub shoulders in the same neighbourhood with the better-off? Does such social capital as individual asset become available to all? Or do the social networks within the neighbourhood, across the lines of class and race, need certain characteristics as meant by Putnam and Coleman for Portes’ and Bourdieu's social capital to become transferable? This paper discusses these questions through a case study in a mixed neighbourhood in a New England college town. The case study suggests that the help of an urban gentry in collective action might depend on how inclusively and fluidly such a gentry defines ‘shared interests’, how power relations determine what ‘collective’ in collective action means, and how difficulties to speak with those the gentry might want to speak for can be overcome. For residents with limited resources, the case suggests that whether or not they can use an urban elite in their neighbourhood to access new resources depends on the quality and nature of informal rather than institutional relationships, and on specific characteristics of reciprocity and mutuality of neighbourhood networks across race and class.

scholarly journals Percepción de los Estudiantes sobre la Evaluación al Desempeño Docente como un Instrumento para la Mejora de la Calidad Educativa. Caso: Facultad de Contaduría y Administración, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-98
Author(s):  
M.G. Carrillo Ortiz ◽  
B.L. Zúñiga de la Torre ◽  
B.A. Toscano de la Torre
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Diagnostic Study ◽  
School Year ◽  
Evaluation Models ◽  
The University ◽  
Public Accountant

El propósito de esta investigación, es conocer a través de un estudio diagnóstico, la viabilidad del instrumento utilizado para la evaluación del docente por el alumno en la Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua a partir de las percepciones que del proceso tienen los propios alumnos. La investigación consideró como caso de estudio la Facultad de Contaduría y Administración de esta universidad, eligiendo por muestreo aleatorio a 100 estudiantes inscritos en la Carrera de Contador Público. Los autores consideran que conocer las opiniones de los estudiantes sobre el instrumento, el proceso y la obligatoriedad de su participación en el mismo como requisito de inscripción a un ciclo escolar, aporta información muy valiosa sobre las debilidades o fortalezas que tiene el proceso de evaluación del desempeño docente por el alumno, que podrían tomarse en cuenta en un intento de lograr la eficacia del mismo. El estudio diagnóstico está respaldado además por el análisis del estado del arte sobre los modelos que a lo largo de los años se han ido implementando para llevar a cabo los procesos de medición que sirven para evaluar el desempeño del docente, particularmente la que se centra en la evaluación del docente por el estudiante. The purpose of this research is to know through a diagnostic study, the feasibility of the instrument used for the evaluation of teachers by students in the Autonomous University of Chihuahua from the perceptions that of the process have the students themselves. The research considered as a case study the Faculty of Accounting and Administration at the university, choosing random sampling 100 students enrolled in the School of Public Accountant. The authors consider the views of students on the instrument, the process and the obligatory nature of their participation in it as a requirement of registration with a school year, provides valuable information on the weaknesses or strengths that the assessment process teacher performance by the student, that could be considered in an attempt to achieve effectiveness. The diagnostic study is further supported by the analysis of the state of the art on the evaluation models that over the years have been implemented to perform the measurement processes used to evaluate teacher performance, particularly focusing on the evaluation of teachers by students.The purpose of this research is to know through a diagnostic study, the feasibility of the instrument used for the evaluation of teachers by students in the Autonomous University of Chihuahua from the perceptions that of the process have the students themselves. The research considered as a case study the Faculty of Accounting and Administration at the university, choosing random sampling 100 students enrolled in the School of Public Accountant. The authors consider the views of students on the instrument, the process and the obligatory nature of their participation in it as a requirement of registration with a school year, provides valuable information on the weaknesses or strengths that the assessment process teacher performance by the student, that could be considered in an attempt to achieve effectiveness. The diagnostic study is further supported by the analysis of the state of the art on the evaluation models that over the years have been implemented to perform the measurement processes used to evaluate teacher performance, particularly focusing on the evaluation of teachers by students.

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