ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThis article studies multilingualism in the conditions of the Czech Republic. It demonstrates that the knowledge of German is indispensable for Czech citizens. However, English has occupied the position of the first foreign language; with this in mind, we outline some selected aspects regarding the teaching of German after students have been in contact with English first. A special emphasis has been laid on learning strategies, motivation or sensitization for cultural diversity. In the summary some recommendations for the language policy of the Czech Republic are formulated. They deal with education of pre-service teachers of foreign languages at the Faculties of Education, and with lifelong learning of in- service teachers.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_01.pdf2010-12-31512HanaAndrášová1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe balance of public budgets and public debt is the basic characteristics of the public finances of an economy. Influenced by the economic crisis between 2008 and 2009, the majority of developed countries struggle with the risks connected with sustainability of their public finances. The criteria for defining fiscal discipline in Eurozone are represented by Maastricht convergence criteria and by the existence and the function of the Stability and Growth Pact. The state of Japan’s public finances in comparison with the state of public finances of the Eurozone countries shows worse parameters and worse developmental tendencies of both characteristics. In 2009 the deficit of public budgets was higher only in two Eurozone countries and Japan’s public debt was almost two times higher than the highest value in the Eurozone. Without immediate and efficient fiscal consolidation Japan’s public finances will become one of the main threats to the future development of Japan’s economy.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_02.pdf2010-12-311323PavlaBednářová1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThis paper presents research work within the frame of the Faculty Internal Grant (Interní Grantová Soutež –IGS-FP-TUL-č. 114/2009 -Č.j.:KRO/231/2009.). Its objective is to point out the value of the evolution of learning and teaching methodologies throughout history as a meta-cognitive strategy. This strategy, here presented as the result of the research, is already present in R. Oxford’s classification as a particular way to arrange and plan learning.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_03.pdf2010-12-312429JérômeBoyon1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe aim of the article is to discuss practical examples of brownfield remediation where economic analysis can be applied. The work contains empirical research and analysis of valuation methods applied to two real case studies in the Czech Republic. The article discusses a problem of economic efficiency of enviromental protection costs needed to remove old ecological burdens. In the first part there are outlined various economic approaches to optimization of stabilization processes. The second part deals with a model of cost efficiency for a specific stabilization technology and its possible accounting records. This paper was prepared with the financial aid of the Czech state budget through the project “Advanced remediation technologies and processes No. 1MO554“ from the program “Research Centres PP2-DP01“ of the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_04.pdf2010-12-313039Aguilar SilviaČiháková1AUTHORMartinaČerníková2AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEForeign direct investment (FDI) has a considerable influence on economic development in Central European transition economies, including that of the Czech Republic. It was a source of capital given the initial situation and the undercapitalisation of economies at the beginning of transformation, but it also had a transmissive function and influenced the structure of economies, the size of fiscal revenues and the appearance of the supply side of the labour market. This article is divided into three parts. The first one deals with the theoretical definition of FDI and its classification, the second one concentrates on the development of FDI in the Czech Republic and the issue of investment incentives, which are closely related to FDI. The third part of the article looks at the issue of FDI and investment incentives in the Liberec Region as an example of the regional view of the issue. The aim of the article is to analyse the benefits and risks of FDI in the Czech Republic at the level of the economy as a whole and that of the region selected.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_05.pdf2010-12-314052JaroslavDemel1AUTHORZuzanaPotužáková2AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe aim of this article is to provide a list of possibilities how to take random samples from the Czech Republic’s population and, consequently, their comparison. The comparison of the presented methods was carried out with the help of selected statistic, which enables us to choose a method that brings in the most accurate estimates. However, we must not forget the fact that when taking random samples in practise, we are limited by financial means, working force that participates in the survey, and other factors. We are, therefore, presenting an ideal solution in the first example and an optimal one in the second example while having taken into account all influencing factors.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_06.pdf2010-12-315362KateřinaGurinová1AUTHORValentová VladimíraHovorková2AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe aim of the article is to examine which branches may affect the development of small regions in Liberec region and in the whole Czech Republic. The dynamics of development of each municipality in the identified regions was assessed based on criteria defined by the research team. The article presents results from the research project which was conducted by the Faculty of Economics at the Technical University of Liberec under the title "Innovative approach to dealing with disparities at the regional level" within the scope of the project No. WD-30-07-1.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_07.pdf2010-12-316372Valentová VladimíraHovorková1AUTHORHelenaJáčová2AUTHORJaroslavaSyrovátková3AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe authors of the contribution aim to verify the hypothesis that “Regions requiring concentrated attention (RRCA) have a below-average reproduction of educated and qualified population”. The verification bases on analysis and other activities. The target is to determine whether there is a relationship between factor F1 – unemployment and the educational level. Regarding the availability of data for the whole population, the relationship could be judged directly by using characteristics of population. However, only a sample was used to verify the hypothesis. The selection of the sample was made considering what could be the best data to investigate the hypothesis. We used the methods of descriptive statistics to analyse the sample and we judged the relationship of factor F1 and education using Eta squared and Pearson’s R.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_08.pdf2010-12-317382Valentová VladimíraHovorková1AUTHORIvaNedomlelová2AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe target of this article is to put education of children and young people in the Czech Republic into context with the changes in lifestyle of young generation in which an intensive contact with information and communication technologies becomes more important. The author presents the results of continuous research carried out from 2002 to 2010. She shows that targeted information and media education is inevitable as a tool which helps influence children and young people activities in the virtual environment. This education would become an effective component in prevention of the negative impact of virtual reality on young people’s personal development.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_09.pdf2010-12-318392JitkaJursová1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThis paper deals with approaches to talent management, their effectiveness and the way they are seen and used in companies in different conditions. The successful implementation and use of talent management in a company leads to a competitive advantage, which delivers the best results and gives satisfaction to all of the interested parties. In the current global economic slowdown, people are very important as an intangible asset for any company and it is necessary to have them technically proficient, able to respond flexibly to change, talented, creative and qualified to carry out innovation. The major aspects of talent management practiced within an organization must consistently include; performance management, leadership development, workforce planning/identifying skills gaps and recruitment. This paper analyses the importance of focusing on talent management implementation and methods. Some examples of successful talent management implementation in Czech companies are analyzed and the results of an international survey on the implementation of talent management in selected companies are presented.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_10.pdf2010-12-319399KateřinaMaršíková1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThis paper deals with current status and development of innovative activities of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Czech Republic and compares them with results of large companies. The research was aimed at studying the dependence of innovative activity on size of a company, diversity of innovative activities in small, medium and large enterprises and to identify the reasons for limiting the innovative activity of enterprises. From the research results it can be seen that innovative activity grows with the size of enterprises. Small and medium-sized enterprises focus rather on non-technical innovation with organizational and marketing nature. The main limiting factors of innovation performance are the lack of financial and informational resources and their own approach to the innovation.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_11.pdf2010-12-31100112PetraMatějovská1AUTHORMiroslavŽižka2AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe presented research report deals with the continuation phase of the project which was delivered at the Technical University of Liberec in 2010. The project partner was Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz. In the preceding stage of the project delivered in 2009, we studied career opportunities of PhD. study programme graduates in the Czech and Polish parts of the Euroregion Nisa. Within the project “University Studies Network in the Euroregion Nisa”, a similar study was completed in the German part of the ERN in 2010, and thus we achieved a complete picture of the University graduates´ situation at the ERN labour market. In a questionnaire survey potential employers’ attitudes and opinions were examined in order to formulate the range of expected types of competence of higher education graduates.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_12.pdf2010-12-31113118HelenaNeumannová1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEA firm’s Corporate Social Responsibility involves adopting an ecological and social approach to management. The International Organization for Standardization is about to issue the new ISO 26000 standard, which will focus on the issue of corporate social responsibility. This article presents the results of the primary questionnaire survey into the attitudes and opinions of leading Norwegian firms as regards corporate social responsibility. The survey is also focused on the demand for the new ISO 26000 standard before it is issued. The results of the survey imply that selected Norwegian firms are aware of the concept of corporate social responsibility and the ISO 26000 standard. Evidently there is no demand for ISO 26000 and they are not really interested in applying it to their own businesses.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_13.pdf2010-12-31119127MartinaOrtová1AUTHORIvanaChramostová2AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLERepresentational systems are part of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) which explores the human processing of information. NLP specialists list visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, olfactory, and gustatory senses as parts of this system, which provides educators with a tool to study how individuals attach meaning to events, and how they formulate ideas in words. The predominant method of data processing is a mixture of the first three basic modes mentioned above. The main idea of this article is to show a repertoire of tasks and types of classroom activities which utilise some elements of NLP theory and the notion of multiple intelligences. It will be demonstrated how to use these exercises with university students learning Business English and English as a foreign language in order to spur their constructivist mastery of learning strategies, language development, and communication patterns change.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_14.pdf2010-12-31128135IvanaPekařová1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe contribution analyses the situation of reforms in University education systems, using an example of modularisation or innovation of study programmes of selected Universities in the Czech Republic and Germany. For collecting a representative set of information on the situation of reforms in University education, a number of annual reports and project reports of the relevant schools was studied alongside with reports of Ministries of Education and of the European Union. Modularisation of the study offer was selected as a basic tool for the analysis. The available data sets were studied through open coding and the following systematic categorisation.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2010_2_15.pdf2010-12-31136145IrenaVlčková1AUTHOR