Course: Management of Volunteers

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Course title Management of Volunteers
Course code KKS/7ŘD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Umlauf Michal, ThLic. Ph.D.
Course content
Student acquires the use of legislative competence for regulating volunteering in the Czech Republic, compares this regulation with the other EU countries, understand the importance of volunteer centers and acquires competence for creating rules for management of volunteering in different types of NGOs. It will create their own volunteer projects, use of the existing methodology of work with volunteers and creating new needs and intentions of institutions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The seminars aim at making the students ready for future work with volunteers and dealing with issues regarding volunteering management. The student will understand the significance of volunteering from civil, economic as well as personal perspectives and will get familiar with relevant methods with respect to various target groups.
Student will acquire qualification in application the legal framework of volunteering in the CR, will compare it with legal frameworks in other EU member states, will understand the significance of volunteering centers and will gain qualification in establishing rules for volunteering management in various types of NGOs. He/she will design actual volunteering projects, apply current methodologies of work with volunteers and create new ones with regards to needs and objectives of actual institutions.
Prerequisites
The student will be knowledgeable in legislature relevant to non-governmental sector, will be familiar with differences that disable unified rules for non-profit sector within the EU and will appreciate the contribution of philanthropist activities to development of civil sector and democracy.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Student is asked to pass a written exam focused on proving sound knowledge of legal framework, international comparison and basic concepts of management and project management of volunteering programs.
Recommended literature
  • Frič, P., Pospíšilová, T. (2010). Vzorce a hodnoty dobrovolnictví pro 21.století. Praha.
  • Tošner, J., Sozanská, O. (2006). Dobrovolníci a práce s nimi v organizacích. Praha.


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