Faculty of Business
Administration
Master’s Thesis Evaluation by the
Title of the Master’s Thesis:
Author of the Master’s Thesis:
Goals of the Master’s Thesis:
Evaluation
Criteria Description Max.
points Points
Content 70%
Output Quality
Results are well presented, discussed - substantiated, relevant and original (i.e. novelty produ- ced by the author). They are of high practical/theoretical relevance.20
Goals
The goals of the thesis are evident and accomplished.10
Supervisor
Cultural Concepts in Business Culture
Bc. Adam Dolejš
The thesis scrutinzes the theoretical concept of culture from anthropological perspective, introduces several ways in which culture has been understood by social sciences and reflects on misconceptions within business studies literature.
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The author has set the goal of his thesis clearly and the objective hasbeen fullfiled.
Results of the thesis are properly introduced and discussed, supported by some of the key theoretical perspectives surrounding the concept of culture.
Criteria Description Max.
points Points
Content 70%
Methodology
Methods are adequate and used correctly in relation to pre-set goals.20
Theory/ Con-
ceptualizatio 20
Formal requirements 15%
Structure
The thesis is a consistent, well-organised logical whole.3
Terminology
Linguistic and terminological level.4
Formalities
Formal layout and requirements, extent, abstract.4
Demonstration of an in-depth understanding of the topic area (state-of-the-art) including key concepts, terminology, theories, definitions, etc. based on a literature survey. Literature review.
Drawing on a close reading of relevant literature the author presents an in-depth understanding of the concept of culture from multiple
perspectives.
The text is well written, properly structured and consistent.
Lingusitic and terminological level of the text meets the required qualities.
The text meets all the formal requiremnts for master degree thesis.
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The thesis is largely based on a theoretical conceptualization of culture(business culture/corporate culture/etc.). Based on a review of literature author identified key theoretical approaches to culture within the social sciences. He applied the social theory to scrutinize the flawed
understanding of culture within the business studies literature.
Criteria Description Max.
points Points
Formal requirements 15%
Citing
Quality of citations and reflection of Ephorus results.4
Delivery 15%
Presentation document
Is the presentation itself structured in a clear way? Is it appealing and easy to follow? Does it
convey the message efficiently?
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Presentation skills
Are you conveying the message efficiently and timely? Do you use appropriate words, speed, tone of voice, gestures, movement etc. to express your thoughts in a clear manner?
5
Argumentation
Are you able to readily and briskly react to questions or comments? Are you able to explain unclear parts and connect comments to relevant places in your presentation or parts of particu- lar analyses? How well are you able to defend to your ideas and recommendations?5
Total of points
The citation quality meets the standard requirements.
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Other comments:
Questions or comments to be discussed during the thesis defence:
Name of the
The employer of the
Date Signature
Although not really innovative from the social sciences perspective, the thesis presents an important critique of the ways business studies literature employs and understands the concept of culture.
1. Could you shortly explain the key problems in the way culture has been conceptualized within the field of business/management studies?
2. Please, explain how a deeper and more complex understanding of culture allows for a better managerial practices in organization?
Tomas Ryska, Ph.D.
FPH VŠE
28.1.2022
Supervisor
Supervisor
