Annotation
Paper title: The criteria for staff selection in crisis regions


The broader theme of the submitted thesis constitutes the help
given to
the victims of emergency situations such as large-scale
disasters and
humanitarian catastrophes. The main focus is fastened primarily
on
assistance providing staff. The work objectives are to find out
what
abilities, skills and character features of humanitarian
workers are
required by organizations employing such workers and sending
them to
work in depressed areas.
The theoretical part first nails down expressions „large-scale
disaster“
, „catastrophe“ and „crisis“. This is followed by an outline of
services
that humanitarian workers provide people in need, with. These
services
include only activities closely related to social work which
are crisis
intervention and humanitarian work. The final bit of this part
is
dedicated to identifying character features and personal
abilities that
humanitarian workers should possess as they are described in
specialized literature. Demands made on these workers and risks
arising from their activities are also included.       
The practical part focuses on the research conducted at the
selected
organization that employs and distributes humanitarian workers
to crisis
areas. Besides the description of research steps and its
results, this
part also offers a brief profile of analyzed organization. In
the end,
suggestions ensuing from research results are presented.