In an economic environment signified by shortened product lifecycles, product proliferation and reduced profit margins, product replacement decision making (PRDM) ought to be an important part of management. The case is however often that considerably more energy and resources at a firm are spent at the opposite task, hence product development. The main purpose of this master thesis was to constru

The thesis idea originated from that the authors experienced that they would have liked to have more opportunities to apply their educational and personal skills before attending the business world. The authors found a way to accomplish this by the application of a multidiscipline case simulation. The purpose of this master’s thesis is to test an idea and the application of the same. Another purpo

Warehouse management is the science of optimizing warehouse activity with the intention of reducing inventory holding costs and increasing material throughput. A warehouse management system (WMS) is an IT system used to support warehouse processes and ensure a smooth ow of material. The main objectives of the WMS are to keep track of inventory levels and distribute tasks to warehouse sta. The syst

Agile methods have the recent years gained ground within the software industry by being lean and flexible, and one of the companies having adopted agile methods is the fast‐growing Swedish developer of mobile applications Tactel AB. The company was interested in enhanced knowledge within the agile area, specifically about Scrum, and with one of its development teams – Mobical – in focus, Tactel wa

Jag har skrivit om den hundskattelagstiftning som fanns i Sverige mellan åren 1923 och 1996. Min uppsats behandlar anledningen till att hundskatteförordningen (1923:116) infördes, hur bestämmelserna kom att utvecklas och varför lagen om hundskatt upphävdes. (Förordningen omvandlades till lag efter riksdagsbeslut 1979/80.) Uppsatsen tittar även på lag (2000:537) om märkning och registrering av hund

Denna uppsats påbörjades med tanken att den internationella miljörätten har utvecklats under den tidsperiod som vi känner till den. Den historiska tillbakablicken påbörjas med De Tolv Tavlornas Lag från 450 f. Kr. och går via August Wilhelm Heffter som var aktiv i Tyskland under slutet av 1800-talet och konferensen i Stockholm år 1972 fram till Kyotoprotokollet år 1997. Under denna tidsperiod kan

The thesis examines jurisdiction in the United States in contractual relationships established over the Internet. The presentation is divided into six chapters and the first pair describes Internet contract types and the evolution of the jurisdictional doctrine. The second pair of chapters is a mix of descriptive and analytical content regarding case law and the debate in the legal community. The

För fyrtio år sedan bedömdes verkställighet av barn enligt ordinarie exekutiva förfaranderegler, alltså enligt regler som tillämpas på egendomsobjekt. Tidigare fanns följaktligen inga specifika regler. Den offentliga debatten framförde därför hårda krav på revision av de exekutiva förfarandereglerna, vilket medförde helt nya regler om verkställighet i mål som rör barn. Till föräldrabalken fogades

Att försäkringar är ett nödvändigt ont är en uppfattning som delas av många konsumenter. Man betalar höga försäkringspremier utan att egentligen veta vad man får för pengarna. Detta kan bero på att en konsument vid kontakt med sitt försäkringsbolag blir för dåligt informerad om det försäkringsskydd som denne betalar för. Den 1 januari 2006 reformerades hela den svenska försäkringsrätten i och med

This essay contains a comparison of the development of environmental regimes. Three regimes have been chosen for the investigation - the hazardous waste regime, the global biodiversity regime, and the climate change regime. The author focuses on the international work and negotiations on the conventions, which comprise the foundation for the respectively regime, i.e. the Convention on the Control

During the last couple of years, the media have come to intensify their description of a “football hooligan”. The “football hooligan” is often described as a young man, with an engaging interest for football but who also is provided with an ability and willingness to use physical violence for the sake of defending the favourite football club and its own group. This is a painting picture in various

Syftet med undersökningen var att med hjälp av socialkonstruktionistiska teorier och begrepp, huvudsakligen hämtade från Butler och Foucault, med den heterosexuella matrisen i fokus, analysera kvalitativ empiri bestående av transsexuellas upplevelser av hur det var att genomgå en utredning om könstillhörighet. Fokus låg på de intervjuades upplevelser av sitt kön och könsuttryck och hur dessa relat

This essay deals with multiple inhabitants extra care housing staff’s education and competence and the various laws that affect the individual who has a functional disorder and who also belong to the LSS person circle. The lack of clarity of the Act (1993:387), concerning support and service for certain individuals with a functional disorder (LSS) and the Health and medical service (HSL) may pose

Författare: Marie Isaksson Titel: Undermedveten kunskap i socialt arbete Handledare: Anders Lundberg Examinator: Anders Östnäs Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att undersöka vad den undermedvetna dimensionen av socialarbetarens kunskapsbas består av. Denna undermedvetna dimension är avgränsad till att fokusera på filosofen och vetenskapsmannen Michael Polanyis tankar kring att all kunskap bygger påAuthor: Marie Isaksson Title: Subconscious knowledge in social work Supervisor: Anders Lundberg Assesor: Anders Östnäs The purpose of the essay has been to investigate what the subconcious dimension of the social worker's knowledge base consists of. This tacit dimension is limited to focusing on the philosopher and scientist Michael Polanyis thoughts on that all knowledge is based on a subcon

The sentence-final particle wa is something that has predominately been taught as a female particle in the teaching of Japanese as a foreign language. However, from the information presented in this thesis it is demonstrated that the sentence-final wa is in fact two separate elements, one kind used by women and the other by men. It is argued that wa should be taught as two different particles unit

The aim of the study was that in the light of societies individualization, examine foster parents and social workers perspective on family life and parenthood in the foster care. The method of the study was qualitative with semi-structured interviews. Three foster home and four social workers were interviewed. The questions that were asked were mostly about familiy life, parenthood, caring, gender

The aim of this study is to compare the implementation process and adoption of two cooperation models, used by public organizations to coordinate the work with children’s mental health, by comparing the views of the management with the views of the staff, within children’s psychiatrics, school and social services. The study was based on interviews with eight people from the management and a questi