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The essay is concerning soft skills and especially soft skills within the field service engineer role. The authors are identifying the term soft skills and which soft skills that are desirable for a field service engineer working for Tetra Pak. The authors are suggesting how to develop these desirable soft skills in a training environment. The methodology used in this essay is qualitative interv
Our purpose of this study was to investigate older people's ability to ask for help and understand the experience of asking for help, from a care managers perspective. Through a better understanding we can help the care managers in a better way to motivate and assist the elderly. We used qualitative method and interviewed seven care managers in a medium sized municipality and in a small munici
Climate change has affected the extreme weather throughout the world. Studies have shown an increase of the extreme precipitation in Gothenburg, Sweden. At the same time, space limitations and cost considerations prevent the development of an optimized drainage system. Designing a stormwater system for an extreme rainfall is impossible due the high cost. In addition, the lack of space limits the a
In recent years, the practice of adopting Public Works Programs (PWPs) as a development strategy has increased in developing countries. Successful PWPs have the potential to act as a social protection scheme for the poor and stimulate their economic development. In 2006, the Indian government launched the yet largest PWP, as a way to create a more inclusive growth in the country – the Mahatma Gand
This is a kvalitative study, focused on homeless women, and their ability to cope with their current situation, and what strategies they are using. The study is based on seven interviews with homeless men and women in Helsingborg, Sweden. The focus is whether this group of women feel that they are in control of their own lifesituation, and whether or not they have certain strategies to manage the
Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning I dagens samhälle används diverse katalysatorer i många sammanhang för att påskynda kemiska reaktioner. Allt från produktion av ammoniak till rening av avgaser hjälps av olika katalysatorer. De katalysatorer som vi känner idag har tagits fram genom att testa olika materialkombinationer och utvecklingen har börjat stagnera. Enzymerna i våra kroppar är naturliga kA new instrument for near ambient x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy investigations of surfaces has been installed at beamline I511 of the MAX-II electron storage ring at the MAX IV Laboratory. This high pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy instrument is capable of surface chemistry investigations in near ambient pressures using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), a technique that tradition
Kony 2012 möter Mediatization – Hur en kampanjfilm kan konkretisera teorin om mediatization är en kandidatuppsats skriven av Carl Rydh, student vid Institutionen för kommunikation och medier på Lunds Universitet. Den femte mars 2012 publiceras en 30 minuter lång film på Youtube. Filmen handlar om krigsherren Joseph Kony och syftar till att öka den allmänna kännedomen om Konys brott, så att hans fr
The Enterprise Architecture (EA) discipline was initiated roughly two decades ago. During the same timeframe, Information Technology (IT) spending has generally increased year after year. As a result, organisations have started to consider implementing EA projects to better manage their IT spending. When implementing EA projects, Enterprise Architects may choose to use EA frameworks as a guide to
This thesis discusses the provisions of the Rotterdam Rules on electronic transport records. Among the issues addressed are the current law on bills of lading and attempts at establishing systems issuing electronic bills of lading. The theses then goes on to discuss and analyse the provisions on electronic transport records in detail, their history and objective, along with related provisions on t
The aim of this study was to examine children living with a mentally ill parent and see what help and support there is for these children and if it is enough. The study was based on nine posts on the website Kuling, which is a website for children with a mentally ill parent, and five qualitative, semi-structured interviews with professionals working with this issue. The interviews took place in a
Title: A changed life by hiv? – A study of three life stories [translated title] The purpose of this study was to, through a theoretical framework consisting of stigma and crisis theories, illustrate and create an understanding of how you can experience life after testing positive for HIV. More specifically its aim was to examine the impact of a HIV-positive test result and how an HIV infection a
A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews were conducted at Handelsbanken in southern Sweden to identify and evaluate the bank’s recruitment process, with focus on achieving greater diversity within the workforce. Five women with personnel and varying seniority in the bank participated in the study. A thematic analysis was used and the following five main themes were identified; diversi
The Study assesses the livelihood gains of forest host communities and management of the Bobiri Forest Reserve in Ghana. The communal/admitted rights of the people of Kubease to the Reserve allow the locals to collect certain quantities of specific NTFPs for personal use without any payment. However, if these NTFPs are to be collected in larger quantities for commercial purposes, a permit is neede
Title: An examination of the need for resources when shifting from a print based business model to a digital business model in the newspaper industry Date of the seminar: May 2, 2012 Course: Master Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Internship and degree project (Master thesis 15 ECTS) Author: Dallyce Sax Advisor: Joakim Winborg Keywords: Need for resources, business model change, org
År 1993 tilläts uthyrning av personal i vinstsyfte i Sverige. Detta medförde att en ny bransch kunde växa fram. Bemanningsbranschen har sedan dess utvecklats till en stark och viktig aktör på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. Då de svenska bemanningsföretagen idag utgör några av Sveriges största arbetsgivare är det viktigt att det finns en fungerande reglering av branschen. Syftet med denna uppsats är
Utlämningsinstitutet är en viktig del av det internationella straffrättsliga samarbetet. Syftet är att genom gemensamma insatser få till stånd lagföring av en brottsmisstänkt person, eller möjliggöra att ett redan utdömt straff kan verkställas. Utlämningsrätten har traditionellt reglerats genom multilaterala konventioner eller bilaterala avtal. Det var också på detta vis som relationen mellan EU:sExtradition as a legal institution is an important part of the international judicial cooperation. By cooperating States can accomplish the prosecution of a suspect or the execution of a judgment. The extradition law has traditionally contained international conventions and bilateral treaties. This is also the way in which the cooperation within the EU has been regulated. As time passed by the sys
Beslutstödssystem har använts inom sjukvården sedan slutet av 1950-talet och används idag av både operativ personal och ledning. Denna uppsats undersöker hur effektiva dessa system uppfattas av användarna när det gäller patienthantering och i synnerhet hantering av vårdköer. Satsningen kömiljarden bidrar med ett starkt ekonomiskt incitament där det gäller att hålla nere kötiderna på landstingen i
This thesis researches the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union and its effect on the cooperation of the EU states in the United Nations General Assembly. Building on former studies concerning a similar research area, the goal of this thesis is twofold. One the one hand, it aims to empirically investigate the coordination of the EU states on the international stage, usin
