Global demands for water continue to rise while at the same time, the availability of reliable water resources are deteriorating. As 70% of the world’s human consumption of water resources is directed towards agricultural production, the need to improve water use efficiency and sustainability in these areas is of utmost importance. In order to tackle these issues, the concept of “Integrated water

Purpose: With this study we seek to reveal and analyse the difficulties and challenges change implementation processes may bring along. Our purpose is to find out how managers and their subordinates perceive change and change management processes, and what impact communication has on the implementation of organisational changes. Methodology: Our research is based on a hermeneutical interpretive p

This study discusses the risk-decisions of peasant economy. It draws examples from campesinos in Chile and suggests how these decisions may impact the future of campesinos as a distinct cultural group. Utilising a theoretical discussion, illustrated with empirical field data, some of the risks as perceived by campesinos across a region of Chile’s Central Valley are highlighted. The study first ana

The purpose of the study has been to gain an understanding of how socio-cultural structures and gender norms affect young women’s leadership possibilities. This has been explored through a qualitative case study focusing on how young women leaders, working with sexual and reproductive health rights issues, experience and pursue leadership in Zimbabwe. A theoretical framework based on contextual an

Chile is often portrayed as the paradigmatic case of a smooth transition from dictatorship to democracy, sustained by high rates of economic growth. This picture conceals a more complex reality of social conflict provoked by political reform that favors capitalistic advancement at the expense of resource exploitation and the continual and irreversible reduction and destruction of Mapuche land. As

TITLE: Business and the Brain – Discourses on Neuroscience in Business in the Management Consulting Industry AUTHORS: Katharina Mündlein & Tineke Zwart SUPERVISORS: Carys Egan-Wyer & Katie Rose Sullivan DATE: 22nd May 2013 PURPOSE: The purpose of this thesis is to provide both theoretical and practical insights into the emerging connection of neuroscience and business by revealing

Suspected associations between economic performance and health are contradictory in the literature. The present paper’s purpose was to contribute to this ongoing discussion by analyzing health trends of the 2000’s in the Russian Federation in the context of the economic downturns. Russia is a particularly interesting case study because of its financial instability and the devastated health status

The purpose of this investigation was to explore the processes that are perpetuating the proliferation of youth gangs in the poverty polygons of Monterrey, Mexico as well as to establish which specific factors attributable to these marginalized areas explain why some youth males join gangs while why other youth males from the same areas refrain from joining the gang. Furthermore, the investigation

I denna uppsats kommer jag att titta på hur miljöorganisationers talerätt har förändrats i EU efter det att EU ratificerade Århuskonventionen. Århuskonventionen ger individer och miljöorganisationer talerätt gällande tillgång till information, rätt att delta i beslutsprocesser, men också gentemot privatpersoner eller myndigheter som strider mot den nationella miljölagstiftningen. EU har införlivatIn this thesis I will look at how access to justice for NGOs has changed in the EU after the Union became a party to the Aarhus Convention. The Aarhus Convention gives individuals and environmental NGOs access to justice regarding access to environmental information, public participation in decision-making, but also in regard to private persons or public authorities in breach of national environme

Prejudikat är en av de viktigaste rättskällorna i svensk rätt. Det svenska rättssystemet är uppbyggt på så sätt att det, för brott- och tvistemålen, finns en gemensam högsta domstol, som är den instans som kan meddela avgöranden som blir vägledande för framtiden. Prejudikaten är formellt sett inte bindande, men i praktiken efterlevs dem i mycket stor utsträckning av tingsrätterna och hovrätterna. Precedent is one of the most important sources of law in the Swedish legal system. The Swedish Supreme Court is the highest instance in the Swedish legal system and it is also the court that can pronounce judgements that serve as guidance for the lower courts in the future. The precedents are not formally binding; they are however obeyed to a large extent. In November 2008 new regulations, regard

The aim of this thesis is to further explore the impact of emotional work on identity, looking at the case of hospital clowns. From an interpretive angle, we build up on theories of emotional labour, emotional work and multiple identity construction as a point of reference for our abductive interpretations and analysis. Our fieldwork included in-depth interviews and observations of hospital clowns

Thesis purpose: The thesis aims to fill a gap in literature regarding introduction in new organizations for individuals with a professional past, to enable change in both organization and work tasks. Methodology: The research has been conducted through a hermeneutic methodology and interpretive stance. Qualitative interviews have been analysed through searching for themes. Research Question: How d

Title: Change – A way forward: An interpretative and qualitative study examining an organizational change initiative. Seminar date: May 28th 2013 Course: BUSN49 - Degree Project in Managing People, Knowledge and Change - Master Level Authors: Lena Ytterberg, Susanna Hallner Advisors: Stefan Sveningsson Department of Business Administration Lund University School of Economics and Management,

Abstract I examined the evolutionary dynamics of melanic wing colouration in male and female calopterygid damselflies. I use phylogenetic analysis and ancestral state reconstructions to show that male wing pigmentation in this family evolved from clear-winged ancestors, and present evidence that wing pigmentation in male damselflies is significantly correlated (independent of phylogeny) with temp