The application of the LSS law and how the public organization (Municipality of Hudiksvall) later had to reform their organization to fit the new demands is the foundation to this master's thesis. An internal evaluation was performed due to this reorganisation process within the social care department (LSS unit). The aim was to investigate and evaluate if the reorganization resulted in a better working environment and if the work load (distribution of work) became more evenly divided between the different unit managing directors. The primary empirical information to this master's thesis is collected from that evaluation report. The main aim of this master?s thesis is to answer if the organisational choice between specialised or de-specialised working tasks has an effect (experienced and measured) on the level of stress among the unit managing directors.

Öland?s Business Office is on the verge of developing a strategy for the island?s future tourism. Before any work with developing Öland can be carried out, it is essential to gain an understanding of how the place is perceived today.The purpose of this essay is to study the island?s current image and make recommendations for how the place brand could be developed.The methods used are literature studies and qualitative group interviews. The participants have been inhabitants of Öland and returning visitors from the Kalmar region.

This is an empirical study of how the mathematical talk of adult learners constructs/reconstructs different mathematical discourses. The study is to be regarded as an attempt to develop a discursive approach within the field of mathematics education and to complicate the status of mathematics in education and in society in general. My theoretical underpinnings consist of three possible mathematical discourses ? coercive, regulative and emancipative mathematics. From a discursive psychology perspective, I let these discourses function as analytical interpretive repertoires in relation to the adult learners? rhetorical use of mathematics and their claiming of mathematical subject-positions, named the coerced, the self-regulating and the responsible mathematician.

The aim of the literature review was to illuminate the importance of nutritional management to patients who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and describe nurses responsibility and meaningful function in the nutritional support. TBI patients tend to be associated with hypermetabolism and hypercatabolism, resulting in negative nitrogen balances. The results reveal increased energy expenditure and assessments of needs energy requirements at the TBI patients. This study determining the route of feeding: enteral versus parenteral nutrition. Furthermore describes complications associated with enteral feeding.

Bakgrund: Endometrios är en vanlig sjukdom och drabbar ungefär var tionde kvinna. Obehandlad endometrios kan medföra obehagliga symtom och kan i värsta fall leda till infertilitet och cancer. En tidig diagnossättning och behandling är därför av stor vikt. Tid till diagnos är i dagsläget flera år och kvinnorna upplever sig bli trivialiserade av sjukvården. Syfte: Syftet med denna litteraturstudie är att belysa kvinnors upplevelse av att leva med endometrios. Metod: En kvalitativ litteraturstudie utifrån analys av tio vetenskapliga studier. Resultat: Resultatet mynnade ut i tre framträdande teman om hur endometrios påverkar kvinnan livskvalitet.

AbstractTitle: Gender equality ? of course! A qualitative study on gender equal recruitment at a universityAuthor: Ingrid ÖhlundSeveral studies show that the division of gender in Swedish universities is uneven. Since universities are important organizations where our future citizens get their education and become socialized, I found it interesting to investigate how a Swedish university handles the gender equality issue in the process of recruitment. The aim of this study was to contribute with a higher level of knowledge and understanding about the recruitment process out of a gender equality perspective. The aim was also to identify which stages of the recruitment process that was vulnerable out of a gender equality perspective.

SAMMANFATTNING Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om det finns något samband mellan dialekter och åhörarnas förväntningar på identitet hos den dialekttalande. Är våra förväntningar så hårt inpräntade av tidigare erfarenheter att vi analyserar en person, och dömer den enbart med hjälp av personens dialekt? Frågeställningarna blev följande: hur ser intervjupersonerna på sin egen dialekt? På vilket sätt påverkas intervjupersonen av de olika dialekterna samt vilka förutfattade meningar, sedan tidigare erfarenheter, om dialektbrukarens identitet går att finna hos dessa intervjupersoner? Metodologiskt användes en semistrukturerad intervjuform som åtföljdes av en ram som fångade in olika huvudteman. Urvalet bestod av tolv intervjupersoner i åldrarna 20-30 år. Intervjuerna varade mellan 30-40 minuter.

Portable is a project with its starting point in plastic bags, how they negatively affect our planet and how people´s patterns of behavior and qualities of life are affected when people try to live more envi¬ronmentally friendly. Now we have reached the point when peoples way of living and consuming in the western world has to change. This is nothing new and we can now see that sustainability is start¬ing to get attention in every area.Today plastic bags are used on average for 12 minutes. Only one out of 200 is reused, and then only once . This is not sustainable at all.

This thesis looks at two sides of the same coin: how to support the production and future development at a specialist medical technology department at Danderyd Hospital. The two sides are; a pilot study of a product management system (PDM) and an interview based study on the characteristics of the silent knowledge of the technicians. The department (National respiratory centre, NRC) is facing retirement of several key employees.The technical study shows that the success of an implementation is largely dependent on the users? prior knowledge and use of a 3D Computer aided design system (CAD).The system itself is shown to fulfill the Lifecycle requirement of tracking the products (mostly tracheostomy tubes) but without a CAD centered workflow, some substantial education and preferably some new recruits, an implementation of the PDM system will fail. The author recommends development of the current ?low-tech? system of MS Excel and Access rather than redistribute the dependency from technician towards a complex, commercial software and its vendor.The analysis of the technicians? silent knowledge with the newly developed method, epithet for silent knowledge (ETK), shows that the longer employment time:the more differentiated technicians become in describing their work,practical knowledge are regarded higher andthe social and collective problem solving factors of the work becomes more important.Typically, it is shown that a new employee should preferably enjoy problem solving, being pragmatic and social as well as having some prior education or work experience in a CAD and/or a PDM system..

Sammanfattning/Abstract Syfte Syftet är att undersöka och resonera om vilka diskurser som möjligtvis skapas eller är ursprung bakom utbildningsminister Jan Björklunds argumentation för och i samband med gymnasiereformen GY2011och vilka effekter det får på bildämnet i gymnasieskolan. Frågeställningar Vilka diskurser som möjligtvis kan vara i konflikt med en bildämnesdiskurs konstrueras i den argumentation om skolvärlden som uttrycks av Jan Björklund? Vilken identitet och status får bildämnet i dessa diskursers synsätt? Metod och material För att besvara frågeställningarna har analys av debattmaterial skrivet av Jan Björklund gjorts, främst boken Skolstart. Materialet har sedan analyserats med diskursanalytisk metod och jämförts med en uppfattning av bildämnet, som det är framställt i undersökningen nationell utvärdering av bildämnet. Resultat Resultatet visar att bildämnet har identitet som står i konflikt med Jan Björklunds diskursordning på många punkter. Nyckelord: diskursanalys, Estetisk verksamhet, GY 2011, Jan Björklund, Kunskapssyn,.

Since 1998, the Swedish preschool has its own curriculum and with this the preeschool became the first step of a lifelong learning. The aim of this study was to explore how preschool teachers perceive their work before and after the Swedish curriculum was inserted. A qualitative method was used in this study. Four different in-depth interviews were conducted with preschool teachers, all experienced working at least before 1993. The curriculum theory and curriculum history were used to analyze the empirical data.

Frågor som rör missbruk och missbrukare är omdebatterade i samhället. Ofta sker debatten i kombination med de ekonomiska aspekterna. Missbrukare som grupp är tärande för samhället och ofta hörs åsikter om hur problemen bäst kan lösas. Vår intention med undersökningen är att belysa problemet med ett inifrånperspektiv för att på det sättet utveckla en annars ganska ensidig debatt.Undersökningen baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med personer som själva varit drogmissbrukare. Vi har valt att undersöka tiden efter brytpunkten och har varken intresserat oss för deras aktiva missbruk eller hur och varför de bröt med drogerna.

This literature study deals with the pig industry and how group size and available floor area affects the animal welfare and the production results. It shows that both the pigs? welfare and production result can be affected negatively if the environment seems stressful for the pigs, and if they are housed in a narrow area. If the pigs are being exposed to either physiological or psychological stress factors their immune system can be decreased and the growth can be impaired. Influence by the social status of the pigs is also reviewed.

Sense of coherence amongst employees with reduced work-capacity at Samhall.Sanela Jakupovic TrostekScientific essay in public health, 15 hp, Academy of Health and promoting Working Life, University of GävleThe aim of this study was to examine how employees at Samhall who has reduced work-capacity experienced their sense of coherence (SOC). The study includes gender, age and civil status in the analysis. The study includes 34 respondents which are divided as 20 men and 14 women. To measure SOC a quantitative method with a 29 standardized questionnaire was used.It was found that the employees felt, in general, low SOC, which means more difficult adaptation to their life situation. Noteworthy is that 70 % of the men in this study showed low SOC compared to 35,7 % of the women.One conclusion that can be drawn is that within Samhall, it showed that women had a higher SOC mean value than men which means they are more equipped to handle, understand and find meaning in their work life. Keywords: Antonovsky, Samhall, disability, work-capacity, sense of coherence (SOC).

Idag ställs det höga krav på kompetens och att vi ständigt ska lära i arbetet. Kraven innebär ett stort behov av kompetensutveckling och ett livslångt lärande. Finns ingen drivkraft att utvecklas är det svårt att finna en plats på arbetsmarknaden.Syftet med denna studie är att beskriva hur chefer upplever sina möjligheter till utveckling och lärande i arbetet. Underlag för studien är nio intervjuer med chefer i olika branscher i både den offentliga och privata sektorn.Studien visar att respondenterna är utvecklingsbenägna. De nöjer sig inte med den kompetens de redan besitter, utan strävar ständigt efter att lära nytt.