Background: The majority of the occupational accidents and work-related diseases at Swedish workplaces occur due to poor ergonomics during lifts and transportation of objects. The most common consequence of poor ergonomic conditions is low back pain (LBP) and the risk of developing LBP increases as the mechanical loading on the intervertebral disks grows. This study has investigated the biomechanical loading in the low back during two different types of patient lifts. The first lift (lift A) is developed by Modern Arbetsteknik (MA) and the second lift (lift B) is a common lifting technique among care workers. Objectives: The aim of the study was to identify any advantages or disadvantages with MA?s lift, regarding shear and compression forces in the L5/S1 disc.

Titel: Leveransservice på den globala marknadenÄmne: Företagsekonomi Författare: Cvijeta Pantelic och Emilie Juhiln Handledare: Åsa DevineBakgrund I dagens globala ekonomi väljer många företag att expandera sinverksamhet genom att exportera och importera från andra länder, då företag på så vis kan bli mer konkurrenskraftiga. Tillgängligheten för grossister som importerar varor är mycket viktig, då det är många olika steg i hela inköpsprocessens som är av vikt och där hela processen måste vara pålitlig. I hela inköpsprocessen är det inte enbart flöde av material som transporteras som bör beaktas utan även hantering och lagring, information som berör materialflödet och som är viktigt för hanteringen och lagringen av detta material som måste fungera korrekt. För leverantörer som exporterar varor till kunder i andra länder, är styrningen av verksamhetens produktion och materialförsörjning, av avgörande betydelse för företagets förmåga att skapa konkurrenskraft på denglobala marknaden.SyfteSyftet med denna uppsats är att beskriva hur exporterande företag kan förbättra sin leveransservice till importerande kunder i andra länder i form av kortare leveranstider.MetodForskarna har använt sig av kvalitativa semistrukturerande interjuver när de utfört intervjuer med deras fyra olika intervjupersoner på fyra företag. Dessa fyra personer fick forskarna kontakt med via bekvämlighets-samt snöbollsurval.

Bakgrund: Ett pl?tsligt d?dsfall kan drabba vem som helst och situationen ?r utmanande f?r samtliga involverade. Till de vanligaste orsakerna h?r hj?rtk?rlsjukdom f?r vuxna och olyckor f?r barn. Sjuksk?terskans k?rnkompetenser s? som samverkan i team och personcentrerad v?rd ?r centrala vid omh?ndertagandet av n?rst?ende.

Collaborative planning ? a comparative study of theory and practice Why There is today, according to my experience, a growing interest and demand for a more inclusive and transparent planning process. Also, if we are going to be able to reach a truly sustainable society it is my belief that there is a need for a more integrated collaboration between different actors. Where the social, economic and ecological values can influence and benefit from each other. The question then is, how can the planning system accommodate that kind of collaboration? Purpose My aim for this thesis has been to study a selection of the theoretical work that exist about collaborative planning.

Bachelor thesis, Trolley Innovation Project, has been unique in the sense that it has been carried out over the borders of Sweden. Iacobucci S.p.A, located outside of Rome in Italy is one of the largest manufacturers of interior equipment for aircraft in the world. With approximately 30% of the market Iacobucci S.p.A is one of the world's largest manufacturers of catering trolleys.The aim has been to produce a new competitive catering trolley for the airline industry. With customers and users in focus, the project team found that weight, ease of use, ergonomics and design were important aspects. Having a low weight of all the interior is particularly important when there is lots of money for the airlines to save in reduced fuel costs.

Betting under ordered forms has been around for a long time, but the recent increase in Internet betting and the large sums of money that are now involved makes it even more important for betting companies to have correct odds. The purpose of the essay is to calculate probabilities for outcomes of football games using a statistical model and to see if you can find better odds than a betting company.The data contains the 380 games from the 2004/2005 season and the variables form, head-to-heads, league position, points, home/away, average attendance, promoted team, distance and final league position from previous season. After performing an ordered probit regression we only find the variable ?form of the away team? to be significant at the 5 % level. We suspect the presence of multicollinearity and perform a VIF-test which confirms this. To fix this problem we perform a second ordered probit regression where a number of variables are combined to index variables. In the second regression we once again find only one significant variable.

The purpose of this master thesis is to map and analyze the appropriate valuation approaches used for Intellectual Property rights and develope a model for valuing patents. This project has been executed on behalf of Electrolux?s Group Intellectual Property and is intended to be used for managerial purposes.Project limitations include patents that doesent concern technology oriented products and services, real option methods, financial forecasts, decisions concerning patents taken by the R&D division, patent applications in general and taking into account unexpected future management decisions regarding patents.Electrolux?s Intellextual Property team applies, manages and protects the groups Intellectual Property rights including patents, designs and trademarks. With an increased globalization and the rise of emerging markets, incentives have increased further to protect and safeguard the group?s innovations.Mainly there are three different valuations approaches for valuing intellectual property rights, these include the income based approach, cost base approach and market based approach.

  Aim. The aim of the study was to describe how nurses in home care experience to pursue palliative care in ordinary housing. Methods. The study had a descriptive design with qualitative approach and was carried out through semi-structured interviews with 14 nurses in home health care from two medium-sized Swedish municipalities. The material was analyzed with manifest and latent content analysis. Findings. The underlying theme that emerged in the study was: Working with palliative care in the patient´s own homes is positive but challenging. Informants describe among other things that they perceived palliative home care as meaningful and that relatives have a central role in the palliative home care since they are close to the patient around the clock. The stress that emerges from the heavy work load and the long geographic distances are described as strenuous and to affect the care in a negative way. Informants describe the home environment as challenging as it is often not adapted for care and the collaboration with the palliative team is described to be experienced as both positive and negative.

Studiens syfte är att skapa förståelse för kinesiska kvinnors förväntningar på ett globalt, västerländskt detaljhandelsföretag. Studien baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med kinesiska kvinnor i Shanghai, Kina. Studien bygger på centrala begrepp inom forskningsområdena kundnöjdhet och förväntningar. Dessutom används teorier om konsumentbeteende generellt, såväl som teorier om kinesiskt konsumentbeteende och kinesiska kvinnors konsumentbeteende. Ett antal preliminära hypoteser utvecklas ur ovan beskrivna teoretiska perspektiv och används som studiens analysverktyg.

The aim of this study is to examine which factors in a traffic wardens? situation at work that promote and which that inhibit satisfaction at work. The aim of this study is also to examine if there are any differences in the work experiences for traffic wardens that work alone versus those who work in a team of two. The following questions are examined in the study:?Which factors promote and which factors inhibit the work situation for traffic wardens??Are there any differences between traffic wardens that work alone and those who work with another colleague?The selection consisted of eight traffic wardens, of which four of them work with another colleague while the other four work by themselves.

Den snabba globala migrationen kräver att sjuksköterskan har goda kunskaper för att kunna utföra transkulturell omvårdnad. Syftet med studien var att undersöka nyutbildade sjuksköterskors erfarenhet av transkulturell omvårdnad. Datainsamling skedde med hjälp av en enkät, utdelad på två kliniker. Materialet bearbetades via kvalitativ innehållsanalys vilket resulterade i tre kategorier: kommunikationssvårigheter, öppenhet för individen och transkulturell omvårdnad i sjuksköterskeutbildningen. Tillämpningen kan vara användbar för både sjuksköterskestudenter och för kliniskt verksamma sjuksköterskor..

Previous research has shown that internal communication can be linked with how motivated a project team is, but research that shows examples of how this works is missing. This paper therefore aims to study how two different IT projects are working with internal communication. By analyzing its strengths and weaknesses, we wanted to study how these could be linked to the project team's motivation. In doing so, we wanted to be able to give examples of how projects could work with internal communication to motivate their project teams. Essay questions of the study are:? How does the internal communication occur in the projects?? Which strengths and weaknesses are to be found in the internal communication?? How does the internal communication influence the project members' motivation? To fulfill the purpose of the study it was needed informants interviews with the project manager for each project to access the facts, and respondent interviews with the project members from each project for accessing opinions.The results from the interviews show that both projects have effective communication, even if it looked different, and doesn't quite agree with what previous research recommends.

Background: Surgical complications has been the main cause of medical injuries and deaths worldwide. In 2008 WHO developed the checklist for safe surgery to reduce the number of surgical complications. The objective of the checklist is to strengthen already established safety routines and contribute to better cooperation and communication. Research shows that compliance to the checklist is deficient, which can affect patient safety.Aim: The aim was to study the extent to which theatre nurses participate in the use of the checklist.Method: Observational study was conducted with a descriptive design and quantitative approach. 24 observations were carried out with aid of an observation protocol of two surgical units at a hospital in central Sweden.Result: The results showed that Timeout initiated widely but compliance to all items was considerably lower.

Sockerbetsodlingen i Sverige står inför stora förändringar. Europeiska Unionen kommer i juli 2006 att införa en ny marknadsordning för socker som innebär sänkta betpriser på cirka 44 % i Sverige. Lönsamheten i odlingen kommer att minska drastiskt. För att bibehålla lönsamheten i odlingen krävs sänkta kostnader och ökade skördar. SBU startade 2003 ett projekt, Team 20/20 som syftar till att höja avkastningen i sockerbetsodlingen och sänka kostnaderna.

Syftet med vår uppsats är att studera hur olika arbetsroller förändras i en agil organisationoch vilka utmaningar HR-avdelningen ställs inför i den agila miljön. I organisationerdär chefsroller omskapas och medarbetarnas ansvar ökar behövs det skapas en kunskapom hur de tillskrivna rollerna förändras och vilka utmaningar som tillkommer med det. Igenomförandet av studien har vi valt att tillämpa en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi och enmultipel fallstudie för att få en så pass djup förståelse som möjligt.Den teoretiska referensramen innefattar teorier om ledarskap, följarskap och HRavdelningensroller för att sedan utmynna i teorier rörande agilt ledarskap, självstyrandeteam samt agilt HR vilka har hjälpt oss att svara på vår huvudsakliga problemformulering.Vidare redovisas vår empiriska datainsamling som samlats in genom intervjuer medinformanter som alla arbetar med agilt HR för att försöka skapa en så rättvis bild av ämnetsom möjligt. Den teoretiska referensramen och den empiriska datainsamlingen integreras ianalyskapitlet och vävs samman med våra egna reflektioner och tankar för att urskiljamönster och bakomliggande faktorer till de svar vi fått.Slutligen presenteras uppsatsens slutsats som syftar att svara på vårt huvudproblem ochvåra delproblem. Vi kan konstatera att rollerna i en agil miljö förändras och den makt somtidigare varit associerad med ledarskapet till viss del försvinner och överlåts påmedarbetarna.