Bakgrund:     Då skolan av tradition fokuserar mer på elevernas läs- och skrivförmåga än på deras förmåga att tala och lyssna anser vi att det är av vikt att verka även för dessa aspekter av lärande. Enligt styrdokumenten skall vi anpassa vår undervisning efter varje elevs individuella förutsättningar. En förutsättning för detta är att eleverna får möjlighet att uttrycka sig på varierade sätt.  Syfte:              Vår avsikt är att undersöka hur olika elever kan uppfatta en text i en högläsningssituation. Då det finns olika sätt att uttrycka sig på bör eleverna få tillgång till varierade kommunikationsmedel.

Ho?rnefors a?r en ta?tort bela?gen strax so?der om Umea?. Orten har ett fja?rrva?rmena?t som a?gs och drivs av Umea? Energi AB da?r tva? pelletseldade pannor sta?r fo?r den huvudsakliga produktionen.Det finns en risk att fja?rrva?rmeproduktionen i Ho?rnefors blir satt under ha?rdare utsla?ppskrav genom ett nytt direktiv som eventuellt kommer att info?rlivas under 2015. Direktivet kommer troligen att sa?tta ett gra?nsva?rde fo?r stoftutsla?pp pa? 45 mg/Nm3 vid 6% O2 fra?n och med a?r 2030 vilket a?r sa? la?gt att pannorna Ho?rnefors inte kommer klara av det.

Kursplanen understryker att de elever som läser svenska som andraspråk ska få samma förutsättningar och villkor att leva i det svenska samhället som svenska elever. Att lära sig läsa och skriva är något som de flesta svenska barn lär sig under de första åren i skolan. När det gäller nyanlända elever har inte alla haft samma möjligheter i hemlandet. För att kunna möta de nyanländas tidigare kunskaper och behov behövs olika metoder i undervisningen. Jag har valt att koncentrera min studie till läsning av skönlitterära böcker.

Sammanfattning:Studiens syfte var att hitta framgångsfaktorer för att motivera pojkar i högstadiet att läsa skönlitteratur. För att uppnå syftet har vi undersökt vilken inställning pojkar i årskurs 7-9 har till läsning av skönlitteratur. Vi har även undersökt hur lärare i svenska på högstadiet arbetar med skönlitteratur samt hur de motiverar pojkar att läsa.Vår undersökning vilar på de didaktiska grundfrågorna. Den forskning som har varit mest relevant för vår studie härrör från Molloy, Brodow och Rininsland samt Chambers. Vi har även haft stor nytta av läsundersökningar och Läroplan för grundskolan 2011.En kvalitativ metod i form av halvstrukturerade intervjuer användes och vi intervjuade 30 pojkar i årskurs 7-9 och 10 lärare i svenska, på tre kommunala skolor.

The purpose of this Master?s thesis is to examine similarities and differences in qualitative experiences between formal and informal reading groups from the participants? point of view. The empirical data was acquired from interviews with nine reading group participants, of whom four of them participated in formal reading groups and five in informal reading groups. To analyze the empirical data, Louise M. Rosenblatt?s theory concerning reading and a method concerning reading groups by Immi Lundin were used.

Product development cycles become shorter and shorter. The time from idea to market has become an important competitive factor. Despite this, methods used for making the product development process faster are surrounded with uncertainty about their efficiency. The purpose of the thesis is to describe the pros and cons of ?best practice? methods for shortening lead times and how these methods effect the lead times in research and development.

The well-being of employees has become a key concept in the rhetoric of the company boards and business literature of today. There is however not much statistic evidence of a connection between economic results and the perceived working climate. This thesis sets out to investigate whether there is a positive correlation between economic results and working climate on a work group level. It also aims to study which specific working climate factors influence the results. In order to meet its purpose this thesis analyzes employee satisfaction questionnaire data and economic results from more than 300 work groups.

In December 2004 an earthquake coursed waves that hit Thailand. Over 5000 people died, and Sweden was the tourist country that has been effected the worst. The catastrophe precipitated Sweden in crises and the demand became high for Swedish government to act. Swedes followed the development via media, why media became the crucial element for how the public perceived politicians? acting.

In theory, the management control of maintenance functions is described as problematic due to the nature of the work performed in the unit. The purpose of this thesis is to examine these predicted problems in practice. Further,the thesis aims at identifying how these control problems may affect the relationships between the maintenance department and its internal customers. A case study has been conducted in one of Sweden?s largest industrial companies to investigate the said control problems in practice.

Media has power and impact. It is therefore important for managers to be able to handle media storms when they arise. If not, the brand can be affected negatively. It is managers who should learn to handle media storms because the managers constitute an important part of the external face of the company. Because it is managers who should learn to handle media storms it is interesting to study how media storms should be handled from a theoretical management-perspective.

Title: ?The director should be treated with silk gloves.? A discourse analysis of the film director as a leader and a case study of a short film Seminar date: 19 February 2008 Course: Master thesis in organizational studies, 20 Swedish credits Author: Johanna Ranes Advisor: Ph.D. Nanna Gillberg Key words: Film, the film director, discourse analysis, social constructionism, gender studies, creative leadership. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to illustrate and problemize the consequences of the traditional male domination in film creation for a female director by critically examining the construction of the film director. Methodology: The study is based on a qualitative case study which was conducted as a participant observation.

Of all observable societal trends, the proliferation of standardizing processes is striking. Auditing standards are an illustrative example of this. Not only privately owned companies must today make available numbers and key figures to satisfy needs of information and knowledge. Government agencies are increasingly conforming to this trend, adopting standards for quality assurance and monitoring, producing numbers and annual reports ? despite their somewhat ambiguous task and role.

Purpose This thesis tries to create an understanding of how male homosexual entrepreneurs, both as persons and as a concept, relates to the fact that entrepreneurship, as well as the society as a whole, is heteronormative. Moreover, it examines by what methods the male homosexual entrepreneurs cope with the seemingly paradox of a homosexual man who also is an entrepreneur. Method The method has been qualitative from a social construction-point of view. We have made semi-structured interviews with nine male homosexual entrepreneurs and structured the findings from the interviews with a computer programme and mind mapping techniques. We have compared the structured findings with theories, in an abducting manner, to find out an answer to the purpose of this thesis.

During the last 20 years, the Swedish health care system has faced major changes. One of them is the increasing pressure to generate economic profit due to private businesses entering the market. Health care units are forced to make some structural changes in order to become effective and efficient. As a result merger and acquisitions has become a part of the health care sector, and seems to be an increasing phenomenon. Mergers and acquisitions have mainly been studied in the industry.

The term CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) is frequently discussed today. Many large companies work actively with CSR related questions. However, few empirical studies exist on what this work entails and why it is undertaken. Instead, most of the academic research focuses on what the term itself should mean. To bridge this gap this study centers on the employees? perceptions of CSR.