Grus i maskineriet ? en fallstudie om förbättringspotentialVäxeln AB, a company that provide sales, service and repair of industry gears, has contacted the authors of the essay and asked us to investigate in which areas of the company that has improvement potential. Persistent improvement is a recurring and up-to-date issue that many business leaders not put enough resources on. A big problem in many companies is the issue that there is no comprehensive view and therefore some of the workers tend to not follow the routines that are required for the whole system to work.The goal with the essay is to give Växeln AB advice on to which areas in the company that have improvement potential.We have used a qualitative method with mainly semi-structured interviews which has led to an inductive approach. 13 co-workers that work in different areas of Växeln AB have taken part in the interviews.

Scientific studies show that good leadership is a key factor for group- and individual development. Studies have also shown that the contrary can curb talented individuals and/or cause stagnation, or even cause groups to halt their progression. This essay studies how leaders in musical and athletic environments look on their own leadership. In interviews, the leaders reflect upon experienced issues related to their profession, their views on difficulties in their leading role, as well as individual, and group development. This study also includes two observations, one in each field of profession.

SyfteSyftet med föreliggande studie är att jämföra tre manliga elittränares arbetssätt i rollen som coach, analysera deras synsätt på coachrollen samt beskriva vägen till framgång.FrågeställningarHur kan de tre elittränarnas bakgrund beskrivas?På vilket sätt ser de tre elittränarna på sin roll som coach och hur arbetar de i praktiken?Hur ser kollegorna och spelarna, i det egna laget, på elittränaren i rollen som coach?Om det finns några gemensamma nämnare för tränarna, vilka är de?Vilka är framgångsfaktorerna?MetodUndersökningen är genomförd i tre steg:1. Observationer av de tre elittränarna i rollen som coach under en tävlingsmatch. Dessa obser-vationer är gjorda utifrån ett eget författat observationsprotokoll.2. Halvstrukturerade intervjuer med en assisterande tränare och en lagkapten, inom respektive idrott, för att få deras syn på tränaren ifråga.3.

Malmö högskola Lärarutbildningen Specialpedagogiska påbyggnadsutbildningen Distans H05 Vårterminen 2008 Kerstin Krona Abstract Krona, Kerstin (2008). Specialpedagogen ? gymnasielärarens coach och problemlösare i ett paradigmskifte. (The Special Education Teacher ? the senior high school teacher´s coach and problem solver in a new paradigm) Vi lever i en omvälvande tid ? i ett paradigmskifte.

The purpose of this study was to examine whether there were any differences in how first-line managers within   municipal care   rated their management leadership qualities, and structural empowerment before and after the course in "leadership, learning and improvement". The study had a quasi-experimental design and 64 managers participated. There was a significant improvement in the LaMI factor ?Achievement orientation?, after participation in the course "leadership, learning and improvement". In other factors, there was no significant difference before and after training.

SammanfattningArbetsterapeuten arbetar holistiskt med individen i centrum, utifrån individens egna förmågor i relation till aktivitet. Arbetsterapi som profession står med sin breda kompetens och breda förståelseperspektiv inför nya utmaningar. Syftet med studien var att beskriva arbetsterapeu-ters uppfattningar om att arbeta som coach respektive behandlare. Kvalitativ metod med ett målinriktat urval kombinerat med nätverksurval användes. Två fokusgruppsdiskussioner genomfördes.

Syfte: Att skapa en försåelse för innebörden av begreppet coach samt att differentiera detta begrepp inom den studerade organisationen. Metod: En abduktiv forskningsansats har använts och metoden har varit kvalitativ. Det empiriska materialet har insamlats med hjälp av öppna individuella intervjuer av sju personer med varierande ställning på det studerade företagetTeoretiska perspektiv: De teoretiska perspektiven utgår framförallt från litteratur beträffande coaching samt annan litteratur om olika ledarskapsstilar. Empiri: Studien har gjorts på ett stort svenska företags lokalkontor i Malmö. Företaget är försäljningsorienterat och tillhandahåller tjänster till konsumenter och företag.

Uppsatsen utgår från en, av mig genomförd, utvärdering av ett arbetsmarknadspolitiskt projekt för långtidsarbetslösa. Relationen mellan coach och arbetslös klient visade sig ur många avseenden vara positiv för den arbetslösa. Jag fann det dock begränsade att enbart studera relationen ur detta perspektiv. Jag valde således att studera relationen ur ett kritiskt perspektiv med fokus på relationen mellan coach och klient.Syftet med uppsatsen är: att med utgångspunkt i en genomförd utvärdering av ett arbetsmarknadspolitiskt projekt för långtidsarbetslösa, kritiskt granska ett coachingförfarande med avseende på coachklientrelationens påverkan på klientens lärande.Mats Alvessons kritiska teori har används som metodologisk utgångspunkt och utifrån det som framkommit ur dessa kritiska tolkningar har en teoretisk referensram kopplats som använts som främsta analysredskap. Analysen har gjorts främst på de intervjuer som genomfördes med coacherna under utvärderingen av projektet.De tolkningar som gjorts av materialet visade att ojämlikheter i vissa fall uppkommit mellan coach och klient.

The competitive nature of the automotive industry has always implied a necessity to improve product development concerning time-to-market, cost and product quality. As capacity of computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools has evolved, so has the strive for simulation-driven design. Virtual durability testing using full vehicle models is one of many challenges posed in front of vehicle manufacturers when computer simulations are given a key role in product development.This thesis has been initiated as a preliminary step towards implementing dynamic virtual durability testing in the development of buses and coaches at Scania. The objective has been to assess the predictability of a full vehicle coach model and to what level of precision structural loads can be predicted. Previously performed proving ground testing of a Scania Touring coach has been the basis for the modelling and simulations in this thesis.A virtual model of the Scania Touring coach has been created in multi-body simulation software package MSC.Adams.

AbstractThe overall purpose of this thesis was to investigate to what extent new research findings, in neuroscience and learning, may be useful in a school improvement context. In a qualitative interview study combined with questionnaire, we have investigated the approach to school improvement that exists in a municipality. Informants have been head teachers in preschool and primary school, special education teachers in a student health team and a development manager. The outcome of the study showed that all of the study participants, all of which have a formal mandated to work for school improvement occurs. It also shows that informants, according to their professional position, express different goals when relating to school improvement.

During the last decade executive coaching has become an increasingly popular method of management development. Few studies have been conducted within this area, especially in Sweden, and little has been said about the construction of management in executive coaching. The purpose of this master?s thesis is to study executive coaching from a social constructionist perspective, focusing on the construction of management. The two research questions are: How is management constructed in executive coaching? How can we understand the construction of management in executive coaching? Additionally, we identify gender as a social construction of importance and thus include a gender perspective in our analysis.

This report is a study made at Pallco AB. Pallco is a subcontractor that is specialized on steel and aluminium components.The aim of the report is to show an improvement proposal that leads to a reduction of the storage and improve the flow through the production of one item that is a part of a product that Pallco manufactures.With the increasing competition from other countries who can manufacture with lower costs must Swedish companies try to make theirs manufacturing as efficient as possible and remove all waste. By using the tools of Lean Production it is possible to reduce the costs and increase the efficiency.The method we used is value stream mapping. A map of the present condition has been made and then different improvement proposal were discussed. A map of a future condition has also been designed..

The role distribution between designers and product coordinators and the system support between these roles are adapted according to the method of working that product models primarily are created for production and after sales market. At the same time models are also created to support a cross-functional way of working. This means that product structures exists on paper and as CAD-models before they are created in Scanias PDM-system environment which leads to unnecessary work and to information not being shared as early as it should be possible.A theoretical study has been performed with the purpose of understanding the problems and to create a foundation for improvement suggestions. Representatives from both roles have been interviewed together with other individuals with insight in the collaboration. A minor study concerning the roles of interests? collaboration at Volvo CC was also performed to be able to relate the study to another company.

Problematisering: Det skönmålade begreppet coaching har fått stor genomslagskraft inom företagsvärlden under senare tid. Efter att ha studerat ett antal tidigare uppsatser kring coaching har vi konstaterat att flertalet av dessa uppsatser tenderar att vara författade med coachen i fokus. Vi vill därför i denna uppsats leda diskussionen vidare och undersöka hur tre olika yrkesroller inom ett företag ser på coaching och bringa klarhet i hur begreppet tillämpas i praktiken.Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att bidra med kunskap kring hur coaching tillämpas i ett serviceföretag och vilket innehåll begreppet ges i praktiken.Metod: Vår avsikt med denna uppsats är att genom en praktisk fallstudie utöka kunskapen kring hur coaching och coach som yrkesroll kan uppfattas. Vi har valt att genomföra strukturerade intervjuer med såväl coacher som medarbetare på ett av CityMails lokalkontor, CityMailCenter i Helsingör. Vi har dessutom tillhandahållit information via e-mail från en utvecklingskonsult på personalavdelningen vid företagets huvudkontor i Danmark.

Background: It is required that health care professionals continuously work with patient safety and quality improvements, and the skills of registered nurses are significant in this work. However, quality improvement also requires commitment and knowledge about how to improve health care and ensure patient safety. There is a lack of studies that highlights the importance of supportive functions for this work. Nurses in clinical settings can be utilized as facilitators that make things easier for other health care professionals who are engaged in quality improvement and patient safety. In order to gain understanding about the significance and needs of nurses with a role of facilitator, it is urgent to learn from their experiences of facilitating quality improvement in health care.Aim: The aim was to study nurses? experiences of facilitating quality improvement of nursing care, patient safety and multi-professional collaboration in health care.Method: Semi-structured qualitative interviews were performed with ten registered nurses who had experience of being in the role of facilitators.