Syfte: Att undersöka lärarnas erfarenheter av implementeringen av utomhuspedagogik avseende förutsättningar, genomförande samt påverkan på undervisningen och elevers lärande. Studien avser att vara ett bidrag till forskning om implementeringsarbete i skolan, mer specifikt avseende implementering av utomhuspedagogik fyra timmar per vecka vid en F-6 skola i en mellanstor svensk stad.Metod: Datainsamling har utförts med hjälp av två fokusgruppsintervjuer och fyra enskilda intervjuer. Databearbetning har genomförts genom kvalitativa innehållsanalyser av intervjuerna i fyra arbetslag, där två representeras av arbetslag för ÅR F-3 och två av arbetslag för ÅR 4-6. Analys av data sammanfattas i en fallstudie över olika förutsättningar och utmaningar, men också gemensamma drag med att implementera utomhuspedagogik.Resultat: Resultat visar överlag att implementeringen av utomhuspedagogik inte motsvarade förväntningarna. Faktorer som framhålls haft negativ inverkan på implementeringen handlar främst om dess förutsättningar.

The price of farmland has risen sharply in the last 20 years. This has led to discussions about what creates the value of farmland. The aim in this study was to try and find what factors are affecting the price on farmland. The area that is studied is the counties around Mälardalen during the period 2005 to 2009.The method chosen to achieve the objective is the hedonic price model. The variables are chosen after a preliminary study where a literature search has been made and a number of interviews with people in the industry.

To work in an unpredictable work environment requires communication that functions well. In every organization it?s important that employees receive information that is relevant yet not confusing. Due to that, our ambition with this study is to understand how rescue effort organizations communicate in meetings; and whether their communication is clear or not. Our subject for this case study is the Emergency Services in the region of Karlstad.

The unemployment rate in Sweden is increasing even though there are more and more municipal activation policies established. The activation policies aim is to decrease the unemployment but that is not yet happening. This problem has led us to go through with this study.The aim of this study was, from an organizational perspective, to examine and describe how the interaction works between the Municipal Employment Services, Employment Office and Social Services in a Swedish medium sized municipality. Special focus was upon the legitimacy of the Municipal Employment Services.  This study was based on nine semi-structured interviews with managers and employers within the organizations in this study.

This study aims to examine how the interventions for homeless persons in the municipality of Kalmar are organized. The study is based on four half-structured qualitative interviews with both representatives from different instances and also from persons who have experience of being homeless.The theoretical bases we have used to analyze the material are organization theory, specifically the concept of bureaucracy. Our results show that homelessness is not seen as a problem in itself, since the general view is that homeless people often have a complex problem scenario where drug- and alcohol abuse and mental illness are common.It is often the latter that takes priority in the interventions and the housing question is therefore neglected. We also found that social services do not have a satisfactory structure around the organization of the work on homelessness. They do not have any specific device in Kalmar that focus on homelessness issues with the result that the existing units are forced to take care of the work of homelessness.

AbstractThis thesis was conducted by Jenny Jansson and Maria Madsen, students at the Faculty ofTechnology and Science and the Innovation and Design Engineer programme at KarlstadUniversity, during the spring 2008. The thesis covers 22,5hp for each student. AnnaHolmquist and Chandra Ahlsell at the company FOLKFORM were the ones who requestedthe theis, their company are located at Stora Skuggan in Stockholm. Tutor for this thesis wasLennar Wihk and the examiner was Monika Jakobsson of Karlstad University.The given assignment came from FOLKFORM and the aim for the thesis was to create afurther development of two already existing lamps from an earlier collection at FOLKFORM,?Jaipur? and ?Modern Times?.

Environment and sustainable development are very current topics in today's society, bothnational and international. The government's bill 2004/05:150 ?Swedish environment objectives - a common commission? contains several environmental quality objectives, that in turn is divided up in smaller secondary objectives. One of the secondary objectives says: ?Latest year 2010 shall at least 35% of the food waste from households, restaurants, largescale kitchens and shops be recycled through biological treatment.

Varje dag kommer det nya rön om hur våra levnadsvanor påverkar vår planet. I allt vi gör från bilkörning, konsumtionsvanor och inte minst i vårt boende. Som en reaktion på dagens "slit och släng"-samhälle har ekobyrörelsen växt fram ur 60- och 70-talens gröna våg. Att leva i harmoni med naturen i ett kollektiv, där samtliga av de boende i byn hjälper till med byns förvaltning. Tuggelite, Sveriges första ekoby, invigdes 1984 i Karlstad.

My essay is on the subject of teachers work environment with focus on noise and communication. In the essay questions are raised on how a teacher can influence his or hers noisy work environment. A school is a large work place with many employees and is owned and administered by the county municipality which is an even bigger workplace. How big an acting space does a teacher have in such a large organization?My methods of research on these questions have been to conduct interviews and analyzing documentation from The Swedish Work Environment Authority.

AimThe aim of this study is to give a picture of how the brand of Bollnäs GIF apprehends according to the sports club, the municipality of Bollnäs, the Swedish Bandy Association and the local business owners. Following questions has been used: How does the brand of Bollnäs GIF apprehend? Which existing soft value has the brand? What does the association contribute for the community, for local business owners and for the local development? How can the association develop the brand best in the future?MethodThe study is based upon ten interviews with persons representing organization that is concerned. These are: Bollnäs GIF, the municipality of Bollnäs, the Swedish Bandy Association and local business owners. I have analyzed the results compared to selected brand theories.ResultsThe existing value of the sports club-brand is the history and tradition that lies within the brand and the communion and the commitment the sports club creates in the Bollnäs.

This report is written in cooperation with Eskilstuna municipality public administration for urban planning. The reports purpose is to look into how other public authorities carry out public purchase of consultants and entrepreneurs in the urban planning area. The goal is to come up with suggestions of how Eskilstuna municipality public administration for urban planning can improve its purchasing process in this field in order to minimize the risk where a consultant or entrepreneur files an appeal against the decision of awarding a contract to another rival. The appeal can be filed to the county administrative court.The public administration for urban planning can do its purchases through the model of "lowest price" or "economically most favorable" for them. When using "economically most favorable", the department can value a number of soft parameters by giving them points and the offer which gets most points can be rewarded the right to sign a contract.

This essay will discuss the process of drawing a restaurant ? the position of the house lot, requirements from the authority and architectural quality.During the summer months are many people celebrating their spare time in the beach in Jönköping, by the shore of Lake Vättern. There is some existing buildings in this area that is not used by a general public. In cooperation with the municipality of Jönköping and a person who wants to operate a restaurant on the beach, is this essay a proposal of how this part of the shore of Lake Vättern can look in the future.The focus of the work is to design a restaurant. This is made on the basis of the interviews that have been made with the operators of the area and a thought building, and from the existing rules of the performing and designing of a restaurant.The planned restaurant is placed in an area where it today is a public toilet.

In this study potential health risks for employees in connection with handling of bottom ash and bottom ash water at a Municipal Waste Incineration (MWI) plant have been investigated. Air surrounding the bottom ash and the bottom ash water has been examined. MWI is one of the primary ways to manage solid household waste, and bottom ash is the main solid residue produced by the incineration process. Bottom ash constitutes about 15-20% of the original waste. The bottom ash is extinguished in a water bath (bottom ash water).The study was carried out in a MWI plant in Karlstad, Sweden.

Redan 2008 satte EU upp klimatmål om att minska utsläppen och spara energi.Minska utsläppen av växthusgaser med 20 procent jämfört med 1990.Den totala energiförbrukningen ska minska med 20 procent jämfört med denprognostiserade trenden.20 procent av den totala energiförbrukningen ska komma från förnyelsebara energikällor.Genom att då tillämpa en miljöcertifiering på byggnader är detta ett steg på vägen för att uppnå desatta målen. Med miljöcertifiering menas att byggnaden betygsätts med hänsyn till uppnåddmiljöpåverkan utifrån en tredjepartsgranskning. Utifrån ett certifieringssystem får en byggnad ettcertifikat som visar dess miljöprestanda.Det här examensarbetet har som syfte att ta fram ett förslag på miljöcertifieringssystem åtByggbolaget i Värmland med riktlinjer att det skall vara så enkelt och kostnadseffektivt sommöjligt, för att sedan tillämpa detta på Etapp 3 på Bryggudden i Karlstad. Detta med anledning avatt Byggbolaget i Värmland ser ett ökat behov på marknaden utav dessa kunskaper. Decertifieringssystem som ingår i urvalet är, EU GreenBuilding, Leed, Miljöbyggnad och Breeam SE.Utifrån litteraturstudien kunde slutsatsen dras att det certifieringssystem som var lämpligast atttillämpa på Etapp 3 på Bryggudden i Karlstad var Miljöbyggnad.

Companies learn through their employees. In this paper I make research into how knowledge transfer and learning occur at Metso Paper Karlstad AB, which is a partly project based organization.The result is that there are many factors that affect the knowledge transfer in a company. Knowledge transfer occurs mainly between individuals within the company, but also between departments and other actors outside the company. In the gaps between these actors, there is a risk that knowledge is not transferred, which is an obstacle to learning. A great deal of the knowledge transfer and the learning is carried out through individual?s own drive and motivation.