Inom en snar framtid kommer det att ske en stor generationsväxling, 40 procent av den nuvarande arbetsstyrkan kommer att pensioneras fram till år 2015 och det är 40-talisterna som går i pension. Många av dessa arbetar som chefer och småföretagare och kommer att ersättas av en yngre generation som nu är på frammarsch. De nya yngre cheferna kan känna en viss oro och osäkerhet över att behöva leda och ?chefa? äldre och mer erfarna medarbetare, detta kan ha sin grund i en överdriven respekt för de äldre medarbetarna. Det är en utmaning att vara chef över äldre kollegor då varje generation har sina normer och värderingar som är skapade av den miljö och tidsanda som råder för dem.Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka Hur man tar sig an en chefsroll inom en måltidsverksamhet som ung och nyutexaminerad? Frågor som har försökts besvaras är: Vilka fördelar respektive nackdelar kan man uppleva som ung och nyutexaminerad i en chefsroll inom måltidsverksamheten? Hur övervinner man det eventuella motstånd som kan uppstå? Vad skall man tänka på som ung och nyutexaminerad när man tar sig an en chefsroll inom måltidsverksamheten? Vad har restaurangmanagerutbildningen för betydelse för restaurangmanagerstudenternas kommande profession?Undersökningen är en kvalitativ empirisk studie med hermeneutisk vetenskapsteoretisk inriktning och där intervjuer i fokusgrupper var en nyckelmetod.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of large amounts of straw in the farrowing pen on thermal regulation of the newborn piglet in different weight classes. 20 sows were given 15 kg of straw in the farrowing pen 2 days prior to until 7 days after parturition. A control group of 18 sows had no straw in the pen. 6 litters from each treatment were observed. Measurements of piglet body temperature were made at 0h, 2h, 4h, 8h and 24h after parturition. At ?8h? the body temperature of the piglets in the Straw group were significantly higher (P=0,0149) than the piglets in the Control group.

After the last election Sweden has got a government that claims to be feminist. This thesis discusses whether the change of labels has also brought along policy formulated in a feminist way, arguing that the way policy is expressed affects how people see a certain problem. Three policy proposals are analysed, and in only one case the government seems to have been influenced by feminist ideas. The other proposals partly support claims made by new institutionalism that norms and routines in an organisation work to resist policy change, but also shows that feminist ideas are resisted more actively. The fact that so called policy entrepreneurs was present in the policy process at a certain period in time, probably counts for one explanation to the exceptional policy.

Health and fitness are two controversial and not easily defined topics that affect people in our modern society every day. We believe that we can find a link between individualism, globalization and the stress concerning weight and appearance ideals. Our bodies have turned into a popular subject for the media, and there is no indication that the interest will decline. As the world gets more artificial, "natural" ideals are getting more attention, such as the concept of a strong and healthy body. But there is also a downside, for example with health issues such as cardiovascular disease increasing following the birth of high-fat diets.

The study is based on the pragmatic question whether one can apply the theoretical perspectives priming, experience space and relationship marketing in a practical context. The authors visualize how these concepts appear practical and what advantages and disadvantages can be discerned in the particular case of HV71. The method used is a hypothetico-deductive approach, which is not entirely conventional in the humanistic and social scientific context. Consequently, it has been proven to be particularly suitable as it could expose the theoretical perspectives for a difficult scientific test.The result of the study demonstrated that a marketer could benefit from using the theoretical perspectives when exercising the profession. It also showed that the object of study applied these perspectives.

This essay aims to investigate the use of an origin-ID within the Beaker Complex, as defined by John C. Barrett, seen through their different expressions of use in ceramic form and ornamentation, architecture and landscape through time and space with special emphasis on the late Neolihtics in the South of England. The analytic vehicle "the reinforcing circle" is used as a new diffusion model suggested by Stuart Needham, and the analytic tool "incubation" is used to structure the process the Beaker-cultures may have used to reach cultural hegemony. Id est, that the Beaker-cultures socially invites already existing cultures, offering within family and trading the results of new technolo­gies. And/or, occupy the space and use the authority needed by re-writing the narrative as seen in the grave use and grave deposits.

The main purpose of this study was to examine own and social influence on perfectionismwith individual athletes. The participants (n= 96) of this study represented ten different sportsand their ages was between 15 and 44. An interview with four of the participant wasconducted. The instruments used for this study was the Positive and Negative PerfectionismScale (Terry-Short et al., 1995) and for the interviews questions was based on own and socialinfluence. The results showed that there was a relationship between positive perfectionismand own influence, negative perfectionism and own influence, negative perfectionism andsocial influence.

The water tower in Uppsala city forest was built in the late 1950's in what is now a nature reserve. The unique place was supposed to be visited by people, which is currently not the situation. This bachelor thesis aimed to perform an analysis and make a design proposal for the environment surrounding the water tower. The analysis was performed using the methodology previously described by architect Arne Branzell. The methodology focuses on how a space is perceived by a person moving through it.

This master thesis includes a description of how a number of sensors are put together in a sensor platform. It also gives a description of how localization and mapping has been performed with data collected from the sensor platform. Localization is a prerequisite for most of the tasks that can be requested from an autonomous mobile robot. In many situations the GPS signal is not available and hence an additional localization system is required. One approach is to apply localization based on landmarks extracted from the robots surrounding.

Previous research does not show a clear picture of the perception of personalized advertising as studies give different results - there are both positive and negative aspects. The purpose of this study is to improve the knowledge and understanding of the impact of personalized advertising in the new Internet era. The aim is to answer whether personalized advertising has more positive than negative effects on Facebook or if marketers today should rethink regarding this issue. An experiment with three advertisements was defined where one ad was with no personal targeted content and the other two included personally targeted content. These ads were analysed with the theories word of mouth, information overload and psychological ownership to see if interesting results could be found regarding ad attitude, click intention and purchase intention as well as to investigate if the attitude to Facebook could have an impact on the results.

The purpose of this paper is to examine how six students who attend a high school relate to their multilingualism and emphasize how their multilingualism has affected their views of themselves and their identity. The fundamental questions were:How do six students who attend a secondary school relate to their multilingualism?How has students' multilingualism affected their views of themselves and their identity?I did use a qualitative research method in terms of interviews to receive answers for my inquiries.Carla Jonsson (2010) speaks inter alia about ?the third space? which concerns adolescents creating a ?third room?. Almqvist (2006) believes that adolescents that are exposed to discrimination and prejudices can lead to them turning their backs on society in disappointment. Boyd (1985) has, in his thesis, found that multilingual students communicate with the majority language and with their mother tongue with their parents.

The University of Gotland has between the years 2006-2011 conducted seminar excavations in Västergarn parish, Gotland. During this time 167 comb fragments have been registered. Out of these are 51 of importance for this study, since they are defined as either a single-sided composite comb or a comb case. The purpose of this thesis is to enlighten the earliest period in the history of Västergarn by focusing on the earliest forms of combs and their cases. And as the title expresses do the combs date to the Viking Age or the Middle Ages? The combs from the excavations will be compared to different type schemes, both Viking Age and Middle Age and different places in Scandinavia such as Lund, Oslo, Lödöse and Gotland.

This is a case study of Carlstad Comic Con 2011 and 2012.The purpose is to study the event in relation to a project management and a local culture policy perspective. This in order to analyze the organization of a popular culture event and see how such a local event may benefit Karlstad as a city. Besides studying the organization of Carlstad Comic Con and its outcomes I am sketching a short cultural history of popular culture media and its context within recent year?s globalization.The study shows that the events have had a great beneficial impact on the local industry; lacking any negative sides, and have put Karlstad in an international context which goes directly in line with the standard guidelines for project management of region culture policy. Concerning how to organize the event the organizers have not followed a strict project structure.

Bakgrund Inom de närmsta tio till femton åren kommer den stora gruppen av 40- och tidiga 50-talister att gå i pension. Detta kommer att resultera i en brist på arbetstagare och en generationsskiftning på arbetsmarknaden. Att en ny generation är på väg in på arbetsmarknaden, kan innebära nya krav på arbetsgivaren. Detta medför att företag måste fundera över hur de ska bli mer attraktiva. De nya arbetstagarna måste motiveras till att stanna kvar i företaget, så även de befintliga.

Reformen av det svenska pensionssystemet 1999 syftade bland annat till att minska den demografiska risken som en åldrande befolkning har på systemet. Sverige valde ett system som grundar sig på ett fördelningssystem med fiktiva pensionskonton (inkomstpensionen) och ett fonderat pensionssystem med verkliga pensionskonton (premiepensionen).Eftersom en åldrande befolkning medför utmaningar och påfrestningar för ett pensionssystem, behandlar uppsatsen hur demografiska förändringar påverkar pensionerna i det svenska pensionssystemet i ett makroekonomiskt sammanhang. Uppsatsarbetet är främst baserat på studier av litteratur och statistik samt intervjuer.Slutsatserna visar att demografiska förändringar som resulterar i en åldrande befolkning har en negativ finansiell inverkan på det svenska pensionssystemet, det vill säga att pensionerna påverkas negativt. Höga antaganden på de tre demografiska förändringsfaktorerna (fruktsamhet, mortalitet och migration) har i praktiken bara en liten positiv effekt på försörjningsbördan i de olika demografiska scenarierna, och kan därmed inte var för sig motverka den åldrande befolkningens finansiella inverkan. En kombination av exempelvis högre fruktsamhet och högre invandring skulle däremot ge en större positiv effekt på försörjningsbördan.