In this study it has been investigated what is missing in non-strength training women to begin exercise regular strength training. It has also examined the level of knowledge about the health benefits and the employer's encouragement to maintain good health. The study was designed in a qualitative methodology and data collection was designed in form of semi-structured interviews. Six women were interviewed between the ages 22-51år. The results showed that women possessed a very low level of knowledge about strength training and also fears and prejudices existed among them.

Utländsk arbetskraft konkurrerar allt mer om arbetstillfällen i form av lägre löner och produktionskostnader. Detta gäller inte minst inom bygg- och anläggningsbranschen. Ett sätt att effektivt minska kostnader är att undersöka hur eventuellt slöseri kan undvikas. En filosofi som fokuserar på detta är Lean Production som allt fler företag i bygg- och anläggnings-branschen försöker arbeta enligt. Svensk Markentreprenad AB är ett ungt, växande företag som strävar efter att arbeta effektivare.

The purpose of this study has been to describe and analyze how former foster children experienced foster care which have been filled with maltreatment and neglect and how this has influenced their adult life when it comes to health, education and relationships. We also wanted to study how the former foster children coped with their placement. Furthermore we wanted to study whether there has been any turningpoints during their growth. Finally we wanted to describe how the former foster children experienced the authorities control. To make the purpose of this study complete we chose to use qualitative interviews with six former foster children as our research method.

Att skapa fördelar med lean kräver en gedigen hängivenhet i tillämpningen av lean filosofin. Studier har påvisat svårigheter hos medelstora tillverkningsföretag vid tillämpning av lean att skapa synergier mellan hantering av efterfrågan och lagerstyrning. En efterfrågehantering som skapat ojämnt flöde utav produktionsorder som lett till problematik med voluminösa och inkuranta lagernivåer.Med den problematiken som grund har en fallstudie utförts på ett medelstort tillverkningsföretag. Studien har syftat till att undersöka brister i efterfrågehantering, produktionsplanering samt lagerstyrning hos fallföretaget utifrån ett lean perspektiv samt föreslå förbättringsåtgärder. Studien har antagit en hermeneutisk utgångspunkt med en deduktiv ansats där teori först studerats för att sedermera samla in empiri för jämförelse.Resultatet av studien blev förslag på förbättringsmöjligheter för fallföretaget som då besvarat frågeställningarna hur ett tillverkningsföretag kan förbättra både sitt interna och externa lagerflöde.

Background: Previous research demonstrates that negative stress in the current situation is common among nurses working in emergency care. The stress is demonstrated to be associated with poorer provided care for patients and impaired health of nurses. Aim: The purpose of the study was to highlight nurses' perception of stress and their work for a good nursing care on an emergency care department. Method: An empirical design with qualitative approach has been used. Five semi-structured interviews were conducted with nurses and forms the basis of the results of the study.

One year Master's thesis, Degree of master in Business and Economics, School ofBusiness and Economics at Linnaeus University, Management, 4FE10E SpringSemester 2014.Author: Johanna Björklund and Sarah Gustafsson.Mentor: Magnus Forslund.Title: Lean in the public sector - Potential barriers to a long-term Lean work.Background: Organizational changes are something that is constantly done inorganizations, and in the last decade, there has arisen a plethora of different changemodels. A reorganization that is popular among companies today is Lean. Lean is aconcept that was developed within the Japanese automotive industry, but has evolvedfrom the Japanese shop floor and is now a concept that can be found in, for example,several Swedish municipalities.Purpose: The purpose of this study was to create an understanding of why the conceptLean may have difficulty getting a hold in the in the long term.Methodology: The study was done with a qualitative research approach and through anabductive approach. As we intended to create an understanding, of what potentialbarriers that may affect that a Lean work, in some cases, does not become a long-termcondition, it seemed natural to choose a hermeneutic approach to knowledge. Theempirical data collected via individual unstructured interviews, through a groupinterview, and by non-participant observations.

Iraq has in recent decades been with internal conflicts between ethnic groups. Despite the enormous wealth of natural resources, more than half of the population remains poor. War and corruption has led to lack of resources and worsening quality of the health sector leading to deteriorating health situation among the population. Womens role and experiences of health and health promotion is important in conflict affected countries to create health and well-being within the family. Objective: the objective of this study was to investigate the maternal experiece of promoting the health of children in an Iraqi context.Method:Aqualitative research methodology with semi-structured interviews was chosen.Six mothers from diffrent neighborhods in the city of kirkuk were interviewed.

Sweden's aging population makes the need for a viable health care urgent and telemedicine can be a solution to enable older people to receive or give themselves care in their homes. Furthermore, implementation of telemedicine has the potential to realise profits in society by increasing the accessibility of health care and minimizing travel costs. Sweden?s low population density and geographical configuration makes the advantages of telemedicine even more appealing. To illustrate the differences between the county councils? use of telemedicine and thus increasing the possibility for coordinated care between them, the authors have on behalf of the Innovation Centre at the Karolinska University hospital mapped the amount of telemedicine technologies that are available in the Swedish county councils? today. To collect information an electronic survey and video or telephone interviews were used.

The aim of this study was to investigate physician?s view of physiotherapy in primary health care. Semi structured interviews were conducted with five physicians. The study was carried out as a qualitative context analyse study. The interviews were coded in categories independently by the two authors.

The purpose of this study was to look at the experiences of midwives in maternalhealth care encounters with non-european-born women and men, and to determine ifmidwives deem any special competence necessary to handle these encounters well.We gathered information by means of qualitative interviews and semi structuredquestions with eight midwives all of whom matched the inclusion criterias and gavetheir personal consent. Midwives from four district health care centers in Uppsalawere included. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed by means of qualitativecontent analysis.The results reveal the experiences from encounters with non-european patients to betwofold. On one hand the encounter is a positive, exiting experience with anopportunity to learn more about a foreign culture and exchange experiences. On theother hand complications can occur as patients may have unexpected expectationsregarding the health care, have great difficulties with the language or haveexperienced traumatizing incidents, all on top of coming to Sweden alone withoutrelatives.In the encounter with non-european-born patients the midwives consider it importantto have special competence in form of knowledge of other cultures and religions asthis provides a greater understanding of the reasoning behind the patients? decisions.Cultural competence is also important as it helps avoid inadvertently insulting thepatient during the encounter.The special competence held by the midwives has been attained from their basic andspecialist education as well as from self acquired experiences and interests.

A tough working climate and the lack of extrinsic motivation at workplaces within health care raise the question of what instead drives employees within this industry. A possible answer to this is Public Service Motivation (PSM) - a type of motivation that is based on the desire to do good for society and its individuals. In order to investigate this further we have performed a qualitative study consisting of ten interviews with people working with institutional care, where the purpose has been to identify the sources of motivation and determine the impact of PSM. The results show that the compassion dimension of PSM appears to be one of the most salient motivational factors. While the rest of the PSM dimensions fail to explain the level of motivation to the same extent as compassion, other factors are recognized, such as relatedness and aspects of the nature of the work itself.

Problem: Den svenska sjukvården granskas allt oftare och resultaten pekar ofta på samma sak, resurserna används inte särskilt väl och kunskapen om hur de används saknas. Det finns i ett tilltagande behov av att ändra och förnya arbetssätt samt ta reda på vad patienten verkligen vill, för att utnyttja resurserna som finns på ett bättre sätt samt skapa förutsättningar för att förbättra kvaliteten. Sjukvården står därmed inför nya utmaningar. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att bidra med kunskap om implementering av lean i svensk sjukvård utifrån ett tjänsteperspektiv Frågeställning: Hur fungerar implementeringen av lean i sjukvården och vad är avgörande för att kvalitetsfilosofin ska få fäste i organisationen? Metod: Vi har valt att göra en kvalitativ fallstudie på Universitetssjukhuset i Lund där vi har genomfört kvalitativa intervjuer med personal på olika nivåer, utfört en observation och lyssnat till två föreläsningar.

The purpose of this study has been to describe and analyze how former foster children experienced foster care which have been filled with maltreatment and neglect and how this has influenced their adult life when it comes to health, education and relationships. We also wanted to study how the former foster children coped with their placement. Furthermore we wanted to study whether there has been any turningpoints during their growth. Finally we wanted to describe how the former foster children experienced the authorities control. To make the purpose of this study complete we chose to use qualitative interviews with six former foster children as our research method.

Landets kommuner har en stor utmaning i hur man ska organisera den alltmer komplexa verksamheten och samtidigt kunna dra nytta av anställdas kompetens på ett tillfredställande sätt. Ängelholms kommun har bland annat valt att arbeta med Lean som är en filosofi men främst en samling metoder och verktyg som handlar om att ha ett synsätt och arbetssätt i verksamheten som skapar värde för kunden. Man ska fokusera på det värdeskapande och optimera detta, medan det icke värdeskapande ska ifrågasättas och minimeras. Syftet med uppsatsen var att utveckla större kunskap om hur individer uppfattar att lärande och utveckling individuellt och i arbetsgruppen påverkas när Lean förbättringstavla används som hjälpmedel. Jag har utgått från Senges modell för förändring där fem discipliner, kunskapsområden, blir medarbetarens bästa guide på en framgångsrik väg.

Bakgrundochproblem:Spridningenavmanagementinnovationerharstuderatsflitigtbådefrånettutbuds-­?ochefterfrågeperspektiv.Undersökningarharvisatattdessainnovationerärmodesubjektochharenklockformadlivscykel.Enanledningtillattföretagadopterarpopulärainnovationerärviljanattframståsomlegitimaförsinaintressenter.Studienshypotesärattkommunikationenavmanagementkonceptfrånföretagenssidadåbordeuppvisaettliknandemodemönster.Undersökningfokuserarpåkommunikationgenomkanalenårsredovisningar.Deinnovationer/konceptsombehandlasistudienär:?Lean?,?BalancedScorecard?,?Processtyrning?och?IntellektuelltKapital?Syfte:Syftetäratttaredapåhuruvidateorierommanagementinnovationersommodenkanförklaravariationikommunikationeniårsredovisningar.Metod:Studienundersökerkommunikationavfyravälkändamanagementkonceptiårsredovisningarfrån20svenskabörsbolagunderenperiodpå15år(1997-­?2011).Dettagörsgenominnehållsanalysmedettantaldefinieradeetikett-­?ochsökord.Resultatochslutsatser:Resultatetvisarattsamtligakonceptkommuniceradesunderdenstuderadeperioden.Dettatyderpåattårsredovisningarivissutsträckninganvändsförattkommuniceraanvändandetavmanagementkoncept.GenomdeundersöktaårsredovisningarnavisardenkoncentrationavförekomstenavLeanochIntellektuelltKapitalpåenmöjligmodekomponentikommunikationen.Förslagtillvidareforskning:Undersökakommunikationenavmanagementkoncepthoskändaadoptörerförattfåredapåhuradoptionochkommunikationsammanfaller..