At the workplace, different types of discussions take place, where employers meet members of staff. Some of these discussions take the form of an employer correcting a member of staff; that is the employer wanting the member of staff to change his/her behaviour. The correcting discussion has a very important role within labour legislation as it is often this measure that the employer takes to bring about change. If this does not happen then more severe disciplinary measures like a warning or giving notice will be necessary. This paper is about the employer's role in the corrective discussion. How an employer can work with the corrective discussion but also what effects can be experienced due to the discussion. To understand how an employer experiences the corrective discussion, 98 employers within a municipality have received a web questionnaire via the computer program Esmaker. Of these employers 68 answered the questions, which is a response of barely 70%.

Abstract In order to make the modern agriculture less dependent on non-renewable external inputs, it has to rely more on ecosystem services. The agricultural system produce not only food, fiber and fuel, it also generates other ecosystem services such as e.g. photosynthesis, recycling of nutrients, influencing local microclimate, pollination, biological control and detoxification of noxious chemicals. This study is an attempt to get a better understanding about the interaction among different ecosystem services and different habitats capacity to generate them. An evaluation of eight different methods is done. The ecosystem services studied are the ability to absorb solar energy, biomass production, botanical diversity, decomposition and natural predation of aphids.

SammanfattningFöretaget Infinigear AB driver i samarbete med KTH ett utvecklingsprojekt med inriktning mot en steglös växellåda för tyngre fordon. En viktig komponent i växellådan är en koppling som används till växellådans momentöverförande kedjehjul. I ett tidigare studentprojekt har en prototyp av kopplingen konstruerats för att klara av i- och urkoppling med 50 Hz och momentet 250 Nm. Under studentprojektet testades kopplingen för det statiska momentet med lyckat resultat. Däremot utfördes inga prover med högre frekvenser vilket är syftet med detta examensarbete.

In the European Union and in Swedish labor law, permanent employment is the main goal for employment of workers. An exception to that rule is temporary employment. The Swedish rules relating to temporary employment have undergone several changes since the Employment Protection Act was implemented in 1974. The last reform in 2007 has received criticism by respondents for not following the Union directive on fixed-term work, which went into effect in 2001. In 2010 the European Commission opened an infringement case against Sweden, after a complaint from a Swedish employees? organization.

The purpose of this article is to investigate how and from which sources librarians collect information on their profession with respect to factors that are important for their work. In order to achieve this goal, a questionnaire-based survey will be conducted at three medium-sized central-public-libraries in southern Sweden. Using this survey, I wish to answer the following four questions: To what extent do librarians acquaint themselves with changes and developments within regional and cultural policy arenas important to their work? To what extent do librarians acquaint themselves with information using conferences and library debates that are focussed on changes and developments relevant to their work? Do librarians consider that they have enough time within the limits of their work hours to follow developments within the librarian profession, for example with respect to developments within information technology, and how would they appraise the future demand for information technology-based services at the library? From which source(s) do librarians collect information relevant to their work? The theoretical basis of this paper can be compared to a radar as it scans subjects-of-interest to the organization in the field of business intelligence. This investigation uses a quantitative method, with data collected via a survey consisting of 13 questions.

SammanfattningFöretaget Infinigear AB driver i samarbete med KTH ett utvecklingsprojekt med inriktning mot en steglös växellåda för tyngre fordon. En viktig komponent i växellådan är en koppling som används till växellådans momentöverförande kedjehjul. I ett tidigare studentprojekt har en prototyp av kopplingen konstruerats för att klara av i- och urkoppling med 50 Hz och momentet 250 Nm. Under studentprojektet testades kopplingen för det statiska momentet med lyckat resultat. Däremot utfördes inga prover med högre frekvenser vilket är syftet med detta examensarbete.

Today?s environmental discussions have led to more progress in the different transportareas. To ride a bicycle is often one of the most efficient alternative when it comes totransport. An Electric bike is, and makes transportation more efficient than a regularbicycle. Electric bicycles do not affect the environment significantly and allows moreconvenient transportation than ordinary bicycles do.

Tidigare studier visar att människor som bor på särskilt boende ofta lider av depression och ensamhet. Personalen som jobbar på särskilt boende är ofta upptagna med de dagliga sysslorna och tiden för social interaktion med de boende är ofta begränsad. Detta kan resultera i en känsla av övergivenhet och ångest hos den boende. Genom århundradena, så har människan alltid använt sig av husdjur som ett sällskap och tröst. Studier visar att den generella hälsan förbättras och stärks genom umgänget med djur.

One of ABB Power Systems´s business areas is HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) technology. HVDC is used for transmissions for both short and long distances. One of Power Systems?s products is called HVDC Light. HVDC Light is a relatively new technology for power transmission, but have before only been used for motor drives applications.

The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyse the development of the public library in the district of Österåker during a period of 1958-1983. The main goals have been to identify the crucial events in the history of the library within their historical context and to analyse the factors that have been important for the development: financing, location, staffing, stock of books, book-lending level and different activities for children, youngsters and adults. The consideration has been taken to reasons and consequences of these events. The hermeneutic interpretation model of interaction between parts and wholes, between reasons and results is the basic method in this research which leans mainly upon local archives in Österåker. The public library in Österåker was established in 1952 as a fusion of previously existing small libraries: the parish library in Östra Ryd, the Labour Movement?s library and the temperance movement?s library.

The purpose of my study is using a narrative approach from a student perspective through the feelings that show the cultural encounters of immigrant students with the Swedish school. I want through my study have an understanding of how students are affected in their interaction with the Swedish culture. I also want to analyze and understand their feelings and experiences. Are emotions negative or positive? My theoretical framework includes the following concepts: Emotions, treatment, ethnicity, identity and code-switching.An important element of my study is to understand students' emotional experiences.

A manufacturing machine at the engineering company Sandvik Coromant has a positioning table which task is to move an item linearly. The positioning table has a linear motor capable of high velocity and acceleration. This makes it possible to achieve short cycle times and a more profitable production.The purpose of this thesis is to bring forward a new concept which is more adapted to the requirements of the positioning table. The reason is that the current positioning table provides an unnecessarily positioning accuracy of 0.01 mm, while the requirement for the positioning accuracy is just 0.1 mm. The goal is to reduce manufacturing and component costs.To develop a suitable solution an approach for the concept development process has been performed.

The thesis evaluates a new kind of bearing arrangement in a traction motor that ABB hasdeveloped. Since the arrangement is designed in a new and innovative way it needs to beevaluated to see if it is safe to use. In today?s traction motors, bearings with a big internalclearance (C4-clearance) are used. The basic idea of the new arrangement is to reduce the fitsbetween the bearing and shaft/house.

Arbetslösheten bland akademiker har ökat ganska rejält de senaste åren och i takt med detta ökar även arbetsmarknadsutbildningar för högutbildade. Vi ville ta reda på hur deltagare i sådana åtgärder upplever den kontext de befinner sig i. Dels ville vi se vad som motiverade dem att deltaga i utbildningen, dels hur de upplevde det att vara i den situation som utbildningen innebar och slutligen hur de upplevde att det de lärt sig skulle kunna bidra till att lättare ta sig in på arbetsmarknaden men även vilken nytta de trodde den nya kunskapen skulle kunna ge i framtida arbete. Vi har genomfört en empirisk studie av en specifik utbildningsinsats på Pedagogiska institutionen i Lund under våren 2006 genom kvalitativa intervjuer med sex stycken av deltagarna. När vi genomförde våra intervjuer befann sig deltagarna ungefär halvvägs genom utbildningen som totalt omfattade 24 veckor.

I detta examensarbete undersöks hur informationstavlor vid Volvo PV AB, motor, Östra fabriken, Skövde påverkar montörerna som arbetar där i deras arbete. Uppdraget som undersökaren fick av Volvo var att undersöka vilken betydelse de informationstavlor som sitter vid varje modul/arbetsstation spelar i det dagliga arbetet. De här informationstavlorna visar hur många motorer som ska produceras per vecka. Metoden som användes i undersökningen var en kvalitativ intervjubaserad undersökning, med 24 deltagande montörer.Resultatet visar att den information som fås via tavlorna är av stor vikt och behövs i någon form. Det finns dock vissa betydande brister som påverkar montörerna negativt på olika sätt.