Uppsats för avläggande av filosofie kandidatexamen iKulturvård, Trädgårdens hantverk och design, 21 hp, 2012.

Texten utgår ifrån Sofia Kråkas egen konstnärliga praktik med utgångspunk hur kroppen kan ses som ett föremål och hur den befinner sig i rum, beroende av tid och plats..

The aim of this study is to understand the collaboration at a child investigation and the actions that may be encountered as a result of the investigation, based on the Social Secretaries experiences of collaboration with other agencies such as schools, police, health visitor and child psychiatry. In the study, eight social workers from different municipalities was interviewed at a total of six occasions. One of the occasions was a group interview with three social workers at the same time. Through the interviews, it appears that the collaboration has an important role in social work and the necessity is something that manifests itself in the social secretaries stories but also in the earlier research done in this area. The results show that social workers extensively want to interact but that the purpose of interaction varies depending on the nature of the matter.

This study focuses on the use of animals in social work from the perspective of social workers. The purpose of this study is to examine social workers? experiences of animal assisted social work and how social workers view the integration of animals in various fields of social work. The research is based on a qualitative method and four semi-structured interviews were conducted with social workers. The theories incorporated in the study are Attachment Theory and Sense of Coherence (SOC).The following results are presented: Social workers are considered to have a more comprehensive understanding of clients compared to their associates who do not hold a degree in Social Work.

Our purpose with this study was to look at the connection between social capital and integration. Particularly if meetings between people from different cultures can increase social capital and in that way affect integration. We start by identifying the social integration perspective we are going to use through out the study and then we introduce social capital theory as a way of narrowing down the field even more. The study was done through six semi structured interviews. We interviewed three women that was established in the Swedish society and three women that had immigration background.

Med lång erfarenhet från yrkeslivet inom hotell- och restaurangbranschen där jag handlett elever under utbildning ser jag nu som ansvarig för undervisningen på skolan elevernas praktik ur ett annat perspektiv. Vi befinner oss för närvarande i skarven mellan två läroplaner, Läroplanen för de frivilliga skolformerna 94 [ Lpf 94] och Gymnasieskola 2011 [ Gy 11]. Yrkesutbildningarna inom gymnasieskolan går från att ha varit yrkesförberedande till att göra eleverna väl förberedda för yrkesexamen så att de enligt skolverket (Gymnasieskola 2011) kan börja jobba direkt efter skolan. Arbetsplatsförlagd utbildning [ APU] ersätts av arbetsplatsförlagt lärande [APL] med i stort sett oförändrad omfattning och krav. Dock kan man notera att huvudmannen/ skolan har befriats från kravet att anordna utbildningar för handledare vid behov.

Detta arbete behandlar metodmaterial för normkritisk undervisning och värdegrundsarbete. Frågeställningen är huruvida värdegrund och normkritik tenderar att bli negativt normerande när de görs till en specifik undervisningsmetodik. En argumentationsanalys av två metodmaterial visade att sådana tendenser finns, båda materialen uppvisade exempel på förmedlande av problematiska normer trots att deras syfte är att minska problematiskt normbildning inom skolan. Studien diskuterar problematiken med att dessa material till viss del motsäger sitt syfte. Den diskuterar även svårigheten i att tillhandahålla specifika metoder när det kommer till normkritik.

Vårt syfte har varit att undersöka hur fyra lärare i trä- och metallslöjd ser på ämnesövergripande arbete och hur de arbetar ämnesövergripande i praktiken. Vi har genom våra frågeställningar tagit reda på hur de intervjuade träslöjdslärarna resonerar kring möjligheten att ingå i ett samarbete med andra ämnen, samt hur detta yttrar sig i deras undervisning och vilka anledningar som ligger till grund. Vi har dels använt forskning som berör slöjdämnet men också använt oss av forskning kring det praktiskt/estetiska fältet i stort. Utöver detta har vi lutat oss mot Deweys teorier kring samspelet mellan praktik och teori. Vi har valt att enbart använda oss utav kvalitativa intervjuer av ostrukturerad karaktär som metod för att nå fram till vårt resultat.

The purpose is to examine social workers view of vulnerable children and their needs. We are also interested to know how social workers think and discuss concerning the help these children are given. Our main questions in our study are; How do social workers define vulnerable children? Which needs do vulnerable children have according to social workers? Which opportunities and difficulties might there be in the decision making when trying to help these children? Which public authorities do social workers cooperate with? Which opportunities and difficulties do social workers find in the cooperation?This study is based upon interviews with ten social workers in the social childcare division in different municipalities in Skåne region, Sweden. Our results are explained and analyzed with a qualitative approach through different aspects of power- and Human Service Organization theories.

Social media has become an important marketing and communication tool worldwide, mostly through the largest social platforms Facebook and Twitter. With two-way communication via Internet companies has gotten the opportunity to interact and communicate directly with their customers. Facebook has been the focus point through the study because it has shown to be the most efficient and frequently used platform for communication. Our study aimed to confirm how communication via social media actually looks like. To be able to reach the best results, we have conducted the study from a phenomenological approach, which means; usage of qualitative semi-structured interviews to reflect the respondents experience on the phenomenon social media as a communication tool. Social media has shown to be a great way of communicating externally for companies who are willing to spend time engaging in the platform.

Social enterprises make up one of the groups of participants that provide welfare services financed by public funding. The object of this study is to describe and analyze from a theoretical point of view which conditions, in what fields, by which division of responsibility and finally through what decisions these social enterprises are allocated a place in the market for social welfare services. The company that has been the object of study offers services in the field of social welfare and in employment. In the study a triangulation of qualitative methods has been used: studies of literature on the subject, recurrent interviews and observations and also reviews of documents. The results have been analyzed from theories on the space available on the market for social services, on social economy and on social capital in the form of strong, weak and bridging bonds.

The purpose of this essay is to explore the social services work with crime victims in Sweden, according to Chapter 5, § 11 of the Social Services Act. The study examined how social workers define the victim and assessing and prioritizing victims' needs. It has also been central to study how social workers interpret and understand the regulation of social services responsible for crime victims.Qualitative interviews with 18 social workers is the basis for the study. The analysis of the social services work with victims based in the above-mentioned interviews. The interviews analyzed using the sociology of law theory.

This study explores how online television works and how it is integrated with social media such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs. Through three qualitative interviews with representants from different fields of work regarding online television, we have concluded how online television is being used in Sweden today and concludes with examples of what the future of online television could look like. Representatives from the following companies have been interviewed: SBS Media Group Sweden, Strix Television and Mediamätning i Skandinavien. The use of social media for marketing of online television is a fact for the companies in this study. However, the result of the study shows that theres room for development in the integration between online television and social media.

The implementation of this research increases the awareness of the value for luxury fashion brands in utilizing social media as a communication channel to reach young consumers globally. It provides a general understanding of young consumers? perception of luxury fashion brands on social media in regards to geographic cultural background, attitude towards new luxury, and preferred way of contacts..

Med vår kandidatuppsats, Vad önskar chefen hos den nya chefen ? en studie om vilken betydelse chefer anser att kompetens har i rekryteringsprocesser, vill vi undersöka hur rekryteringen går till i ett företag när man rekryterar in nya chefer. Syftet är att undersöka vilken betydelse begreppet kompetens tillskrivs av rekryterande chefer vid en chefsrekrytering. Skälet till varför vi intresserade oss för just detta var för att vi vill få en inblick i hur det går till i det utvalda företaget och varför de väljer att hantera sina chefsrekryteringar så som de gör. Men vi ville även undersöka vilka skillnader och likheter det finns mellan praktik och teori inom området samt kunna bidra med något nytt utifrån studien till forskningen.