Aim: Team spirit is a concept often used in both managerial literature and in other contexts where the efficiency of a group is discussed. Despite the fact that team spirit is used as a selling point for courses, books and seminars, no unambiguous definition of the term is available. The purpose of this thesis is to clarify what team spirit means to individuals within companies and team sports. Method: The thesis has been carried out using studies of available literature, which has been compiled into a conceivable model of what team spirit may imply. From this model a poll has been made, and handed out to individuals within companies as well as team sports. After having compiled the 37 replies, correlating answers has been sought after within each group of respondents. Result & Conclusions: The result shows us that there are varying opinions of what team spirit is, and generally accepted definitions of closely related ideas like cohesion and group development has to the respondents not been able to form a satisfying description of what team spirit means.

Background: Obesity surgery is the only technique that has proved to have a long-lasting effect on weight loss. Operation is not a solution but rather a lifelong involvement for the person. To loose a lot of weight means a big adjustment for both body and mind and the operated person may need support, advice, information and encouragement. Aim: The aim was to describe how a person, operated for obesity, can be supported in order to reach improved health pre- and postoperative. Method: A systematic literature study was made which resulted in 18 scientific articles that have been reviewed.

Abstract: When playing in teams, communication is important, not just communication with words but also non-verbal communication such as gestures and body languish. The purpose with this study is to see how there is a co-op among communicating players , between leaders and players and to examine what meaning communication and culture got  in a youth team. The ambition with this study was to increase our knowledge about communication and communicationculture in the youth floorball team. This study is qualitative and was inspired by an ethnographical method so we got the information from observations of a youth floorball team, totally we made four observations. The result were analyzed and categorized from our observation papers.

The importance of student influence at the universities is something that is described in Swedish regulations as well as in local policies and documents for Karlstad University. At the same time there is no description for the interpretation of what student influence actually means. It is up to the university to decide what student influence should be at the university and how it should be represented in the organization and processes.The purpose with this essay is with a discursive perspective of analysis define how representatives of Karlstad University reflects how the student influence should be represented in the organization and if it is possible to connect it to the position as an actor of co-decision or of influenceThe analysis show that different levels of the university will describe the position of student influence differently, and that it plays different roles to keep up the quality of education at the university. It shows that it will be of more importance that student influence takes the role to influence the organization more than co-decide the nearer the student the process will come..

The purpose with this study is to gain understanding about student´s view of mathematical education, in the later years of nine-year compulsory school, and the motivation factors that can be identified when student´s gives opportunity to express their own thoughts due to the mathematical education. From experiences we have gained during the practical part of our teachers education we got the impression that student´s think that the mathematical education is boring and uninteresting. Through qualitative methods such as survey and discussions in focus group we have analyzed student´s views of mathematical education and pointed out witch motivation factors that are expressed when student´s gives opportunity to influence over their own education. The results are shown from the answers and comments that student´s gave, during the survey and focus group, and is divided into two main parts, both with focus on motivation ?Mathematics and motivation? and ?Student´s influence and motivation? and also a summery part ?Motivated for mathematical education when the student is given influence over the education?. The study showed that student´s wants to have more difference in the work methods that are used in their mathematical education such as problem solving, games, more work in groups and pairs and more use of IT. In conclusion the study also gives suggestions to other studies that can be made in the same genre as this study in the way that IT can be used in mathematical education and how student´s interest can be used in the education to gain more motivated student´s..

AimThe purpose of the study was to investigate how upper secondary school students experience performance demands during their physical education and health classes (PE-classes). The questions were as following: Are there differing perceptions between the sexes whether students experience performance demands? In what situations do the students feel that the demands on their performance are high during PE-classes? Do the students experience of demands on performance differ whether the physical education and health teacher is male or female? Do students feel unfairly treated by the physical education and health teacher during PE-classes?MethodSeven upper secondary schools in Stockholm?s administrative district were randomly selected to participate in the survey. The principals were contacted for further information and to set a date for performing the survey. The project leaders were present during the days the surveys were taken by students in the social science and natural science programs.

Föreliggande studie hade syftet att undersöka sambandet mellan effektivitet och teamstruktur/-organisation samt sambandet mellan effektivitet och ledarkaraktäristika. Huvudhypotesen var att teamstruk-tur/organisation har störst betydelse för effektiviteten, sex underhypoteser skapades. Data samlades in via en enkät som besvarades av 91 personer i tvärprofessionella team inom välfärdsorganisationer. Hypoteserna prövades genom frekvens-, korrelations-, varians- samt multipel regressionsanalys. Följande signifikanta resultat erhölls: effektiviteten upplevs högre i (1) roll-kompletterande än rolldifferentierade team, (2) team som var kongruenta med sin idealtyp, (3) team som har en högre grad av konsensusbeslut och (4) team där aktivitetsgraden från teamledaren var hög oavsett om ledarstilen var produktions-, relations- eller förändringsorienterad.

Motivation främjar innovation, men innovationsprocesser måste samtidigt ta hänsyn till organisationens förutsättningar. Det krävs en jämvikt mellan flexibilitet och struktur i organisationen där team är ett optimalt sätt att skapa en sådan balans. Resultatet presenteras även i analysverktyget ITM med praktiska tillämpningsområden..

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The comprehensive goal in this study was to examine important factors in an introduction of a new machine team. The aim was to identify what elements should be part of an introduction program for new machine team. The examination was done together with Stora Enso Skog. A new machine team and their supervisors where analyzed during a six month period. The evaluation was done with open interviews of the team members and their supervisors. The main question was what should be included in an introduction program to develop a successful machine team as effective as possible? Interviews of the new team and analyses gave good indications how the procedure should be done.

 Syftet med studien var att belysa biståndshandläggares arbete i team och deras upplevelser av arbete i team. Frågeställningarna var: Hur arbetar biståndshandläggare i team? Hur upplever biståndshandläggare sitt arbete i team? Vilka svårigheter finns det medteamarbete? Vilka positiva erfarenheter har biståndshandläggare av teamarbete? Det ärviktigt att problematisera och fördjupa kunskapen om hur det allt mer populära teamarbetet upplevs. Aktuell forskning säger att för att teamarbete ska fungera krävs ett bra arbetsklimat. Studien inspirerades av teorier om team, organisationsteorier och Antonovskys begrepp KASAM.

American football is a well-known sport in America. In addition to the design and rules of the game and the surface it is played on, there are also other differences that are not directly visible. One difference noted in this study is how the teams in the game provide players. Each team has a board of directors together with the team's leadership and they will determine which players are most suitable for the team. These players are recruited to the team after graduating from a U.S.

This study is based on interviews with six students from Stockholm that have shared their feelings/opinions about how they experience their identity as a student. The aim of this master?s thesis is to examine how the identity of students is constructed but also how the post modern society affects the life that the students are living. With a higher demand on education and responsibility of making the right decisions, the student?s main concern is not only her studies, but also the goal to succeed in her life.

Det är viktigt att skolan kan bemöta barn och elever som uppvisar psykisk ohälsa.Skolhälsovården är uppbyggd på team vilka har medlemmar som samarbetar med andra teamfrån andra professioner. Det är av vikt att detta samarbete fungerar på ett effektivt sätt. Syftetmed denna studie var att undersöka vilken teoretisk utgångspunkt barn- och elevhälsoteametskuratorers arbete utgår ifrån och om kuratorsgruppen har en samsyn gällande den teoretiskautgångspunkten. Syftet konkretiserades genom följande frågeställningar: 1. Vilken teoretiskutgångspunkt är vägledande för barn- och elevhälsoteamets kuratorer och finns det någonenighet eller oenighet i samsynen gällande den teoretiska utgångspunkten? 2.

I samhället idag förekommer arbete i team i stor utsträckning och inom de flesta branscher. Att få dessa team att fungera väl och prestera som förväntat är ofta en utmaning. Det gäller även mångprofessionella team där individer med olika utbildningsbakgrund arbetar tillsammans i team. Ansvaret för detta faller ofta på HR-ansvariga och chefer i arbetsledande ställning som måste få dessa individer att inte bara fungera utan prestera väl tillsammans i ett team.Respondenterna i denna studie kommer från en bredd av organisationer, allt från vinstdrivna företag i den privata sektorn till vårdverksamheter inom offentlig sektor finns representerade i studien. Respondenterna har befattningar inom ledningen och ingår antingen i HR-avdelningen eller utövar arbetsledning över dessa tidigare nämnda team.Som bakgrund till studien finns tidigare forskning inom området grupputveckling och mångprofessionella team.Syftet var att se hur olika organisationer arbetade med utveckling av mångprofessionella team och detta undersöktes genom kvalitativa intervjuer.Resultatet i studien visar att det skiljer sig väldigt mycket i organisationerna som undersökts kring hur de arbetar med utvecklingen av mångprofessionella team.I rapportens diskussionsdel analyseras resultatet i studien i förhållande till tidigare forskning och vissa tankar ges till organisationer som möter liknande utmaningar i form av mångprofessionella team.Slutsatsen är att det är väldigt viktigt för organisationen att känna till och arbeta med teamutveckling, förstå grupputvecklingsprocessen samt förstå att mångprofessionella team kan skilja sig mot andra typer av team när det kommer till gruppens utveckling..