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This thesis examines Management Control Systems in post merging situations. The company which is the case study has restructured its organization by merging two divisions. Hence, the purpose of the thesis is to investigate how the Management Control System has been changed after integration. The main research question is related to the design and implementation of MCS by middle management after in

This study deals with the health and wellbeing of humans who work in offices as well as the energy use for the lighting. The focus is on how integrative lighting and daylight harvesting can be combined in an attempt to reduce the energy consumption while still eliciting a circadian response for the workers. The aim of this study is to investigate a combination of integrative lighting and daylight

Bakgrund: Den palliativa vården ska utgå från klientens behov, önskemål och förutsättningar, vilket innebär att vårdpersonal ska arbeta klientcentrerat. Med ett klientcentrerat bemötande kan arbetsterapeuter möjliggöra individuellt meningsfulla aktiviteter och öka livskvaliteten i slutet av livet. Få studier har dock belyst hur arbetsterapeuter arbetar klientcentrerat inom palliativ vård. Syfte:

Bakgrund: Brist på fysisk aktivitet bidrar till övervikt och fetma hos barn. Övervikt och fetma påverkar den hälsorelaterade livskvaliteten och är ett folkhälsoproblem. Syfte: Att undersöka effekter och upplevelser av interventioner för barn med eller i risk för övervikt och fetma, ur ett arbetsterapeutiskt perspektiv. Metod: Litteraturöversikt med induktiv ansats som inkluderade tio kvalitativa Background: Lack of physical activity contributes to overweight and obesity in children. Overweight and obesity affects the health-related quality of life and is a public health issue. Aim: To explore effects and experiences of interventions for children with, or at risk for, overweight and obesity from an occupational therapy perspective. Method: A literature review with inductive design includin

The aim of this thesis is to identify archivists’ attitudes towards crowdsourcing to see how they relate to modern archival theory and science. The study focuses on reliability, functionality and potential in user generated metadata. Crowdsourcing in the archival profession is connected to our increased internet use and the general digitalization of society, but it is also a result of a paradigm s

Arbetsplatsohövlighet är ett omfattande och växande problem som drabbar många verksamheter. Tidigare studier visar på olika bakgrundsorsaker till arbetsplatsohövlighet, där en del lyfter brister hos individen, andra ser brister i organisationen eller ledarskapet. Samtidigt har ledarskap länge fått stort fokus i forskning, medan medarbetarskap börjat få fart under de senaste decennierna. Studier vi

Vilka fysiska parametrar gör ett bra klarinettrör till just ett bra rör? För att försöka förstå hur ett klarinettrör kan bearbetas för att låta bättre, har jag undersökt fysiska dimensioner hos rör som jag tycker är bra respektive dåliga. Jag har fokuserat på att mäta rörets tjocklek i ett antal punkter, och undersökt om det finns förhållanden som är gemensamma för de bra rören, och som skiljer si

Studien syftar till att undersöka vilka svårigheter och utmaningar altruister och icke-altruister har i musikskapande för att kunna fånga upp elever med olika personlighetsdrag och kunna handleda dem i sitt musikskapande i skolan. Studien baseras på tidigare forskning på området samt kvalitativa intervjuer med tio musiker med varierad ålder och könstillhörighet som skriver egen musik. Av dessa tioThe study aims to investigate what differences and challenges altruists and non altruists face when they write music, and to be able to catch students with different personality traits to help them with their songwriting in school. This study is previous studies in this area and qualitative interviews with ten musicians who all write their own music. Six of these ten are altruists and four are non

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a widely publicised corporate practice that has become widespread across the globe in the context of globalisation. Still, past research has found considerable variation in the understanding and practice of CSR among companies in different national contexts. China and Sweden, two countries with very different political and economic environments, have been c

The purpose of this study was to find the dynamics between professionals’ discretion and how it is expressed in the residential care homes for children and young people. Six qualitative semi structured interviews were conducted with professionals' who work in direct contact with children and youths on residential care. The interviews were presented and analyzed based on the theories of street-

Bakgrund: Stroke är en av de vanligaste orsakerna till kroniska funktionsnedsättningar. Stroke kan orsaka dödsfall men också leda till motoriska och kognitiva funktionsnedsättningar, som i sin tur kan påverka deras aktivitetsutförande i vardagen samt ge en känsla av försämrad delaktighet. Syftet: Att kartlägga vilka effekter interventionen The Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational PerformanBackground: Stroke is one of the most frequent causes to chronic disabilities. Stroke can cause death but also cause impairment of motor and cognitive functions, this can affect their daily occupational performance and give a sensation of lessened participation. Purpose: To review the effects of the intervention Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) on everyday occupatio

This thesis process started with us wondering what happens with employee engagement in an organisation where the employees have been forced to conduct their work from home. We were also interested in the view of subordinates as well as HR-managers, their experiences and perceptions of employee engagement and how this was managed while working from home. This is what we have investigated in a finan

Healthcare is one of the largest and most essential industries in the world. eHealth systems, which includes information systems in healthcare, provides opportunity to monitor and administrate patients. The purpose of eHealth systems, for instance electronic medical records, is to decrease administrative workload and improve healthcare. However, previous research shows a lot of time spent in the s

Abstract Keywords: Fast fashion, Sustainable consumption, Collaborative consumption, Renting, Brand Equity. Purpose of the thesis: This thesis aims to discover changes in Millennials' Brand perceptions towards renting in Fast fashion, having a cultural comparison perspective between Russia and Sweden. Theoretical perspective: The study collects, analyses and narrows the existing literature

This thesis work deals with the determination of mass- and heat transfer coefficients for pharmaceutical vial freeze-drying and the one-dimensional steady state computer modelling of primary drying. The overall heat transfer coefficient K_V for the vial/freeze-dryer system was successfully determined using a gravimetric method. The overall resistance to mass transfer R_p was successfully determine

Purpose: To study the effect of environmentally-relevant personal values (biospheric, altruistic, egoistic and hedonic) on the purchase intention of second-hand clothing (SHC). Methodology: This research is a quantitative study and follows a deductive research approach. The empirical data was obtained through convenience sampling by means of an online self-completion questionnaire. A total of 669

Density is often used as a strategy to achieve a sustainable development in contemporary urban planning. A higher concentration in the urban environment of functions and people are argued to be essential to handle the climate change as well as achieving social equity. While a desire for higher density is often formulated in urban development plans by regions or municipalities, there lies a confusi

Att vara polis innebär ett stort ansvar samtidigt som utsatthet, hot och våld för yrkesgruppen är ett utbrett fenomen. Därutöver är polisyrket en manligt dominerad bransch, där kvinnor utgör en minoritet, varför det är aktuellt att undersöka hur kvinnliga polisers arbetssituation ser ut mot denna bakgrund. Den här studien (n = 31) använde ett kvantitativt enkätinstrument med kvalitativa inslag förThreat and violence is common for police officers to endure. In addition, the police profession is a male-dominated area, where women constitute a minority, hence it is relevant to study female police officers’ work situation in relation to these factors. This study (n = 31) used a quantitative measurement with qualitative elements to investigate the behavior and attitudes, threats and violence th

This paper investigates the performance differences between sustainable and unsustainable funds, measured by ESG rating, over the time period of January 2006 to December 2020 on OMX Stockholm. It also sheds light on the performance differences between unsustainable funds and unsustainable funds claiming to be sustainable, i.e. greenwashers. The paper uses Fama and French five-factor model and time