The amount of electronic information is growing continuously in the corporate world and companies need to make sure to have a good solution for it to make effective use of time and document handling. A good task management is also an important part of a company’s structure to not create unnecessarily work. With this master thesis we have found a solution where a Workflow-software is implemented to

The purpose of this study was to examine how different Swedish municipalities proceeded to transform the sanction youth service to practice in the context of the laws, the preparatory works and the guidelines which concern the sanction. Semi-structured interviews were used to acquire the material along with a so-called interview guide, which consisted of a list of fairly specific themes that were

Author: Ulrika Eklund Title: "Sometimes the goal is not to become self-sufficient, it is rather about feeling better." A qualitative study on the activation of refugees, related to migration and mental illness. Supervisor: Torbjörn Hjort The purpose of this study was to examine how the city of Malmö are working with people with PTSD and mental illness related to migration who receives

The aim of this study is to examine why the establishment reform is deficient. In order to identify the problem, the study focuses on the sensations among new arrivals and employment agency, regarding the establishment reform. To complete our purpose, we conducted six qualitative interviews, where four of the respondents were new arrivals, affected by the reform, and the remaining were employment

An (ab)normal life The aim with this study was to analyse how housing supporters describe their approach towards mentally impaired people. The peer group, who needs housing support, are people who live in their own homes and are 18 years old or older. The Swedish psychiatric reform was implemented 1995 due to the deinstitutionalization. The purpose of the reform was to improve the living conditio

Problem: HIV/AIDS is one of the most challenging health and development issues of modern times. This study takes place in Ghana, which is one of the countries that have made progress in the HIV/AIDS work during the last years. Information of HIV infection and prevention has increased in Ghana within the past few years, but behaviour change is yet a big issue to face and condom use remains low, esp

Abstract Authors: Tina Olofsson och Ida Linderoth. Title:”Where is the support?” A qualitative study of support services for families with youths suffering from self-harming behavior. Supervisor: Stig Linde Assessor: Carina Tigervall The aim of this study was to examine which type of support the families in our study expressed that they were in need of during the time their youths had a self-ha

Uppsatsen syftar till att förklara varför svenska lagstiftare fastställde de rådande gränsvärdena för revisionsplikt genom att identifiera vilka intressegrupper och faktorer som kan tänkas ha påverkat beslutet. Vi gjorde en kvalitativ studie över lagändringsprocessen, SOU 2008:32. Vidare använde vi en induktiv forskningsansats vid analys av de offentliga statliga dokumenten samt remissyttranden. UThe purpose of the study was to explain why the Swedish government chose the current threshold for audit exemption. This was done by identifying which interest groups and factors that may have affected the government’s decision. The study was done by using a qualitative method when analysing the law change process, SOU 2008:32. Furthermore, an inductive approach was used when analysing the public

The purpose of this study is to illuminate what postnatal depression is and how it might affect a newborn child and its mother. We also want to clarify what potentially causes postnatal depression, how to prevent it and how to socially work with this problem. To figure this out, we decided to administer six interviews with professionals such as social workers, nurses, psychologists and others. The

Syftet med denna uppsats är att i en underutforskad grupp - män på höga hierarkiska positioner - studera samvariation mellan emotionsreglering, de självmedvetna emotionerna skam och stolthet samt personlighetsdrag för att nå hög social status. Resultaten jämförs med resultat från tidigare studier på andra populationer. Förmågan att reglera emotioner kan vara en av de mest genomgripande utmaningarnThe aim of this essay is to study covariation between emotion regulation, the self- conscious emotions shame and pride, personality traits to reach high social status; in a rarely explored group – men in high hierarchic positions. The results are compared with results from earlier studies on other populations. The ability to regulate emotions may be one of the most pervasive challenges by which hu

The so called honour culture and honour related violence is a globally debated subject. The honour related debate arose in Sweden in connection to the honour-killing of Fadime Sahindal in 2002. The aim of this study was to research and present the perception and view of honour cultures that different Swedish social workers may have, and, how they work with honour related cases. Furthermore, the

Denna magisteruppsats baseras på en översättning av fem artiklar på temat cannabis publicerade i den franska tidskriften L’Express. Arbetet består av en översättningsdel samt en analysdel. Analysdelen inleds av en källtextanalys som utgår från Hellspong & Ledins mall för brukstextanalys i boken Vägar genom texten (1997). Därefter följer ett avsnitt om överväganden inför översättningen, i vilke

Educational games provide new possibilities for teaching and learning. Data from games can be used to inform teachers about their pupils’ progressions. By presenting such data in an efficient and useful manner, one might improve assessment and the way feedback is given. There is reason to believe that this would further increase the value of educational games. In this paper, two pioneering studies

This thesis: Culture at any price? A study of how visitors and producers in Malmö think of free culture is about professional free culture in Malmö and how it affects other kinds of culture in the city. My main research questions are: How do people value culture? How much and what are they willing to pay for it? And does free culture change the way people think of other kinds of culture? How do di

Object tracking algorithms and motion triggered alarms are often dis- turbed by shadows. It is challenging to separate between moving objects and shadows since they have similar movement patterns and image prop- erties. In this thesis, three different approaches to detect shadows are developed and evaluated. The identified shadows determine what parts of the image not to track and what alarms to i

Angels, inspirers and shopping clothes on credit” – power and conditional assistance in Swedish reality-TV The aim of this study is to provide a closer look at the nature of help given in selected Swedish reality shows with charity and lifestyle platforms. Descriptive in nature, the study is a content analysis of the influence and power the reality programs may have on participants, focusing on t

The aim of this study was to examine how staff, working in LSS-group homes, through ways of talking, attitudes and approaches construct, form and shape the sexuality among people with learning disabilities. LSS is “the Swedish act concerning support and service for persons with certain functional impairments” (Lag (1993:387) om stöd och service till vissa funktionshindrade) and implies, inter alia

Abstract Author: Madelene Holmberg & Sara Knutsson Title: Difficult conversations in healthcare - from the counselor’s perspective. Supervisor: Anett Schenk Assessor: Anna Rypi The aim of this study was to investigate the healthcare counselor’s perspective on difficult conversations in their work, through interviews. More specific the aim was to examine how the counselors experience conversat

Denna magisteruppsats grundar sig på två kapitel samt förordet i boken Il Napoli di Maradona. Cronistoria di un sogno: il primo scudetto av Gigi Garanzini och Marco Bellinazzo. Uppsatsen inleds med en analys av källtexten som utgår ifrån Hellspong & Ledins analysmodell (1997). Därefter följer en kortare redogörelse för de överväganden jag gjort inför översättningsarbetet, med utgångspunkt i Li

This paper is about the subsidy system for performing arts and how this system is used as a tool for cultural policy. This seems to be an area in cultural policy that has been overlooked in earlier studies. The subsidy system for performing arts is a question about democracy, and therefore also a question about who has the rights to experiance performing arts. Looking closer at the system and the