This master thesis investigates how municipalities can use action program for its safety work and how the municipality of Umeå can improve its work with such a program. Information has been gathered through literature studies and case studies involving the municipality of Umeå, four other municipalities and some of the responsible authorities for the area. Conclusions reached out is that an action

This study looks at nationalism in China since the 1980s. It attempts to examine whether nationalism is increasing by investigating whether an increase is reflected in the arts, in particular Chinese cinema. The logic behind this is that if nationalism is a politicisation of arts, tradition and culture then an increase in nationalism should be reflected in arts, tradition and culture. The topic of

This report evaluates an existing method for testing water mist systems - CEN/TS 14972:2008. Annex A.3. The evaluation is to be seen as an analysis of the uncertainties with respect to repeatability and reproducibility of the test. It is concluded that the test method does not meet the standards required to become an EN-standard in its present form. A new concept is presented and verified, bot the

The capacity of an emergency response system is a deciding factor in its design and development, as well as its consequent success. Given this perspective, it is obvious that it is meaningless to do a risk analysis of a system without examining or knowing its capacity first. But how is capacity evaluated? A literature study was done to find existing methods and it revealed that capacity is a conce

This bachelor’s thesis is an anthropological analysis of the ghetto debate in Denmark taking place from October 2010 to April 2011. Considering the different actors in the debate; the politicians, the ethnic minorities as well as the ethnic Danish residents of the ghetto, and the Danish population in general it will become clear that the debate about ghettos is very different between those trying

In online auctions bidding frequency tends to increase towards the last minutes of the auction. This thesis investigates why bidders might choose to engage in last minute bidding, sniping, in Tradera auctions (Tradera is a Swedish subsidiary of eBay). Tradera uses a hard-close rule and a second-price rule. In hard-close auctions the dead-line occurs at a specific time, after which new bids are not

The purpose of this thesis was to study about the implication of Mandarin language in creating unity among ethnic Chinese in Malaysia. The research was carried out by exploring the role of Chinese school in order to produce an analytical overview of language and unity in Malaysian Chinese context. The identity issue was also being analyzed to find out how Mandarin language helps to create Chinese

Using a master’s-level human rights program funded by Sweden at Peking University, this case study sought to explore the connection between legal education and social change as influentially advanced by the Law and Development Movement (LDM) and now reflected in various donor-funded law and governance projects in China. To evaluate the program’s underlying assumptions of change, the study examined

Syftet med studien var att beskriva hur de aktiviteter som personal på Röda Korsets behandlingscentrum för krigsskadade och torterade i Malmö använder för att hjälpa barnen som befann sig i riskzonen för att utveckla posttraumatiskt syndrom. Undersökningsgruppen bestod av sociolog, socionom, bildterapeut och volontärer i teamet. Halvstrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes. Deltagare berättade om akti

The European Union (EU) and the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have been negotiating Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) since 2002. The EPAs are intend to replace present agreements which due to its discriminatory element against other developing countries, not are compatible with the WTO regulations. The liberalisation of the EPAs has triggered some concerns regarding the risk

In this paper we examine the volatility dynamics of cross-listed stocks. Specifically, we study deviations in volatility between a sample of Swedish stocks listed on the OMX Stockholm 30 Index (OMXS30) with Stockholmsbörsen (SSB, the Stockholm stock exchange) as their home market, and their corresponding DRs listed on Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (FWB, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange). The main questi

Syftet med denna uppsats är att granska relevanta teorier kring marknadsföring och forskning kopplat till sociala medier. Med hjälp av teoretisk granskning och empiriska undersökningar analyseras de faktorer som företag och organisationer bör ta hänsyn till avseende användandet av sociala medier. Avslutningsvis presenteras en modell som beskriver ett strategiskt tillvägagångssött för hur företag b

Title: Black Jack: A New Perspective on Protean Career within Management Consulting Seminar Date: June 1, 2011 Course: BUSM18 Degree Project in Managing People, Knowledge and Change- Master Level Authors: Victoria Jezierski, Teigan Margetts & Susan Sjölund Advisor EHL: Stephan Schaefer & Katie Sullivan Advisor VCT: Sverre Spoelstra Keywords: Career, protean career, traditional career, mana

This thesis treats the effects of various factors on the price development of agricultural estates in Sweden. An econometric approach is used to determine the impact, the factors included are chosen with regards to extensive interviews with people with industry insights and long experience of the business. The purpose is to describe and analyze the price development over time. Our results indicate

Studien syftar till är att undersöka hur ett relativt nyetablerat varumärke kan kommunicera ut ett budskap på en redan befintlig marknad. Vi har i studien använt oss av kvalitativa metoder, enkäter, individuell intervju och djupintervjuer för att samla in empiriskt material.För att undersöka detta använde vi Paulúns som fallföretag och kom fram till att det fanns en del områden som Paulúns skullle

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to study if and how Swedish accounting regulation create misunderstandings between Swedish aid agencies and stakeholders. Further we are going to analyze if there is a need to improve Swedish accounting regulation to increase faith between the agency and its stakeholders. Methodology: The study is based on a qualitative approach and the primary sources consis

Syftet: Syftet med denna uppsats var att utreda hur fallföretaget utåt sett förmedlar sina anställda som experter, och internt, hur de anställda får en positiv gruppidentitet, samt vad man kan tillskriva teorin gällande detta. Metod: Vi har en kvalitativ studie med abduktiv ansats. Vi ser verkligheten som en del av oss och har använt oss av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Teori: Ett kunskapsföretag

Uppsatsen syftar till att beskriva och analysera individers reaktioner i förändringsprocesser och omfattar en presentation av två perspektiv. Inledningsvis presenteras ett Change Management perspektiv, där motstånd, såsom t ex kritik mot förändringen, via en omfattande litteraturstudie visat sig vara den dominerande synen på individers reaktioner i förändringsprocesser. Motstånd är därtill något s