Search for dissertations about: "Transfer of Training"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 106 swedish dissertations containing the words Transfer of Training.

2. 1. Transfer of technical training know-how : a study of consultancy services in aid practice

   Author : Sigurd Johansson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transfer; training know-how; technology transfer; aid; consultancy services; participatory case study; hydro power;

   Abstract : In this thesis an aid financed attempt to transfer technical training know- how in the form of consultancy support is described and analysed. Between 1992 and 1996 Swedish consultants acted as advisers during the establishment phase of the Aswan training centre. READ MORE

4. 2. Influences on Transfer Effectiveness : An Exploratory Study of Headquarters Transfer of Capabilities to Subunits in the Multinational Corporation

   Author : Olof Lindahl; Ulf Holm; Jens Gammelgaard; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Capability Transfer; Transfer Effectiveness; Multinational Corporation; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates factors that influence the effectiveness of headquarters’ transfers of capabilities to subunits in multinational corporations.Received literature has emphasized that headquarters has a unique organizational position as the sender in such transfers. READ MORE

5. 3. Train your brain : updating, transfer, and neural changes

   Author : Erika Dahlin; Lars Nyberg; Anna Stigsdotter Neely; Torkel Klingberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cognitive training; executive functioning; transfer; fMRI; brain system; young adults; elderly; practice; neural correlates; individual differences; Experimental brain research; Experimentell hjärnforskning; Cognitive science; Kognitionsforskning; fysiologi; Physiology;

   Abstract : An initial aim of this thesis was to determine whether training of a specific executive function (updating) produces improvements in performance on trained and transfer tasks, and whether the effects are maintained over time. Neural systems underlying training and transfer effects were also investigated and one question considered is whether transfer depends on general or specific neural overlap between training and transfer tasks. READ MORE

6. 4. Cognition in interned adolescents : aspects of executive functions and training

   Author : Olov Nordvall; Bert Jonsson; Anna Stigsdotter Neely; Anne H. Berman; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interned youth; adolescence; antisocial behavior; executive functions; cognitive training; transfer; performance-based measures; self-assessment; impulsivity; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines adolescents with a history of antisocial behavior with a focus on investigating executive functioning, impulsivity and experiences of everyday executive problems. The thesis further investigates the associations between self-reported and performance-based measures. READ MORE

7. 5. Cognitive training in young and old adults : Transfer, long-term effects, and predictors of gain

   Author : Petra Sandberg; Anna Stigsdotter Neeyl; Michael Rönnlund; Boo Johansson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cognitive training; aging; old adults; executive function; life-span; individual differences; episodic memory; inhibition; shifting; updating; cognitive control; strategy training; mnemonics; predictors; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Aging, also in the absence of pathological conditions, is associated with cognitivedecline, especially in so called fluid abilities, such as episodic memory andexecutive functions. Due to an ongoing demographic shift, a larger part of thepopulation will reach higher ages, and more people will be affected by age-relatedcognitive decline. READ MORE