Search for dissertations about: "complex work"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 3121 swedish dissertations containing the words complex work.

  2. 1. Getting Work Done : The Significance of the Human in Complex Socio-Technical Systems

    Author : Rebecca Cort; Anders A. Jansson; Jessica Lindblom; Ann Blandford; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; work; work practice; socio-technical system; workscape; workplace studies; ethnography; distributed cognition; activity theory; operational train traffic; manufacturing; human-computer interaction; HCI; safety-critical domain; Computer Science with specialization in Human-Computer Interaction; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot människa-datorinteraktion;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to deepen the understanding of the role and relevance of the worker in the functioning of complex socio-technical systems. The perspective adopted is profoundly human-centred and the worker is considered as a resource. READ MORE

  4. 2. Capturing health in the elderly population : Complex health problems, mortality, and allocation of home-help services

    Author : Bettina Meinow; Mats Thorslund; Marti G Parker; Ingemar Kåreholt; Björn Halleröd; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; oldest old; health trends; complex health problems; frailty morbidity; mortality; mortality trends; follow-up time; home-help services; predictors; Sweden; Social work; Socialt arbete; socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates health trends among very old people and the allocation of public home-help services. A further aim is to examine methodological issues in mortality analysis. READ MORE

  5. 3. Addressing youth unemployment: what role for social work? : Policy responses to youth unemployment in Sweden and Europe

    Author : Lisa Andersson; Renate Minas; Heidi Moen Gjersoe; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social investment; social policy; ideal types; policy regulations; youth unemployment; social work; socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Abstract : Unemployed youth are a heterogenous group facing varying and sometimes complex problems. Being young and unemployed can have a negative impact on future life chances and quality of life. Studies on youth unemployment have mostly focused on education and labour market responses, leaving the involvement of social work aside. READ MORE

  6. 4. Towards an Indigenised Social Work Practice to Better Address Elder Abuse and Neglect in Uganda

    Author : Charles Kiiza Wamara; Thomas Strandberg; Maria Bennich; Gillian (Jill) Manthorpe; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Elder abuse; Aging; Indigenous social work; Social Work; Older people; Ubuntu; indigenization; Indigenised social work; Uganda;

    Abstract : Understanding and addressing elder abuse in the Global South is complex as it occurs in different contexts and cultures. To be fully grasped and addressed, this problem demands indigenised theories, concepts, and models ooted in the people’s cultures and worldviews. READ MORE

  7. 5. Illusions of freedom: Practice and contradictions in the work of construction site managers

    Author : Rikard Sandberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; entrapment; autonomy; coupling work; construction site managers; organizational control; managerial work; embodied work; overwork;

    Abstract : Over the past few decades, scholars have paid increasing attention to the work of site managers in the construction industry. Their work has been portrayed in rather contradictory terms as, on the one hand, one of the most powerful and influential roles in the industry, and on the other, one of the most pressured and constrained roles. READ MORE