Search for dissertations about: "goal setting"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 220 swedish dissertations containing the words goal setting.
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1. Rational Goal-Setting in Environmental Policy : Foundations and Applications
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to present a model for rational goal-setting and to illustrate how it can be applied in evaluations of public policies, in particular policies concerning sustainable development and environmental quality. The contents of the thesis are divided into two sections: a theoretical section (Papers I-IV) and an empirical section (Papers V-VII). READ MORE
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2. Goal-setting and goal-achieving in transport policy
Abstract : The thesis aims at developing new, alternative approaches and methods based on suggestions and ideas originating from moral philosophy and philosophical decision theory. More precisely, the thesis aims at investigating the rationality of transport policy decisions, including goal-setting and performance evaluation. READ MORE
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3. Organizational death and employee motivation : Investigating a plant closure in a multi-plant organization
Abstract : Major organizational changes are often connected with a variety of negative outcomes for both employees and the organization alike. As a contrast to this, organizational deaths have instead been associated with increased productivity and motivation to perform, despite certainty of job loss. READ MORE
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4. How to Set Rational Environmental Goals : theory and applications
Abstract : Environmental goals are commonly set to guide work towards ecological sustainability. The aim of this thesis is to develop a precise terminology for the description of goals in terms of properties that are important in their practical use as decision-guides and to illustrate how it can be used in evaluations of environmental policy. READ MORE
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5. The Rationality and Moral Acceptability of Vision Zero Goal and Its Interventions
Abstract : This licentiate thesis discusses moral issues associated with road safety work, with a particular emphasis on the Vision Zero (VZ) goal and its interventions. The licentiate thesis contains three articles and an introduction that briefly discusses issues and arguments presented in the articles. READ MORE