Search for dissertations about: "human resource practices"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 swedish dissertations containing the words human resource practices.

2. 1. Designing for shared energy responsibility

   Author : Hanna Hasselqvist; Cristian M Bogdan; Elina Eriksson; Ylva Fernaeus; Mike Hazas; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; human-computer interaction; design; sustainability; practices; energy; mobility; Human-computer Interaction; Människa-datorinteraktion;

   Abstract : A significant part of the world’s carbon emissions is related to energy use for housing and personal transport, and there are many efforts to make this energy use more sustainable. In the field of Sustainable Human-Computer Interaction, there has been a great interest in exploring how interactive systems can be used to influence people’s energy use, often with a focus on providing information and encouraging energy users to change their behaviours. READ MORE

4. 2. Resource Conservative Manufacturing : New Generation of Manufacturing

   Author : Farazee Mohammad Abdullah Asif; Mihai Nicolescu; Carmine Bianchi; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Resource Conservative Manufacturing; Multiple Lifecycle; System Dynamics;

   Abstract : The question of resource scarcity and emerging pressure of environmentallegislations have put the manufacturing industry with a new challenge. On theone side, there is a huge population that demands a large quantity ofcommodities, on the other side, these demands have to be met by minimumresources and with permissible pollution that the earth’s ecosystem can handle. READ MORE

5. 3. Plug & Play? Stakeholders’ co-meaningmaking of gamification implementations in workplace learning environments

   Author : Adam Palmquist; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; gamification; stakeholder; design; implementation; adoption; workplace learning; gamification stakeholder design implementation adoption workplace learning;

   Abstract : This dissertation discusses the implementation process of gamification in organisations’ workplace learning environments, focusing on four stakeholder groups: Administrators, Leaders, Providers and Users. These stakeholder groups are represented across the dissertation’s five articles, which present the results of my investigation of the groups’ meaning attributions to the gamification implementations in their organisations’ learning environments. READ MORE

6. 4. 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

7. 5. Remittances, Access & Adaptation: Options to Secure Rural Livelihoods in Morocco and Myanmar

   Author : Laura Kmoch; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Income Poverty; Disaster Risk Reduction; Remittances; Local Agroecological Knowledge; Resource Frontiers; Climate Vulnerability; Sustainable Rural Livelihoods; Swidden Farming; Land System Governance; Myanmar;

   Abstract : State leaders have adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and pledged to leave no one behind. This thesis advances knowledge for attaining these goals, through systems thinking and place-based research in the context of climate and land-change processes in Morocco and Myanmar. READ MORE