Search for dissertations about: "Difficult Knowledge"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 609 swedish dissertations containing the words Difficult Knowledge.
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1. Standardized Knowledge Transfer A study of Project-Based Organizations in the Construction and IT Sectors
University dissertation from Stockholm : School of Business, Stockholm UniversityAbstract : Standardized knowledge transfer in project-based organizations is analyzed. The empirical material considered comes from 11 recurring projects from two sectors: the construction sector and the IT sector. READ MORE
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2. Formulating knowledge: Engaging with issues of sustainable development through academic writing in engineering education
University dissertation from Göteborg : University of GothenburgAbstract : Given that knowledge in society is increasingly shaped by textuality and dependent on texts, higher education holds a special responsibility for introducing and guiding students into text practices contingent on disciplinary fields and their knowledge traditions. On a general level, this doctoral thesis investigates how participation in such text practices at university functions as a means for engaging students with knowledge that is new to them. READ MORE
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3. The Ambivalent Potentiality of Vulnerability : Museum Pedagogy in Exhibitions on Difficult Matters and its Ethical Implications
University dissertation from Göteborg : University of GothenburgAbstract : The aim of this dissertation is to critically investigate and problematize how museum exhibitions on Difficult Matters, like war and sexual violence, can be designed in order to contribute to teaching-learning relations between museum and visitor, which may transform existing perceptions of self, others, and the world and evoke a deepened sense of responsibility in the viewers, i.e. READ MORE
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4. Consumer knowledge and its implications for aspects of consumer purchasing behaviour in the case of information-intensive products
University dissertation from KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyAbstract : The purpose of this research was to better understand consumer knowledge, its constituents, antecedents and consequences or implications for other consumer behaviours so as to assist wine marketers and marketers of other information-intensive products with their marketing strategy development. Wine is a complex product difficult for consumers to evaluate particularly prior to purchase but it is also a difficult product for marketers. READ MORE
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5. Graphic Representation and Visualisation as Modelling Support for the Knowledge Acquisition Process
University dissertation from Uppsala : Institutionen för informationsvetenskapAbstract : The thesis describes steps taken towards using graphic representation and visual modelling support for the knowledge acquisition process in knowledge-based systems – a process commonly regarded as difficult. The performance of the systems depends on the quality of the embedded knowledge, which makes the knowledge acquisition phase particularly significant. READ MORE
