Search for dissertations about: "Knowledge as a relation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1329 swedish dissertations containing the words Knowledge as a relation.

2. 1. Customer-Focused Product Development. A Practice-Centered Perspective

   Author : Matti A. Kaulio; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; customer user-focus; mediating objects; organizational knowledge creation; methods; product development management; action research; process models;

   Abstract : Customer-focused product development aims at developing products on the basis of an understanding of customers/users needs and requirements. This dissertation deals with the structure and dynamics of customer-focused product development processes. READ MORE

4. 2. Learning as a patient : What and how individuals want to learn when preparing for surgery, and the potential use of serious games in their education

   Author : Brynja Ingadóttir; Tiny Jaarsma; Ingela Thylén; Bjöörn Fossum; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; knowledge expectations; learning; serious game; surgical patients; Kennslutölvuleikur; nám; sjúklingafræðsla; skurðsjúklingar; væntingar til fræðslu;

   Abstract : Introduction: Surgical patients need knowledge to participate in their own care and to engage in self-care behaviour in the perioperative period which is important for their recovery. Patient education facilitates such knowledge acquisition and several methods can be used to facilitate it, for example, face-to-face education and brochures or using information technology such as website or computer games. READ MORE

5. 3. A profession in change : a development ecology perspective

   Author : Jonas Christensen; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; change; professions; development ecology; professional autonomy; social work; economics; social entrepreneurship; knowledge acquisition; Germany; Lithuania; SUSA; changement; professions; écologie développement; autonomie professionnelle; travail social; économie; entrepreneuriat social; acquisition de connaissances; Allemagne; Lituanie; economics; social entrepreneurship; social work; professional autonomy; professions; development ecology; change; knowledge acquisition; Lithuania; Germany;

   Abstract : A welfare state consists of a variety of client organisations within which, among other professions, academics and social workers are active. Social work as a profession has developed in a welfare context where changes at the different levels of the individual, organisation and society constantly pose new challenges to the profession. READ MORE

6. 4. Fashioning a Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneur?

   Author : Erik Gustafsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; knowledge intensity; entrepreneurship; fashion; higher education; creative industries; creative knowledge; entrepreneurial intentions;

   Abstract : This PhD dissertation explores fashion design graduates as potential knowledge-intensive entrepreneurs through the relationship between knowledge and other resources, and different pathways post-graduation. Explorative qualitative studies are used to analyse how fashion designers reflect and act after graduating from fashion school, applying theories about knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intentions. READ MORE

7. 5. Interaction between rider, horse and equestrian trainer : a challenging puzzle

   Author : Mari Zetterqvist Blokhuis; Jonna Bornemark; Lynda Birke; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; equestrian sport; equestrian cultures; practical knowledge; interspecies relationships; ethics; equestrian teaching; equestrian feel; tacit knowledge; phronesis; ridsport; ridundervisning; praktisk kunskap; etik; ryttarkänsla; fronesis; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the complex and challenging relationships between rider, horse and equestrian trainer in the context of teaching horse riding. What strategies and methods do equestrian trainers use to support the riders’ understanding of, and performance with, their horses? What role is the horse assigned in this form of interaction? Operating at the intersection between practical knowledge and human-animal studies, the thesis adopts an ethnographic approach, and seeks to develop theories of practical knowledge in the practice of teaching riding. READ MORE