Search for dissertations about: "Managing diversity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words Managing diversity.

  2. 1. Managing Diversity : The Anthologization of "American Literature"

    Author : Anders Olsson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; diversity; protocol; national value; historical value; literary value; Aesthetic subjects; Estetiska ämnen; English language; English;

    Abstract : analys av tvåbandsantologier för USA:s litteratur, deras bild av nationallitteraturen, deras inbördes beroende och deras beroende av det litterära protokoll som den nationella litterära traditionen skapat.... READ MORE

  4. 2. Small remnant habitats : Important structures in fragmented landscapes

    Author : Jessica Lindgren; Sara Cousins; Regina Lindborg; Adam Kimberley; Ove Eriksson; Hans Henrik Bruun; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Alpha-diversity; Beta-diversity; Biological pest control; Canopy cover; Connectivity; Ecosystem function; Fleshy fruits; Forest edge; Forest management; Forest specialist species; Fragmentation; Functional diversity; Gamma-diversity; Grassland specialist species; Green infrastructure; Habitat amount hypothesis; Island biogeography; Midfield islets; Plant diversity; Plant-pollinator interaction; Pollination; Remnant habitat; Seed predation; Small habitats; Species richness; Structural heterogeneity; Physical Geography; naturgeografi;

    Abstract : The world-wide intensification of agriculture has led to a decline in species richness due to land use change, isolation, and fragmentation of natural and semi-natural habitats in agricultural and forestry landscapes. As a consequence, there is a current landscape management focus on the importance of green infrastructure to mitigate biodiversity decline and preserve ecosystem functions e. READ MORE

  5. 3. A production of diversity : appearances, ideas, interests, actions, contradictions and praxis

    Author : Vedran Omanović; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; diversity; ethnography; critical theory; dialectic view; social-historical process;

    Abstract : A history of two management concepts, valuing diversity and managing diversity, has its cultural and historic origins in the U.S., or, more exactly, in the management/organizational literature produced in the U.S. READ MORE

  6. 4. Managing the Urban Greens : Maintaining ecological functions in human dominated landscapes

    Author : Erik Andersson; Thomas Elmqvist; Jon Sadler; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; Natural Resources Management; naturresurshushållning;

    Abstract : At the core of this thesis lie two realisations: First, like other ecosystems, those in urban landscapes provide humans with a number of ecosystem services, some recognized while others are not. Second, in cities just as in other intensively used social-ecological systems, management is of central importance. READ MORE

  7. 5. Managing Competence Development Programs in a Cross-Cultural Organisation : What are the barriers and enablers?

    Author : Mi Sook Park; Birger Rapp; Ethel Brundin; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Competence; Competence Development; Competence Development Programs; Culture; Cultural Diversity; Southeast Asia Case Study; Cross-Cultural Organisation; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

    Abstract : During the past decade, research on competence development and cross-cultural organisation has been acknowledged both in academic circles and by industrial organisations. Cross-cultural organisations that have emerged through globalisation are a manifestation of the growing economic interdependence among countries. READ MORE