Search for dissertations about: "Quality"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 8642 swedish dissertations containing the word Quality.

2. 11. In Search of Quality Management : Rethinking and Reinterpreting

   Author : Dag Kroslid; Tom Fisher; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Quality Management; Quality Development; Business Excellence; Total Quality Management; Culture; Hofstede;

   Abstract : Quality Management has, in addition to its establishment as a management discipline of organisational and industrial importance, instituted itself as a topic of national concern with nationwide surges and contractions in the dissemination of practices. Empirical data are examined in this thesis in relation to the current status and historical development of such trends among twelve leading industrial nations. READ MORE

4. 12. Aspects of Quality : Using Quality Measurements to Improve Computer Network Performance

   Author : Pehr Söderman; Peter Sjödin; Markus Hidell; Karl-Johan Grinnemo; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Computer Science; Datalogi;

   Abstract : As computer networks grow in complexity, measuring the performance becomes a challenge. Intrinsic properties of the networks capability to transport data, such as bandwidth, latency, loss, and error rate are not always enough to provide a clear picture of how well the network can satisfy the users' expectations. READ MORE

5. 13. Exploring Trends, Patterns and Characteristics of Quality Management Through Text Mining

   Author : Daniel Carnerud; Ingela Bäckström; Kristen Snyder; Raine Isaksson; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Quality Management; Total Quality Management; TQM; Quality Movement; Quality Revolution; Business Excellence; Text Mining; Systems Thinking; Kvalitetsteknik; Offensiv Kvalitetsutveckling; Systematiskt Kvalitetsarbete; Quality Management; Total Quality Management; TQM; Text Mining;

   Abstract : At frequent intervals, new reports and papers are published stressing the importance of high quality and quality improvement measures in the public and private sector if Sweden is to survive as a welfare state and industrial nation. The situation seems not to be unique for Sweden: similar opinions can be heard in other parts of the world as well. READ MORE

6. 14. “Quality Problems” in Swedish Municipal Adult Education : The Micropolitics of Quality Construed in the Audit Society

   Author : Johanna Mufic; Andreas Fejes; Song-ee Ahn; Andreas Bergh; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adult Education; Governing; Swedish Schools Inspectorate; Quality; WPR-approach; Kvalitet; Skolinspektion; Styrning; WPR-applikation; Vuxenutbildning;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to analyze and critically scrutinize how quality is construed in an audit process in Swedish Municipal Adult Education (MAE) and the discursive effects. Drawing on adult education policy documents and observations of a quality audit process, as well as the Swedish Schools Inspectorate’s (SSI) Day, this study also contributes to the uncharted field of how the micropolitics of “quality” is being produced in the Audit society within adult education. READ MORE

7. 15. Quality Improvement in Acute Coronary Care : Combining the Use of an Interactive Quality Registry with a Quality Improvement Collaborative to Improve Clinical Outcome in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

   Author : Rickard Carlhed; Bertil Lindahl; Leif Bojö; Duncan Neuhauser; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Quality Improvement; Quality Registry; Acute Coronary Care; Guideline Adherence; Cardiology; Kardiologi;

   Abstract : The quality of care for Swedish patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is continuously increasing. Nevertheless, a great potential for improvement still exists. READ MORE