Search for dissertations about: "improvement employees"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 59 swedish dissertations containing the words improvement employees.

  2. 1. The Logics of Healthcare - In Quality Improvement Work

    Author : Christian Gadolin; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; quality improvement; quality improvement work; healthcare organizations; healthcare professionals; institutional logics; institutional work; Medarbetarskap och organisatorisk resiliens FORE ; Followership and Organizational Resilience; quality improvement; quality improvement work; healthcare organizations; healthcare professionals; institutional logics; institutional work;

    Abstract : Quality improvement (QI) has become a cornerstone in contemporary healthcare organizations with the aim of enabling management that facilitates efficiency and effectiveness, while providing a consistent correlation between health spending and indicators of access to and quality of care. However, despite years of reform which have attempted to change healthcare professionals’ practice, traditional professional modes of working remain relatively stable and entrenched. READ MORE

  4. 2. Towards Sustainable Improvement Systems

    Author : Dag Swartling; Lars Witell; Bozena Poksinska; Yvonne Lagrosen; Linköpings universitet; []
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    Abstract : Improvements in general and sustainable improvements in particular are problematic areas. The failure rate is high, figures in the vicinity of 70 percent are often mentioned, but why is it so difficult to achieve sustainable improvement systems? The purpose of this dissertation is to contribute to understanding of the process and its mechanisms in creating a sustainable improvement system. READ MORE

  5. 3. Knowledge for Improving Healthcare Service Quality : Combining Three Perspectives

    Author : Jonas Boström; Johan Lilja; Ingela Bäckström; Helene Hillborg; Andreas Hellström; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; quality; healthcare; knowledge; design thinking; improvement; professions;

    Abstract : The Swedish public sector in general, and healthcare specifically, is struggling with large deficits: 19 of 21 regions have large negative results in 2019. The demands made by the citizens and their elected politicians that healthcare should offer effective, accessible, good and equal care are difficult to meet. READ MORE

  6. 4. Maintenance performance indicators (MPIs) for railway infrastructure : identification and analysis for improvement

    Author : Thomas Åhrén; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Drift och underhållsteknik; Operation and Maintenance;

    Abstract : With increasing awareness that maintenance not only ensures safety and track performance, but also creates additional value in the business process; many infrastructure managers and owners are treating maintenance as an integral part of the business process. This is also true for the Banverket (Swedish National Rail Administration). READ MORE

  7. 5. Exploring the sustainability of improvement activities : the long-term development of a suggestion scheme

    Author : Cecilia Rapp; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Continuous improvements; Change; Survival; Longevity;

    Abstract : The practice of working with improvement activities is widespread in organisations today. Improvement activities are part of the new ISO 9000 standard, and could be in the form of Six Sigma programs, suggestion schemes, or process orientation, for example. READ MORE