Search for dissertations about: "project activity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 442 swedish dissertations containing the words project activity.

  2. 1. Project management ontology : the organizational learning perspective

    Author : Heli Aramo-Immonen; Kaj U. Koskinen; Jari Palomäki; Finland Tampere Tampere University of Technology; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mega-project; project learning; organizational learning; systems thinking; activity theory; management ontology;

    Abstract : In a recent interview with the Financial Times, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, Mr. Jeroen van der Veer, said he “keeps faith in ‘elephant’ projects” referring to the Russian gas mega-project that Shell had fallen eight months behind schedule with and had cost overruns twice the original estimate. Mr. READ MORE

  4. 2. Community-based osteoporosis prevention: Physical activity in relation to bone density, fall prevention, and the effect of training programmes : The Vadstena Osteoporosis Prevention Project

    Author : Ann-Charlotte Grahn Kronhed; Margareta Möller; Toomas Timpka; Leif Svanström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Vadstena Osteoporosis Prevention Project VOPP ; weight-bearing training study; physical activity; training programmes; elderly; forearm bone mineral density BMD ; balance-training; Orthopaedics; Ortopedi;

    Abstract : This thesis is based on studies of the ten-year community-based intervention programme entitled, the Vadstena Osteoporosis Prevention Project (VOPP). The specific aims of the research were to describe the effects of physical activity and training programmes on bone mass and balance performance in adults, to determine whether a fall risk prevention programme could motivate personal actions among the elderly, to ascertain whether the intervention programme could reduce the incidence of forearm and hip fractures. READ MORE

  5. 3. Offset Management for Large Systems : A Multibusiness Marketing Activity

    Author : Magnus Ahlström; Lars-Gunnar Mattsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Offset; countertrade; industrial co-operation; systems selling; project marketing; package deal; turnkey; buying behaviour; governmental procurement; local content;

    Abstract : Offset, an advanced form of countertrade, is common in the international marketing of large infrastructure and defence systems. Offsets are activities that benefit the buying country for example in the form of local content, support of exports, subcontracts and technology transfer. READ MORE

  6. 4. Enterprise Social Media in Project-based Knowledge Work : A contextualized view through the lens of activity theory

    Author : Emma Forsgren; Pam McKenzie; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; enterprise social media; information sharing; activity theory; case study; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Project-based knowledge work is characterised by decentralised and dynamic team-based structures, different from the tradi­tional, bureaucratic organisation. Arguably, this flexible and collaborative work setting could benefit from enterprise social media, which helps facilitate how people connect, collaborate and share information across organisational boundaries. READ MORE

  7. 5. Hereditary Angioedema in Sweden : a National Project

    Author : Patrik Nordenfelt; Jan Fredrik Björkander; Carl-Fredrik Wahlgren; Mats Nilsson; Hilary J. Longhurst; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: Hereditary angioedema (HAE) due to C1-inhibitor deficiency, type I and II, is a rare disease with an estimated prevalence of 1/50,000. Angioedema in the larynx can be life threatening and angioedema in the abdomen and skin can give severe and disabling pain. Data on patients with HAE in Sweden were scarce before our study. READ MORE