Search for dissertations about: "technical autonomy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 swedish dissertations containing the words technical autonomy.

  2. 1. Prerequisites for alternative working hours in an FMS

    Author : Sofia Börjesson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; technical autonomy; adminisrtative autonomy; time autonomy; technical design; flexible manufacturing system FMS ; work schedduling; work design; working hours;

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  4. 2. Production Systems for Manual Repetitive Jobs. Effects on Autonomy and Variety of Work and Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Upper Limbs

    Author : Marita Christmansson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; work design; manual repetitive jobs; task design; upper limbs; production system design; autonomy; musculoskeletal disorders; assembly jobs; variety; work behavior;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to improve workers' conditions and it deals particularly with companies in the engineering industry. In many of these companies, production systems are designed to have manual repetitive jobs. READ MORE

  5. 3. Our Humanity Exposed : Predictive Modelling in a Legal Context

    Author : Stanley Greenstein; Peter Wahlgren; Dan Svantesson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; predictive modelling; predictive analytics; profiling; big data; algorithm; surveillance; privacy; autonomy; identity; digital identity; data privacy; human rights; data protection; European Convention on Human Rights; Data Protection Directive; General Data Protection Regulation GDPR ; empowerment; Law and Information Technology; rättsinformatik;

    Abstract : This thesis examines predictive modelling from the legal perspective. Predictive modelling is a technology based on applied statistics, mathematics, machine learning and artificial intelligence that uses algorithms to analyse big data collections, and identify patterns that are invisible to human beings. READ MORE

  6. 4. Decentralizing hydraulic society : Actor responses to institutional arrangements in Vietnam

    Author : Thi Bich Ngoc Pham; Hans Holmén; Magnus Jirström; Christer Gunnarsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accountability; actors; autonomy; incentives; institutional arrangements; irrigation management; participation; power relations; Vietnam; Aktörer; ansvar; delaktighet; decentralisering; incitament; institutionella arrangemang; konstbevattning; maktrelationer; självständighet; Vietnam;

    Abstract : Irrigation decentralization has been launched worldwide with high expectations of improved governance, efficiency, and productivity through  democratic processes. However, there is widespread recognition that decentralization is, in reality, unlikely to bring about these positive outcomes. READ MORE

  7. 5. Illusions of freedom: Practice and contradictions in the work of construction site managers

    Author : Rikard Sandberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; entrapment; autonomy; coupling work; construction site managers; organizational control; managerial work; embodied work; overwork;

    Abstract : Over the past few decades, scholars have paid increasing attention to the work of site managers in the construction industry. Their work has been portrayed in rather contradictory terms as, on the one hand, one of the most powerful and influential roles in the industry, and on the other, one of the most pressured and constrained roles. READ MORE