Search for dissertations about: "thesis on work productivity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 374 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis on work productivity.

  2. 1. Learning at Work and Productivity in Swedish Business Firms : Based on the Swedish MEADOW Survey 2009/2010

    Author : Annette Nylund; Matti A. Kaulio; Annika Härenstam; Hans-Olof Hagén; Edward Lorenz; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; productivity; management; learning; competence; development; practices; at work; bundles; factor analysis; regression analysis; produktivitet; ledning; lärande; kompetens; utveckling; i arbete; grupper; praxis; bundles; faktoranalys; regressionsanalys; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

    Abstract : The background of the thesis is the ongoing struggle for better understanding of driving forces for economic growth. Some important and rewarding new steps have been taken the last decades in the research of economic growth theory. READ MORE

  4. 2. On closedowns : towards a pattern of explanations to the closedown effect

    Author : Magnus Hansson; Rune Wigblad; Björn Axelsson; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Closedown; Closedown effect; Downsizing; Productivity; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Productivity effects under uncertainty and threat is the topic of this thesis. It comprises a synthesis and four papers on closedown – focusing a phenomenon where there is an overall productivity increase during the closedown process. READ MORE

  5. 3. Unpacking Online Retailing : The Organization of Warehouse Work and Inequality

    Author : Klara Rydström; Lena Abrahamsson; Kristina Johansson; Fredrik Sjögren; Kristina Boréus; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Work organization; gender; race ethnicity; warehousing; e-commerce; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Sciences;

    Abstract : This dissertation studies the organization of warehouse work and inequality in Swedish online retailing. Online retailing relocates the work of providing service to individual customers, usually performed by frontline workers in retail stores, to warehouses backstage. READ MORE

  6. 4. Working out work : from personal informatics to redesigning work

    Author : Fatemeh Moradi; Mikael Wiberg; Andreas Lund; Tommy Olsson; Jodi Forlizzi; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Personal Informatics; Quantified Self; Redesigning Work; Contextual Design; Observational Ethnographic Studies; Concept Development; Prototyping; Design Space;

    Abstract : "Personal Informatics" (PI) and "Quantified Self" (QS) are two contemporary notions in the field of Human–Computer Interaction. Such hardware and software systems gather personalized quantified data and visualize them for the purpose of supporting self-reflection. READ MORE

  7. 5. Beyond IT and Productivity : Effects of Digitized Information Flows in Health Care

    Author : Pontus Fryk; Thomas Falk; Nils-Göran Olve; Mats Edenius; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health Care; Productivity Paradox; Information Technology; Productivity; Process; Information; Communication; Economy; Business and economics; Ekonomi; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

    Abstract : Denna avhandling undersöker hur investeringar i IT, och digitaliseringen av informationsflöden, har påverkat produktiviteten inom sjukvården. Genom empiriska undersökningar av avgränsade sjukvårdsprocesser – samt diskussioner baserade på idéer och teorier relaterade till ekonomi, ”produktivitetsparadoxen”, så kallade General Purpose Technologies (GPTs), och medicinsk informatik – detekteras och analyseras effekter av digitaliseringen. READ MORE