This thesis examines approaches consultants use to assist organizational leaders in moving strategically towards sustainability. The Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD), is examined to understand how one can overcome and address the complex challenges that consultants face in assisting leaders to develop appropriate leadership skills and sustainability knowledge that will allow them to lead their organizations strategically towards sustainability. Two consulting firms located in London are reviewed. From this research, an ideal way of using the FSSD called the Strategic Leadership Training Framework (SLTF) is proposed as a tool to guide and supplement current approaches used by consulting firms to improve their leadership training programs. A gap analysis compares the SLTF and the current approaches used by consultants. The SLTF can be used as a tool to assist consultants to find the gaps between the approaches they use and the SLTF. Finally, emotional intelligence and a definition of sustainability are found to be a key factor for a leader to be successful when moving their organization strategically towards sustainability.

In 1995, Swedish as a secondary language was formally established as an independent subject within the Swedish schooling system. The subject is meant to promote the progression of multilinguals within the Swedish language, but it is shown that there is some insecurity on how to organize and carry out the task. This insecurity is something that has caught my interest and sat the basis of this study.  I have through out this study used a qualitative approach combined with the use of a semistructured interview technique. These interviews were analysed using a theoretical framework including social constructivism, social categorization and ethnical identity. The purpose of this study is to examine how eight former student of Swedish as a secondary language, born or since early age brought up in Sweden, relates themselves to the role of a student of a secondary language in need of special education. The following questions where raised: How do the participants relates themselves to the role of a student of a secondary language in need of special education? How are the participants positioned, by themselves and others, found in their own narrative? How did the role of a student of a secondary language influence the participants motivation, accomplishments and self-perception through their schooling? The participant gave a consistent view that it was not their actual language skills, but rather the fact of being bilingual, that was the basis of them being picked to attend Swedish as a secondary language classes. There was also a wast dissatisfaction regarding the role, which affected their motivation, performance and self-perception through out schooling. / År 1995 blev skolämnet svenska som andraspråk formellt etablerat som ett självständigt ämne i hela det svenska skolväsendet. SVA-ämnet är tänkt att gynna flerspråkiga elevers utveckling i det svenska språket, dock visar det sig råda en viss osäkerhet kring hur man på bästa sätt organiserar samt genomför detta. Denna ovisshet är något som fångat mitt intresse samt lagt grunden för denna studie. Jag har i denna undersökning använt mig av en kvalitativ ansats i kombination med semistrukturerade intervjuer. Dessa intervjuer analyserades med utgångspunkt i ett teoretiskt ramverk bestående av bl.a. socialkonstruktionism, social kategorisering samt etnisk identitet. Det övergripande syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur åtta före detta SVA-elever i vuxen ålder resonerar kring, samt förhåller sig till rollen ”andraspråkselev” i behov av särskild undervisning. För att besvara syftet ställdes tre frågeställningar: Hur framställer deltagarna sig själva i rollen ”andraspråkselev” i behov av särskild undervisning? Hur positionerar sig deltagarna själva och av andra, så som det framstår i deras berättelser? Vilken betydelse fick rollen ”andraspråkselev” för deltagarnas motivation, skolprestation och självuppfattning under skolåren? Intervjupersonerna påvisade en samstämmig syn kring att det var flerpråkigheten i sig, och inte de faktiska språkkunskaperna, som låg till grund för att de valdes ut som SVAelever, trots att samtliga deltagare ansåg sig vara starkast i det svenska språket. Vidare visade det sig att deltagarna positionerade sig och positionerades av andra i olika avvikarpositioner relaterat till rollen ”andraspråkselev”, en roll som visade sig bidra till förhandlingar kring den etniska identiteten och tillhörighet utifrån en föreställd gemenskap som också visar sig vara problematiskt. Det påvisades även ett stort missnöje kring rollen vilket påverkade deltagarnas motivation, skolprestation samt självuppfattning genom skolgången.

Orientadores: Bárbara Janet Teruel Mederos, Neucimar Jerônimo Leite / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T18:36:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Santiago_WesleyEsdrar_D.pdf: 3166190 bytes, checksum: 2b92c9e10c657873f3a49bbd80582db3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: O aumento da produção sem causar danos ao meio ambiente é um dos maiores desafios da agricultura moderna. Na produção de cana-de-açúcar, isso se torna mais nítido quando se trata do manejo de plantas daninhas, uma vez que o uso de herbicidas configura-se como a técnica mais adotada. Plantas daninhas causam interferência na produção agrícola, provocando redução na qualidade do produto e na produtividade da lavoura. Portanto, a identificação da espécie infestante, bem como o nível de infestação torna-se de grande importância para que estratégias adequadas de manejo possam ser definidas. Este trabalho foi realizado visando desenvolver e avaliar o desempenho de um sistema de processamento de imagens RGB, para identificar plantas daninhas na cultura de cana-de-açúcar e estimar a área de solo coberta por elas, uma vez que a existência de uma ferramenta computacional para reconhecimento de espécies de plantas é de grande auxílio para a tomada de decisão acerca do manejo de comunidades infestantes. A abordagem adotada para identificar plantas daninhas e cultura, baseou-se na metodologia do dicionário de palavras. Nesta metodologia, pontos invariantes e característicos de várias imagens são usados para criar um dicionário de características, o dicionário é usado depois para averiguar quais palavras dele estão presentes nas imagens a serem processadas. A quantização do número de palavras do dicionário presentes na imagem foi realizada através de uma função densidade de probabilidade e o modelo matemático de classificação foi construído por meio de máquinas de vetores de suporte. Considerando as seguintes medidas de desempenho: exatidão global e coeficiente de Kappa, o sistema desenvolvido processou 435 imagens RGB, as quais foram obtidas de três cultivos experimentais contendo plantas de cana-de-açúcar, milho e seis espécies de plantas daninhas (Urochloa plantaginea, Urochloa decumbens, Panicum maximum, Euphorbia heterophylla, Ipomoea hederifolia e Ipomoea quamoclit). Os resultados obtidos demonstram que a metodologia possui alto poder para identificar e discriminar plantas daninhas e cultura, alcançando exatidão global e coeficiente Kappa de até 94% e 0,94, respectivamente. Estes resultados suportam a premissa de que um sistema de processamento de imagens é capaz de identificar plantas daninhas na cultura de cana-de-açúcar, estimar o nível de infestação e ainda servir como ferramenta para auxílio à tomada de decisão quanto ao manejo das espécies infestantes / Abstract: The increase in production without causing damage to the environment is one of the biggest challenges of modern agriculture. In the production of sugarcane, this becomes clearer when it comes to the weed management, since the use of herbicides to configure most widely adopted technique. Weeds cause interference in agricultural production, causing reduction in product quality and crop yields. Therefore, the identification of weed species and the level of infestation becomes very important so that appropriate management strategies can be defined. This study sought to develop and evaluate the performance of an image processing system to identify weeds in sugarcane and estimate their level of infestation, since the existence of a computer tool to recognize plants species should give a great support to decision-making about the management of weed communities. The approach taken to identify weeds and crop plants was based on the methodology of bag-of-words. On this methodology, invariant feature points and multiple images are used to create a dictionary of features, the dictionary is then used to ascertain what his words are present the images to be processed, the quantization of the number of words in the dictionary is present in the image made by a probability density function and the mathematical model of rank was made by support vector machine. Considering the performance measures: overall accuracy and Kappa coefficient, the developed system has processed 435 RGB images, what were obtained from three experimental cultives having plants of sugarcane, corn and six weed species (Urochloa plantaginea, Urochloa decumbens, Panicum maximum, Euphorbia heterophylla, Ipomoea hederifolia and Ipomoea quamoclit). The results show that the method has high power to identify and discriminate weed and crop, reaching overall accuracy and Kappa coefficient of up to 94% and 0.94, respectively. These results give support to premise that an image processing system is capable to identify weeds in sugarcane, estimate the infestation level and to be yet a tool for support the decision-making about the management from the weed species / Doutorado / Maquinas Agricolas / Doutor em Engenharia Agrícola

The purpose of this study has been to explore and provide the social work field with testimonies about experienced factors of success using interviews with people who previously were not in education, employment or training (NEET). NEETs were classified into five categories to identify themes in their experienced factors of success. This process was made through thematic analysis. The experienced factors of success were thematized into major themes. The expressed themes followed the person to whom it belonged into their respective NEET-category. Categories and themes were analyzed with Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory. Through this analysis we found indications that different NEET-categories have different needs. This could be an indication that categorization can shed some clarity in the NEET phenomena. Viewing NEET as categories with specific needs provides homogeneity which could accelerate the social services process of identifying and providing appropriate help. Though specific needs of individual NEET-categories need further investigation to become effective. / VI-projektet

The diploma thesis is focused on the performance evaluation of key suppliers in the terms of quality in selected cosmetic company. The aim of this thesis is to propose a solution of the assigned project task, based on short-term internship and theoretical knowledge, concerning the graphical visualization of key suppliers performance evaluation. The work is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part describes basic information about management quality system, it´s principles, conceptions and tools. There is also a closer look at the importance of purchasing department and the suppliers performance evaluating methods. The practical part includes characteristics of selected cosmetic company and processes of the quality control department are described, including laboratory tests. Withing the given project, the practical part is further divided into 6 tasks. The main task involves designing a platform for a simple and effective evaluation of the key suppliers performance in terms of quality. Other sub-tasks involved the compilation of strategic suppliers, a proposal for categorizing suppliers, and for the needs of the organization, also a procedure for communication with suppliers in case the quality requirements were not met.

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka förskollärares förståelse och tillämpning för förhållningssättet lågaffektivt bemötande och dess möjligheter att främja en inkluderande förskolemiljö. Genom att utforska hur förskollärare tillämpar lågaffektivt bemötande i förskolans praktik och vilka effekter det kan ha, strävar studien efter att bidra till ökad kunskap om strategier för att skapa en inkluderande förskola för alla barn. För att undersöka detta har sex förskollärare intervjuats genom semistrukurerade intervjuer. Studiens teoretiska utgångspunkt baseras på tre olika perspektiv, som tillämpas för att analysera förskollärarnas förhållningssätt och bemötande gentemot barn vid utmanande situationer, samt hur detta kan bidra till inkluderande såväl som exkluderade strukturer i förskolan. Resultatet indikerar att förskollärare ser inkludering som en central del av sitt arbete, kopplat till begrepp som delaktighet, trygghet och gemenskap. Lågaffektivt bemötande används som en strategi för att skapa en positiv miljö, där förskollärare betonar vikten av att bevara lugnet och undvika maktkamp. Fördelarna inkluderar en minskning av konfliktsituationer och främjar en positiv och trygg inlärningsmiljö. Utmaningar identifierades, såsom anpassning till ett nytt förhållningssätt samt att balansera empati med att sätta tydliga gränser. Resultaten bidrar till förståelsen av förskollärares praktik och deras roll i inkluderingsarbetet, vilket kan vara vägledande för utvecklingen av effektiva strategier för att stödja inkludering i förskolemiljön.