I en studie från 2018 visade Arbetsmiljöverket att 28 % av Sveriges aktiva arbetstagare har upplevt någon form av arbetsrelaterade besvär. Att arbeta med arbetsmiljön och dess utveckling är chefernas ansvar i en organisation. Syftet med följande studie är att undersöka kommunala enhetschefers upplevelse av att arbeta med utvecklingen av arbetsmiljön inom sin verksamhet. För att undersöka vårt syfte utgick vi från följande frågeställning: Vilka möjligheter och utmaningar upplever chefer sig ha med utvecklingen av arbetsmiljön? Tio intervjuer med enhetschefer inom olika sektorer i en kommun genomfördes för att besvara frågeställningen. En tematisk analys tillämpades på det insamlade materialet och presenterades i fyra övergripande teman. Resultatet visar att enhetscheferna upplever utvecklingen av arbetsmiljön som viktigt, men också med flera utmaningar. Dessa försvårade utvecklingsarbetet och uppstod när enhetschefernas processer inte var synkroniserade med den övriga organisationen. Det var även utmanande att arbeta med den psykosociala arbetsmiljön på individnivå då varje ärende krävde en separat process. Det som möjliggjorde för ett framgångsrikt utvecklingsarbete var när medarbetarna var engagerade och delaktiga i processen samt att ett välfungerande stöd från HR-avdelningen fanns att tillgå. Studien visade att trots att cheferna upplever begränsningar i sitt arbete gör deras personliga engagemang i frågorna att de ändå arbetar med dem kontinuerligt. / In a 2018 study, the Swedish Work Environment Authority found that 28% of active workers in Sweden experienced some form of work-related problem. Managers in an organization are responsible for maintaining and developing the work environment. The present study aims to investigate municipal operation managers' perception of the process of work environment development in their operations. We asked the following question to examine managers' perceptions: What opportunities and challenges do managers encounter in the development of the work environment? Ten interviews were conducted with department managers in various sectors of a municipality to investigate our question. A thematic analysis performed on the data revealed four overall themes. The results demonstrate that department managers perceive the development of work environment to be important but challenging. Challenges to the development of work environment arose when managers' priorities were out of sync with those of the rest of the organization. It was also difficult to manage the psychosocial work environment, as individuals each required unique interventions. Successful work environment development occurred when employees were engaged and involved in the process and had pertinent support from the human resources office. The present study demonstrates that although managers experience limitations in maintaining and developing work environment, their personal commitment to the task allows them to work towards continuous improvement.

This bachelor thesis centers on trust in relation to management control in a decentralized bank,and whether it pervades an Enabling control or Coercive formalization. The aim of the study isto understand how trust in a decentralized bank is affected based on its management controlsystems, established on the concept pair Enabling and Coercive within the case study company.Hence, this study will be about management control systems, in a business that historically andstill today, is characterized by rules, commissions and legislations that regulates its business.Prior enquiry has been conducted on how organizations use and apply enabling and coercive asmanagement control systems. Therefore, we wanted to study how the application of enablingand coercive formalization in a decentralized bank is reflected in the trust within the business. The study was made as a qualitative study with a deductive approach. The empirical evidencewas gathered through seven semi-structured interviews in Handelsbanken. The interviews werethe base for the conclusion in general terms. The interviews were recorded and then latertranscribed and formed the basis of the thematic analysis. The main conclusion that emerged from the study is that there is a coexistence of both enablingand coercive formalization in a decentralized bank. Both aspects that are characterized by acoercive environment, and aspects that are characterized by an enabling environment, affecttrust in the organization in different ways. The creation of relationships, as well as the creationof controls, which in theory are each other’s contrasts, increases trust in the staff of adecentralized bank. / Denna studie handlar om tillit i förhållande till verksamhetsstyrning i en decentraliserad bank,och huruvida den präglas av en möjliggörande eller tvingande formalisering. Syftet med studienär att förstå hur tillit bland medarbetare i en decentraliserad bank påverkas utifrån dessverksamhetsstyrning, med grund i begreppsparet Möjliggörande och Tvingande inomfallstudieföretaget. Därav kommer denna studie att handla om verksamhetsstyrning, i ett företagsom historiskt sett och än idag präglas av regler, lagverk och lagstiftning som reglerar dessverksamhet. Tidigare forskning har genomförts om hur organisationer använder och tillämparmöjliggörande och tvingande styrmedel som ledningskontrollsystem. Därför ville vi studera hurtillämpandet av möjliggörande och tvingande formalisering i en decentraliserad bank speglas itilliten inom verksamheten. Studien är av kvalitativ prägel med en huvudsaklig utgångspunkt i deduktivt ansats. Empirinsamlades in genom sju semistrukturerade intervjuer i Handelsbanken. Intervjuerna ligger tillgrund för slutsatsen i generella drag. Intervjuerna spelades in och transkriberades, som utgjordegrunden för den tematiska analysen. Den främsta slutsatsen som uppkom ur studien är att det finns en samexistens av bådemöjliggörande och tvingande formalisering i en decentraliserad storbank. Både aspekter somkaraktäriseras av en tvingande miljö, och aspekter som karakteriseras av en möjliggörandemiljö, påverkar tilliten i organisationen på olika sätt. Skapandet av relationer, samt skapandetav kontroller, som är två kontraster till varandra, ökar tilliten till personalen i en decentraliseradstorbank.

Yes / As the technical specifications of the 5th Generation (5G) wireless communication standard are being wrapped up, there are growing efforts amongst researchers, industrialists, and standardisation bodies on the enabling technologies of a 6G standard or the so-called Beyond 5G (B5G) one. Although the 5G standard has presented several benefits, there are still some limitations within it. Such limitations have motivated the setting up of study groups to determine suitable technologies that should operate in the year 2030 and beyond, i.e., after 5G. Consequently, this Special Issue of Future Internet concerning what possibilities lie ahead for a 6G wireless network includes four high-quality research papers (three of which are review papers with over 412 referred sources and one regular research). This editorial piece summarises the major contributions of the articles and the Special Issue, outlining future directions for new research.

The Rural Expansion Program for At-risk Communities to Promote Health Outcomes through the Integration of Mental health and Enabling services in an Existing Primary Care School-Based Setting (REACH ME) program was established to increase access to mental health services at two existing school-based health centers (SBHC) in rural Hancock County, TN. These SBHCs are among the most unique in the nation, holding designations as federally funded qualified health centers - proving primary care services in a geographically isolated, rural, and medically underserved area. The aim of the project is increasing the number of patients receiving mental health and enabling services for not only the children and adolescents of Hancock County, but also adults who use the clinic for primary care services. This project employs a secondary data analysis to determine if there is an increase in the use of mental health services by patients using a school-based health center for care. Variables include number of visits, screening employed, and mental health diagnosis. Data gathered by health center staff and input into Excel will be used. Data collection is ongoing and is expected to be completed in February 2024. Early results indicate an increase in mental health and enabling services from initiation of the project. There were identified facilitators and barriers that impacted the project. Significance for this project is two-fold, identified facilitators and barriers to initiating integrated mental health services in the SBHC setting and increasing early screening, identification, referral and treatment of rural populations with mental health problems.

Rapid changes in the healthcare environment increase the need for nurse practitioners to be motivated, knowledgeable and skilled in order to ensure quality patient care. Accident and emergency units are challenging environments and by ensuring that nurse practitioners work in an enabling environment, they should be motivated, skilled and knowledgeable and be able to think critically to enhance their own professional growth and emancipated practice. This in turn may increase the nurse practitioners’ job satisfaction, which in turn encourage job retention and may influence patient outcomes positively. A journey towards a shared vision namely “emancipatory practice development” was undertaken in an accident and emergency unit of a Level III public hospital. Following the diagnosis of an emergency situation, action research was applied to change the perceived toxic environment to an enabling environment. The study was conducted within the critical social theory paradigm and descriptive, explorative and contextual in nature. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were utilised. Throughout the action research for practitioners project, collaboration enhanced the emancipation of the nurse leaders, as key drivers of the process, as well as the nurse practitioners. Short and long-term actions were planned, implemented and amended based on observations and reflection following each cycle of the project. During this process a toxic environment was changed to an enabling environment, in which nurse practitioners were retained and additional spin-offs followed. Guidelines for the application and implementation of the process as utilised in this study were compiled to guide others who experience similar challenges. / Health Sciences / D.Litt. et Phil. (Health Studies)

The purpose of this study was to describe the utilisation of maternal and child health (MCH) care services by mothers from four selected health facilities in the Balaka District of Malawi. A non- experimental quantitative descriptive research was conducted to determine the knowledge of mothers with regard to MCH services and to identify factors that impact on the utilisation of the MCH care, based on the Andersen’s behavioral model of health services utilization. A combination of proportionate stratified sampling and convenience sampling was used and data was collected by means of self-administered questionnaires. It was found that mothers know the available services and that a number of factors have an impact on the utilisation of health care services. These relate amongst others to educational level, finances and cultural beliefs. / Health Studies / M.A. (Public Health)

ITC/USA 2009 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Fifth Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 26-29, 2009 / Riviera Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / The integrated Network-Enhanced Telemetry (iNET) project conducted an assessment to determine how the Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) would integrate into an iNET Telemetry Network System (TmNS), particularly across constrained environments on a resource constrained platform. Some of the key elements investigated were quality of service measures (throughput, latency, and reliability) in the face of projected characteristics of iNET Data Acquisition Unit (DAU) devices including size, weight, and power (SWAP), and processing capacity such as memory size and processor speed. This paper includes recommendations for both the iNET and TENA projects.

Within dynamic 21st century knowledge economies, future-building knowledge, that bears capacities to transcend existing boundaries and create something new, is of particular importance. Within the first decade of the new century, new concepts such as "learning from the future" or "self-transcending knowledge" developed within knowledge management. So far, they lacked a theoretical grounding in relevant learning theory as well as a sound acknowledgement and consideration of such knowledge structures' emergence and social embeddedness. Thus, key principles and leverage factors for designing respective knowledge processes were difficult to derive. This dissertation investigates theoretical ground that can provide a basis to explain the creation of future-building knowledge in collective structures. It is guided by the following research question: "How can the emergence of self-transcending knowledge in collective organizational settings be rooted in theories of knowledge, learning and cognition?" Starting from the model of knowledge-based management, the model is expanded by exploring cognitive, creative and social systemic aspects of knowledge creation on a transdisciplinary basis. Research draws on constructivist learning theory, complexity-based approaches in knowledge management and organizational learning, recent accounts in cognitive science (enaction/embodiment) and a creative logic of emergence to derive an integrated model for collective self-transcending knowledge. The model contributes to the integration of knowledge management, organizational learning and cognitive science, expanding knowledge-based management towards attention-based management. The model's three dimensions and three domains form an integrated theoretical basis to derive key principles and leverage factors for steering future-building knowledge processes. Simultaneously, they reveal leverage factors' limited - i.e. enabling, not determining - impact on processes of "organizing future". (author's abstract)

This work deals with legal aspects of changes in Czechoslovakia in 1938-1939. Firstly, it outlines the historical background and relationships that were being formed during the First Republic. It further deals, in particular, with the constitutional development in course of so-called Munich crisis, i.e. describes plans for rebuilding of Czechoslovakia, as well as adopted measures and the Munich agreement itself that led to reduction of the territory of the state and liquidation of its political and economic independence. It also deals with development of the Second, post-Munich Republic from both internal and international perspective. Regarding internal changes, it points out to creation of autonomous lands, election of president Hácha, adoption of Enabling Act and elections to autonomous assemblies. To make the picture complete, several issues regulated on level of ordinary acts are chosen that demonstrate a shift from principles of humanism and democracy. A part devoted to the international development depicts territorial losses in favor of neighboring countries, effort to obtain guarantees of borders, as well as it mentions forms of forced cooperation with Germany. The end of the work deals with disintegration of the state, i.e. declaration of Slovak independence and invasion in the Czech lands...

Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2017-10-13T12:31:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Iuri Ferraz Freiberger_.pdf: 3849098 bytes, checksum: 8620c3f959b1c30f75842d12fc963216 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-13T12:31:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Iuri Ferraz Freiberger_.pdf: 3849098 bytes, checksum: 8620c3f959b1c30f75842d12fc963216 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-28 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / PROSUP - Programa de Suporte à Pós-Gradução de Instituições de Ensino Particulares / Esta pesquisa refere-se a compreensão sobre como atores em processos de produção cultural são habilitados em direção à inovação social. Entende-se habilitação como a capacidade de empoderar-se de técnicas, conhecimentos e relações colaborativas em processos de produção, e considera-se a criatividade e seus efeitos econômicos. Produção cultural para esta pesquisa está relacionada com a geração de produtos e serviços culturais. O objetivo da pesquisa foi encontrar, nos espaços onde produção cultural é desenvolvida, indícios sobre a natureza de habilitação de atores em processos de produção de bens e serviços culturais. O método para este objetivo é oriundo de design estratégico, com suporte de outras abordagens de design, como codesign e infrastructuring, sob o ponto de vista dos ecossistemas criativos. Um artifício metodológico foi a sintetização de uma classe de actantes encontrados nas infraestruturas relacionadas aos meios de produção cultural – nesta pesquisa chamadas de espaços para produção cultural - denominada infraestruturantes: conjunto de artefatos capazes de provocar ação com a finalidade de estimular relações e estratégias em busca de inovação social. Os dados sobre estas relações foram obtidos por meio de uma pesquisa exploratória, contextual e qualitativa, em estudo de casos múltiplos nos espaços onde a produção cultural é identificada. O instrumento principal foi a aplicação de um workshop projetual desenvolvido para esta pesquisa, mediado por um toolkit de objetos tangíveis para estimular a conversação e a discussão sobre projetos, organizações e as relações entre atores. O método ofereceu uma dimensão pouca explorada entre produção cultural e design, aproximando campos de estudos que se sobrepõem mas ainda não apresentam uma literatura aprofundada sobre esta combinação. O toolkit e o workshop tiveram respostas bastante satisfatórias como método de exploração de relações e projetos. Como resultados, pode-se observar que os dados indicam naturezas habilitantes nas infraestruturantes presentes nos espaços de produção cultural, em situações em que há relação de atores com os dispositivos sociotécnicos destes espaços. Os atores percebem estes espaços como lugares de mudança de perspectiva econômica e social por sua participação física em projetos que os capacitam em habilidades durante processos de produção cultural. Também identificam as propriedades habilitantes por meio do relacionamento com profissionais de outras áreas, e, por fim, compreendem uma maior diversidade de opções de escolhas para suas vidas e para o entorno de onde vivem. Os indícios encontrados estão relacionados com efeitos positivos e negativos sobre estas habilitações. / This research refers to understanding how actors in cultural production processes are enabled toward social innovation. Enabling is understood as one’s ability to get awareness about techniques, knowledge and collaborative relationships in production processes, and considers creativity and its economic effects. Cultural production, for this research, means generation of cultural products and services. The objective of the research was to find, in the spaces where cultural production is developed, clues about habilitation in processes of production of cultural goods and services. The method for this purpose comes from strategic design, along with other design approaches such as codesign and infrastructuring, from the perspective of creative ecosystems. A methodological artifact was the synthesis of a class of actants found in the infrastructures related to the means of cultural production, here called infraestruturantes (or same for infrastructure): a set of artifacts capable of provoking action in order to stimulate relations and strategies to enable social innovation. The data on these relations were obtained through an exploratory, contextual and qualitative research, in a multiple case study in the spaces where the cultural production is identified. The main instrument was the application of a projectual workshop, mediated by a toolkit composed by tangible objects, capable to stimulate conversation and discussion about projects, organizations and relations between actors. The method offered a low explored dimension between cultural production and design, approaching fields of studies that overlap but still do not present an in-depth literature on this combination. The toolkit and the workshop had quite satisfactory answers as a method of exploring relationships and projects. As results, it can be observed that the data indicate enabling natures in infrastructures present in the spaces of cultural production, based on the relation of actors and with the sociotechnical resources of these spaces. The actors perceive these spaces as places of change of economic and social perspective by their physical participation in projects that enable them in technical and social skills. The observed infraestruturantes synthesize actions that can provoke diversity of options for their lives and the environment from where they live. The evidence found is related to positive and negative effects on these qualifications.