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In today's globalized and highly technological world, diversity has emerged as a key element of the modern corporate world. Because of globalization and the integration of cultures, diversity offers organizations and leaders both benefits and problems. This study explores the dynamics of effective leadership in managing cultural diversity, with an emphasis on employees' expectations and perceptions in the two culturally distinct nations of Sweden and India. For an organization to succeed in the globalized world of today, where diversified teams are the norm, leaders need to be able to navigate cultural differences. The study uses a comprehensive analysis of existing literature in addition to empirical data obtained from culturally diverse environments of Sweden and India. By using a mixed methods approach, 4 qualitative interviews with the managers and 96 quantitative surveys from both nations were analyzed. The qualitative study indicated that managers emphasize equality, inclusion, and the need for effective interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating an extensive awareness of the value of diversity. The findings of a quantitative study showed that while power distance, individualism, and gender equality differ significantly between Swedish and Indian leaders, task-oriented behaviors are similar. Despite cultural differences, both cultures place a high priority on resolving conflicts and maintaining harmony in the workplace, suggesting that these are qualities that all cultures value equally. The study contributes to the development of strategies and practices that support leaders in effectively managing cultural diversity, by fostering cultural collaboration and organizational effectiveness across different teams.

Background: The tourism industry is one of the largest industries in the world, with annual revenues exceeding US$ 850 billion. Because of the size and nature of the industry, tourism is seen as one of the largest contributors to the negative effects on the environment today. Within the tourism industry, there exist more than 70 eco-labels representing various environmental standards. However, none of them are widely used within the tourism industry. Purpose: This thesis investigates how the use of the two eco-labels Svanen and Green Globe affect Swedish students’ perception of a package tour marketing campaign. It investigates how students’ perceptions of advertisement differ between advertisement for package tours with and without incorporated eco-labels. Method: The study uses a mixed method with a sequential explanatory strategy. The quantitative part consists of a survey and the qualitative part consists of follow up interviews with a number of interviewees who are all respondents in the quantitative part. This thesis primarily focuses on the quantitative part, which consists of three questionnaires, one of which contains an advertisement for Ving, and two which used the same advertisement but which have been manipulated to include Green Globe and Svanen respectively. Conclusion: The conclusion of the study is that students’ perception of advertisement does not differ between the advertisement not using an eco-label and the ones manipulated to include Green Globe or Svanen. The reasons to why the perception does not differ are explained by eco-labels having failed in communicating what they stand for. Students have limited financial resources, which constrains them from behaving in an environmentally friendly way. In addition, the advertisement including eco-lables is congruent with the students’ perception about the brand Ving as an environmentally friendly company. There is however factors that indicate that eco-labelling in the tourism industry can work as a partial solution for a more sustainable future. / Bakgrund: Turismindustrin är en av de största industrierna i världen, med årliga inkomster på över US$ 850 miljarder. På grund av storleken och dess påverkan, anses turismen vara en av de största orsakerna till den negativa utvecklingen av miljön. Inom turismindustrin existerar mer än 70 miljö märkningar som representerar olika miljöstandarder. Dock har inga av dem sett någon större användning inom turismindustrin. Syfte: Syftet med denna rapport är att undersöka hur användning av de två miljömärkningarna Green Globe och Svanen påverkar studenters uppfattning av en reklamkampanj för charter resor. Den undersöker hur studenters uppfattning om reklam för charter resor skiljer sig mellan reklam som använder miljömärkning och den som inte gör det. Metod: Denna studie använder en blandad metod med en sekventiell strategi. Den kvantitativa delen består av enkätundersökningar och för den kvalitativa delen används intervjuer med några deltagare från den kvantitativa delen. Störst fokus ligger på den kvantitativa delen som består av tre olika enkäter, en som innehåller en reklam bild på Ving, och två som manipulerats att innehålla Green Globe respektive Svanen. Slutsats: Slutsatsen av studien är att studenters uppfattning om annonserna inte skiljer sig mellan annonsen utan miljömärkning och de som manipulerats med Green Globe eller Svanen. Anledning till att uppfattningen inte skiljer sig kan förklaras av att miljö märkningarna har misslyckats med att kommunicera vad dem står för. Studenterna har begränsade ekonomiska resurser och detta begränsar dem att uppföra sig på ett miljövänligt sätt. Dessutom överrensstämmer reklamen som innehöll miljö märkning med studenternas uppfattning om varumärket Ving som ett miljö vänligt företag. Det finns dock faktorer som tyder på att miljömärkning inom turistnäringen kan fungera som en del av lösningen för en mer hållbar framtid.

<p><strong>Background: </strong>The tourism industry is one of the largest industries in the world, with annual revenues exceeding US$ 850 billion. Because of the size and nature of the industry, tourism is seen as one of the largest contributors to the negative effects on the environment today. Within the tourism industry, there exist more than 70 eco-labels representing various environmental standards. However, none of them are widely used within the tourism industry.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong><em>This thesis investigates how the use of the two eco-labels Svanen and Green Globe affect Swedish students’ perception of a package tour marketing campaign. It investigates how students’ perceptions of advertisement differ between advertisement for package tours with and without incorporated eco-labels.</em></p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The study uses a mixed method with a sequential explanatory strategy. The quantitative part consists of a survey and the qualitative part consists of follow up interviews with a number of interviewees who are all respondents in the quantitative part. This thesis primarily focuses on the quantitative part, which consists of three questionnaires, one of which contains an advertisement for Ving, and two which used the same advertisement but which have been manipulated to include Green Globe and Svanen respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The conclusion of the study is that students’ perception of advertisement does not differ between the advertisement not using an eco-label and the ones manipulated to include Green Globe or Svanen. The reasons to why the perception does not differ are explained by eco-labels having failed in communicating what they stand for. Students have limited financial resources, which constrains them from behaving in an environmentally friendly way. In addition, the advertisement including eco-lables is congruent with the students’ perception about the brand Ving as an environmentally friendly company. There is however factors that indicate that eco-labelling in the tourism industry can work as a partial solution for a more sustainable future.</p> / <p><strong>Bakgrund: </strong>Turismindustrin är en av de största industrierna i världen, med årliga inkomster på över US$ 850 miljarder. På grund av storleken och dess påverkan, anses turismen vara en av de största orsakerna till den negativa utvecklingen av miljön. Inom turismindustrin existerar mer än 70 miljö märkningar som representerar olika miljöstandarder. Dock har inga av dem sett någon större användning inom turismindustrin.</p><p><strong>Syfte: </strong><em>Syftet med denna rapport är att undersöka hur användning av de två miljömärkningarna Green Globe och Svanen påverkar studenters uppfattning av en reklamkampanj för charter resor. Den undersöker hur studenters uppfattning om reklam för charter resor skiljer sig mellan reklam som använder miljömärkning och den som inte gör det.</em></p><p><strong>Metod: </strong>Denna studie använder en blandad metod med en sekventiell strategi. Den kvantitativa delen består av enkätundersökningar och för den kvalitativa delen används intervjuer med några deltagare från den kvantitativa delen. Störst fokus ligger på den kvantitativa delen som består av tre olika enkäter, en som innehåller en reklam bild på Ving, och två som manipulerats att innehålla Green Globe respektive Svanen.</p><p><strong>Slutsats: </strong>Slutsatsen av studien är att studenters uppfattning om annonserna inte skiljer sig mellan annonsen utan miljömärkning och de som manipulerats med Green Globe eller Svanen. Anledning till att uppfattningen inte skiljer sig kan förklaras av att miljö märkningarna har misslyckats med att kommunicera vad dem står för. Studenterna har begränsade ekonomiska resurser och detta begränsar dem att uppföra sig på ett miljövänligt sätt. Dessutom överrensstämmer reklamen som innehöll miljö märkning med studenternas uppfattning om varumärket Ving som ett miljö vänligt företag. Det finns dock faktorer som tyder på att miljömärkning inom turistnäringen kan fungera som en del av lösningen för en mer hållbar framtid.</p>

Orientador: Fernão Vitor Pessoa de Almeida Ramos / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T11:12:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vargas_Heidy_M.pdf: 2014463 bytes, checksum: bb1bace353c62c55d3b3e8afa368481a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Este trabalho busca identificar as condições internas e externas à Rede Globo de Televisão que permitiram o surgimento dos programas Globo-Shell Especial e Globo Repórter e discutir a influência da linguagem e da estética do Cinema Novo no documentário televisivo. O Globo-Shell Especial foi criado em 1971 e, em 1973, foi substituído pelo Globo Repórter, cuja exibição foi suspensa pela primeira vez em 1983. Para mapear essa história, recorreu-se à bibliografia existente sobre o assunto - ainda pouco estudado -, às notícias e críticas publicadas e aos boletins de programação da emissora, bem como a entrevistas realizadas com profissionais envolvidos nesses projetos. Elaborou-se também, a partir de um mapeamento da produção dos doze anos que delimitam a pesquisa, uma planilha com informações primárias (nome, data de exibição, ficha técnica), subdividida em segmentos temáticos, que serve de base para uma análise preliminar do modo de produção, da linguagem audiovisual e da estética adotadas. Essa análise é cotejada com a tradição narrativa documental, a questão da autoria e as revoluções tecnológicas que permitiram a construção do discurso do documentário televisivo. Em ambos os programas, cineastas e jornalistas fizeram parte das equipes, somando competências e gerando contradições. O resultado desse encontro foi a criação de documentários únicos, diferenciados do restante da produção televisiva e cinematográfica do período, tanto nos planos da estética e da linguagem - uma preocupação intrínseca ao trabalho dos cineastas - quanto no da informação - uma marca do trabalho dos jornalistas. / Abstract: This paper seeks to identify the conditions inside and outside of the Globo Television Network that allowed the creation of Globo-Shell Especial and Globo Repórter programs and discuss the influence of Cinema Novo's language and aesthetics on TV documentary. Globo-Shell Especial was established in 1971 and replaced in 1973 by Globo Repórter, which had its transmission suspended for the first time in 1983. To map that history, we appealed to literature on the subject - which is still little studied -, news, reviews and published reports of the broadcast programming, as well as interviews with professionals involved in these projects. Based on a survey of production from the twelve years that are subject of research, we also produced a spreadsheet of primary information (name, date display, fact sheet), divided into thematic segments, which serves as the basis for a preliminary analysis of the adopted mode of production, audiovisual language and aesthetics. This analysis is compared to the traditional documentary narrative, the question of authorship and the technological revolutions that enabled the construction of the television documentary discourse. In both programs, filmmakers and journalists were part of the team, adding expertise and creating contradictions. The result of such a meeting was the creation of unique documentaries, different from the rest of the TV and film production of the period both in terms of aesthetics and language - a concern intrinsic to filmmaking - and in terms of information - a mark of the work of journalists. / Mestrado / Mestre em Multimeios

For many years newspapers were locally owned by editors and publishers. However, today many are run by corporations from out of state. As a result, many communities have lost the personal relationship between the family owned publication and the community. Gene Howe, who served as editor, publisher and columnist of the Amarillo Globe-News from 1926 until his death in 1952, believed the community was where the focus should be and the newspaper should do all that it can to help their readers. Despite the fact that Howe was not born in Amarillo, Texas, his passion and love for the city and its inhabitants compensated for it. During the Dust Bowl and Great Depression Howe and the Globe-News helped Amarillo survive the dust and economic storms that blew through the Texas Panhandle, an area that has not been written as much as other parts of Texas. Through his “Tactless Texan” column, which served as a pulpit to the community, to the various contests and promotions the newspaper sprang up, including the creation of Mother in Law Day, Gene Howe gave the newspaper another dimension little has been studied about, the role of the editor and publisher in guiding a community through a dramatic era. Understanding Howe’s ethos can allow others to examine the roles editors and newspapers play in communities throughout the country.

L'artichaut et le cardon, appartenant à la famille des Asteraceae (Compositae), sont des plantes pérennes herbacées natives du bassin méditerranéen, et qui sont traditionnellement cultivées comme plantes maraîchères, respectivement pour leurs têtes et leurs cardes. L'Italie est le pays possédant la plus importante collection de germoplasmes autochtones d'artichaut. Dans le centre de l'Italie, le type Romanesco est étendu. Ces dernières années, le développement des techniques in vitro a permis la multiplication de l'artichaut Romanesco et sa rapide expansion. Le clone Romanesco C3 a ainsi remplacé de nombreuses races locales de Romanesco, contribuant de la sorte à une érosion significative des ressources génétiques locales. Concernant le germoplasme de cardon cultivé, seules quelques études sont disponibles sur son identification et sa caractérisation génétique. Le cardon sauvage, n'est pas du tout cultivé; il est davantage considéré comme une adventice dans le paysage italien. La grande variabilité existant entre les espèces de Cynara n'est pas correctement décrite et il existe plusieurs cas d'homonymes. Le secteur de l'artichaut italien a du faire face ces dernières années à une crise causée principalement par l'apparition sur le marché de produits étrangers et par les coûts élevés de mise en culture et de récolte. Afin de surmonter cette crise, de nombreuses valorisations du Cynara ont été envisagées. Ces potentielles applications pour la culture ont pu voir le jour grâce au support de l'Union européenne pour la recherche sur les co-poduits issus de l'agriculture, et ont mené à un intérêt croissant pour la biomasse entière d'artichaut. Considérant ces remarques préliminaires, une stratégie, qui permettrait de valoriser le germoplasme italien par la production concomitante de biomasse et de biocomposés, a été mise en place durant ces trois ans de doctorat. Le premier objectif de ce travail de doctorat consistait en i) la caractérisation agro-morphologique du germoplasme italien par le biais de descripteurs UPOV, ii) l'évaluation de la variabilité génétique à l'intérieur et entre les races/clones et iii) l'identification et la préservation des ressources génétiques pour le développement de futurs programmes d'amélioration des plantes. Suite à cette caractérisation, trois génotypes ont été sélectionnés et enregistrés sous les noms de Michelangelo, Donatello and Raffaello. Afin d'analyser le germoplasme italien de Cynara d'un point de vue de la biomasse, différents traits expliquant la vigueur de la plante et la production de matière sèche ont été considérés. Le rendement en biomasse aérienne s'est révélé très élevé, soulignant la possibilité d'utiliser cette culture comme matière première industrielle. Un point particulier du programme de thèse était de mettre au point les méthodes d'extraction de biocomposés et les techniques d'analyse afin d'optimiser le rendement en polyphénols à partir de la biomasse de Cynara à l'échelle laboratoire. L'ASE a été reconnue comme étant la meilleure technique. De plus, les cinétiques de production de biomasse et de biocomposés ont été évaluées et le stade physiologique optimal pour collecter le matériel végétal en champ a été identifié. La caractérisation biochimique a été réalisée grâce aux méthodes mises au point et en collectant le matériel végétal au stade physiologique optimal identifié afin de distinguer les génotypes les plus appropriés pour la production de biocomposés. Le dernier point du programme de thèse était centré sur le développement d'une technique alternative de production de biomasse et de biocomposés en conditions de croissance sous serre. Les résultats obtenus mettent en exergue la possibilité d'utiliser avec succès certains génotypes de Cynara pour la production de biomasse et de biocomposés. La perspective réelle d'utiliser certains génotypes d'artichaut pour une double valorisation alimentaire et non-alimentaire a ainsi été soulignée. / Globe artichoke and cardoon, belonging to the Asteraceae (Compositae) family, are herbaceous perennial plants native to the Mediterranean area, which are traditionally grown as vegetables for the heads and the fleshy petiole leaves, respectively. Italy is the richest reserve of globe artichoke autochthonous germplasm, which is vegetatively propagated and well adapted to the different pedoclimatic conditions of the Country. In Central Italian environments, the Romanesco type is widespread. In the last years, the development of in vitro technologies allowed the propagation of Romanesco globe artichoke type and its rapid expansion. As a result, the micropropagated Romanesco clone C3 has replaced many landraces traditionally grown in the Latium Region and has led either to a significant erosion of local genetic resources. As regards Italian cultivated cardoon germplasm, there are few studies on its genetic characterization and identification and there is a lack of information about the genetic variability existing within and among accessions. For the wild cardoon, no specialized crop is present and it represents mainly a weed in Italian environments. The great variability existing in Cynara spp. has not been described, the nomenclature of Italian germplasm is not always very clear since there are many cases of homonyms. In addition, Italian globe artichoke sector is facing a crisis due principally to the appearance on the market of foreign products and to the high labor cost required for crop cultivation and harvesting. In order to overcome this crisis several possible industrial uses were considered for the species. Considering these preliminary remarks, a strategy for valorizing Italian germplasm using biomass and biocompound production has been carried out during the three years of PhD program. The first objective of PhD work consisted in (i) characterizing agro-morphologically Italian germplasm using UPOV descriptors, (ii) assessing the genetic variability existing within and among landraces/clones and (iii) identifying and preserving genetic resources for the development of future plant breeding programs. As a result of this characterization, three genotypes have been selected and registered under the names of Michelangelo, Donatello and Raffaello. In order to analyze Italian Cynara spp. germplasm also from a biomass point of view, different traits explaining plant vigor and dry matter production have been considered. The aerial biomass yield resulted very high underlining the possibility of using this crop as raw industrial material. A focal point of PhD program was to set up biocompound extraction methods and analysis techniques to optimize polyphenol recovery from biomass of Cynara spp at a laboratory scale. In particular, ASE was found as the best extraction technique which allows to reduce extraction time and solvent consumption, increase nutraceutical yield and improvement of extract quality. Moreover, the kinetics of biomass and bio-compound production has been evaluated and the optimal physiological stage to collect plant material grown in open field has been identified. Biochemical characterization has been performed using the methods set up and collecting plant material in the optimal physiological stage identified in order to distinguish which genotypes were more suitable for bio-compound production purpose. The last focal point of PhD program was the development of an alternative technique for biomass and biocompound production in greenhouse grown conditions. Results obtained in the three PhD years, highlighted the possibility of using successfully some Cynara spp. genotypes for biomass and bio-compound production, in particular in open field condition. Also the real prospect of using some globe artichoke genotypes for food and non-food dual-production (biomass for biocompound extraction and heads for human food) has been underlined.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-212).

The aim of the thesis is to prepare an overview of major and lesser-known Czech cartographers, who went down the history with their important cartographic works in our country, or, conversely, contributed to the discovery of new worlds. The first part focuses on the explanation of terms connected with this topic. The development of cartography which is divided into individual periods follows. Each of these periods includes a brief description of the development of cartography in the Czech lands and a summary of significant cartographers for this period. In each section there is a detailed description of the life and work of a particular cartographer, who made history. Map works by these cartographers can be found in the text as images and more significant works are presented in the Appendix. Next section explains the aims and methodology. The practical part of the thesis contains an analysis of selected cartographic works. The final section is devoted to a discussion about the authors and their different views of the map works, and a summary of significant works and our most famous cartographers. It also shows the importance and benefits of cartographic creation for our present and future.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / A trigonometria esfÃrica surgiu das necessidades da Astronomia, na busca de descrever matematicamente o sistema solar. Mentes brilhantes como Euclides, Aristarco de Samos, ApolÃnio de Perga, Hiparco, Menelau de Alexandria, Ptolomeu, entre outros, estudaram sobre os triÃngulos esfÃricos. Neste trabalho, estudaremos os resultados fundamentais a trigonometria esfÃrica buscando uma associaÃÃo com o globo terrestre. Iniciaremos com o estudo dos elementos fundamentais de uma superfÃcie esfÃrica, donde definiremos os triÃngulos esfÃricos e provaremos suas principais propriedades, como soma das medidas dos Ãngulos internos e a fÃrmula de Girard para o cÃlculo de sua Ãrea. Em seguida, apresentamos a classificaÃÃo dos triÃngulos esfÃricos e as principais relaÃÃes entre os lados e os Ãngulos desses triÃngulos, como a lei dos senos e lei dos cossenos, alÃm de um breve estudo dos triÃngulos esfÃricos retÃngulos. Finalmente, consideramos a Terra como uma esfera, denominada globo terrestre, sobre a qual abordamos diversos conceitos geogrÃficos como paralelos, meridianos, latitudes, longitudes, a fim de utilizar da trigonometria esfÃrica para o cÃlculo de distÃncias e Ãngulos sobre a superfÃcie terrestre, criando o forte carÃter interdisciplinar entre MatemÃtica e Geografia. / The spherical trigonometry came from the needs of Astronomy, in the search for mathematically describing the solar system. Brilliant minds like Euclides, Aristarco of Samos, ApolÃnio of Perga, Hiparco, Menelau of Alexandria, Ptolomeu, and others, have studied the spherical triangles. In this work, we study the fundamental results spherical trigonometry seeking an association with the globe. We begin with the study of the fundamental elements of a spherical surface, where we define the spherical triangles and prove their important properties, such as sum of the measures of the internal angles and the Girard formula to calculate its area. Then, we present the classification of spherical triangles and the main relationships between the sides and angles of these triangles, as the law of sines and law of cosines, and a brief study of spherical rectangle triangles. Finally, we consider the Earth as a sphere called earth globe, over which we address various geographical concepts such as parallels, meridians, latitudes, longitudes, in order of use of spherical trigonometry to calculate distances and angles on the Earth's surface, creating strong interdisciplinary character between Mathematics and Geography.