Viktiga frågor konstrueras på olika sätt, inom fiktion, utefter producentens uppfattningar om världen. Genom att undersöka maktrelationerna kan man ta reda på vilken betydelse makt har i viktiga frågor som hat, ras, klass. Syftet med studien har varit att undersöka och analysera hur maktrelationer opererar i den populärkulturella tv-serien Orange Is the New Black. För att utföra studien analyserades ett avsnitt, det sjunde ur säsong 4, som släpptes i juni år 2016. De frågeställningar som ställdes till materialet var: Hur konstrueras maktrelationer inom fältet Orange Is the New Black?”, ”I vilka situationer är dessa maktrelationer tydliga?”, samt ”Är dessa situationer positiva/negativa och i sådana fall på vilka sätt?”. Dessa frågeställningar utformades för att ge en helhetsbild av maktrelationerna inom avsnittet. För att utföra studien tillämpades Pierre Bourdieus klassperspektiv, där begreppen fält, habitus och kapital användes. I uppsatsen diskuterades även Marx definition av begreppet klass, då klass-begreppet är mest associerat till honom. Även Goffmans teori angående stigma användes för att kunna gå in med en förståelse av vad de utsatta kan ha för attribut som kan påverka hur andra ser på dem. För att utföra studien tillämpades även Bourdieus metodologi. Analysen visade att maktrelationer konstrueras på olika sätt. Genom att producenten skapar situationer där karaktärerna tävlar om makt och kapital får tittaren se vilken betydelse makt har inom viktiga frågor. Kamper om makt och kapital visades på flera olika sätt. Slutsatsen som drogs var att maktrelationer konstrueras på flera olika sätt, att dessa händelser och situationer inte enbart är negativa, utan även positiva och hur situationerna konstrueras kan påverka människors tankar då det är en populärkulturell serie som når ut till en massa. / Important subjects in fictional tv-series are being constructed in different ways, depending on the producers view on the world. By examining power relationships you can find out what role power plays within subjects like hate, race and class. The purpose of this study was to analyze how power relationships operate on the popular cultural tv-show Orange Is the New Black. The seventh episode of season 4 was analyzed, which aired in June 2016. The questions that were asked to the material were: ”How are power relationships constructed within the field of Orange Is the New Black?”, ”In what situations are these power relationships clear?”, and ”Are these situations positive/negative, and if so, in which way?”. These questions were asked to get the whole picture of the power relationships within the episode. In this study the theory of class by Pierre Bourdieu was used, where the concept of field, capital and habitus took a lot of space. Marx definition of class was also discussed in the study, because class is mostly associated with him. Another theory that was discussed was Erving Goffman’s theory about stigma. The purpose of using this theory was to understand what attributes a prisoner can have that could affect how other people view them. In this study, the methodology of Bourdieu was used. The analysis showed that power relationships are being constructed in different ways. When the producer creates situations where the characters are fighting about power and capital, the viewer is able to see how power is operating within important questions. Fights about capital and power were shown in different ways. The conclusion that was made is that power relationships are being constructed in different ways, that these situations are both positive and negative and that they can affect peoples mind due to being a popular cultural tv-show that is seen by many.

A content analysis of "Islamic State" (IS) propaganda material released around the movement's proclamation of a Caliphate in 2014, this study is an attempt at analysing ways in which presented arguments express a coherent narrative of symbolic meaning. Using Robert Benford & David Snow's ideas on the so-called three core framing tasks as a clarifying template, I discuss ways in which the analysed material argues for the legitimacy and relevance of the IS movement. IS propagandists argue that the Muslim umma is under attack, and that Muslims need to unite under a common authority that can protect their religion, restore their strength, and counteract their humiliation. The IS Caliphate is presented as a hopeful sign, but is in need of committed recruits who are willing to sacrifice for what is presented as the greater good. As the analysed propaganda is particularly focused on this latter (motivational) aspect of the narrative, it focuses extensively on formulating arguments that reinforce it. I hold that many of these arguments can be traced back to what can be described as appeals to virtues like sincerity, authenticity, and truthfulness – and that all of these are also used to argue for the credibility of the IS Caliphate as an Islamic authority. Arguing that this Caliphate will serve the role of an aiding sword of Islam, it is furthermore presented as a necessary and vigorous structure aimed at protecting "truth" and at eradicating "falsehood".

This thesis is concerned with an issue of small and medium-sized teams project management and supporting tools analysis. The primary objective is to explore and describe currently available tools intended for project management support. In line with today's trend of Web applications and their provisioning in SaaS (Software as a Service) model, main focus is given to opensource or freely available products operating through a Web interface. Analysis of these instruments provided an overview of functionality present in individual products, which is then used as a guideline for choosing appropriate project management supporting tools under defined conditions of small and medium-sized teams in commercial and academic environment, abilities of chosen products are then proved by simulating an exemplary project.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-04T11:45:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Wanderlei_Bamman_de_Carvalho.pdf: 491243 bytes, checksum: 0bbaceae980d0478b0359948e5a27adf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-03-04 / This study intends to present a model of managerial support, either assisting investors either the administrators of the Condo-hotels sector, proposing the improvement and the adaptation of the SUCH - System Uniform of Accounting for Hotels, to the Condo-hotels sector. The importance of the Condo-hotels sector for the Brazilian economy was delineated by this study, as well as its accelerated growth in the course of these last years. It must be detached the competitive factors of the sector, in a better way to make possible the enterprise, intending to contribute to the professionals of the area. The reasons are the proper peculiarities of the Condo-hotels sector, such as the Pool in its composition, inhabitants - owners, amongst innumerable others, that becomes each enterprise differentiated in relation its pairs, and it will be object of analysis. / Este estudo busca apresentar um modelo de suporte gerencial, seja no auxilio aos investidores, seja no aux??lio aos administradores do setor flateleiro, propondo o aperfei??oamento e a adapta????o do SUCH - Sistema Uniforme de Contabilidade para Hot??is, ao setor flateleiro. Delineou-se com esse estudo a import??ncia do setor flateleiro para a economia brasileira, bem como o seu crescimento acelerado no decorrer desses ??ltimos anos. Importa destacar tamb??m os fatores concorrenciais do setor, na busca de melhor viabilizar o empreendimento e com o intuito de contribuir com os profissionais da ??rea. Isso porque, o setor flateleiro possui peculiaridades t??o pr??prias, tais como o Pool em sua forma????o, moradores - propriet??rios, dentre in??meras outras, que torna cada empreendimento diferenciado em rela????o aos seus pares, tal como ser?? objeto de an??lise.

Les travaux de cette thèse concernent la gestion de connaissances au sein des processus techniques d'Ingénierie Système (IS). Ces processus peuvent être considérés comme un espace de création continue de connaissances faisant appel à des savoir-faire multi-métiers et produisant de nombreux « artefacts », allant des spécifications aux composants logiciels et matériels jusqu'au système lui-même, et présentant des degrés très divers de formalisation. A ces éléments, il convient d'ajouter les alternatives de solutions et les justifications de décisions, pour constituer, au final, un ensemble der connaissances métiers implicites aujourd'hui très peu valorisées dans les organisations, et que ces dernières cherchent actuellement à réutiliser au mieux au cours de projets ultérieurs. Pour fournir des éléments de réponse à cette problématique nous proposons un cadre ontologique générique dédié à la modélisation formelle et consensuelle des savoir-faire métiers de l'IS. Nous analysons ensuite l'application de ce cadre à la description des expériences de projets d'ingénierie que nous dénommons Connaissances Métiers Situées (CMS). Pour gérer ces expériences nous proposons d'une part, un modèle de capitalisation de CMS sous forme d'annotations sémantiques des dimensions situation, but, choix et décisions d'ingénierie. Et d'autre part, un modèle de partage de CMS suggérant les expériences potentiellement utiles au cours de projets ultérieurs. Les propositions conceptuelles de cette thèse ont été opérationnalisées à l'aide du formalisme des Graphes Conceptuels et appliquées dans le domaine de l'Ingénierie de Systèmes de défense.

<p>This thesis has its point of departure in the identified knowledge gap, which includes the importance of the information systems (IS) outsourcing relationship for studying the success of IS outsourcing. This research study, therefore, is structured with the belief that the disregard of the client-IS supplier relationship when studying IS outsourcing is paradoxical. Paradoxical since the impact of the relationship on the overall IS outsourcing can make the difference between success, less success and even failure. In contrast to the majority of prior research, which has focused IS outsourcing in its entirety, this research study percieves IS outsourcing as a process. Because prior research shows that the success or failure of IS outsourcing is connected to its implementation, this thesis focuses the post-contract stage of the IS outsourcing.</p><p>The purpose chosen and addressed is to develop a conceptual framework for describing and explaining the degree of successful outcome of the IS outsourcing process using a relationship perspective. To approach this purpose, a literature review study is conducted. The literature review study includes the integration of three theoretical fields: IS, interorganisational business relationships and IS outsourcing. The knowledge domains of particular interest are 'strategies, approaches and frameworks for the IS life cycle', 'the interaction approach' and 'IS outsourcing success'.</p><p>The purpose is focused through the identification of key conditions, dimensions and interrelations among dimensions. These identified elements, constituting the core elements of the conceptual framework, are a result of the conducted literature review study. The key conditions are identified according to their influence on the degree of successful outcome of the IS outsourcing process from a relationship perspective. Due to the large amount of key conditions identified, they are categorised into nine dimensions: Atmosphere, Behaviour, Contract, Environment, Interatction, IS, Management, Organisation and Outcome. The identified interrelations among these dimensions are fruitful since they provide insights and a favourable point of departure for studying the degree of successful outcome of IS outsourcing processes.</p><p>The main contribution of this thesis is the conceptual framework for the IS outsourcing process. The key conditions, dimensions and interrelations constitute the conceptual framework as a result of their potential for describing and explaining the degree of successful outcome of the IS outsourcing process from a relationship perspective. The application of the conceptual framework provides managers with core elements to be considered during IS outsourcing decision-making and subsequent design of IS outsourcing. Its usage, moreover, is believed to support managers during the operationalisation of the post-contract stage of IS outsourcing processes. Finally, the conceptual framework is a fruitful 'tool' for future empirical research. Fruitful in the sense that it can provide useful and important insights into how different key conditions infuence the degree of successful outcome of IS outsourcing processes and how these key conditions are interrelated.</p>

Aim This study contends and explains why discrimination in the workforce is a growing problem that has affected thousands of organisations, large and small, operating in today's global marketplace. The research is aimed at describing the perceived experiences of discrimination as well as its effects on employees within the organisation. Method Using a qualitative research design, interviews were used to facilitate the informal sharing of experiences amongst employees. The purpose of this was to understand the different experiences employees had and the impact discrimination had on the individual performance within the organisation. Results Results reveal that employees experience three broad categories of activities that led to experiences of discrimination, namely activities that relates to management and supervision, daily interaction between various groups from diverse backgrounds and unfair general human resource functions. Conclusion The results of the empirical study were discussed according to the themes of Supervision/ Management, Human Resources/ Employee relations and Interactions. It was found that employees were exposed to different types of discrimination, which are explored in the literature review. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2010.

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In this essay I analyze the performative aspects relating to Marina Abramović's The Artist Is Present, which took place in spring 2010 at MoMA in New York, from the context of the artist and work, institution and documentation. In this performance work, for the duration of the exhibition, Abramović sits completely still opposite another chair where anyone from the audience may sit. The art arises through this participation. The audience are not only viewers, but also the observed, thus becoming part of the work and the negotiation of this exchange of living gazes. The performative pervades this work on multiple levels. The Artist Is Present reached a surprisingly large public, of over 500,000 visitors and continues to circulate in the form of blogs, documentary film and photography long after the exhibition duration. In order to conduct a performative analysis of The Artist Is Present I apply the theories of Peggy Phelan, regarding the relationships between the political and representative visibility in contemporary culture. Phelan's explanation of the unmarked field reveals the importance of the 'other' to see oneself. This is especially relevant in Abramović's performance which challenges and revolves around self reflection in the other. Phelan's theories are also pertinent in analyzing what Abramović as the performer and her work create for re-negotiations around positions and the gaze. The assertions of Carol Duncan in considering the Art Museum as a place of ritual are applied to the ritualistic context of The Artist Is Present, which may well build up a form of liminality. Duncan's claims of the museum as ritual in combination with Phelan's theories provide interesting grounds to further investigate the effect and eventual mythology of the performance work and artist. How do these contexts of institution, documentation, artist and art, which I propose contribute to a kind of myth creation, operate in a ritualized performance art work? This essay analyses these contexts together in order to find a connection between the performative aspects and the effect that they have on the viewer and receiver, which have contributed to the public success of this exhibition. Despite that we now live in an era of reproduction, perhaps the wishes of our era still revolve around a cult value? That even in this post industrial age of reproduction, new needs are recreated for mythology and cult? Or can it be that the reverse is true, that the rites and symbols speak to us before the mythology has fully arisen?

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