Syftet med denna uppsats är att belysa i vilken mån trumsetslärares tendenser att främja notläsningsbaserade verksamheter kontra gehörsspelsbaserade dito, samt det sätt som dessa olika moment utförs på, är ett resultat av hur de själva blivit undervisade. Tidigare forskning på bland annat spegelneuroner ger vid handen att olika handlingsprogram lärs in omedvetet hos en person vid kontakten med andra människor, för att vid ett senare tillfälle kunna manifesteras i handlingar likartade den som personen iakttagit. Uppsatsen bygger på kvalitativa intervjuer med fyra trumsetslärare från kulturskolor i Storstockholmsområdet. Resultatet visar att respondenterna med viss variation visar relativt stora likheter med sina respektivelärare särskilt med avseende på proportionerna i vilka de använder notspel respektive gehörsspel. Flera av respondenterna utför vidare undervisningsmoment på ett sätt som nästan är identiskt med hur de utförde det som elever. I de fall då respondenterna avviker från sin lärares didaktiska stil, har de snarast lagt till olika moment i undervisningen som inte förekom under deras elevtid.

<p>This thesis investigates the utilization of customer and dealer feedback within organizations. Only few companies seem to fully exploit the valuable information they receive on customer and dealer opinions and preferences. The purpose of this study is to examine how firms can ensure that feedback contributes to the development of improvements in the organization in order to become more customer-centric. Theoretical approaches to a company’s relationships with customers and dealers, the importance of internal and external customer satisfaction, the creation of knowledge and the role of the organization have been considered. Thereafter, the current processes of feedback utilization in the case company Volvo Construction Equipment Region International have been analyzed, the organization’s internal environment studied and the perspective of its dealers included. These steps have been taken in order to answer the main research question of this thesis, namely ‘How can the administrative functions of an MNC become more customer-centric by improving an existing customer and dealer feedback process?’ Several conditions have been identified in this study, which need to be in place in order for companies to benefit from customer and dealer feedback. Especially the development of adequate processes for feedback analysis, knowledge creation and action-taking, as well as an appropriate organizational culture, appear to be central in this context. The provided recommendations of this thesis regarding the involvement of employees, procedures in the process of feedback utilization, a framework for company-wide learning, and the role of the dealers shall help to understand how to make better use of feedback in future.</p>

This thesis investigates the utilization of customer and dealer feedback within organizations. Only few companies seem to fully exploit the valuable information they receive on customer and dealer opinions and preferences. The purpose of this study is to examine how firms can ensure that feedback contributes to the development of improvements in the organization in order to become more customer-centric. Theoretical approaches to a company’s relationships with customers and dealers, the importance of internal and external customer satisfaction, the creation of knowledge and the role of the organization have been considered. Thereafter, the current processes of feedback utilization in the case company Volvo Construction Equipment Region International have been analyzed, the organization’s internal environment studied and the perspective of its dealers included. These steps have been taken in order to answer the main research question of this thesis, namely ‘How can the administrative functions of an MNC become more customer-centric by improving an existing customer and dealer feedback process?’ Several conditions have been identified in this study, which need to be in place in order for companies to benefit from customer and dealer feedback. Especially the development of adequate processes for feedback analysis, knowledge creation and action-taking, as well as an appropriate organizational culture, appear to be central in this context. The provided recommendations of this thesis regarding the involvement of employees, procedures in the process of feedback utilization, a framework for company-wide learning, and the role of the dealers shall help to understand how to make better use of feedback in future.

ABSTRACT THE SURVIVORS: ROMA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN TURKEY Diler, Melike M.Sc., Department of Sociology Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. AySe G&uuml / nd&uuml / z HoSg&ouml / r December 2008, 147 pages This study has two aims regarding the Roma university students in Turkey. First, it attempts to discover the characteristics of their life courses in order to identify the success factors paving the way for their participation in higher education, specifically when the low education level of the Roma people, including even their own families, is concerned. Therefore, their socio-economic environment, early childhood years and school experiences are focused and analyzed respectively to expose the actors and processes making their life stories appear as success stories. Second, it aims to expose whether there are differences between the ones involved in the Roma Rights Movement and the ones not involved in terms of their ethnic identity status. That is, most of the better-off Roma, previously, preferred hiding their ethnic identity not to be excluded from participation in social, economic and political spheres. However, the Roma university students participating in the Roma Rights Movement refuse to hide their identity as they do not want to be assimilated, but integrated into the majority society. That point has a first-rate importance, as the low educational level of the Roma people, especially that of the Roma children, are closely associated with the lack of positive role models showing them how and what education pays off. On the basis of the conclusions drawn from the data analysis collected through in-depth interviews, it is exposed that these Roma youngsters demonstrate high levels of agency for their own social inclusion through education. Although they are all supported by their families / most of their Roma school peers dropped out of either primary or high school due to poverty and discriminative attitudes of their teachers and school administrators. The stigma of inferiority attached to the Roma is so strong that the survivors, who manage to attend the high school, hide their ethnic identity from this point onwards. Therefore, the demand of the Roma university students, participating in Roma Rights Movement, for integration into the majority society appears as an exceptional case among the well-educated Roma, but making them the pioneers of a new Roma identity in Turkey: Roma intelligentsia.

In dem vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung über den Projektträger VDI/VDE-IT geförderten Vorhaben "Wirksamkeitsbeurteilung von Transferformen zwischen Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft für die Branchen Produktionstechnik, Umwelttechnologie und Materialforschung" wurden unterschiedliche Formen und Wege des Wissens- und Technologietransfers zwischen Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft analysiert und beschrieben, um Erfolgsmuster für deren Zusammenarbeit aufzuspüren.

Previous studies targeting youth participation in physical activity have argued that self-motivation is the main key to increasing participation. However, few studies have focused specifically on the role of structural factors in prompting youth participation in physical activity. The structure may include people, and institutions that are introducing, providing and facilitating physical activity to youth. Therefore, this study focuses on the role of the structure surrounding youth. The study takes youth in Saudi Arabia aged 15-24 as its subjects in order to examine the use of three online social networks (OSNs), i.e., Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, for communication and exchange of resources and the influence on participation of key decision makers such as home (parents and siblings), school (Ministry of Education and PE teachers), physical activity and sports clubs (General Authority of Sports [GAS]), and friends. The study uses mixed methods and follows the social network structural theory to examine how the exchange of resources (e.g., information, emotional support, financial support, and facilities and services) takes place between agent and structure. The main findings are that the structure plays a role in influencing participation among Saudi youth. Friends are of great influence, as they occupy the longest hours of youth time both at school, where friends interact in person, and outside of school, where friends communicate through OSNs. An Islamic and conservative society prevails in Saudi Arabia, where 99 per cent of the population is Muslim. Therefore, in addition to the structural factors noted above, religion is also investigated. Indeed, Islam drives motivation in this large conservative group as individuals learn to obey and implement the religious advice and Islamic teachings of the prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him), including those messages with relation to becoming a healthy and strong Muslim. Finally, the study also focuses on the participation of Saudi female youth in physical activity. Due to cultural reasons preventing women from participating in physical activity as freely and equally as their male peers in the country, Saudi Arabia has seen an increasing percentage of obese women. The main aim of this research is to understand the relationship between agency and structure and thereby to identify the role of structure in increasing the participation of youth in physical activity. The research question (How do OSNs facilitate Saudi youth participation in physical activity?) investigates the relationship between agency and structure to delineate the pattern of information exchange regarding resources for involvement in physical activity. Through the use of mixed methods including face-to-face interviews, online survey and digital ethnography, the researcher investigates how youth social networks function both offline and online. The study concludes that decision makers in the field of physical activity participation in Saudi Arabia vary in their level of encouragement, influence and communication. Family members do not seem to communicate with youth via online platforms, but they do play a crucial role in offline social networks. Private institutions are becoming very active in OSNs, and public institutions are following the trend, albeit at a slower pace. The study shows that physical activity facilitators in Saudi Arabia are still failing to effectively reach youth and encourage them to participate in physical activity. Various policies need to be reviewed and enhanced if the public institutions do indeed want to reach more youth and benefit youth and the community, including the female youth, who make up more than half of the population. The study shows that the way to develop these policies is to communicate with youth via OSNs and to provide youth with more facilities, venues and services in the country that are suitable for both genders.

In dem vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung über den Projektträger VDI/VDE-IT geförderten Vorhaben "Wirksamkeitsbeurteilung von Transferformen zwischen Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft für die Branchen Produktionstechnik, Umwelttechnologie und Materialforschung" wurden unterschiedliche Formen und Wege des Wissens- und Technologietransfers zwischen Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft analysiert und beschrieben, um Erfolgsmuster für deren Zusammenarbeit aufzuspüren.:Inhalt Vorstellung des Forschungsvorhabens ..........................................3 Kapitel 1: Feldstudie ...................................................................7 1.1 Vorgehensweise ..........................................................7 1.2 Befragungsergebnisse ................................................8 1.2.1 Ergebnisse der Unternehmensbefragung ...................8 1.2.2 Ergebnisse der Multiplikatorenbefragung .................23 1.2.3 Ergebnisse der Intermediärsbefragung .....................24 1.2.4 Ergebnisse der Wissenschaftlerbefragung ...............25 1.2.5 Zusammenfassung ....................................................30 Kapitel 2: Wirkungsstruktur ....................................................31 2.1 Thematische Eingrenzung .........................................31 2.2 Zur theoretischen Hinsicht: Zwei einleitende Vorbemerkungen ................................32 2.3. Die Wirkungsstruktur ......................................................33 2.3.1 Das innovative KMU........................................................34 2.3.2 Zwischenstand: Die Transfernähe innovativer KMU ...37 2.3.3 Der Umgang mit Forschungseinrichtungen ..............37 2.3.4 Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft: Zwei Parallelwelten ...40 2.4 Konkrete Bedingungen für erfolgreichen Wissenstransfer......................................................................42 2.4.1 Einordnung der üblichen Chiffren ..............................42 2.4.2 Der Escort Service für die Grauzone ... ...................44 2.4.3 …und das Problem der Königskinder ........................46 2.5 Literatur .....................................................................48 Kapitel 3: Rollenbilder Der systemische Ansatz .....................................................49 Soziales System .................................................................49 Der rollentheoretische Ansatz ............................................55 Grundannahmen über gelingende Kommunikationim Innovations-Transferraum ..............................................61 Literaturverzeichnis ............................................................63 Kapitel 4: Szenarien Transferszenarium: Ziele, Rollen, Interaktionen .................64 Akteure und Impulsgeber ...................................................65 Arbeitsbedingungen in Transferszenarien ..........................68 Motivation und Effekte .......................................................69 Unterschiedliche Situationen –unterschiedliche Szenarien .................................................70

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Physical activity plays a key role in the health of children. Childhood obesity is increasing in the United States, and children are spending less time being physically active. Active participation by a physical education (PE) teacher in physical activities has been suggested as a means of promoting student fitness. The purpose of this quasi-experimental quantitative study was to determine whether modeling of physical activity by a PE teacher would increase student participation and physical fitness. Bandura's social learning theory provided the theoretical framework for the study. Participants included 311 4th and 5th grade elementary students enrolled in physical education classes. One group of students experienced PE teacher modeling in physical education class activities and the other group experienced no PE teacher modeling. Participation grades in physical education were used for participation scores, while the FITNESSGRAM was used to measure student physical fitness. Independent samples t tests were used to compare students' fitness and participation levels between the two groups. Results indicated no significant differences in fitness or participation between the groups based on teacher modeling. This study promoted positive social change by providing initial research findings to the local site on encouraging physical activity through teacher participation, which may be used to further examine student participation in physical activity.

Abstract Adolescent males are being suspended or expelled at high rates. Faith-based organizations have developed programs to address these problems by using adult male volunteers to mentor high-risk youth; however, recruiting sufficient mentors is a problem because organizers lack an understanding of the factors that motivate men to volunteer. If this problem can be alleviated, then faith-based organizations will be better able to recruit volunteers to serve students. Guided by the functionalist theory, the purpose of this study was to determine what demographic characteristics and motivating factors discriminated between volunteers and non-volunteers. A causal comparative design was employed and the Volunteer Function Inventory was administered to determine differences between volunteers (n = 112) and non-volunteers (n = 202) in terms of motivating factors, demographic characteristics, and future intentions to volunteer. In alignment with the functionalist theory, multivariate analysis of variance revealed that volunteers were more motivated by social, value, understanding, and self-enhancement factors than were non-volunteers. Descriptive data analyses indicated that volunteers were older, unmarried, employed full time, and less educated than non-volunteers, and revealed no difference in future intentions to volunteer. Based upon the findings of this study, it is concluded that faith-based organizations recruit and retain adult males as role models who exhibit social, value, understanding, and self-enhancement factors to provide support for adolescent males. It is recommended that faith-based leaders use the Volunteer Function Inventory as a screening tool to identify volunteers who would mentor high risk male students. This practice may enable male at risk students to remain in school, graduate, and lead fulfilling lives, thus resulting in positive social change.