People with moderate intellectual disability often have communication difficulties and are in need of augmentative and alternative communication, AAC, to replace lacking speech and/or language comprehension. It is imperative that support in the form of AAC is found in the environments where everyday interactions occur. The purpose of this paper was to investigate how the placing of picture-based AAC affects communicative behaviour among participants in a day centre. An intervention was made where communication pictures were moved from walls to hang from the belt of staff members. The effects were registered through behavioural observations of four participants both before and one week after the intervention. The behaviours observed were agitation, apathy, motor anxiety and the usage of signs and pointing. A simple sign test showed changes in expected directions (e.g. reduction of apathy or increased usage of signs) for half of the twenty completed observations. In only one case could negative results be observed while nine observations showed no change in the measured behaviours. There were considerable individual differences among the participants. Two of the participants showed little or no change in their behaviours, while two reduced the non-appropriate behaviours apathy, agitation and motor anxiety in favour of pointing to communication pictures and usage of signs. The conclusion drawn in this paper was that placing of communication pictures can have positive impact on the ability to communicate in individuals with moderate intellectual disability.

Bakgrund: Globaliseringen har föranlett en ökning av multinationella företag. De multinationella företagen har genom olika internationaliseringsstrategier fått en framstående roll som starka aktörer på det globala planet. Internationaliseringsstrategierna ses som nödvändiga för att bibehålla konkurrenskraftighet i en föränderlig värld. Dock ses en avsaknad av HR funktionens integrering i förhållande till multinationella företags internationalisering i teorin. Syfte: Att beskriva till vilken grad HR funktionen i multinationella företag är internationaliserad i förhållande till struktur, strategi och kultur. Metod: Studien tillämpar en induktiv ansatsmetod med inslag av deduktion, deduktionen representeras genom en inramning av syftet som gjorts för att skapa en viss förförståelse. Studien är en fallstudie av kvalitativ karaktär. I studien har empirin samlats in genom tre datainsamlingsmetoder: semistrukturerad intervju, dokumentundersökning samt skriftlig strukturerad intervju. Empirin har vidare tillsammans analyserats genom en tematisk analys. Den tematiska analysen genererade tre huvudteman: Moderlandets påverkan i multinationella företag, Lokala anpassningar i en internationell kontext och Globala utmaningar i en föränderlig värld. Respektive huvudtema innehåller tre underteman, som förankrades i relevant teori. Studien präglas av konstruktionism och ett tolkande förhållningsätt. Slutsats: HR funktionen i multinationella företag är till viss grad internationaliserad i förhållande till struktur, strategi och kultur. Vidare ges en beskrivning i form av en slutgiltig modell som visar faktorer som främjar och hämmar graden. / Background: Globalization has led to a rise of multinational companies. Through various internationalization strategies, multinational companies have gained a prominent role as strong players on the global stage. Internationalization strategies are seen as necessary to maintain competitiveness in a changing world. However, there is a lack of integration of the HR function in relation to the internationalization of multinational companies in theory. Purpose: To describe the degree to which the HR function in multinational companies are internationalized in relation to structure, strategy and culture. Method: The study applies an inductive approach with elements of deduction, the deduction is represented by a framing made to create a certain pre-understanding. The study is a case study of a qualitative nature. In the study, the empirical data has been collected through three data collection methods: semi-structured interview, document review and written structured interview. The empirical data has furthermore been analyzed together through a thematic analysis. The thematic analysis generated three main themes: the influence of the motherland in multinational companies, local adaptations in an international context and global challenges in a changing world. Each main theme contained three sub-themes, which were embedded in relevant theory. The study is characterized by constructionism and an interpretive approach. Conclusion: The HR function in multinational companies is to some extent internationalized in terms of structure, strategy, and culture. Furthermore, a description is given in the form of one final model showing factors that promote and inhibit the degree of internationalization.