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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Studie av Crowdsourcing som metodik inom produktutveckling av träningshandskar / Study of Crowdsourcing as a methodology in product development of training gloves

Tan, Anita, Edenfeldt, Isabelle January 2016 (has links)
This thesis has been carried out at the University of Skövde in collaboration with Casall Sports AB. The project goal was to evaluate and implement the method Crowdsourcing in Casall’s current product development process. The founder of the term Crowdsourcing, Jeff Howe, believed in engaging the public to solve different ranges of problems within a company. To explore the possible use of the method, a product development process was created for the company to work after when using Crowdsourcing.  This process was an outcome from literature studies in product development processes and in Crowdsourcing methods. With the use of this developed process, implementation of Crowdsourcing to Casall’s product development process was made. The result is presented as a guide for Casall using Crowdsourcing when developing new products or product lines. The online-platform crowdSPRING.com was chosen for applying phases including Crowdsourcing. To evaluate the guide, a mission statement for the development of training gloves was created for evaluation with a focus group of 10 people. The outcome of this project is a product development process with implementation of the method Crowdsourcing presented as a guide and accordingly a new approach for Casall when using crowdSPRING. / Detta examensarbete har genomförts på Högskolan i Skövde i samarbete med Casall Sport AB och behandlar hur metoden Crowdsourcing kan implementeras i deras nuvarande produktutvecklingsprocess. Begreppet Crowdsourcing myntades av Jeff Howe som menar att metoden ska engagera allmänheten för att lösa små till stora problem inom ett företag. För att undersöka möjligheten till användandet av metoden skapades en egen produktutvecklingsprocess för företaget att arbeta efter vid användning av Crowdsourcing. För att skapa en egen produktutvecklingsprocess utfördes litteraturstudier kring produktutvecklingsprocesser samt en fördjupning inom Crowdsourcing. Efter att ha tagit fram en egen produktutvecklingsprocess kunde en sammankoppling fastställas mellan Casalls produktutvecklingsprocess och Crowdsourcing. Detta gjordes för att anpassa metoden Crowdsourcing på bästa sätt till Casalls nuvarande produktutvecklingsprocess. Med stöd från resultatet valdes det att ta fram en guide för Casall vid användning av Crowdsourcing. Här bestämdes det att Casall bör använda sig av webbplattformen crowdSPRING.com för att applicera metoden i deras produktutvecklingsprocess. En uppdragsbeskrivning för utveckling av träningshandske skapades för att arbetstagarna ska kunna veta vad uppdraget går ut på, när de ska utveckla en träningshandske åt Casall. För att veta ifall uppdragsbeskrivningen var tillräckligt tydlig för arbetstagarna, genomfördes en utvärdering med hjälp av tio testpersoner. Efter utvärderingen av uppdragsbeskrivningen kunde guiden och den egenskapade produktutvecklingsprocessen kopplas samman och detta resulterade i ett förslag på nytt arbetssätt för Casall att arbeta vid användning av crowdSPRING.
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Responsible Quality at Casall : Evaluating Corporate Social Responsibility Projects

Jakobsson, Kim, Klavebäck, Sofia, Nehm, Tobias January 2011 (has links)
Much research has been conducted within Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and it is currently a highly debated topic. Today, CSR is not only pursued in response to public pressure, but is also seen as a source of competitive advantage and differentiation. The problem that this thesis deals with is that many SMEs do not use CSR as a proactive competitive tool in a strategic manner. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to develop an evaluation framework for SME‟s CSR projects, and to use this framework to analyze Casall‟s CSR projects in order to provide recommendations for Casall regarding strategic CSR. CSR as a concept is first discussed with the use of previous literature. This leads to the development of an evaluation framework for SME‟s CSR projects. The methodology is carefully considered, and a qualitative case study is chosen to be conducted at Casall. The results and analysis are presented in accordance with the theoretical framework and method. An in-depth analysis is conducted with the help of the evaluation framework. This leads to recommendations on Casall‟s existing and future engagement in CSR projects. The five recommendations are to simplify the guidelines for producers, adapt the guidelines for producers, get engaged in the local community, implement an internal code of conduct, and raise customer awareness of their engagement in CSR. This thesis contributes to the academic society by combining theories into a practical framework for evaluating SMEs‟ CSR projects. More specifically, the framework is used to guide Casall in their future CSR involvement. The framework can also be useful for other SMEs to evaluate and integrate suitable CSR projects into corporate strategy.

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