The diploma thesis is focuses on elaboration of a business idea of the existing company INJETON PLAST, s.r.o. . It should be used not only as the final thesis but also as a basis and supporting material for decision making by the company management on the investment in own production of the plastic household goods.

This study acknowledges how the democratic mission has changed over time and which role it has today. By using a comparative idea analysis, fourteen Swedish and Finish curriculums and syllabuses stretching from 1970 to 2015 has been analysed and compared. Therefore, our purpose is to analyse how the curriculums and syllabuses can be compared to the modern society versus the late modern society, by using ideal types based on theories that legitimates our study. With this method, we were able to compare how much the late modern society has influenced the Swedish and Finnish curriculums and syllabuses. In the result, we concluded that the Finnish curriculums are still influenced by the modern society in a broader way than the Swedish. The Swedish curriculums have been more influenced by the late modern society as a result of the increased focus on the individual, which is a consequent of the development from the modern to the late modern society. The latest Finnish curriculums are also influenced by the late modern society. However, when they write about individuals, the importance of being a part of the community is always the primary goal. The comparison between the countries syllabuses shows a different sight of the subject social studies. In Sweden, it plays a larger role in the mission of creating democratic citizens, as to Finland, where it plays almost the same role as all the other subjects. The final discussion in this study is whether the democratic mission is still functioning in the society we are living in today. The conclusion is that it has to be changed, otherwise it will not legitimize in the late modern society. Furthermore, it has to change from being a firm mission to a more fluid one. Additionally, it has to create an environment where the pupils can become liberate subjects.

The hepatitis A crisis in Kentucky is unprecedented compared to other states. With thousands of hospitalizations and over 60 deaths in the state of Kentucky alone, there is a need to evaluate the government’s response to the hepatitis A virus (HAV) epidemic. Therefore, the instructional risk communication messages that are being conveyed by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (KCHFS) are instrumental in the education and action plans of Kentuckians who are at risk of contracting HAV. This study utilizes the IDEA Model Thematic Analysis Codebook as a guide to analyze the KCHFS’ risk communication regarding the hepatitis A crisis, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of its campaign. Through this research, I identify the weaknesses in the KCHFS’ risk communication campaign including: the need to focus on a more general audience, the need to foreground all facets of the IDEA model on its website, the need to promote the vaccination of the HAV more strongly, and the need to make the website more user-friendly for all populations.

Veränderungen sind in Lebens- und Arbeitskontexten allgegenwärtig. Sie führen zum Durchbrechen von routinierten Pfaden und Auflösen von Rezeptwissen. Darüber hinaus generieren sie Unsicherheit, Komplexität und Widersprüchlichkeit. Studierenden diese Phänomene zu vergegenwärtigen bzw. sie für diese zu sensibilisieren ist ebenso eine Herausforderung der Hochschuldidaktik. Des Weiteren sieht sich die Hochschule des 21. Jahrhunderts mit der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung konfrontiert. Im Rahmen des Lehr-Lern-Projekts haben wir uns dieser Schwerpunkte angenommen. Der Werkstattbericht verdeutlicht die Generierung einer expansiven Bildungskonzeption und versucht einen Möglichkeitsraum für die Hochschuldidaktik zu schaffen. Des Weiteren stellen wir die Evaluation sowie Implikationen für eine Weiterentwicklung des didaktischen Konzepts dar.

The aim of this diploma thesis is a profound understanding of the compositional intention and interpretation of the piano cycles Bagatelles et Impromtus by Bedřich Smetana. The first part of the thesis focuses on composer's personality and circumstances associated with the origin of this music piece. The second part of the thesis deals with a complex analysis of individual parts of the music cycle and its educational and interpretative grasp. Part of this thesis is an interview with pianist Miroslav Sekera and his view on the interpretation of the work.

The purpose of this essay is that through idea analysis and ideal types examines if the EU changed the kind of peace they seek to promote to confirm or falsify Magnus Jernecks thesis that the meaning of peace change depend on the context. I will be making two comparison points, the first at the peace projects start in the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the second in the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). My ideal types that I have chosen are the idealistic perspective of peace, the justice peace perspective and the perspective of balance of power which has constituted a main line when it comes to issues of war and peace. My research question is linked to my ideal types and reads - is the peace that ECSC and ENP promote: 1) a peace of the idealistic perspective, 2) a peace of the justice perspective, 3) a peace of the balance of power perspective. I seek the answer of these questions in two types of documents. The Schuman declaration which is directed to answer the question ECSC and the report Wider Europe – Neighbourhood: a new framework for relations with our Eastern and Southern neighbors which is directed to answer the question ENP. The results of the study shows that the EU was intended to promote a different kind of peace within the ECSC than the ENP. The ECSC seek to promote a peace of justice and a peace of the balance of power perspective. With ENP they seek to promote a peace of justice and the idealistic peace perspective. This can give a result that EU loses its trustworthiness as a peace-builder if one is not clear when this change occurs.

Emmanuel Levinas élabore une éthique en rupture avec la logique, la phénoménologie et l’ontologie. L’idée de l’infini, qu’il emprunte aux Méditations métaphysiques de Descartes, accomplit cette rupture et produit une philosophie d’un genre nouveau. Notre travail entend ainsi déterminer la façon dont cette idée permet à l’éthique de penser au sein de la philosophie une intrigue qui l’excède. L’idée de l’infini fait l’objet d’un triple discours : elle exprime la forme d’une pensée pensant plus qu’elle ne pense, elle décrit le sens de ce paradoxe dans la responsabilité infinie pour le visage de l’autre homme, et elle pratique une emphase conduisant au-delà de l’être. L’entrelacement de ces trois discours dans l’éthique de l’idée d’infini introduit en philosophie une question plus originaire que la question de l’être : la mise en question de mon être par l’infinie parole d’autrui, la mesure de mon être à l’aune de la question de l’infini, qui me vient à l’idée dans une exigence de justice. / The ethics that Emmanuel Levinas develops breaks with logic, phenomenology and ontology. The idea of infinity borrowed from Descartes’s Meditations on first Philosophy accomplishes this rupture and produces a new kind of philosophy. Our thesis aims to define the role played by the idea of infinity in enabling ethics to think within philosophy an intrigue which exceeds philosophy. This idea is subject to a triple discourse: it expresses the structure of a thought thinking more than it can think, it describes the meaning of this paradox as an infinite responsibility towards the other, and produces an emphasis that goes beyond essence. The unification of these three discourses within the ethics of the idea of infinity introduces a philosophical question that is more radical than the question of being: the question of infinity, which puts my being into question. Infinity comes to mind as a call for justice.

The present thesis offers an innovative perspective analysing the perception of Turkish atrocities against the Ottoman Greek communities during the temporal period May 1919-December 1922 through the Athenian newspapers Estia and Empros, which were committed to the ubiquitous Greek irredentist vision of the Megali Idea. Delving into theories which emphasize on the political nature of nationalism, on national mobilisation and on the exploitation of mass communication by the elite, this thesis attempts to elaborate on the inclusion of the Ottoman Greeks into an expanded Greek nation-state, based on the principle of self-determination. Hence, from the Greek Press' perspective, the presented Turkish atrocities against a part of the Greek nation and potential subjects of a broadened Greek state had been contextualized on the basis of Greek nationalism. The study shows that, despite the widespread and divided Greek communities in the Ottoman Empire/Turkey, Estia and Empros were declaring that their common denominator had been their Greek self-determination and the fact that all these communities were viewing the Greek state and the Greek army as their guarantors for their safety. Adding to the agents of Hellenism also the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Estia and Empros were highlighting the crucial role of these agents towards the endangered Ottoman Greek communities. Thus, the presentation of the respective information in the newspapers was leaning on this theoretical schema.

Ett sammanfattande arbete med genomförda utställningsprojekt. Här berättas om en attityd till skapande inom fältet utställningsarkitektur. Med ett stort intresse för och arbete med upplevelsebaserat lärande, utforskande via medverkande besökargrupper, utvecklande av utställningsmediet, presenteras ett antal utställningar via text och bild. / A summary of work with completed exhibition projects. It tells about an attitude for creativity in the field of exhibition architecture. With a focus on continuous innovation, experiential learning, exploring new ways through participatory workshops, development of exhibition media,  text and images from several exhibitions are presented.

Denna studie baseras på en fallstudie på myndigheten Statens tjänstepensionsverk (SPV). Myndigheten har hand om tjänstepensioner till personer som varit eller är statligt anställda. Studiens syfte var att kartlägga hur en svensk myndighet arbetar med innovationens in­ledande faser, idégenerering och idéhantering samt urval av idéer. Metoderna som användes var intervjuer av medarbetare samt en enkätundersökning på myndigheten. Resultatet visar att det råder olika uppfattning om vad som ska definieras som innovation bland de tillfrågade. Det finns i dagsläget inte något strukturerat sätt att arbeta med innovationens inledande faser på SPV. Däremot finns det en tydlig process för idéer kopplat till utvecklingsarbete. Förslag och idéer på mindre vidareutvecklingsprojekt kan hanteras direkt i teamen, medan vid mer omfattande idéer behövs ett initiativ skickas in för att därefter prioriteras i en gemensam portfölj. I studien framkom det att för idéer som inte rör det dagliga utvecklingsarbetet så var processen mer otydlig. Över 29 % svarade i enkätstudien att de inte visste var de ska vända sig med idéer. Urvalet av idéer sker direkt i teamen tillsammans med chef i de fall förslagen inte är allt för omfattande. För större projekt sker urvalet av de som ansvarar för portföljen. Fyra grundläggande kriterier vid urval och prioritering framkom. Dessa var kundnytta, rätts­säkerhet, effektivitet och kvalitet. / This study was based on a case study on Statens tjänstepensionsverk (The National Government Employee Pensions Board, SPV). The government agency handles occupational pensions for persons that are or have been a government employee. The purpose of this study was to chart how a Swedish government agency works with the front end of innovation, idea generation and idea management together with selection of ideas. The methods used were interviews of co-workers and a survey on the government agency. The result shows that there are different opinions about what are to be classified as an innovation and not among those surveyed. Today, there are no structured way to work with the front end of innovation at SPV. However, there are a clear process for ideas concerning development, where suggestions and ideas for smaller development projects can be handled directly by the teams, whilst for more large-scale projects an initiative must be sent in for prioritizing in SPV’s joint portfolio. In the study it emerged that for ideas concerning the daily development work the process is more indistinct. Over 29 % answered in the survey that they did not know where to go if they came up with an idea. The selection of ideas is done directly in the teams together with the boss in those cases the idea is not too extensive. For larger projects, the selection is made by those responsible for the portfolio. Four fundamental criteria used for selection and prioritising where found. These were customer value, the rule of law, effectiveness and quality.