Master-Arbeit Univ. St. Gallen, 2006.

<p>Syftet med uppsatsen är att beskriva rekryteringsprocessen och i synnerhet att identifiera avgörande faktorer i processen och dess omgivning som kan kopplas till ett talangfokus.</p><p>Det vi kommit fram till är att rekryteringsprocessen påverkas av en rad faktorer som tar sin utgångspunkt i några stora samhälleliga tendenser. Dessa tendenser kräver vissa förändringar i processen som gör att orden talang, kreativitet och stjärna börjat användas som profilering för företag då syftet är att locka till sig kompetent personal från 80-talistgenerationen.</p>

This diploma thesis deals with analysis of unemployment in local districts of the Pardubice region. Local districts were divided by cluster analysis into six clusters for which analysis of rate of unemployment in period 2001-2013 is done. In this thesis prediction of future values of unemployment up to year 2020 is calculated and comparison of rate of unemployment in 1st year and last year of reference period in local districts is also presented. There are some recommendations for improvement of expected situation at the end of this thesis.

The thesis is focused on analysis of monthly shares values of a defense company called Lockheed Martin. Thesis shows possibilities for the analysis of financial and non-financial indicators of the company, which could help to identify potential problems. First I will do the analysis of financial indicators of the company, which will be followed by a descriptive analysis of the development of share prices for the period from 2010 to 2015, which will seek to analyze the possible events that could lead to the movement of share value. In conclusion the prognosis will be drawn from the data using statistical software SAS 9.4 for the following months of 2016.

The theme of the air transport is becoming increasingly popular among people nowadays. Therefore, this Master thesis deals with a statistical analysis of the Czech airline Czech Airlines j.s.c. The system of timelines from 2003 to 2014 was used to analyse the number of transported passengers regarding passenger traffic and the number of transported goods and mail within the air freight transport. The theoretical part of the paper is based on a literary review where basic terms of the air transport and timelines are described. The aim of the analysis is to apply particular trendy features on indicators of the research. According to the selected trend, predictions for the following the three seasons are made. Subsequently, the statistical analysis is evaluated and recommendations aimed at improving the future situation of the company are made.

The thesis deals with the issue of compliance processes to ensure safety and quality of food. These standards are embedded in the world's standards, the standards. In the introduction, the author explains the reason for the choice of this topic. Further hypotheses and objectives formulated by the work that have to be met and verified. From the available literature was created glossary topic, where I describe the history of the topic, its evolution and the current status at the present time. In the next chapter the author verifies the formulated hypotheses and meets the objectives of the work, all on the basis of the specified methods. At the conclusion of the work the author confronts the detected results with findings from the available literature, with hypotheses, review, and outlined the future continuation of the thesis.

Este trabalho tem como intuito propor um modelo de inovação para a indústria da moda feminina. O modelo visa compreender o comportamento de estilos e tendências determinados e difundidos pelas empresas. A construção deste modelo é justificada pela contribuição que um estudo sobre inovação pode proporcionar à indústria da moda, a qual enfrenta baixos padrões de competitividade no mercado externo e interno. Além disso, embora existam muitos artigos sobre o assunto, poucos foram os modelos de inovação para a indústria da moda encontrados por esta pesquisa. Uma avaliação destes modelos indicou que existe espaço para a proposta de um modelo que aborde o comportamento de estilos e tendências ao longo do tempo. A estrutura de composição do modelo é sustentada por três pilares conceituais: teoria econômica neoschumpeteriana, modelos de inovação e modelos de inovação para a indústria da moda. A característica central do modelo é avaliar se existem estilos que permanecem em moda de maneira contínua ou descontínua. Como existe similaridade conceitual entre os estilos, no que se refere à identidade de gênero (androginia e feminilidade), foi efetuada uma aglutinação de alguns estilos dentro desta denominação. Nem todos os estilos se encaixaram nesta classificação. Então, estes estilos foram denominados como neutros. Como a pesquisa tem abordagem fenomenológica, qualitativa e longitudinal, foi adotada a metodologia hipotética dedutiva para a construção do modelo. Para verificação da validade das hipóteses foi usada uma análise exploratória dos dados por meio de estatística descritiva e decomposição da estrutura de variabilidade através de uma análise de componentes principais (PCA). Ambas as análises forneceram evidências a respeito das hipóteses em questão, as quais também foram testadas através de um teste binomial e de uma análise de variância multivariada por meio de permutações. Os resultados comprovaram que existem estilos que permanecem em moda de maneira contínua e que existem períodos de polarização das aglutinações de estilo. / This work aims at proposing an innovation model for the women\'s fashion industry, which intends to understand the behavior of styles and trends spread by companies. The justification for building this model lies in the contribution an innovation study can offer to the fashion industry, which faces low competitiveness patterns in the external as well as internal market. In addition, although there are lots of papers related to this topic, there were only few innovation models found by this research. An evaluation of these models indicated that there is room for a model proposal that addresses style and trends over time. The model composition structure is supported by three conceptual pillars: neo-schumpeterian economic theory, innovation models and innovation models for the fashion industry. The central feature of the model is to evaluate whether there are fashion styles that remain in fashion in a continuous or discontinuous manner. As there is conceptual similarity between the styles, related to gender identity (androgyny and femininity), an agglutination of some styles was performed within this description. No all styles fit into this classification, then, these styles were called neutral. As this research is based on a phenomenological, qualitative and longitudinal approach, the methodology adopted was hypothetical deductive. In order to verify the hypotheses, an exploratory data analysis was developed, by means of descriptive statistic and decomposition of variability structure through a principal component analysis (PCA). Both analyses provided evidence about the considered hypotheses, which were tested using a binomial test and a multivariate variance analysis by means of permutations. The results showed there are fashion styles that remain continuously fashionable and there are polarizations periods of style agglutinations.

The basic aim of this thesis was a discovery of new trends in gastronomy and their use in contemporary life. Especially, how people react to the modern trends, what are their claims and what measurement they apply or accept them. How they perceive {\clqq}experience gastronomy``, what they prefer and whether they are satisfied or not.

Bakgrund En vegetarisk kosthållning kan se ut på olika sätt och kan vara till fördel både för människors hälsa och för miljön. Idag har svenskarna ett frukt- och grönsaksintag som är lägre än vad som rekommenderas, samtidigt som köttintaget är högre. Under de senaste åren har en vegetarisk trend tagit plats i samhället och fler vegetariska alternativ erbjuds vilket skulle kunna bidra till ändrade kostvanor. Syfte Syftet med studien var att undersöka om intaget av vegetariska måltider har ökat och om intaget av animalier har förändrats under de senaste två åren i Sverige, vad det beror på och om det skiljer sig mellan kön, åldersgrupper, bostadsregion, utbildning och matvanor. Metod Undersökningen genomfördes med en webbenkät som publicerades på Facebook under hösten 2017. Resultat Cirka 40% av deltagarna hade ökat sitt intag av vegetabilier och vegetariska maträtter och cirka 30% hade minskat sitt intag av animalier under de senaste två åren. Skillnader mellan grupper fanns: Kvinnor ansåg sig i högre utsträckning än män ha ett frukt- och grönsaksintag i linje med rekommendationerna (p=0,001). De respondenter som var 27 år och yngre ansåg i högre utsträckning än de som var 28 år och äldre att personlig ekonomi var en viktig anledning till att äta vegetariskt (p=0,001). Miljöhänsyn upplevdes vara den starkaste motivationsfaktorn till att äta mer vegetariskt. Slutsats En stor del av deltagarna har under de senaste två åren ökat sitt intag av vegetarisk mat och minskat sitt intag av rött kött och chark. Majoriteten var förändringsbenägna och kunde tänka sig att öka sitt intag av vegetarisk mat ytterligare. Kostvetare tillsammans med andra yrkesverksamma inom kostområdet bär ansvaret att sprida kunskapen om en mer grön, hälsosam och miljövänlig livsstil. / Background A vegetarian diet can be found in many variants and may benefit both human health and the environment. Today’s Swedes have a lower fruit and vegetable intake than recommended, while at the same time meat intake is higher. In recent years a vegetarian trend has taken place in society and more vegetarian options are offered, which may affect dietary patterns. Objective The objective of this study was to investigate whether the intake of vegetarian meals has increased and weather the intake of animal products has changed in Sweden during the past two years, possible reasons to it, and if it differs between gender, age, residential area, educational level and diet. Method The survey was conducted by posting a web based survey on Facebook during the autumn 2017. Results About 40% of the participants had increased their intake of vegetables and vegetarian meals and about 30% had decreased their intake of animal-products over the past two years. Differences between groups were found: Women considered themselves, to a higher degree than men, having a fruit- and vegetable intake that matched the recommendations (p=0,001). Participants 27 years of age or younger stated, to a higher degree than those 28 years and older, that personal economy was an important reason to eat more vegetarian food (p=0,001). Environmental concerns were considered the strongest occurring motivational factor to eat more vegetarian food. Conclusion A significant portion of the participants had over the past two years increased their intake of vegetarian food and decreased their intake of red and processed meat. Many had shown a willingness to increase their intake of vegetarian food. Food service dietitians, together with other professionals in the diet sector carry a responsibility to spread the knowledge about a greener, healthier and more environmentally friendly diet.

Abstract Seasonal variations of events are apparently playing an important part in various psychiatric conditions. To study the seasonal variation of a condition appears to be one useful approach to clarify the aetiology of a mental disorder and phenomena to which mental disorders are associated. In the present study the seasonal variations of suicides during the period of 1980-95 (n=21279) and homicides during the years 1957-95 (n=4553) in Finland were analysed. In addition, the use of statistical techniques for seasonality and some important characteristics of study samples were evaluated from 44 original suicide seasonality studies published between 1970-97. Special attention was paid to statistical methods for seasonality and these were reviewed in the summary part of this dissertation. A statistically significant spring peak of suicides was found in both genders, in all age groups (aged 39 years or below, 40-64 years, and 65 years or more) and in violent (hanging, drowning, shooting, wrist-cutting, jumping from a height) and non-violent suicides (poisoning, gas, other methods). A secondary autumn peak of suicides was present in females and also associated with non-violent methods. The rate of violent suicides had increased significantly during 1980-90 and decreased thereafter, while the non-violent suicides had kept steadily increasing over the whole 16-year study period. The seasonal variation of violent suicides had remained stable and statistically significant over the whole study period, but the seasonality in non-violent suicides has diminished over time. The seasonal pattern of homicides showed a statistically significant peak in summer and a trough in winter. The observed rate of homicides was about 6% higher in summer and 6% lower in winter than expected under the null hypothesis of a uniform distribution. Both the crude numbers of homicide and the rate of homicides per 100 000 population increased significantly over the 39-year study period. The increasing rate of homicides in Finland was accompanied by decreasing homicide seasonality. The seasonal trends in homicides correlated significantly (positive correlation) with the seasonal trends in the violent suicides over the period of 1980-95. The use of particular statistical techniques was specified in the majority of the 44 reviewed suicide seasonality articles. This was considered as satisfactory, although in subgroup analyses and in comparisons of the seasonal pattern of suicides with phenomena other than suicides, researchers tended to interpret their study findings without a statistical significance test. In those 37 articles, which had actually examined the seasonal pattern of suicides with a statistical test, statistical methods varied from simple standard tests like the chi-square test (14 articles, 38%) to sophisticated time series analyses such as a spectral analysis (4 articles, 11%). The calendar effect (i.e. effect due to the unequal lengths of months and leap years) was reported to have been taken into account in only 10 out of 44 (22%) reviewed studies. The lack of reporting the size of a sample (12 articles, 27%) or monthly values of suicides (17 articles, 54%) was found to be a major deficit in the reviewed studies. On the basis of these findings it is recommended to carry out further surveys, which evaluate statistical content and use of statistical methods in published medical articles. These kinds of surveys remind researchers to consider more thoroughly methodological and statistical issues in their investigations.