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- Arbin, Katarina, 1971-
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E-procurement maturity in industry
- 2003
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Ingår i: International Journal of Electronic Business. - : InderScience Publishers. - 1470-6067 .- 1741-5063. ; 1:4, s. 396-407
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper aims to examine the use and implementation of electronic procurement for indirect material in eight large global companies, and investigate what kinds of barriers exist towards electronic procurement. The empirical evidence comes from interviews with e-procurement experts and operatives in eight global firms. Results show that three out of eight companies are using e-procurement and four are planning to do so in the future. Barriers shown by the empirical material are lack of technological standard, different IT-maturity among suppliers, resistance among users to leaving old suppliers, lack of support from top management, differences in language, culture and legal systems. Other barriers found are getting suppliers to update and control the electronic product catalogues and to monitor them and getting the users in the organisation to use the system.
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Decentralization and centralization policies in education in Europe : current trends and challenges
- 2002
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Decentralization and centralization are as opposite trends in educational policies, as much as they are in economics and politics. A preliminary assumption considers the existence at European level of two main forces having a major impact in educational policies. First: the ideal of a common European identity, an economical and social community, which claims for common goals, unified policies, that is centralization. The second group of forces can be related to the importance of the individual and local level to be involved in decision making in education, the diminishing of the role of central authorities and the partnership market & education. This, on the contrary, is assumed to claim for decentralization in educational policies.With the above as a conceptual point of departure the First International Workshop attempted to initiate a debate and search for answers to questions such as the followings: In which ways this apparently “opposite forces” could strive towards the same goals?, Which criticism could be put forward to the approach presented above? Are there other perspectives to consider when scrutinizing decentralization and centralization in education? What is possible to do in terms of research to approach this problematic? The keynote speeches and papers included in this report approach some of these questions or deepen into others relevant with a perspective covering from research experiences to local issues.
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Educational policies : implications for equity, equality and equivalence
- 2004
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This report is part of one of the studies within the project “What about equivalence” granted by The Swedish Research Council and led by Professor Tomas Englund at Örebro University, Sweden. Studying equity, equality and equivalence in education across borders posses a number of challenges associated not only to their conceptualization but to other aspects such as the historical and political dimensions. The different approaches that are found in sociological analysis of educational equity show the underlined complexity. Acknowledging these limitations the aims of this report are threefold. (a) To present main issues concerning the implications for equity, equality and equivalence of the current educational policies in different national educational systems. (b) To present, and to some extent expose for further discussion, what concepts, theoretical grounds and indicators are used to approach the subject at issue. (c) To present some of the current concerns on equity, equality and equivalence in other educational contexts and in Sweden in order to, at a later stage, assess its possible relationship. The report also expects to be a springboard for the further joint enquiry and discussions to come among the scholars who have been involved in its realization and others interested in the subject. The scope is therefore limited to this needed open up to mutual knowledge of perspectives on a complex issue, which is of paramount importance for school practices.The perspectives on equity, equality, and equivalence, which are presented in this report varies indeed concerning both the conceptual frames as well as the methodological approaches used by each contributor. Rather than a hindrance this “diversity” is assumed as a meaningful contribution to the tenet supported in this report that issues of equity, equality and equivalence should be viewed with a broader perspective beyond simple comparison of concepts across national educational systems. The contributions here presented indeed map this broad perspective.
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- Hammar, Björn, 1967-
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Interiores y exteriores politológicos
- 2001
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Ingår i: Foro Interno : Anuario de Teoría Política. - 1988-2920 .- 1578-4576. ; 1:1, s. 75-114
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- Hammar, Björn, 1967-
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Platonic Noise
- 2003
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Ingår i: Foro Interno : Anuario de Teoría Política. ; :3, s. 146-148:3, s. 146-148
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Recension (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Hammar, Björn, 1967-
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Socratic Citizenship
- 2002
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Ingår i: Foro Interno : Anuario de Teoría Política. - 1988-2920 .- 1578-4576. ; :2, s. 163-165
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Recension (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Häggström, Elisabeth, et al.
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To feel betrayed and to feel that you are betraying the older residents : caregivers' experiences at a newly opened nursing home
- 2004
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Ingår i: Journal of Clinical Nursing. - : Wiley. - 0962-1067 .- 1365-2702. ; 13:6, s. 687-696
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: In Sweden and internationally, little research has focused on the working situation of Enrolled Nurses and Nurses' Aides who form the majority of workers in geriatric care today. With this in mind, it is important to focus on how these occupational groups experience their working situation with older residents in municipal care.AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to investigate the deeper meaning of work satisfaction and work dissatisfaction at a newly opened nursing home for older residents. The study focused on the narratives supplied by the caregivers at the nursing home. The participants included: one Registered Nurse, sixteen Enrolled Nurses, and three Nurses' Aides. All were directly involved in patient care.DESIGN: The present study is part of a larger longitudinal study within the municipal geriatric care system in Sweden, with a quasi-experimental design.METHOD: The interviews were analysed with a phenomenological-hermeneutic method inspired by the philosophy of Ricoeur.RESULT: The caregivers experiences of work satisfaction and work dissatisfaction was expressed in four themes: (i) 'Experience of betrayal' describes how the staff felt let down in several ways; (ii) 'Experience of failing others' describes how the staff felt that they did not pay enough attention to older people, in several different ways; (iii) 'Experience of insufficiency' describes how the staff encountered overwhelming demands from several directions; (iv) 'Experience of work satisfaction' describes how the staff felt that they were given support in various ways. Each theme emerged from several subthemes that originated from the caregivers' narratives.CONCLUSIONS: The study shows that the caregivers' experience of work dissatisfaction overshadows their experience of work satisfaction. It also suggests that their feelings of failing the older residents are connected to their own experiences of feeling betrayed.RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: The findings can be used when other nursing homes in municipal care are opened, as a means of preventing work dissatisfaction and increasing work satisfaction among future employees.
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