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- Nygren, Åse, et al.
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Om pedagogiskt kvalitetsarbete i högre utbildning – vägen framåt
- 2022
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Ingår i: Högskolepedagogisk debatt. - Kristianstad : Kristianstad University Press. - 2000-9216. ; :1, s. 55-74
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Hur kan vi skapa ett systematiskt, långsiktigt och hållbart pedagogiskt utvecklingsarbete för studenters lärande och för en högre utbildning som håller hög kvalitet? Denna fråga ställde sig UKÄ när myndigheten i augusti 2018 fick i uppdrag att göra en uppföljning av pedagogiskt utvecklingsarbete vid svenska lärosäten. När regeringsuppdraget redovisades i december 2019 pekade UKÄ på vikten av att skapa ett varaktigt kretslopp för det pedagogiska utvecklingsarbetet. UKÄ menar att lärosätena bör betrakta utvecklingsarbetet som en viktig del av kvalitetsarbetet och en gemensam fråga för högskolans personal och studenter. För att få ut maximal effekt av det lokala utvecklingsarbetet menar UKÄ att vi i första hand behöver skapa en nationell strategi för det pedagogiska utvecklingsarbetet för att på bästa sätt planera, samordna och systematisera ett kontinuerligt informations- och erfarenhetsutbyte. Men hur ska vi i realiteten ta tillvara på det spännande och innovativa arbetet kring pedagogisk utveckling på enskilda lärosäten? I detta paper lyfter författarna fram fyra aspekter som de menar att ett pedagogiskt utvecklingsarbete är beroende utav för att få långsiktig och hållbar effekt: kultur, tillit, delaktighet och systematik.
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- Nygren, Åse, et al.
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Uppföljning : uppdrag och organisation för högskolepedagogiska enheter vid svenska lärosäten
- 2023
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Ingår i: Översiktligt program och abstracts. ; , s. 28-29, s. 28-29
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Higher education (HE) today is a diversified area which has grown expansively over the last two decades in response to a rapidly changing educational and political climate (e.g., Englund, 2018). In this age of complexity, development and change are omni present and intrinsic parts of the university teacher’s practice, from the development of the teachers’ individual practice at microlevel, to the collaborative development of scholarly practice at the meso-level of the department, and to the strategic institutional approach at macro-level, which links to employment and promotion frameworks and the recognition of teaching quality (Bolander Laksov & Scheja, 2020). As changing demands has placed focus on learning and teaching, higher education in Sweden has followed the European development from quality assurance towards quality enhancement (e.g., Pelik, 2016; Nygren & Sjöberg, 2022). The universities are now responsible for developing their own quality assurance systems and more emphasis has been placed on ownership and the possibilities of influencing the process (Swedish Higher Education Authority), which has grownmore complex. Through their professional teaching work, academic teachers are expected to strengthen a pedagogical "culture of quality" at the higher education institution (e.g., Elken &Stensaker, 2018).What we are witnessing is a more mature quality assurance work which is characterized by increased trust in the universities them selves and the ways in which they choose to organize theirquality work. But we are also witnessing the heightened complexity of academic development where academic developers has become involved in work on all three levels (micro, meso,macro), for example, appointment procedures, career structures and promotion criteria. Academic developers have become central to the implementation of these strategies, which has greatly extended the range of their professional activities. This development goes hand in handwith the shift in focus from quality assurance to quality enhancement. By allowing the universities to develop their own quality assurance systems, the new quality assurance system signals a heightened awareness of the importance of ownership and to affect the process, which relates to national governance strategies of teaching and learning. As the changing educational and political demands on higher education have deeply affected the professional activities of the academic developer and the academic teacher, this article addresses the changes and challenges faced.The present paper will present the results of a study of Swedish academic development units planned to be conducted in early 2023 and which focus on the areas of responsibilities and 29 everyday practice of academic developers today. In the paper, we will discuss the implications for teachers and academic developers in this diversified context. Our aim is also to contributewith further knowledge and understanding of structural and organisational prerequisites for academic development in higher education.
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- Solberg Søilen, Klaus, 1968-, et al.
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ADC of Sweden (Handelsbolag) – Gjuteribolaget i Bredaryd AB
- 2004
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Abstract: As a consequence of the stagnation in the telecom industry at the start of the new millennium many subcontractors found themselves in deep crisis. Numerous Swedish die casting corporations which had focused their production on telecom related products, suffered a severe blow after the mere collapse of this industry. Several firms were declared bankrupt, others were gravely minimized. In the central parts of Sweden, three die casting companies which were located geographically close to each other (Metallteknik Produktion AB in Kulltorp, Gjuteribolaget in Bredaryd AB and Värnamo Pressgjuteri AB) started a co-operation in order to try to overcome the down turn in the market. The companies later merged and became “ADC of Sweden” (“As-sociated Die Casters of Sweden”), targeting a new demanding international clientele. The new corporation has a joined marketing plan and parts of their operations seem to be working well. At the same time these former ri-vals, which are now united in a new organisation, have encountered a series of problems which may be related to the fact that they were traditional fam-ily firms that used to operate independently.
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- Solberg Søilen, Klaus, 1968-, et al.
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Glimakra Akvamatik AB
- 2004
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Abstract: Office furniture company Glimakra Akvamatik AB, with its base in Glimåkra/Southwest Sweden, underwent several steps of technical improve-ment in order to maintain its competitive position in the Swed-ish/Scandinavian market. The furniture branch was hit by a sat-ration of the market in the beginning of this decade. This change was mainly due to and ran parallel with the drastic decline of the IT-market. Glimakra’s overall strategy has been continuous investment in new technologies followed by marketing research: Primarily investing in re-search of sound absorption, the administrative board decided to intensify their marketing activities by employing academic assistance in order to pro-duce an objective documentation of the effects of their screen systems. Throughout the tests specific prerequisites were applied in order to copy an authentic office situation. When companies start to invest more in their busi-nesses again Glimakra hopes to regain a considerable part of their market for office furniture in Scandinavia.
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- Solberg Søilen, Klaus, 1968-
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Macklean som ekonom
- 2009
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Ingår i: Svaneholms Årsbok. - Skurup : Svaneholm Andelsförening. ; , s. 37-48, s. 37-48
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Rutger Macklean (1742-1816) står ofta beskriven som friherre, politiker, och skiftesreformist. I vilken grad var han också ekonom? Frågan kan verka något långsökt vid en första anblick, men då får man komma ihåg, att ekonomi är ett gammalt grekiskt ord för ”hushållningsadministration" och att det var just detta som präglade mycket av hans verksamhet på Svaneholm, både för egen och för andras räkning . På Mackleans tid fanns det inte ekonomer i den betydelsen som vi idag förstår begreppet. Adam Smith (1723-1790), som ofta räknas som grundläggaren av det vetenskapliga studiet av ekonomi, var t.ex. moralfilosof. Hans mest kända verk Wealth of Nations från år 1776 finner vi också i Mackleans bokhylla. På den tiden benämndes inte det vetenskapliga fackområdet ekonomi, men politisk ekonomi vilket var en blandning av vad vi i dag skulle kalla statsvetenskap och ekonomi.
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- Solberg Søilen, Klaus, 1968-, et al.
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Mercatus Engineering AB
- 2004
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Abstract: Starting out as a family business within environmental tech-niques, Mercatus Engineering AB, with its base in Vimmerby/Småland, grew rapidly during the 1990s when protection of the environment was a new market. After a short period of uncertainty in 1999, the board decided to invest intensely in its staff and in the re-organisation of the company. During one year all employees were given special training with the goal to obtain a higher degree of team spirit. The company says the investment has paid off. Mercatus has received a row of awards for their efforts. Although such staff training might be fruitful for the company at-mosphere, and companies frequently mention it as a reason for improve-ments, the question is whether it is the primary reason for the increased earnings and effectiveness of many companies. Investment in staff is a well used form of marketing, both internally and externally. Companies typi-cally want to show that their individual actions are the real reasons for change when in many cases it is Business cycles and external forces. After a period of slack environment issues have become a booming market again. New technologies are developed and launched successfully.
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- Solberg Søilen, Klaus, 1968-, et al.
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MSG (Mould Supply Group)
- 2004
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Abstract: The Swedish (and European) instrument mechanical industry has experienced a crisis since they started to meet serious competition from Baltic and South East Asian countries some years ago. The biggest competitors nowadays come from China; this phenomenon has commonly been called the “Chinese threat”. Being aware of the seriousness of the situation, corporations in several European countries have decided to combine their strengths and form clusters (as e.g. in Portugal). In Sweden, so far, such forms of cooperation have been less common. The leaders of three firms in Middle Sweden – Modellteknik AB in Eskilstuna, T-mold AB in Tvärred/Ulricehamn and Formverktyg in Nynäshamn AB – decided to go together and form a cooperation in order to improve their chances of surviving in the global marketplace. Although these companies differ considerably in their routines and their traditions, and even though they are located in different areas, these firms are in the process of growing together to meet future challenges. The cooperation has taken a rather loose and flexible form, i.e. non-institutionalised, which leaves room for other potential firms to join the project.
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- Solberg Søilen, Klaus, 1968-, et al.
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Nipsoft AB
- 2004
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Abstract: A large part of graduate engineers are hired directly by corporations when they graduate from university. They typically spend most of their working life being employed. Only a few take the step into entrepreneurship and start their own business. One reason for this university may be that educated engineers are not properly trained to run a business of their own. Many emphasize their short term personal economic situation even though they have developed a competitive business idea while in university. The founder and owner of the recently started IT-firm Nipsoft AB, located in Sollefteå/Northern Sweden, tells the story of an exceptional career: Being an academically trained technician, he thought he might have to wait a long time before leading a corporation of his own. Under rather coin-cidental circumstances he was able to start his own business at the age of 29. After a short time of struggle, he now leads his data system developing company successfully. He believes that much of his achievements is due to the short economic education which he received in an independent organization. For students to start to think about the possibility of starting up companies they need to be taught how.
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