Begreppet genre är centralt inom musikvärlden och inom musikundervisning. Således är detta ett begrepp vi behöver förhålla oss till. Syftet med studien är att ta reda på vilken funktion genre har i sångundervisningen och hur begreppet kan behandlas. Genre har en tydlig plats i styrdokumenten för sång och instrumentalundervisningen på det estetiska programmet. Därför är detta en intervjustudie med Genre as an object of learning in vocal education - a study of vocal teachers’ view of genre and its function Musical genre as a concept is common and central in music and music education. Therefore, music teachers have to define and act to genre as a concept. The aim with this essay is to figure out which function genre has in the singing education and how genre can be managed. Since genre is a c

The purpose of this study is to investigate ALM institutions’ strategies for digitizing and making historical photographs available in the digital domain from a user perspective. Historical photographs are an important part of our cultural heritage but photographs are fragile and can offer major challenges to the institutions that shall preserve, organize and make them available. For that reason,

Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur mellanchefer inom äldreomsorgen upplever och hanterar konflikter på arbetet. Tidigare forskning visar på att konflikter påverkar mellanchefen, medarbetarna, vårdagarna samt anhöriga negativt samt att mellanchefer innehar en komplex roll med krav å ena sidan från verksamhetschefen och å andra sidan från medarbetarna, vårdtagarna och anhöriga. Tolv mellanchefThe purpose of the study was to investigate how middle managers in the elderly care experience and manage conflicts at work. Previous research shows that conflicts have a negative impact on the middle managers, employees, care recipient and relatives, and that middle managers have a complex role with demands on the one hand from the operations manager and, on the other hand, from employees, caregi

Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the underlying reasons that drive consumers, belonging to a particular consumption style, to engage in paradoxical consumption practices and attempt to explain these practices. For the purpose of this study, the non-static hipster youth style was used as the empirical example of a postmodern consumption style. Methodology This study is based on e

Denna uppsats använder en kvalitativ, kulturanalytisk ingång med syfte att undersöka den kulturella integrationen av internationella studenter på ett svenskt universitet, med fokus på kommunikationsbeteende. Missförstånd i dagligt socialt samspel kan ha en negativ påverkan på internationella studenters personliga upplevelser, framkalla frustration och möjligtvis påverka välbefinnande. Då djupare b

This research is inspired by the concerns of deterioration of the environment by human activities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 90% of all businesses in the world. SMEs as organizational level members of societies are responsible for environmental sustainability as other society members for the damages of their business activities to the environment. The current study aims

Sammanfattning Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka hur frontpersonalen på Arbetsförmedlingen i Åstorp arbetar med att bygga upp förtroendet hos kunden. Frontpersonalens uppfattning och upplevelser har undersökts. Förkunskapen om hur myndigheten arbetar och hur förtroende begreppet ska definieras erhölls av en innehållsanalys på ett internt dokument hos Arbetsförmedlingen. Frontpersonalens uppf

Denna uppsats syftar till att tillhandahålla förståelse kring de bestämmande faktorer som påverkar användandet av factoring och de upplevda attityderna gentemot factoring. Uppsatsen kommer även tillhandahålla en samtida syn på factoring som finansieringsmetod och försöka förklara användandet med hjälp av finansiella teorier. Uppsatsen använder en kvantitativ forskningsstrategi med en kombination aThis thesis aims to provide an understanding regarding the determinants of the usage of factoring and the perceived attitudes towards factoring. It will also provide a contemporary view of factoring as a financing solution and try to explain the usage in the context of financial theories. The thesis uses a quantitative research strategy combined with a mixture of a deductive and inductive approach

Over the past decade, flooding has been a great issue for several countries in Europe. With the movement of people and assets to flood prone areas, consequences due to flooding are increasing. Coping with this problem requires an effective response to flood risks. Therefore, this work has aimed to describe the emergency response to the 2013 flood incident in Suffolk, UK. This, in order to provide

Title: Capturing Ideas in Retail Chains - A Case Study of Telia Company Seminar date: May 30 2016 Course: BUSN68 Degree Project in Accounting and Management Control Authors: Lotta Fahlander and Cecilia Prior Advisor: Mattias Haraldsson Five key words: Management Control Systems, Innovation, Retail, Idea Capturing, Suggestion Systems Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to describe and anal

Corporate social responsibility, also known as CSR, is the responsibility companies have regarding its societal impact within the area in which they operate. Companies often choose to market their social responsibility which results in increased consumer loyalty and thus an increased competitive advantage. To communicate their CSR initiatives, companies may use various certifications such as MSC a

The Covid-19 pandemic and climate change are two current crises happening at the same time. Prior research found that both crises have the potential to influence a person’s anxiety levels and mental health in general. The two types of anxiety Covid-19 anxiety and climate anxiety are still largely unexplored, and little is known about their association with each other. This study investigated Covid

Det har sagts att alla arkitekturepoker brukar nå sitt bottenmärke någonstans runt 30 år. Under en praktik på ett arkitektkontor upplevde jag det på egen hand när jag arbetade med ett område i Stockholm. Strategin för området är att riva stora delar av dess bebyggelse från 80- och 90-talet. Jag uppfattar strategin som ett uttryck för en allmän impopularitet av arkitekturen från denna period — den It has been said that all architectural eras tend to reach their lowest point of popularity somewhere in their 30s. During an internship, I experienced it first hand when I worked with an area in development in Stockholm. The strategy for the area was to demolish most of its buildings from the 1980s and 90s, buildings that are relatively young. I perceive the strategy as an expression for a genera

There is a consensus in circles of academia and policy that the term ‘local’ is used to differentiate food systems that are not of a global or national scale. While many have looked to define local in specific regional settings and contexts, little has been done to understand the different discourses of local in different sectors of the food & beverage (F&B) industry. This thesis investiga

Under de senaste årtiondena har nya arbetsmiljöproblem uppstått för svenska skogsarbetare och skogsentreprenörer. Den här uppsatsen har därför undersökt svenska skogsarbetare och skogsentreprenörers uppfattningar om sin rådande arbetsmiljö. Det gjordes genom att kombinera semistrukturerade intervjuer och en statistisk enkätundersökning. Den primära forskningsfrågan uppsatsen sökte svar på var: Hur

Nyckelaktörer i samhället tror att invånare är dåligt förberedda inför avbrott i el, värme, vatten och telekom, något som en enkätstudie riktad mot Helsingborgs invånare bekräftar. Framför allt sårbara är invånare för avbrott i el och vattentillförsel, vilket majoriteten vill ska prioriteras vid avbrott som inträffar samtidigt. Samhällsaktörers bedömning av hur väl invånare kan hantera avbrotten sCritical infrastructures and the services they provide society with, also called critical flows, are vital for the functioning of modern society. There is a need to investigate acceptable duration of disruptions in different critical flows, how the criticality due to disruption changes over time and how citizens want flows to be prioritized. Thus, this study examines individuals’ temporal levels o

We live in a society where online shopping is becoming the most common form of shopping. Companies are investing and growing their online market by offering cheap and quick deliveries, online offers that beat in-store prices and increasing the number of package pick-up locations. We live a faster-paced lifestyle, which makes online shopping more convenient for us. The rapid change in our shopping