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Towards an understanding of big data analytics as a weapon for competitive performance
2017
Master's thesis Information Systems IS501 - University of Agder 2017 Context: Big data has in the recent years been an area of interest among innovative organizations and has started to become a major priority for organizations in general, either through their own big data departments or by purchasing big data analyses from suppliers. Big data analytics means more knowledge from more data sources and is by many prophesied to be a contributing source of big change in how organizations receive their intelligence. Purpose: This thesis investigates the connection between big data and competitive performance. This connection could be explained through the following two paths; 1) how big data ana…
How relevant is Kotter’s change theory on organizational change in meta-organizations : A case study of the ESNreview of the Erasmus Student Network
2019
Master's thesis Public Policy and Management ME502 - University of Agder 2019 Kotter’s 8-step organizational change model is amongst the most popular change models in the world, however despite its continued success as a popular science approach to the topic of organizational change, it has received limited attention from the scientific community, and little research has been done into how the model works in practice. This thesis is a case study into the use of Kotter’s change model, researching how well it may fit into a meta-organization. According to Ahrne and Brunsson, a lot of organizations may be described as meta-organizations, yet the research into this unique structure and its effe…
Examining Open Innovation in Science (OIS): what Open Innovation can and cannot offer the science of science
2021
Scholars across disciplines increasingly hear calls for more open andcollaborative approaches to scientific research. The concept of OpenInnovation in Science (OIS) provides a framework that integratesdispersed research efforts aiming to understand the antecedents,contingencies, and consequences of applying open and collaborativeresearch practices. While the OIS framework has already been taken upby science of science scholars, its conceptual underpinnings requirefurther specification. In this essay, we critically examine the OIS conceptand bring to light two key aspects: 1) how OIS builds upon OpenInnovation (OI) research by adopting its attention to boundary-crossingknowledge flows and by…
Om dere vil høre hvordan jeg har det? : en litteraturstudie som omhandler barns opplevelse av alvorlige foreldrekonflikter og hva som kan bidra til å…
2016
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid ME504 - Universitetet i Agder 2016 The purpose of this thesis is to convey knowledge about how children experience serious parental conflicts and how to decrease the negative impact these conflicts has on the children involved. A literature review has been chosen as the scientific method while working with this study. A comprehensive search in different scientific databases has been performed, in a process in which English words have been used. This study is an integrative review where a combination of different approaches allow me to summarize empirical and theoretical literature into comprehensive knowledge about a phenomenon. The theoretical perspectives…
Nordic Higher Education in Flux: System Evolution and Reform Trajectories
2019
AbstractThis chapter provides a brief description of how the four national systems included in this study—Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden—are currently organised and structured. In doing so, it illuminates several specific features such as the types and sizes of the institutions, enrolment patterns, performance measures, and funding. In addition, the chapter gives a snapshot of how higher education systems have evolved historically by shedding light on policy dynamics from the late 1990s to 2013, the baseline period for the FINNUT comparative study, the research project that provides the basis for this edited volume. This is followed by a section describing the aim, methods, theoretica…
«Sykt lykkelig på sosiale medier» : ungdom og sosiale medier i det postmoderne samfunn : hvordan bruker – og fremstiller dagens ungdom seg på sosiale…
2019
Masteroppgave samfunnskunnskap SV505 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 Denne oppgaven omhandler ungdoms bruk av og fremstilling av seg selv på sosiale medier i lys av samtiden, det postmoderne samfunn. Oppgaven tar for seg hvilke medier ungdom bruker, hvordan og hvorfordebruker sosiale medier, samt hvor mye tid de bruker på sosiale medier. Også hvordan unge presenterer og fremstiller seg selv i ulike sosiale medier blir undersøkt. Med utgangpunkt i den såkalte«Generasjon prestasjon» vies ungdoms opplevelse av press og stress på sosiale medier ekstra oppmerksomhet.Oppgaven baserer seg på en empirisk –kvantitativ spørreundersøkelse av til sammen 148 ungdommer i ungdomsskolen og på videregående sko…
Samarbeid og lærerprofesjonalitet
2021
This article is about the importance of collaboration in the development of teacher professionalism, and we have asked the research question: How can group collaboration between vocational education and training (VET) students contribute to the development of their teacher professionalism? The data basis is interviews with ten VET students in practical pedagogical education for vocational teachers that we conducted in the winter of 2020. In addition, we studied all internship documents that the ten students produced during the internship period. The students are in practical training at their own school with their own students and collaborate with each other to strengthen their own teacher …
Betydningen av TARGET-modellens klimastruktur i kroppsøving på elevers opplevde motivasjonsklima og målorientering : En intervensjonsstudie i kroppsø…
2017
Master grunnskolelærerutdanning for trinn 5-10, 5-årig masterprogram IDR507 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 Hensikten med denne studien var å undersøke om kroppsøvingslæreren kunne ha umiddelbar påvirkning på ungdomsskoleelevers opplevde motivasjonsklima, og om dette ville lede til endringer blant elevenes målorientering. Studien er en intervensjonsstudie med et cross-over design. Utvalget består av 53 respondenter som går på 9.klassetrinn ved en skole i Vest- Agder. Utvalget består av 50,9 % gutter og 49,1 % jenter. Denne studien benytter seg av TARGET-modellen som rammeverk for utforming av to undervisningsopplegg som skal representere tydelig prestasjonsorientert og tydelig mestringsoriente…
The Healthy Body Image intervention and reduction in eating disorder symptomatology and muscle building supplement use in high school students: a stu…
2022
BackgroundMediation analysis is important to test the theoretical framework underpinning an intervention. We therefore aimed to investigate if the healthy body image (HBI) intervention’s effect on eating disorder (ED) symptomatology and use of muscle building supplements was mediated by the change in risk and protective factors for ED development and muscle building supplement use.MethodsThis study used data from the HBI intervention: a cluster randomized controlled universal intervention aiming to promote positive body image and embodiment and reduce the risk for ED development including 30 schools in Norway. A total of 1,713 (37% boys) participants were included in the analyses. Condition…
Perception of the Professional Knowledge of and Education on the Medical Technology Products among the Pharmacists in the Baltic and Nordic Countries…
2016
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