Sökning: "Functionalist research"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade orden Functionalist research.
1. Marketing for Life Cycle Thinking
Sammanfattning : The concept of “life cycle thinking” creates possibilities for major improve¬ments in environ¬mental performance, but compels companies to look beyond their own immediate sites and operations to consider the broader picture of their products’ or services’ environmental impact. This thesis seeks to explore company attempts to implement such life cycle thinking (LCT), and how this connects with their self-inte¬rest in terms of market success. LÄS MER
2. A functionalist perspective on emotional communication in music performance
Sammanfattning : Music is probably the most widely practiced and appreciated of all art forms. One explanation for this may be that music offers a powerful means of emotional communication. Knowledge is scarce in this matter, however, especially when it comes to performance of music. It may be argued that this problem partly stems from a lack of relevant theories. LÄS MER
3. Changing in Large Firms Aligning Change and Agility
Sammanfattning : One of the conventional wisdoms of management practice and theory is that today's business environment is especially challenging for large companies because of the rapid pace at which technologies, business processes and markets are evolving. This thesis concerns with how large firms might increase their ability to keep up with the rapid pace of change, rapidly adapting to their external environment, responding to changes and taking advantage of changing circumstances. LÄS MER
4. Betong i arkitekturen. Gestaltning och teknik 1930-1980
Sammanfattning : Bengt J O Johansson: Betong i arkitekturen. Gestaltning och teknik 1930–1980 (Concrete in Architecture. Design and Technology 1930–1980). Göteborg 2008. LÄS MER
5. Dis(re)membering Spaces: Swedish Modernism in Law Courts Controversy
Sammanfattning : The dissertation addresses the public controversy, as reflected in newspaper coverage, over the 1936 Law Courts Annex in Göteborg, Sweden. The controversy is conceived as a tension-filled, multi-layered conjuncture of urban rivalry within the nation-state. LÄS MER