Sökning: "communicative effectiveness"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade orden communicative effectiveness.

  1. 1. Spoken Lingua Franca English at a Swedish Technical University : An investigation of form and communicative effectiveness

    Författare :Beyza Björkman; Philip Shaw; John M. Swales; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English as a lingua franca ELF ; engineering; higher education; form; pragmatics; attitudes; communicative effectiveness; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

    Sammanfattning : As a part of the process of globalization, an increasing number of higher education institutions are adopting English as the medium of instruction for parts of their education. Within most universities in continental Europe, there are English as a lingua franca (ELF) settings where English is spoken by users of a wide spectrum of first languages for various purposes, be it for academic activity or social interaction. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Performance Management, Rationality and Participation in Public Sector Organisation

    Författare :Geoffrey Heath; Elisabeth Berg; Jim Barry; Suzana Grubnic; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Communicative; instrumental and value rationality; accounting and performance management; public sector organisations; public management and governance; participation; deliberation and democracy; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis critically examines the role of performance management in public sector organisations. In particular, it explores how performance management relates to different concepts of rationality (instrumental, value and communicative), including issues around rationality and power, and the relationship between these concepts and various models of participation and democracy. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Överensstämmelse mellan situationer och ekonomistyrsystem : en studie av medelstora företag

    Författare :Lars Svensson; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; measurement; middle-sized manufacturing companies; fit; effectiveness; business strategy; production pechnology; enviroment; situation; Management Control Systems; contingency factors; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management;

    Sammanfattning : The focus of the thesis is the situation of and the management control systems in middle-sized, manufacturing companies. We have examined the relevance of different types of management control systems for different situations and formulated taxonomies of the contingency factors environment, production situation and business strategy. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Acquired brain injury in children and adolescents: Investigating assessment of communicative participation in daily life situations

    Författare :Åsa Fyrberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; communicative participation; acquired brain injury; children and adolescents; parental evaluations; self-assessments; cognitive and linguistic factors; brain injury data;

    Sammanfattning : Aims The overall aim of this thesis was to explore assessments of communicative participation in children and adolescents (hereafter: adolescents) with acquired brain injuries, mainly through evaluations in the Communicative Effectiveness Index (CETI) and in interviews with the participants. The aim was also to capture important changes in communication over time. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Language, identity and social behaviour : a sociocultural approach to the study of the concept "will" on the effectiveness of the "how's" and "why's" of bilingualism

    Författare :Ali Reza Sahaf; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; socio-cultural systems; comvergent thinking; equilibrium; mini-culture; cultural in; contrapoise; unipoise; equipoise.;

    Sammanfattning : The study is theoretically and empirically a multidisciplinary survey of the problems surrounding the issues of bilingualism in multicultural multiracial communities. The main purpose is to explore the influence of the synergy effects of the socio-cultural forces both on the quality and the outcome of minority language education in Sweden. LÄS MER