Essays about: "Values"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 2117 essays containing the word Values.

  1. 1. Empirical investigation on adoption and adaptation of agile practices

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/COM

    Author : Venkata Manyam; Narendra Kurapati; [3062012]
    Keywords : datavetenskap; computer science - software engineering; agile practices; agile software development; agile practices adoption; agile practices adaption; survey; framework;

    Abstract : Context: Agile practices have created its own mark on recent software development strategies. The significance of agile core values and principles attracted several organizations towards agile software development. Agile methods incorporate core values & principles, whereas agile practices define how agile methods are implemented in practice. READ MORE

  3. 2. Second hand - the MeWe generation as a driving force

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Textilhögskolan (THS)

    Author : Amanda Johansson; [2013-04-08]
    Keywords : second hand; vintage; the MeWe generation; sustainability;

    Abstract : The second hand and vintage clothes market is increasing and the attitude and perception of the clothes are changing. Demographic age groups are important driving forces for change of attitudes and values. READ MORE

  4. 3. Pirate Politics: Information Technologies and the Reconfiguration of Politics

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Bruno Monico Chies; [2013-04-03]
    Keywords : Pirate Party; Information Technologies; Actor-Network Theory; Issues; Politics;

    Abstract : This thesis sets out to address the question of how Information Technologies (ITs) become politically relevant, both by drawing on different theoretical approaches and by undertaking a qualitative study about the Swedish Pirate Party. The first source of puzzlement that composes our main research question is the phenomena of how ITs have been taking center stage in recent political disputes, such as controversial legislations in Sweden and abroad (ACTA, Data Retention Directive, etc. READ MORE

  5. 4. "We value it because it is only on the earth that you can put your feet" A case study of landscape values and perspectives in the Indigenous Territory and National Park Isiboro Sécure highway conflict

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

    Author : Ida Westman; [2013-03-26]
    Keywords : Bolivia; the National Park and Indigenous Territory Isiboro Sécure; the TIPNIS; landscape values; landscape perspectives; indigenous; infrastructure; political ecology; environmental conflict; identity;

    Abstract : This is a bachelor’s thesis in human geography conducted as a minor field study in the Bolivian Amazon. The aim of the thesis is to examine user values and perspectives of representatives of the Mojeño indigenous people regarding their territory and how these are considered in negotiations with the Bolivian government resulting from protests of a highway project planned to cross the habitat. READ MORE

  6. 5. Blow my whistle & eat my poison - A pedagogical study of ideologies and language in music lyrics

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Sanna Jonsson; [2013-03-19]
    Keywords : authentic material; CDA; gender; prejudice; music; lyrics; ideology; language; lgr11; curriculum; syllabus; interdisciplinary;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how students perceive English authentic material, ideologically and linguistically, outside of school and whether it is possible to find clear connections to what is or is not taught as part of the English subject in school. This study is based on investigating how pupils perceive music lyrics, as a vast majority of them listen to music on an everyday basis. READ MORE