Essays about: "professionalization"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 44 essays containing the word professionalization.

  1. 16. History Matters : How path dependence in the family business influence succession planning - A case study

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Michel Liegmann; Steven Lau; [2019]
    Keywords : case study; family business; path dependence; succession; professionalization;

    Abstract : Background: Family businesses are a complex, overlapping system of business, ownership, and family, which contribute between 70 to 90 percent of the World’s economy. Family businesses do however struggle to survive over generations, to which only 30 percent makes it to the second generation, emphasizing the need for further research within this field, in order to increase the survival rate and positively affect the World’s economy. READ MORE

  3. 17. Can national inspections support professional discretion? : A case study of the Swedish national school inspection

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anton Modigh; [2019]
    Keywords : Professionalism; new public management; auditing; national inspection; Swedish national school inspection; teacher profession;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the professional discretion in relation to national inspections by focussing on the Swedish national school inspection (SNSI) and how the inspections made can affect the professional discretion. During the last decades the Swedish welfare sector has gone through a remarkable shift towards using new public management (NPM) reforms, implementing market solutions with the aim to increase cost efficiency and quality. READ MORE

  4. 18. A Divided Role : - a qualitative study exploring how public library professionals are facing change within their profession

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Jenny Nilsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Canada; public library professionals; conflict; professionalization; role;

    Abstract : Due to changes within the public library profession and a lack of previous research regarding its societal role, this essay explores this phenomenon. The objective of this empirical study is to explore the societal role of public library professionals in Canada through the analyzation of semi-structured interview transcripts and a guideline document for professionals. READ MORE

  5. 19. A new profile for non-profit actors? : Tracing marketization in Médecins Sans Frontières

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Adam Pärleros; [2018]
    Keywords : marketization; non-governmental organizations; private actor; Médecins sans frontières; coordination; cooperation;

    Abstract : This thesis engages in and contributes to the current debate of marketization on the potential consequences of the seemingly increasing marketization of non-governmental organizations and the emerge of for-profit actors in humanitarian work, focusing on one of the biggest actors in humanitarian aid; Médecines Sans Frontières (MSF). By interviewing three highly positioned representatives from the organization, examining a report on the matter as well as MSF website several aspects of marketization identified in the literature were searched for, such as: market language/concepts, commercialization, private sector funding and professionalization. READ MORE

  6. 20. Saving people: a comparative study of 2 European Search and Rescue Organizations

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Konstantinos Tatakis; [2018]
    Keywords : search and rescue; professionalization; prevention; monetization; technology; volunteers; communication strategies;

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