Essays about: "redefining work"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 essays containing the words redefining work.
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16. How To Get Started Redefining Productivity within Energy Use
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Title: How to get started redefining productivity within energy use: A multiple case study of how large tech companies in Silicon Valley get started with creating shared value initiatives for improved energy efficiency Seminar date: 2015-05-26 Course: FEKN90, Degree Project, Master level in Business Strategy, Business Administration, 30 University Credit Points (30ECTS) Authors: Caitlin Bengtsson and Jacob Carlsson Supervisor: Matts Kärreman Key words: Creating shared value, CSV, redefining productivity, energy efficiency, energy reduction program, how to get started Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to identify the operational steps of how to get started with an energy reduction program. By identifying these steps, this thesis aims to develop the usability and depth of the creating shared value framework. READ MORE
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17. Well-being rather than well-having: a critical analysis of sharing economy discourses in the Chinese context
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : The sharing economy, which is an Internet-mediated economic model based on sharing practices, presents the potential to reshape nature-society interactions with relevance for leading to transformative change for environmental and social aspects of sustainability. It is widely presented as a model leading to environmentally sustainable pathways through reduced resource use and reduced levels of consumption and an increased use of idle assets, while also promoting social sustainability through rebuilding social relationships and enabling wider and more equitable access to resources. READ MORE
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18. FILLING IN THE GAP : redefining the places of abandonment in Athens
University essay from KTH/StadsbyggnadAbstract : The economic and the political crisis that Greece experiences has as a consequence a social degradation, which is linked and followed by a spatial one. The humanitarian crisis in the city of Athens visualizes physically-spatially in the abandonment of public and private spaces. READ MORE
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19. Transgression and Tradition : Redefining Gender Roles in Elizabeth Gaskell´s North and South
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : This essay argues that Elizabeth Gaskell challenges the limiting gender roles of the Victorian era through giving her heroine, Margaret Hale in North and South, both the traditionally female qualities of virtue and selflessness and the traditionally masculine qualities of independence and action. The essay also argues that Gaskell’s heroine balances between the feminine and the masculine world as to not appear “unwomanly”, but rather subtly influencing the readers and calls for changing gender norms. READ MORE
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20. Revision Of The Aircraft Engines Preliminary Design Platform Of First Level
University essay from KTH/EnergiteknikAbstract : In the highly competitive aerospace industry, engine manufacturers must react very quickly and precisely to any demand emerging from aircraft manufacturers if they want to be positioned on the offer. This is especially true when answering to Requests For Information (RFI) based on preliminary design investigations of first level. READ MORE
