Essays about: "Dysfunctional"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 77 essays containing the word Dysfunctional.

  1. 6. A Critical Discourse Analysis of Otherness and The Abject in Alice Munro's "Dimensions" and "Child's Play"

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Sara Frigerio; [2023]
    Keywords : Otherness; Abjection; Critical Discourse Analysis; Lacan; Kristeva;

    Abstract : This thesis is aimed at investigating the concepts of otherness and the abject/abjection in the various characters' discourses in the two short stories "Dimensions" and "Child's Play" in Alice Munro's collection Too Much Happiness from a psychoanalytic perspective in conjunction with a Critical Discourse Analysis. Both texts share features of otherness which manifest in various forms in the characters. READ MORE

  3. 7. Management Control in Swedish healthcare : A study of how cost control affects physicians' performance and their ability to maintain patient safety

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Doresa Abazi; Daniella Vasilevski; [2022]
    Keywords : Cost control; physician; performance; motivation; dysfunctional behaviour; healthcare; patient safety;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to gain insight into how cost control affects physicians’ performance in terms of motivation and dysfunctional behaviour, and their ability to maintain patient safety. In the study, a qualitative method was used and four participants from Danderyd hospital were interviewed with semi-structured questions to gain material to answer the research question. READ MORE

  4. 8. Beyond Budgeting in practice

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Agnes Burell; Anna Mattsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Beyond budgeting; practice; traditional budgeting; leadership; management processes; principles; practical implications; contingencies; agile management;

    Abstract : The budgeting debate concerns that traditional budgets have become dysfunctional in today’s volatile business environment. Thus, it can seem logical that organisations would implement alternatives, and beyond budgeting has become popular. READ MORE

  5. 9. Systems biology of deregulated splicing in cancer. A pan-cancer analysis of dysfunctional splicing machinery and alternative splicing events.

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    Author : Leticia Castillon; [2021-08-06T14:57:24Z 2021-08-06T14:57:24Z 2021 2020]
    Keywords : multi-omics; splicing; alternative splicing; deep learning; cancer; transcriptome;

    Abstract : The deregulation or disruption of the splicing process has been shown to play a role in the onset, development, and even response to treatment of some malignancies. Partly due to our incomplete understanding of the mechanism and regulation behind splicing and alternative splicing, the importance of aberrant splicing in oncogenesis is not yet understood. READ MORE

  6. 10. Hidden survivors of sexual violence : challenges and barriers in responding to rape against men in Eastern DRC

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Ali Bitenga; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Most studies on sexual violence against men focus on forms, causes and consequences of this phenomenon giving little/or no attention to complex challenges and barriers affecting access to care for survivors. Drawing from semi-structured interviews with service providers, male survivors and from focus group discussions with community members in Eastern DRC, this thesis set out to explore challenges and barriers related to meeting the needs of male survivors of sexualized violence. READ MORE