Essays about: "NPM."

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  1. 26. The Nordic Prediction Method For Railway Traffic Noise : Improvements of the current corrections forrailway bridges, switches and crossings

    University essay from KTH/Byggnadsmaterial

    Author : KRISTÍN HELGADÓTTIR; RAGNHEIÐUR BJÖRNSDÓTTIR; [2019]
    Keywords : The Nordic Prediction Method; Railway traffic; Railway noise; Noise measurements; Acoustics; Steel bridges; Concrete bridges; Switches; Railway crossings; Correction factor; Correction for track condition;

    Abstract : Railway noise is a very important and growing health hazard in today´s society.Railway systems pass through towns and cities and create noise. When trainsride through or over railway bridges, switches and crossings the noise increasessubstantially, causing great annoyance to the residents in the area. READ MORE

  3. 27. Aesthetic Experiences and the Miracle of Action : On the Radical Possibility of Art in Teaching and Learning

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Estetiska lärprocesser; Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

    Author : Petra Lundberg Bouquelon; [2019]
    Keywords : aesthetic experience; aesthetic learning; teaching; phenomenology; clown knowledge; not-knowing; unlearning; space for action; homo faber; sustainable teaching; constructive alignment; NPM.; estetisk erfarenhet; estetiska lärprocesser; undervisning; fenomenologi; clownens kunskap; icke-vetande; av-lärande; handlingsutrymme; homo faber; hållbar undervisning; konstruktiv länkning; new public management;

    Abstract : This master essay starts with the author having an encounter with two 14-years old boys who claim that they are Nazis. In a school project where the pupils made films about norms in the society they made a film with a clearly racist and homophobic message. READ MORE

  4. 28. Strength in weakness - A new institutional design perspective on the Swedish Trust Reform

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julius Bergh; [2019]
    Keywords : Tillitsreformen; Tillitsdelegationen; public management reform; new institutionalism; institutional design.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : To address the problems that had sprung from the detail management of the welfare sector, a result of control in the vein of New Public Management (NPM), the Swedish government commissioned the Trust Delegation (Tillitsdelegationen) to develop a trust-based steering and launched the Trust Reform (Tillitsreformen). As this new reform seeks to remedy the failures of the previous system, this thesis sets out to examine what potential for being successful in this it can be said to have. READ MORE

  5. 29. 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

  6. 30. Single Photon Imaging System for the ESS Linac

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik

    Author : Maria Hoflund; [2019]
    Keywords : Imaging; European Spallation Source; Single Photon Detection; Beam Diagnostics; Non-invasive Profile Monitor; Fluorescence Profile Monitor; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : To control an accelerating proton beam that travels close to the speed of light, a large number of beam diagnostic instruments are needed. One of the instruments that will be used at the accelerator of the European Spallation Source is a Non-invasive Profile Monitor (NPM). READ MORE