Essays about: "foreign mission"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 31 essays containing the words foreign mission.

  1. 11. When the mission of culture and diversity is put in the preschool teacher’s lap : A study of how preschool teachers work with intercultural issues in Swedish Preschools.

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Förskolepedagogisk didaktisk forskning

    Author : Sofia Nordén; Lisa Saarnak; [2016]
    Keywords : intercultural education; norms; diversity; multicultural education; preschool curriculum; preschool teachers; Interkulturalitet; normer; mångfald; multikulturell utbildning; läroplanen för förskolan; förskollärare;

    Abstract : The aim of the research presented in this paper is to expand current understandings of how preschool teachers in Sweden work with and talk about intercultural issues in preschool, and how they interpret the curriculum working with respect to issues of cultural diversity. The study is based on data from two semi-structured focus groups with preschool teachers from preschools where the majority of the children were foreign born or were first generation Swedes. READ MORE

  3. 12. Burden-sharing in EU military operations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sandra Thonäng; [2015]
    Keywords : CSDP; operation Atalanta; burden-sharing; adaption of national defence; Foreign Policy Analysis; European Union.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2008, the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) launched the EU Naval Force (NAVFOR) Atalanta, the Union’s first-ever naval operation. In this military mission, Sweden and Finland took different degrees of participation. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Case of Ebola in West Africa - Swedish Healthcare Workers' Experiences of Navigating Global Health Interventions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Samira Elmi; [2015]
    Keywords : Global health machinery; Street-level bureaucrat; Global health interventions; Swedish healthcare workers; Ebolavirus; Borderless diseases; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this time of global health interventions, preventing borderless diseases, such as Ebola, is a question of implementing global health policies in different cultural contexts. Although these interventions are mediated by international organs, the healthcare workers on the ground are actually those who implement policies. READ MORE

  5. 14. Alibaba Group’s Market Entry and Expansion in The United States

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : He Caroline; [2015]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Background: We are today doing business in a global and increasingly digitalized world where e-commerce has become a significant approach for companies to be successful and to reach a bigger market. Alibaba Group is today considered to be the world’s largest e-commerce company and was founded in 1999 by Jack Ma, a former English teacher from Hangzhou, China. READ MORE

  6. 15. The internationalization of social enterprises : Mapping patterns in the internationalization process of social entrepreneurs

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Kristina Färdig; Maria Håkansson; [2014]
    Keywords : social entrepreneurship; social enterprise; social value creation; INVs; internationalization process; network relationships;

    Abstract : Social entrepreneurship, defined as entrepreneurial activities with a clear mission to create social value, is gaining increased influence and importance in the economy. Through combining a for-profit mindset with social objectives, social enterprises provide groundbreaking solutions to societal needs. READ MORE