Essays about: "human resource policies"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 41 essays containing the words human resource policies.

  1. 16. Role of the Individual in Crisis Management Policies : Using a Human Security Perspective to Understand the Gap Between Policy and Reality

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Carl Rådestad; [2016]
    Keywords : Human security; Human rights; Crisis management; Policy; The individual; Capacity; Responsibility; Mänsklig säkerhet; Mänskliga rättigheter; Krishantering; Policy; Individen; Förmåga; Ansvar;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is twofold; to apply a human security perspective on our understanding of the individual’s role in crisis management policies and to explore how the issue of the individual’s role is represented in policies from the Swedish Contingencies Agency (MSB). Carol Bacchi’s post-structural policy analysis method “What’s the problem represented to be” (WPR) is used to problematize and understand these representations. READ MORE

  2. 17. Is there a Gap within the Gap? A Municipal Analysis of the Gender Earnings Gap in Sweden.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sofie Carlsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Gender earnings gap; regional economics; gender economics; Swedish labour market; and urban and rural differences.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In the past century, Sweden has seen vast developments in narrowing the gender earnings gap between men and women. Nevertheless the gap still remains, and has revealed patterns of stagnation in the recent decade. READ MORE

  3. 18. Saltwater intrusion and agriculture: a comparative study between the Netherlands and China.

    University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknik

    Author : Yuxin Duan; [2016]
    Keywords : saltwater intrusion; agriculture; coastal low-lying land; Texel; Shouguang; comparative study; water resource management;

    Abstract : Saltwater intrusion, which can be facilitated by natural conditions, human activities and climate change, is a big threat to mankind from social-economic, environmental and ecological perspective. Agriculture, the largest consumer of water, is identified as both contributor and most vulnerable sector to saltwater intrusion, especially in coastal low-lying areas, with the increasing demands and competition of water owing to economic bloom, population growth and climate fluctuations. READ MORE

  4. 19. Wildlife resources- a victim of "the Tragedy of the Commons"?- A case study of Zambia

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Emelie Lin; [2015]
    Keywords : Community based natural resource management; Tragedy of the commons; Zambia; Common-pool resources theory; Incentive theory;

    Abstract : Environmental resources consist of a vast diversity of ecosystems and species from forests, waters and wildlife. These resources can be seen as public goods as they provide valuable services to people, but rarely do they have a fair (or any) market price assigned to them. READ MORE

  5. 20. Sustainable Resource Use of Common Bream and Roach Catch from Reduction Fishing in Östergötland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Malin Svensson; [2014]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Eutrophication; Reduction fishing; Biomanipulation; Waste management;

    Abstract : Nutrient inflows from anthropogenic sources into water systems are causing eutrophication, algal blooms and trophic changes in Swedish lakes and seas. The European water framework directive was implemented to regulate member countries' policies to achieve a good status in surface waters. READ MORE