Essays about: "science outreach"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the words science outreach.

1. 6. Upper echelon, cluster development and performance : A study of governance and shared value strategy in Swedish institutions of higher education

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)

   Author : Jakob Urzander; Mårten Larsson; [2015]
   Keywords : upper echelon; cluster development; performance; education; university; board; top management team; diversity; network; networking; public; public organizations; public institutions; governance; shared value; strategy; new public management; science outreach; consociation; composition; upper echelon; kluster; prestation; utblidning; universitet; högskolor; styrelse; ledning; mångfald; nätverk; nätverkande; offentlig verksamhet; offentliga organisationer; styrning; shared value; värdeskapande; strategi; new public management; tredje uppgiften; samverkan; sammansättning;

   Abstract : Background: The "introduction of new public management" in institutions of higher education has brought a measurement-minded form of governance based on "doing more with less". At the same time, universities have increasingly become institutions where documentation proving the conformation to norms of society is more important than the actual outcomes of the organization. READ MORE

3. 7. Social Media for International Students Outreach. Lessons from Scandinavia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Svetlana Mardar; [2014]
   Keywords : Europe; globalization; higher education; international students; marketing and recruitment; Scandinavia; social media.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Social media have been around for over a decade and many institutions have incorporated them into their communication strategies for some time now. However, despite numerous studies on social media in the US universities, there is a wide knowledge gap regarding the use of these communication platforms in the European higher education sphere, with only a handful of studies in the UK and Netherlands. READ MORE

4. 8. A Rhetorical Criticism of Google´s European Identification Strategies

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för retorik

   Author : Kristoffer Nordman; [2014]
   Keywords : Rhetoric; Business Communication; Communication Science; Google; Lobbying; EU; European Union; Kenneth Burke; Burke; Identification; Eric Schmidt; Eric E. Schmidt; Innovation Policy; European Innovation Convention; Public Relations; Public Affairs; Government Outreach; Corporate Political Influence;

   Abstract : This thesis examines Google’s Executive Chairman Eric E. Schmidt’s speech at the European Innovation Convention 2011 from the perspectives of Kenneth Burke’s dramatism and identification theories. In the wider context it aims to contribute to the analyses of human progress traced through the history of our technologies and inventions. READ MORE

5. 9. Hälsopåverkan av syra- och basbildande livsmedel

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Food Science

   Author : Christine Thuresson; Rebecka Langborger; [2013]
   Keywords : basbildande livsmedel ; syrabildande livsmedel; metabolisk acidos; kost; hälsa;

   Abstract : En fungerande syra-basbalans är essentiell för en god hälsa. Serumets pH-värde bör ligga inom intervallet 7,35-7,45, och för att uppnå det har kroppen flertalet buffertsystem. Om pH-värdet hamnar utanför intervallet orsakas sjukdom, vid ett högre pH uppkommer alkalos, medan ett pH-värde under det normala orsakar acidos. READ MORE

6. 10. Towards improving smallholder agriculture : role of climate information services in Ethiopia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Mulugeta Mallede Gessei; [2012]
   Keywords : climate information; smallholders; development; agriculture; food security; information and communication technology; Sub-Saharan Africa.; sustainability science; climate change impacts; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Several studies have suggested effective climate information outreach is invaluable for smallholders’ decision-making on farming operations as a viable strategy to cope with extreme effects of climate change and increased productivity. Starting with the review of development and agriculture issues, this thesis seeks to investigate the knowledge and practice of improved agro-ecological techniques as well as roles of actors and access to information communication technology options among smallholders. READ MORE