Essays about: "soft hard change"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 42 essays containing the words soft hard change.

  1. 36. Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility - An Overview of the Frameworks and an Analysis of Their Supply Chain Management

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Michael Wernstedt; [2008]
    Keywords : Förmögenhetsrätt; Miljörätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Climate change is a threat facing the planet which could bring disastrous consequences. In the globalised world, states are less capable of fighting this threat alone&semic it is also necessary that companies take on this challenge. Amongst other people, this idea is supported by Kofi Annan and Nicolas Stern. READ MORE

  2. 37. Impact of Coastal Erosion and Sedimentation along the Northern Coast of Sinai Peninsula

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Daniel Emanuelsson; Ali Mirchi; [2007]
    Keywords : hydraulic engineering; El Arish Harbor; El Arish Power Plant; Accretion; Erosion; GENESIS; Longshore Sediment Transport; Shoreline Change Modeling; Civil engineering; Sinai Peninsula; offshore technology; soil mechanics; Väg- och vattenbyggnadsteknik; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Coastal engineering activities during the past five decades have resulted in considerable shoreline change along the northern coast of Sinai Peninsula. In the west of El Arish Power Plant, sediment accretion has reached the tip of the breakwater of the cooling water intake basin necessitating extensive dredging inside the basin. READ MORE

  3. 38. Reward & Recognition Strategies : A case study of GE Healthcare in Umeå

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Tugba Öztoprak; Richard Lundmark; [2007]
    Keywords : Business Management; Reward and Recognition strategies; HR Management;

    Abstract : In a world characterized by increased global competition, and a rapidly changing business environment, companies and organization are forced to continuously reevaluate how they work. Since the first systematic studies of manual labor began during the last century, the focus have changed from a strict control of employees toward looser organizations, increased globalization, and the emergence of HRM-Human Resource Management during the 80’s. READ MORE

  4. 39. Monte Carlo based Threat Assessment: An in depth Analysis

    University essay from Institutionen för systemteknik

    Author : Simon Danielsson; [2007]
    Keywords : Threat Assessment; Monte Carlo; Dynamic Model; Iterative resampling; Steepest Decent; Sample Distribution;

    Abstract : This thesis presents improvements and extensions of a previously presented threat assessment algorithm. The algorithm uses Monte Carlo simulation to find threats in a road scene. READ MORE

  5. 40. China's privatization reform

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Bengtsson; [2006]
    Keywords : property rights; China; state-owned shares; privatization; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis evaluates twelve Chinese companies participating in a privatization reform initiated by the government. The companies were chosen for the reform during spring/summer of 2005, and the participation in the reform means that the companies start selling off state-owned shares and transform them into publicly traded A-shares. READ MORE