567 research outputs found
Teams in the spotlight - A handbook for team development
No full textTeams are the building blocks of an organisation. Despite this, most organisations focus on individual, rather than team, development. Shining a spotlight on teams, this book outlines practical, hands-on methods and tools to improve collaboration and performance, allowing teams to reach their full potential. The theoretical background to the text is Susan A. Wheelans research on teams and her Integrated Model of Group Development (IMGD), which is evidence based and easy to apply. Throughout the book there are real life examples, reflections made by team members and managers, that illustrate team development in practice. Teams in the spotlight is essential reading for team members, team leaders, team consultants and anyone working in HR. Mette Sandahl (organisational consultant, ICF certified coach), Mattias Wihlborg (work environment specialist, organisational consultant), Maria Åkerlund (licensed psychologist, organisational consultant,) and Christian Jacobsson (associate professor, licensed psychologist) all have extensive experience as team consultants within international as well as Swedish organisations
Tinkerbell and the Empire State Building [Elektronisk resurs] : Recalling what seems to be forgotten
No full text“I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!!” (Peter Pan)In the 1905 play “Peter Pan; or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up”, Sir James Matthew Barrie described how Peter Pan, through his strong beliefs, brought the fairy Tinkerbell back to life. In this short essay, we aim to initiate discussions on the role of strong beliefs and the so-called “Tinkerbell effect” in upholding taken-for-granted assumptions within the construction industry.As the basis for the discussion, the essay reports on a recently published journal article in Business Horizons entitled “Revisiting the construction of the Empire State Building: Have we forgotten something?” (Jacobsson and Wilson, 2018). Presently the article is also sold as a case study and teaching case by Harvard Business Review. (The case study can be accessed at https://tinyurl.com/HBRcasestudy and the teaching case at https://tinyurl.com/HBPEcase)</p
Tinkerbell and the Empire State Building [Elektronisk resurs] : Recalling what seems to be forgotten
No full text“I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!!” (Peter Pan)In the 1905 play “Peter Pan; or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up”, Sir James Matthew Barrie described how Peter Pan, through his strong beliefs, brought the fairy Tinkerbell back to life. In this short essay, we aim to initiate discussions on the role of strong beliefs and the so-called “Tinkerbell effect” in upholding taken-for-granted assumptions within the construction industry.As the basis for the discussion, the essay reports on a recently published journal article in Business Horizons entitled “Revisiting the construction of the Empire State Building: Have we forgotten something?” (Jacobsson and Wilson, 2018). Presently the article is also sold as a case study and teaching case by Harvard Business Review. (The case study can be accessed at https://tinyurl.com/HBRcasestudy and the teaching case at https://tinyurl.com/HBPEcase)</p
Performativity and the Construction of Children's Citizenship in Backa Theatre's Staging of Lille Kung Mattias (2009/2010)
No full textThe aim of this article is to investigate and explain how performativity, as defined by J.L. Austin and Judith Butler, can be viewed as an important element within the narrative framework of Lille Kung Mattias (Little King Mattias), as performed by Backa Theatre in Gothenburg, Sweden, during the 20092010 season. Lille Kung Mattias, directed by Mattias Andersson, is based on the novel Król Macius ́ Pierwszy (1923) by Polish author Janusz Korczak, and has been performed for children aged 11 upwards. I explore how class, age and gender are »made« (and also fail to be made) performatively, and show how being a king is revealed as a performative act precisely then, when Mattias receives all the attire and the title but doesn’t move or talk like an adult king. Thus he fails to fulfil expectations. But thereafter, in terms that Butler uses, Mattias pushes the borders of what a king can be and do by iteratively »making« a new kind of king. In the end, the audience also change their behaviour by becoming an active part of the performance
Performativity and the Construction of Children’s Citizenship in Backa Theatre’s Staging of Lille Kung Mattias (2009/2010)
No full textSandra Grehn is a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature
at the University of Gothenburg. Her research interests are
theatre for children and young people, intersectional studies
and women playwrights during the end of the19th century.The aim of this article is to investigate and explain how
performativity, as defined by J.L. Austin and Judith Butler,
can be viewed as an important element within the narrative
framework of Lille Kung Mattias (Little King Mattias), as
performed by Backa Theatre in Gothenburg, Sweden, during
the 2009-2010 season. Lille Kung Mattias, directed by Mattias
Andersson, is based on the novel Król Macius´ Pierwszy (1923)
by Polish author Janusz Korczak, and has been performed for
children aged 11 upwards. I explore how class, age and gender
are »made« (and also fail to be made) performatively, and show
how being a king is revealed as a performative act precisely
then, when Mattias receives all the attire and the title but
doesn’t move or talk like an adult king. Thus he fails to fulfil
expectations. But thereafter, in terms that Butler uses, Mattias
pushes the borders of what a king can be and do by iteratively
»making« a new kind of king. In the end, the audience also
change their behaviour by becoming an active part of the
performance
Possibilities of improving cost accounting in example of OÜ Mattias Café
No full textKäesoleva bakalaureusetöö eesmärgiks oli analüüsida OÜ Mattias Cafe kuluarvestuse olemust ja teha ettepanekuid ettevõtte kuluarvestuse täiustamiseks.
Tulenevalt eesmärgist on käesolevas bakalaureusetöös täidetud järgmisi uurimisülesandeid:
• Anda ülevaade kuluarvestuse teoreetilistest alustest
• Anda ülevaade OÜ Mattias Cafe majandustegevusest
• Iseloomustada ja analüüsida OÜ Mattas Cafe kuluarvestust.
• Teha ettepanekuid OÜ Mattias Cafe kuluarvestuse täiustamiseks
Bakalaureusetöö koosneb kahest peatükist. Töö esimeses peatükis on käsitletud kuluarvestuse teoreetilisi aluseid. Tuues ülevaade kuluarvestuse olemusest ja eesmärgist, kuluarvestuse mõistest ja arengust, kulude liigitamisest ja käitumisest ning kaasaegsetest kuluarvestussüsteemidest. Pikem ülevaates on esitatud traditsioonilisest ja tegevuspõhisest kuluarvestussüsteemist.
Bakalaureusetöö teine peatükk sisaldab OÜ Mattias Cafe tutvustust, ülevaadet ettevõttes toimuvast kuluarvestusest ja kuluarvestuse täiustamistest OÜ Mattias Cafes, kus on töö autor teinud ettepanekuid ettevõtte kuluarvestuse täiustamise võimalustest.
Ettevõte OÜ Mattias Cafe alustas oma tegevust 2005. aasta detsembris, avades Tartu linnas kohvik-restorani nimega Werner. Ettevõtte põhitegevusalaks oli toitlustamine. Praeguseks on sellest välja kujunenud Cafe-lounge Werner, mis koondab endasse järgmised kulukohad: kohviku, restorani, cateringi ja kondiitri. Ettevõttes töötab hetkel 47 inimest.
Konkreetset kaasaegset kuluarvestussüsteemi OÜ Mattias Cafes tegelikult ei eksisteerigi. Kui vaadelda bakalaureusetöö peatükis 1. toodud kolme peamist funktsiooni, mida kulude arvestamise süsteem peaks täitma, siis OÜ Mattias Cafe kulude arvestamist silmas pidades on autor seisukohal, et Kaplani ja Cooperi toodud kolmest funktsioonist täidab ettevõtte kuluarvestus ainult esimest funktsiooni. Ehk praeguse seisuga on võimalik selgelt hinnata vaid varusid. Isegi tööjõukulud jaotatakse juhtkonna poolt kinnitatud koenfitsientide alusel.
OÜ Mattias Cafes on siiani praegune kulude arvestamise praktika toiminud, kuid seoses planeeritud tootmismahu märkimisväärse suurenemisega on vajadus kuluarvestuse täiustamise järele. Praegune kuluarvestus ei võimalda saada detailset infot juhtimisotsuste langetamiseks, kuna sisaldab suure osa kulude kaudset jaotamist toodanguühikule.
Ettevõttes ei arvestata kulusid kulukohtade ehk allüksuste lõikes. Kulukohti on hetkel ettevõttes vaid üks- ettevõte tervikuna.
OÜ Mattias Cafes on oluline määratleda kulukohad, kinnistada kulukohtade koodid, mis annab juhtkonnale võimaluse saada infot selle kohta, millistes ettevõtte konkreetsetes osades kulutused tekivad ja milliste kulukandjatega antud kulukohad on seotud. Töö autori arvates võiks OÜ Mattias Cafe kulukohtadeks olla kohvik, restoran, pagar-kondiitri osakond, catering ja kontor.
Kulukohtade arvestuse jaoks tuleb ettevõttes kasutusel olevas kontoplaanis muudatusi teha. Täiendatud kontoplaanis hakkab kontonumbri viimane number märkima vastavat kulukohta. Kuludele, mida ei saa ühelegi kulukohale siduda, märgitakse kontonumbrile viimaseks numbriks 0.
Ettevõtte kui terviku majandustulemuse kujunemise jälgimiseks on vajalik arvestussüsteem, mis näitaks, kuidas see kujuneb erinevates kulukohtades. Ettevõttesisene arvestussüsteem peab olema ülesehitatud nii, et juhtkonnale vajalik objektiivne ja analüütiline informatsioon oleks kättesaadav, kergesti jälgitav ja õigeaegne.
Selleks, et leida objektiivset väärtust sellele, kui palju täpselt toote valmistamine ettevõttele maksma läheb, on vajalik lisaks otsekuludele vaadelda ka toodanguga kaudsemalt seotud kulude osakaalu. Selgitamaks välja, millised kulud OÜ Mattias Cafes on kulukohaga otseselt ning millised kaudselt seotud, koostas töö autor ettevõtte kulukohtadest lähtuva jääktulupõhise kasumi aruande, mis on koostatud nii, et oleks selge iga üksiku kulukoha tulemus ehk jääktulu.
OÜ Mattias Cafe’le koostatud jääktulupõhine kasumiaruanne, võimaldab välja selgitada kulud, mis on kulukohtadega otseselt seotud ning need, mis jaotuvad toodete vahel kaudselt ning vajavad seetõttu õigeid jaotusbaase. Jääktulupõhise aruande jaoks koondatakse üksuse ning allüksuste müügitulu, ja sellele vastavalt otse- ja kaudkulud.
Antud ettevõtte puhul on töö autor leidnud sobivaks kuluarvestussüsteemiks tegevuspõhise kuluarvestussüsteemi, millest oli juttu töö teoreetilises osas. Antud meetod on valitud põhjusel, et tootmis- ja teenindusettevõtte puhul on kulukohtade lõikes selgelt eristatavad erinevad tegevused, mis kulusid tekitavad ning seetõttu peab kulude jaotamisel arvestama erinevaid jaotusbaase.
Käesoleva bakalaureusetöö koostaja on välja töötanud näitliku ja lihtsustatud tegevuspõhise kuluarvestussüsteemi OÜ Mattias Cafe pagar-kondiitri osakonnale. Ühe osakonna valiku tingis asjaolu, et tegevuspõhise kuluarvestussüsteemi välja töötamine kogu ettevõttes kujuneks mahukamaks, kui bakalaureusetöö maht ette näeb. Töö autor on teadlik, et tegevuspõhist kuluarvestust on vaja rakendada kogu ettevõttes, et tagada kogu ettevõtte ja nende üksikosade efektiivsus.
Tegevuspõhise kuluarvestuse kohaselt on kulude põhjustajateks tegevused, mitte tooted. Toodete valmistamiseks kasutatakse tegevusi. See tähendab, et mitte kulud ei põhjusta tegevusi, vaid tegevused põhjustavad kulude teket.
Antud bakalaureusetöö on mõeldud selleks, et anda ülevaade OÜ Mattias Cafe kuluarvestusest ja selle täiustamise võimalustest. Lisaks et ettevõtte juhtkonnale esitada vajalik informatsioon, kuidas saaks ettevõtte kuluarvestust paremaks muuta.The purpose of this study is to analyze the essence of OÜ Mattias Café cost accounting and make proposals for improvements of company’s cost accounting.
By reference to the purpose the following explorative tasks are completed in this study:
• To give overview of the theoretical base of cost accounting
• To give overview of OÜ Mattias Café economic activities
• To characterize and analyze OÜ Mattias Café cost accounting
• To make proposals to improve OÜ Mattias Café cost accounting
This study consists of two chapters. In the first chapter cost accounting theoretical foundation is covered by bringing overview of cost accounting essence and purpose, definition and developments of cost accounting, cost classification and cost behavior and modern cost accounting system. More thorough overview is given on traditional and activity based cost accounting system.
The second chapter of this study includes OÜ Mattias Café introduction and overview of cost accounting taking place in the company, wherein the author brought out possibilities for improving the cost accounting in OÜ Mattias Cafe.
The Bachelor thesis is composed in Estonian , it contains 56 pages. In the Bachelor thesis there are 5 tables and 6 figures
Tinkerbell and the Empire State Building : Recalling what seems to be forgotten
No full text“I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!!” (Peter Pan) In the 1905 play “Peter Pan; or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up”, Sir James Matthew Barrie described how Peter Pan, through his strong beliefs, brought the fairy Tinkerbell back to life. In this short essay, we aim to initiate discussions on the role of strong beliefs and the so-called “Tinkerbell effect” in upholding taken-for-granted assumptions within the construction industry. As the basis for the discussion, the essay reports on a recently published journal article in Business Horizons entitled “Revisiting the construction of the Empire State Building: Have we forgotten something?” (Jacobsson and Wilson, 2018). Presently the article is also sold as a case study and teaching case by Harvard Business Review. (The case study can be accessed at https://tinyurl.com/HBRcasestudy and the teaching case at https://tinyurl.com/HBPEcase
”Jag tror att det var rätt i tiden” - En studie av beslutsprocessen bakom införandet av sprutbytesprogrammet
No full textAuthor: Mattias Olsson Title: “I think the time was right” A study of the decision making behind the needle exchange programme Supervisor: Eva-Malin Antoniusson Assessor: Mats Hilte The aim of this Bachelor thesis is to highlight the decision making process of the Scanian politicians regarding the local needle-exchange programme by using Kingdons agenda-setting theory. It is based upon interviews with five Scanian politicians. I have come to the conclusion that the HIV-epidemic was the one thing that enabled the making of the first programmes. The social services and doctors specialized in drug abuse were the two groups with the most influence on the political decision making
Play, Belief and Stories about Robots: A Case Study of a Pleo Blogging Community
No full textWe present an analysis based on user-provided content collected from online blogs and forums about the robotic artifact Pleo. Our primary goal is to explore stories about how human-robot interaction would manifest themselves in actual real-world contexts. To be able to assess these types of communicative media we are using a method based on virtual ethnography that specifically addresses underlying issues in how the data is produced and should be interpreted. Results indicate that generally people are staging, performing and have a playful approach to the interaction. This is further emphasized by the way people communicate their stories through the blogging practice. Finally we argue that these resources are indeed essential for understanding and designing long-term human-robot relationships.LIRE
Guest editorial : World views on projects and society
No full textThis Special Section of International Journal of Managing Projects in Business contains a collection of six articles focusing on various aspects related to the topic of World Views on Projects and Society. Based in the far-reaching projectification of society (Jacobsson and Jałocha, 2018), and the observation that projects of today both shapes and are shaped by society (Packendorff and Lindgren, 2014), the contributing authors of this Special Section were encouraged to address areas of social concern and the framework(s) of ideas and beliefs which form the way in which people interpret the world and interacts within it. The general themes of this Special Section were inspired by ideas presented in the book Managing and working in project society (Lundin et al., 2015; Lundin, 2016). In the call for the Special Section, three interrelated themes were proposed – “World Views on Projects in Society,” “the World of Projects in Society” and “the Role of Projects in the World” – which together opened up for a broad understanding of the projectification trend which is spreading throughout most parts of society and the world today.</p
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