In order to plan and control a military simulation, there is a need for a language which can be understood by all parts and levels of the organization - both man and machine. This need has encouraged the development of a highly structured and unambiguous language. The term for this type of language is Battle Management Language. The United States military has further developed the concept into an

The purpose of the present thesis is to investigate the foundations for statehood and self-determination—two seminal points of international law—through the concept of discourse and its notion of power. The starting point is that language and representations of reality are not merely ‘objective’ depictions, but in fact shaped by the practices that convey the representations. This constitutes the t

The subject of the study is the contemporary national identity of the Macedonians which reflects the actuality and importance of national identity and nationalism in present time. Grounding the research in theoretical frameworks which explore the shaping of national identity and the meaning of history in relation to it, using Rusen’s typology of historical narration as a methodological tool and po

Lebanese women cannot confer their citizenship to their children incase they marry a non-Lebanese man, nor can the man become a naturalized citizen through his Lebanese spouse. The purpose of this study is to describe the reasons to the policy of dependent citizenship in the Lebanese case, as well as its objectives. Lebanese women’s dependent citizenship in conjunction with the 15 different confes

The aim was to study whether stimuli that cannot be detected consciously might nevertheless influence subject’s higher cognitive functions, and whether such an effect differs in individuals with different levels of state-trait anxiety, social desirability and “Repressor”. Participants (N = 56) listened to a classical piece of music in which subliminal messages were embedded. These messages could b

Abstract Being a public authority, as the Swedish Vägverket, includes communication with youth. A lot of research is done concerning youth and its life conditions – they are the future and thereby important to understand. A common goal for public authorities of today is to cooperate to create more value for the citizen. The web service Körkortsportalen is a result of that. The research questions a

Title: Investor relations from the perspective of young investors: A quantitative study of individual investors’ preferences in information and communication channels. Author: Cathrine Lorvik Advisor: Jesper Falkheimer Language: Norwegian Problem: Within the research field of investor relations there is lacking studies that focus on individual investors, i.e. the receiver perspective. At the same

Titel: Att upprätthålla samarbetsrelationer i ett destinationsnätverk – En studie om målsättningars, förtroendens och strukturens betydelse. Universitet: Institutionen för Service Management, Lunds Universitet, Sverige. Kurs/Nivå: SMTX06, Kandidatuppsats 15 hp. Författare: Charlotte Lundquist, Emma Nilsson, Jessica Vestin Handledare: Johan Hultman, Erika Andersson Cederholm Problembeskrivning: Des

Abstract Issue: Theories of how to use communication tools and what underlying strategies should be are many, but why do we not know how a successful organization values these tools and how they make these strategies into action? Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to expose how a large, decentralized and successful organization is using internal communications, and how they communicate organiza

Föreningar har överlag svårt att rekrytera och engagera nya medlemmar till sin verksamhet. Det är främst i målgruppen unga vuxna, som antalet engagerade är underrepresenterade. Detta är både ett samhällsproblem och ett problem hos många föreningar. Vi är därför nyfikna på hur ideella organisationer arbetar med sitt varumärke för att nå denna målgrupp. Vårt syfte med denna uppsats är att fördjupa k

European communication is a growing, but still a small field of study without a real housing within the academia. Strategic communication can to this end profit from providing a new ground for European communication to evolve as its democratic incentive relates to the fundamental aspects of the construction and transformation of European society. The essay puts focus on the communicative developme

The public sector of today is often characterised by reduced finance and increased competition, which makes it harder to attract the highest skilled employees. This thesis attempts to generate new knowledge about employer branding within the public sector. We have carried out a case study on Universitetssjukhuset MAS (UMAS) and studied three different groups; employees in leading positions, doctor

The purpose of this master’s thesis is to critically discuss blogs as a medium for dialogue based communication in a public relations context, and to empirically study how organizations and blogs perceive each other and how this affects the organization’s public relations practice. The research was partly conducted through qualitative interviews with communications professionals representing six m

This master thesis is a qualitative analysis of leaders' choice and usage of internal blogs and the impact it has on leadership within Ericsson. Leaders choose to use the internal blogs because they are informal, personal channels of communication that can reach out directly to many employees and create credibility. Internal blogs are used to communicate job-related information in a personal w

Purpose: The purpose of this master thesis is to explain how organizations, as an actor of corporate social responsibility, can create conditions for legitimacy in a complex world. Method: To address how organizations can create conditions for legitimacy we accomplish qualitative interviews with Communication managers and CSR managers in five Swedish social responsible organizations. Findings: The

The provision of military and armed security services typically is the monopoly domain of the state. With the end of the Cold War legitimate private firms, however, expanded as worldwide providers of military and security services. The proliferation of private military companies echoes back to pre-modern eras when it was customary for state rulers to allocate force and security through the market.

Syfte: Syftet med vår uppsats är att undersöka huruvida företags CSR-arbete gällande etik- och miljöfrågor kopplat till motivation skiljer sig beroende på företagets inriktning. Vårt mål är även att undersöka huruvida de klassiska motivationsteorierna går att applicera på CSR. Genom att studera detta hoppas vi kunna dra slutsatser kring om olika typer av företag arbetar med CSR-relaterad motivatio

Vår uppsats är baserad på teorierna kring definitionen av anställningsotrygghet, orsaker till anställningsotrygghet och vilka hanteringsprocesser individen väljer att använda för att undvika osäkerhet. Vi har intervjuat 12 stycken Sköterskor på lunds universitet angående deras förhållningssätt till sin anställning efter besked om sparkrav. Vårt resultat: Det existerar en så pass stor distans mella

The specific aim of the study was to ascertain what may influence the implementation of HIV/AIDS workplace programmes in two global organisations operating in Botswana. A case study approach was applied, focusing on two case companies defining themselves as good corporate citizens and in relation to this are implementing workplace programmes applying the same model and service provider. It was fou

Syfte: Vårt övergripande syfte med den här uppsatsen är att analysera och beskriva sambandet mellan produktutveckling och benchmarking. Resultat: Resultat av studien visar att det finns ett samband mellan benchmarking och produktutveckling. Benchmarking är en integrerad del i produktutvecklingsprocessen. Vi har kommit fram till fem gemensamma faktorer; Projektering, Målsättning, Implementering, Ut