• The Impact of Climate Change on the Wine Industry
  Leach, Zelina  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2020)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:

  Climate change and global warming are two well-known words in today’s environment. This together with visible effects from climate change and global warming makes the environmental awareness increase around the world. As a result of this the pressure on businesses and organizations to implement adaptation strategies, sustainable and environmental policies have increased. This also falls to the wine industry, which are greatly affected by climate change and global warming and is experience it more intensely over the world. The purpose of this study is therefor to explore how climate change over the last years has affected the wine industry and to explore how the wine industry today is adapting to a more sustainable production. By studying how these phenomenon affects the wine industry it might be possible to foresee how other types of productions might be affected by climate change as well. Viticulture is extra sensitive to climate change, it is a strong warning system for other crops-industries that climate change may affect them as well. Due to consequences of climate change a collaboration and knowledge transfer strategy between stakeholders of the wine industry, winegrowers and climate change experts would be an indication to evolve and improve the industry’s capacity to adapt and develop.

  Zelina Leach.pdf   (671.2Kb)

• Rollen som mellanchef i politiskt styrda organisationer
  Stojcevski, Samuel; Möller, Anton  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2020)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:	The purpose of the study is to describe and problematize middle managers roles within politically controlled organizations. Based on the concepts of politically controlled organizations, according to demands, resources, support and job related stress, we arranged interviews to receive answers on the following questions: How does the interviewed middle manager experience their role within the politically controlled organizations, according to the demands they have on them and the resources they have at theirs disposal? How does the participator view their psychosocial work environment, according to the demands and resources? Can they find support within the organization? How does the person being interviewed consider the impact of their profession? We interviewed eight middle managers to answer our questions above. Previous research about middle managers describe the role as based on high workload with limited latitude. The interest of researching the subject concerning middle managers came through this description of the role. The theoretical models that are in use to settle the study is the JD-R model and two theoretical concepts; political control and system theoretical handling of work- related stress. The result of this study present that the role of middle managers is complex, and is certainly not always easy to act upon. The structure within the organization leads to time restrictions, and the path to decision making is far. It even shows that the contested middle managers experience insufficient support from the management. Therefore, what we can see as well, is that the middle managers believe that the demands are fair, through the presumption that they are described clearly.
  Swedish abstract:	Syftet med studien är att beskriva och problematisera mellanchefers roll inom politiskt styrda organisationer. Med utgångspunkt i krav, resurs, stöd och arbetsrelaterad stress gav vi oss ut för att svara på följande frågeställningar: Hur upplever de intervjuade mellancheferna sin roll i den politiskt styrda organisationen utifrån de krav som ställs på dem och de resurser de har till sitt förfogande? Hur upplever deltagarna sin psykosociala arbetsmiljö utifrån krav, resurs och finner de stöd i verksamheten? Hur anser intervjupersonerna att den politiska styrningen påverkar deras roll? För att besvara dessa frågeställningar gjordes åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer med mellanchefer verksamma inom politiskt styrda organisationer. Tidigare forskning om mellanchefer framställer en ansträngd situation som präglas av hög arbetsbelastning och begränsat handlingsutrymme. Intresset för att studera mellanchefer väcktes genom denna framställningen av rollen. Det teoretiska ramverket för forskningsstudien innefattar JD-R modellen och två teoretiska begrepp vilka är Politisk styrning och Systemteoretisk hantering av arbetsrelaterad stress. Studiens resultat visar att mellanchefsrollen är en komplex roll som inte alltid är lätt att verka i. Den organisatoriska strukturen, med bland annat långa beslutsvägar, leder till att tidsbrist kan uppstå. Resultatet visar även att deltagande mellanchefer upplever bristande stöd från ledning. Därtill kan vi även se att mellancheferna upplever kraven som rimliga, med förutsättning att de är välformulerade och tydligt beskrivna.

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• How do left anti-systemic groups in the European Union meet the chall...
  Fischer, Hanna Franziska  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2020)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:

  This paper aims to research how left anti-systemic groups in the European Union meet the challenges a transnational political system creates for them. System critical movements have existed for a long time, but in times of an increasingly transnational multi-level polity it is important to consider how system criticism changes. In a qualitative study of six left antisystemic groups from Germany and Sweden, this paper seeks to give insights on left anti-system activism and the role of local groups in connection to transnational social movements. Qualitative interviews with group members, a qualitative content analysis and the connection to Social Movements Theories bring forward a hypothesis of how left anti-systemic groups use political theories, position themselves in the process of political change and what influence they can have on transnational social movements. In order to meet the challenges of (1) the difficulties of defining the political system that the groups are active against (the political system in the EU) (2) more complex and abstract issues that are dealt with (3) the fading importance of the role of the state in the process of political change, the groups adapt by using political literature in an open way and focusing on practical activism. Furthermore, the groups increasingly use transnationalism as a conception for their activism and therefore perceive their main tasks in providing infrastructure and continuous local organization to enable mobilization for transnational social movements. The role suggested for local or national anti-systemic groups in transnational social movements is existential, even though the importance of this role is not always reflected upon by the group members.

  IPES BA Thesis - Fischer - Archive copy.pdf   (679.6Kb)

• Capturing the Epiphany of Time - A Bergsonian Reading of Virginia Woo...
  Xu, Tao  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2020)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  Tao Xu thesis.pdf   (237.4Kb)

• Metoo och förändringen
  Hedman, Linnéa; Ghanbari, Sonia  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2020)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:	The Metoo movement has created a greater need for transparency and a deeper understanding of sexual harassment. A taboo subject that for centuries has consisted of a culture of silence, has entered the light and made visible. The decisive factor in the movement is that the recognition factor is extensive. The Metoo movement is run by people, it had an impact on all levels of society and will continue as long as the problem persists. The purpose of the research is to elucidate how the phenomenon of metoo has had an impact on the preventive work against sexual harassment in organizations in Sweden, but also how these changes have been established. The intention is also to contribute a greater understanding of preventive work against sexual harassment in the workplaces. This qualitative study is based on twelve qualitative semi-structured interviews, from three organizations in the Skåne region. The interviews were directed to four role-holders in each organization. These are in independent order: Leaders, employees, HR representative and trade union representative. We believe that Metoo has contributed to change, in some cases it has been noticeable, in other cases the movement has led to major changes. The concrete changes we have noticed are updated governance documents, clearer information on zero tolerance, annual employee surveys and reviews of workplace meetings. We perceive that there is still a large unrecorded number and that the problem is still high on the workplaces.
  Swedish abstract:	Metoo-rörelsen har skapat ett större behov av transparens och en djupare förståelse för sexuella trakasserier. Ett tabubelagt ämne som i århundrade har varit del av tystnadskultur har trätt in i ljuset och synliggjorts. Slagkraften i rörelsen är att igenkänningsfaktorn är omfattande. Metoo-rörelsen är folkstyrd och berör samtliga samhällsnivåer och kommer framskrida så länge problematiken kvarstår. Syftet med forskningen är att belysa hur fenomenet metoo har påverkat det förebyggande arbetet mot sexuella trakasserier i organisationer i Sverige. Men även hur dessa förändringar har etablerats. Med anledning att bidra till större förståelse av det förebyggande arbetet mot sexuella trakasserier på arbetsplatserna. Denna kvalitativa studie baseras på tolv kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer, från tre organisationer inom Skåneregionen. Intervjuerna har riktats till fyra rollinnehavare i respektive organisation. Dessa är i oberoende ordning: Ledare, medarbetare, HR-representant och fackligt-ombud. Vi vill tro att metoo har bidragit till förändring. I vissa fall har förändringen varit ringa märkbar, i andra fall har rörelsen lett till större förändringar. De konkreta förändringar vi har uppmärksammar är uppdaterade styrdokument, tydligare information om nolltolerans, årliga medarbetarundersökningar och genomgångar på arbetsplatsträffar. Vi uppfattar att det fortfarande finns ett stort mörkertal och att problematiken fortfarande är högaktuellt på arbetsplatser.

  Hedman och Ghanbari.pdf   (269.1Kb)

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