Abstract______________________________________________________________________Title:A study about creating understanding for different kinds of empowermentLevel:Bachelors thesis in Business Administration, 15 creditsAuthor:Fredrik LegovicSupervisor:Tomas KällquistDate:2014 - JuneAim:The main purpose of this study is to increase the understanding for different kinds of empowerment and how it affects the staff in the public sector.Method:The choice of method was based on the research aim. The method used to meet the objective was qualitative. The qualitative study was conducted with a hermeneutic basis, where individuals were asked to describe their experience of empowerment and how they feel affected of it. This thesis has a deductive approach, where existing theories dealing empowerment formed the basis for the design of interview substrate, which is then paired with the empirical evidence, based on this the conclusions was drawn.Result & Conclusion:What separates the different kinds of empowerment and how it affect the staff depends most of all on how the management chooses to communicate and share information with their staff.Suggestions for future research:A study regarding managers that works with different kinds of empowerment, and how that affects them, could be regarded as an interesting future research.Contribution of thesis:It shows that different kinds of empowerment affect the staff in different ways, which I made clear to the readers.Keywords:empowerment, thinking skills, relations and organizational - structure and theory.

According to FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) shall at least a mean of 10 trees per hectare including riparian zones and other areas with high biological values be left in final felling. In addition large clear areas should not be created and all retained trees with high environmental value shall be spared. To leave trees in final felling means a lower cutting volume and hence a lower income from the cutting, but it also means that the production in the next generation becomes less because of competition. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect retained trees have on the production in the new generation of forest, and to investigate if there is any way to lower this effect. The environmental care has also been estimated by the amount left in final felling.

Syfte: Att undersöka budgetens roll i olika företag inom verkstadsindustrin och hur rollen har påverkats av den finansiella krisen samt den efterföljande lågkonjunkturen. Att utreda vilken påverkan andra externa och interna faktorer har på budgetens roll, genom att analysera de specifika förhållanden som företag verkar inom. Metod: Studie av tre verkstadsföretag genom personliga intervjuer. Slutsatser: Studien har utgått från en indelning av budgetens syften i dess roll som planeringsverktyg och dess roll som motivationsverktyg. I de studerade företagen har finanskrisen inte påverkat budgeten som planeringsverktyg. Däremot har rollen som motivationsverktyg förstärkts i två av de undersökta företagen.

TITEL: Så påverkar belöningssystemet Oktogonen motivationen i Handelsbanken i Ronneby HYPOTES: Belöningssystemet Oktogonen påverkar inte motivationen i Handelsbanken i Ronneby. SVAR PÅ HYPOTES: Hypotesen förkastas. Belöningssystemet Oktogonen påverkar motivationen i Handelsbanken i Ronneby. FÖRFATTARE: Torbjörn Dahlgren och Fredrik Hultberg HANDLEDARE: Klaus Solberg Søilen INSTITUTION: Institutionen för Ekonomi, Management och Samhällsvetenskap KURS: Kandidatarbete i Företagsekonomi SYFTE: - få en djupare insikt och förståelse för belöningssystem som ett styrmedel - undersöka och analysera belöningssystemets påverkan på motivation. - utröna de effekter belöningssystemet haft på de anställda METOD: Kvalitativ metod med kvantitativa influenser. Empirin har insamlats på Handelsbankens kontor i Ronneby med 12 anställda SLUTSATS: Vår slutsats är att vinstdelningssystemet Oktogonen har en positiv inverkan på motivationen på Handelsbankens kontor i Ronneby. Detta system är enskilt den största motivationsfaktorn men sammanslaget så finns det ett antal andra förmåner som placerar sig högre upp i rangordningen än Oktogonen.

Fo?rfattare: Ellen Hedin Handledare: Elisabeth So?derquist Examinator: Jan Ha?rdig Titel: Spra?kinla?rning i ma?ngkulturella klassrum ? en kvalitativ studie av hinder och mo?jligheter fo?r la?rande i SFI-verksamhet A?mne: La?rarutbildning A?r: 2012 Syfte: Syftet med denna studie a?r att underso?ka hur elever och la?rare agerar i grupp och gentemot varandra fo?r att utro?na hinder och mo?jligheter fo?r spra?kinla?rning. Metod och teori: Studien utfo?rs med kvalitativ metod i form av deltagande observation. Den so?ker da?rfo?r djup snarare a?n bredd. Studien baseras pa? teorier skapade av Goffman med fokus pa? social interaktion mellan akto?rer inom fa?ltet fo?r att synliggo?ra de fra?gor som a?r viktiga fo?r akto?rerna. Slutsats: En ovilja att reflektera kring pedagogiska fra?gor a?r inte ha?llbar i dagens skola.

Abstract______________________________________________________________________Title:A study about creating understanding for different kinds of empowermentLevel:Bachelors thesis in Business Administration, 15 creditsAuthor:Fredrik LegovicSupervisor:Tomas KällquistDate:2014 - JuneAim:The main purpose of this study is to increase the understanding for different kinds of empowerment and how it affects the staff in the public sector.Method:The choice of method was based on the research aim. The method used to meet the objective was qualitative. The qualitative study was conducted with a hermeneutic basis, where individuals were asked to describe their experience of empowerment and how they feel affected of it. This thesis has a deductive approach, where existing theories dealing empowerment formed the basis for the design of interview substrate, which is then paired with the empirical evidence, based on this the conclusions was drawn.Result & Conclusion:What separates the different kinds of empowerment and how it affect the staff depends most of all on how the management chooses to communicate and share information with their staff.Suggestions for future research:A study regarding managers that works with different kinds of empowerment, and how that affects them, could be regarded as an interesting future research.Contribution of thesis:It shows that different kinds of empowerment affect the staff in different ways, which I made clear to the readers.Keywords:empowerment, thinking skills, relations and organizational - structure and theory.

AbstractTitle:Course:Authors: Advisor: Keywords: Problem formulation:Purpose:Target Group:Theoretical perspectives: Methodology: ResultSwedish leaders abroad ? A qualitative study about culture ?s influence on Swedish leadersBachelor dissertation - Business Administration, LeadershipAmanda Elg and Carl-Johan SaltarskiIngemar WictorLeadership, culture, impact and adjustmentHow can Swedish leaders in multinational companies adjust their leadership to the national culture?The aim of our study is to investigate whether Swedish managers are affected by the differences in national culture that exists between Sweden and the country that they operate in. We want to explore if they adapt their leadership to the culture.Our study is directed towards a target audience of Swedish leaders and other interested parties who wants to increase the understanding of culture ?s influence on an international career and what is required of the leader to deal with the cultural clashes that may rise.We have focused on theories related to differences in national culture and how it can affect the leadership and the organization.The study is of the qualitative type with a deductive approach where the empirical materials are gathered through interviews.Our results demonstrate leaders implementation of culture and leadership to influence the leadership of the national culture in which they operate. We have seen how leaders are affected by the national culture and how the leader adapts to achieve a successful leadership.

Environmental management officers ? leadership and employeeship in local environmental health authorityThe purpose of this study was to illustrate the working situation of municipal environmental health management officers. This is a qualitative study where I have interviewed ten environmental officers in ten municipalities in Sweden. The interviews were based on a half structured interview guide with questions. I have interpreted the interviews through different leadership theories.

Present master of science thesis has been carried out at the Swedish Road Administration consulting services (Vägverket Konsult) in Karlstad. The purpose of the study is to investigate how well the calculated drawdown of the groundwater table predicts the actual drawdown when the road and railway gates at the studied sites are built. For this purpose the groundwater levels at the three bridges were measured during 6 months. The bridges in question are two railway bridges situated in Ölme and Ulvåker and one road bridge crossing a pedestrian and cycling path in Lidköping.In Ölme the calculated area of influence was smaller than the measured one. It differed up to 30 meters, i.e.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the problems of building a new region in the Southeast part of Sweden. The idea of a big south Swedish region is brand new; no former studies in this area have been done before. The main analytical focus of this study is legitimacy, identity and democratic credentials. The study has been carried out by interviews with several leaders in organizations working with the collaborations of the smaller regions in to the big region. The method of this study has been a single-case study and dialogue interviews.

In this essay we have examined how social workers experience their positions as a public authority person in a society of democracy. As a public officer you have to follow rules and obey the law, which can be difficult if they don't agree with your personal opinion and values. In social work you work with people in a vulnerable situation and it may become extremely demanding to stand between the directions of established public administration and your own opinions. We have interviewed ten social workers working in social childcare division and analysed how they experience their situation at work. Our starting point is the critical theory of professor Lennart Lundquist about how democracy works in Swedish administrations.

Behovet av reglering av relationerna mellan ledningen/bolagsorganen och ägarna i aktiebolag har fått en allt större betydelse till följd av den ökande internationaliseringen. Synen på de etiska reglerna har förvrängts. Skandalerna har duggat tätt i hela världen och förtroendet för företagsledningarna har minskat kraftigt. Naturligtvis utgör svenska företag inte något undantag. För att motverka dessa strömningar har lagar och regelverk om ökad intern kontroll stiftats.

Ett kommunikativt ledarskap kännetecknas av en ledare som coachar och ger sina medarbetare eget ansvar, skapar strukturer som underlättar arbetet, har tydliga förväntningar, är tillgänglig för medarbetarna, ger feedback och löser problem. Syftet med studien var att undersöka relationen mellan ett kommunikativt ledarskap och medarbetares arbetsmotivation. Studien baseras på en enkätundersökning med deltagare från 16 olika yrkeskategorier där de flesta arbetar inom administration, hälsa och sjukvård, pedagogiskt arbete, socialt arbete och inom militären. Med hjälp av enkäten har två grupper gjorts, en grupp som anger över medelvärdet på frågor som behandlar ledarens kommunikativa egenskaper och en grupp som inte anser att deras ledare är kommunikativ. Resultatet visar att gruppen med en kommunikativ ledare även upplever högre inre motivation.

The subject of this thesis is to ascertain the task of the public library in Swedish society today according to the employer, that is the State and the municipalities, and according to the public library itself. The thesis also tries to establish as to what extent these different actors share the same view of the task. To this purpose I have studied the library law, the target reports of municipal authorities and public libraries, and made interviews with public library representatives during the autumn of 2001. The particular consideration of this paper is whether the task is being described in active, culture making terms or in passive, service functionary terms. Initially, I describe the task according to the library law.

Agile as an idea was created in 2001 through the Agile Manifesto with focus on social relationships, communication and flexibility. This was a reaction to the traditional, hierarchical organization with the goal of restoring balance within organizations in the IT business. Today we can see a transit of Agile from the IT-industry to other industries and areas, such as HRM.There is a challenge in attempting to traditionally control a social idea such as Agile, and there is a lack of empirical studies of the organizational context and its effect on the interpretation of Agile in practice. This study is an attempt to connect Agile to the science of business administration.The purpose with this study is therefore to research the organizational contexts effects on the interpretation of Agile in practice, within IT and HRM. Where Agile is established or well known.To fulfill our purpose we chose social constructivism as our scientifically approach, and conducted 12 in-depth interviews.