The study is about the Collaboration between assistance administrators and unit managers. The aim of the study was to understand the assistance administrators and unit managers interpretation of the concept of Collaboration, as well as their experience of Collaboration in the practical work in elderly care in the common work around care recipients in the evaluation and execution of home help services. The analyse of the interview material was conducted by using Collaboration and New Public Management (NPM). We used the qualitative method in our study with semi-structured questions. The interviews were transcribed, coded and thematised based on our questions. When interpreting the interviews we used the hermeneutic circle in which we analyzed the study's various parts and then attached them to the Collaboration, NPM and also to earlier research and to each other. The conclusions that emerged raises the important factors for Collaboration and could be linked to Collaboration, NPM and previous research.

AbstractObstacles or opportunities? ? A study of the experience of Collaboration of social welfare secretaries and school staff.The purpose of this study is to illustrate the importance of the work with children and youth through the joint efforts between different authorities. The study deals with the Collaboration between the social services and schools in the Ludvika municipality. The objective of the study is to investigate how teaching personnel and headmasters in compulsory schools and the social welfare secretaries in Ludvika, experience the Collaboration, and how this works. On the basis of the objective, we have formulated some relevant questions; To what degree are schools aware of the model of Collaboration, which is the basis for Collaboration within the municipality, and are there any differences in awareness between different categories of employees? Other questions deal with differences in how the social services and schools experience the Collaboration, discrepancies between different schools in this regard and if the respondents? experience any obstacles and/or opportunities by the Collaboration.Collaboration is, and has been, a pressing issue for a long time in the public debate.

The following is an explorative work on various forms of Collaboration. The core of our exploration revolves around the idea of co-operation as a tool for examination, a collective working method, the input/output within creative practices as well as a phenomena in its own right? It is however not ?simply? about Collaboration, but rather places as much focus on a highly personal search for new working methods, new approaches towards research and on the development of our relationship to graphic design. From beginning to end, the entire project has become a work whereby the term ?we? has been more important than ?me? ? a well-functioning project with a common purpose: a Collaboration, between us..

The purpose of this bachelor?s thesis is to examine how public librarians and people engaged in sports associations think of the possibility of Collaboration between their organizations regarding children and youth and furthermore how they think this Collaboration and Collaboration in general would or should be practiced. This is done in the light of the increasing necessity of Collaboration in today?s information society as well as the view that reading and sports could make a good match. Focus is placed on the libraries? perspective and also on the respondents? perceptions and thoughts.

On the basis of theoretical knowledge about the complex of problems which can occur in an implementation of a Collaboration project, the purpose of this essay is, to examine how representatives on each authority relate to and manage Collaboration as a work method, the awareness of problems within the organisations that collaborate, and the preparedness around how to manage problems with Collaboration. "Unga vuxna" is a Collaboration project between Kalmar county council and all 12 municipalities in the county council. More specifically it is a cooperation project between psychiatry and social services. Theories used in this essay are professor Berth Danermarks studies about Collaboration, and social psychologist Jay Hall?s theory about capability.

Companies and organizations recognize the importance of Collaboration to develop responsibility and ability of change in the workplace. The concept of Collaboration was a relatively new idea in business in the late 1980s. In a Nordic context, Collaboration is a traditional approach that companies use successfully for competition, survival and development. Collaborative organizational efforts cover management of committed people who can help companies achieve flexibility, customer loyalty, innovation and economic success on a challenging and competitive market. Many theorists believe that Collaboration is the key to integrating technology, financial competence and innovation.

The aim of this study was to investigate how school counselors experienced Collaboration with social services and whether they felt they have the ability to improve upon this Collaboration. The empirical data consists of qualitative interviews with eight school counselors from public schools, ages 13 to 15, in eight separate municipalities in the Stockholm area. The main results showed that the school counselors recognized the positive benefits from Collaboration, but that they in practice experienced difficulties turning this into a high-quality Collaboration. The school counselors experienced that due to uncertain expectations in the Collaboration it led to unclear distribution of areas of responsibilities. The school counselors expressed small or no possibilities for them to improve upon Collaboration but pointed out that higher commitment and a positive attitude are valuable attributes to improving Collaboration.

The design process of an interaction design student is mostly collaborative and computer oriented. Based on this, it?s hard to believe that we have not yet found a tool that will facilitate our needs. With this in mind, which elements do we need to promote Collaboration in a virtual design process? This thesis will include design processes, Collaboration, creativity and virtual awareness, amongst others.

The aim of this bachelor thesis is to examine the Collaboration between school librarians and teachers in primary school, in order to illustrate how the two professions can work together, how they see their own roles and how they look at the other professionals´ roles. We also discuss earlier studies in LIS concerning Collaboration between teachers and librarians. The method of investigation is qualitative interviews with practicing school librarians and teachers, we interviewed three school librarians and three teachers from three different schools in the same county.  As a basis of the discussion and analysis Andrew Abbott's theory of professions is used. The thesis shows that Collaboration differs between the schools.

The title of this essay is ?Collaboration between social services and schools?. Research shows that many children and youth who are badly treated are not noticed and do not receive the help that they need. This could be due to the lack of Collaboration between different authorities and professionals. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze how the social services and schools are collaborating in terms of children and youth who are badly treated or is at risk of being badly treated and to identify what factors make Collaboration possible and hinder it.

Companies and organizations recognize the importance of Collaboration to develop responsibility and ability of change in the workplace. The concept of Collaboration was a relatively new idea in business in the late 1980s. In a Nordic context, Collaboration is a traditional approach that companies use successfully for competition, survival and development. Collaborative organizational efforts cover management of committed people who can help companies achieve flexibility, customer loyalty, innovation and economic success on a challenging and competitive market. Many theorists believe that Collaboration is the key to integrating technology, financial competence and innovation.

Eight libraries, seven public libraries and one college library, in the northeast of Skåne serve as foundation in a Collaboration where students and adult learners are placed in the center of attention. The aim of this Master's thesis in library and information science was to study how the students and adult learners in the northeast of Skåne perceive the library services that are developed with their needs in mind.Our method for this thesis was a quantitative interview study. We aimed to conduct interviews with users at the public libraries within the cooperation and thereby find out whether or not users within the target group were aware of the services that are developed and established within the northeast Skåne Collaboration.The results showed that only a few respondents in the key target group did in fact know about certain parts of the library services especially developed for the northeast of Skåne-Collaboration. The majority of the key target group also thought that study-related literature and reading rooms were the most important means that the libraries have to offer them in their studies. The northeast of Skåne-Collaboration had many ideas concerning library services.

This is a qualitative study based on interviews with professionals who are cooperating at a children advocacy center, in swedish called ?Barnahus?. The center, Barnahus, pulls together law enforcement, criminal justice, child protective service, medical and mental health workers in to one coordinated team. Children suspected to be victims of any kind of violence or sexual abuse shall, at Barnahus, be offered coordinated efforts and support all the way from suspicion to possible intervention. The aim of the study is to examine how the participants involved relate to Collaboration in Barnahus. The study will also present the success factors and barriers to Collaboration that identifies by the participating actors, who are mentioned above.The study will provide insight and understanding of how Collaboration can be represented in multiprofessional activities in practice..

 Collaboration is a tool many organizations use to achive a certain goal. In previous research it can be read about both advantages and disadvantages of Collaboration and also that a well-functioning Collaboration is difficult to achieve. In previous research there is a shortage of scientific researches illustrating the outcome of Collaboration. I have chosen to examine the cooperation between the social services and schools of the municipality of Växjö. The purpose of this essay is to understand what experiences staff working with children/young people in school and social services have of Collaboration between each others organizations.

The purpose of this study was to examine how the authorities in Sweden collaborate when it comes to discourage trafficking for sexual purposes. More specifically the aim was to find which directives and problems the work of the individual authorities constitute in and how does it affect Collaboration with other authorities. The study was based on interviews with six respondents, which have experience working within this field. Three themes were identified: what is Collaboration, different perspectives, regulatory frameworks and different fundamental values within the organisations. The study concluded that Collaboration is affected by several factors such as the absence of knowledge about trafficking for sexual purposes and the laws which regulate confidentiality, difficulties in defining Collaboration as a concept and the authorities different ideas about what have to be done in the context of discouraging trafficking for sexual purposes.