Abstract: Elite soccer in combination with education is a unique and demanding task. The path towards a glory career in sports takes hard mental and physical training. The objectives in this study are 6 elite focused high school students studying high school education programs in combination with football profile. They are 3 of each gender. The purpose of the study was to find out more about their perspective of motivation and what makes them keep going towards a career in football in beside their education.The study is of empiric hermeneutic survey used qualitative method and interviewing to collect data.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the managers? perspective on leadership in relation to the motivation of the employees by an example of a manning and recruitment agencies. This is implemented by framing of two questions; What kind of leadership can be identified by middle managers to motivate their employees? Which motivation factors are relevant to employees based on the perspective of the managers? To answer the question and identify leadership strategies and motivational factors and the relationship in between, we have conducted eight interviews with persons who hold a middle management position. Through a qualitative investigation we have been able to go into depth and had access to these managers reflections, thoughts and experiences.

Titel: Corporate Social Responsibility inom fastighetsbranschen, en fallstudie om bostadsföretaget Bostad AB MimerSeminariedatum: 2013-05-29Högskola: Mälardalens högskola, VästeråsInstitution: Akademin för Ekonomi, Samhälle och Teknik (EST)Nivå: Kandidatuppsats i Företagsekonomi, 15hp (FÖA300)Författare: David Berg, Alexandra Bredahl, Kristoffer KarlssonExaminator: Cecilia ErixonHandledare: Birgitta SchwartzSidantal: 36Bilagor: 4Nyckelord: CSR, kommunalägda bostadsföretag, hållbar utveckling, samhällsansvarFrågeställning:? Hur och varför arbetar Mimer med CSR?? Hur kombinerar Mimer affärsmässighet med samhällsansvar?? Vilka förbättringsmöjligheter finns i Mimers CSR-arbete?Syfte: Syftet med studien är att öka förståelsen varför ett kommunalt bostadsföretag som Mimer väljer att investera i hållbar samhällsutveckling samt undersöka om det finns något samband mellan samhällsansvar och ekonomisk vinst.Metod: En kvalitativ fallstudie med en abduktiv ansats som genomfördes med  semistrukturerade intervjuer från ett urval av anställda på ett kommunalägt bostadsföretag.Slutsats: För att uppfylla sitt lagliga ansvar om att agera utefter affärsmässiga principer måste ett kommunalägt bostadsföretag som Mimer kombinera ett  miljömässigt, socialt och ekonomiskt ansvar. Genom att kombinera dessa delar kan Mimer agera som ett ansvarsfullt företag och uppfylla intressenternas förväntningar och krav. Mimer använder CSR som en sätt att förbättra sitt anseende och skapa ekonomisk vinning på lång sikt. Genom att kommunicera detta internt och externt kan Mimer stärka sitt varumärke och skapa konkurrensfördelar.

This study examines how Qatar and Russia utilize football as an instrument of foreign-policy. While previous reasearch has primarily focused on mega-events, such as the Olympic games and the FIFA World Cup, this thesis expands the scope by analyzing how footbal functions as a strategic tool for nation branding in both countries. The study employs a comparative qualitative case study appraoch, based on Simon Anholt?s nation branding framework, modified to include four dimensions instead of six. The analysis demonstrates that both Qatar and Russia leverage football to advance their foreign policy objectives, but in markedly different ways.

I have with this thesis sought to understand how chick lit could be useful in the classroom in the teaching of Swedish B-course in high school. Based on the model of critical literacy I am arguing that this genre would help to meet the objectives of the policy documents which, among other things, are to critically examine and analyze various types of texts.I have found that some of these texts could be used for analyzing and critically examine the ideological dimensions of texts and cultural heritage by the model of critical literacy, and also as a counterweight to the more traditional teaching of the canonical literature as a literary historical stuff that students should learn. I have also wanted to create a basis for discussions about literature in the classroom based on the chick lit genre. To do this I have, based on three themes and questions from the model of critical literacy, tried to focus on issues that might emerge from the ideological analysis and critical review. The model aims to deconstruct norms of society, and in the work of chick lit, I wanted to show how you could deconstruct norms around gender..

Shareholder value has its origin in the American corporate governance system and has been the subject of great debate over the last few decades. The proponents claim that it creates economic efficiency while the critics argue that maximization of shareholder value jeopardizes the long term survival of companies. However, the debate in Sweden already seems to have forgotten the question of how embedded the ideology really is and what´s leading its way. This study show that shareholder value has developed and been established in Swedish companies between 1995 and 2005. The study has found evidence that suggests that the development can primarily be linked to board networks and international exposure.

Companies have in the past decades changed fromtraditional manufacturing organizations into serviceorganizations. For these service organizationsinformation and competence have become animportant resource. The traditional view oninformation is that an employee use and search forinformation to reduce uncertainty for their decisionmaking. Even though information is strategicallyimportant for organizations, information is not valuedin any way. Hence, this thesis aims to valueinformation in terms of the utility it brings to theorganization.The conclusion is that four factors are important whenvaluing information in terms of utility.

This report will examine various solar energy technologies in order to decide if they could be applied in the Royal Seaport. The Royal Seaport is a Swedish urban district under development in Stockholm, with the goal of becoming a sustainable district. Two main techniques, solar collectors and solar cells, including sub-categories, are addressed in this report. Another sub-category, a hybrid system, will also be mentioned. The main difference between solar collectors and solar cells is the type of energy produced by the system.

Styrelseledamot och VD har som uppgift att tillgodose bolagets och dess aktieägares intressen och dessa organ är därmed bundna av en viss lojalitetsplikt gentemot bolaget. Grunden till bestämmelser angående lojalitetsplikten är att förhindra att bolagsledningen handlar i egenintresse, men att bolagsledningen skall vara lojala mot bolaget de representerar följer i Sverige mer av allmänna sysslomannaprinciper än av bolagsrättsliga regler. Aktiebolagslagen ger nämligen uttryck för denna plikt endast i ett fåtal regler: jävsbestämmelserna och generalklausulen. Lojalitetsplikten är dock mer omfattande än så och det kan uppstå situationer där styrelseledamot eller VD får möjlighet att agera i eget intresse på bolagets bekostnad utan att bolaget är part i rättshandlingen. Dessa situationer berörs varken av jävsreglerna, generalklausulen, eller ABL i övrigt.

The purpose with this essay is to find out which demands the syllabus for the Swedish language make on the pupils in compulsory school compared to some active teachers? point of view. The method I have used to find out is a qualitative interview, where I have interviewed four Swedish teachers of various professional experiences.After the change of government in 1991, the new curriculum committee had a mission where the goal was to develop the best school in Europe. A national target was introduced and the goals were proposed to be of two kinds; goals to strive for and goals to achieve. A problem in this is that the knowledge that pupils in ninth grade will acquire, is formulated in such a manner so that not even experts in each subject would live up to the demands placed on the students.

This Thesis in Military Technology deals with experiences drawn from the forced introduction of Weapons Station 01, 2009. The work aims to identify the experiences regarding the forced procurement of military equipment to see how they can develop normal and fast procurement of equipment. The main conclusions of  this work, is to achieve greater capability and increase the military utility, are: -          Common objectives and priorities of stakeholders-          Response and joint types shall determine requirements for system-          Ensure an integrated project team also at lower levels-          Engage the integrated logistic support early in the materiel process-          Include Armed Forces staff as early as possible in the testing and validation-          Prioritize work to facilitate the rapid development of decision on use (BOA)-          Provide back up for increased redundancy in the mission area .

Corporations meet complex challenges as they operate on a global market. Global multidimensional problems are referred to wicked problems and which cannot be solved only managed. In this case, of certified palm oil, palm oil production can be seen as a wicked problem due to deforestation of rainforest, land grabbing and social conflicts. There are also conflicts regarding the value and interest of palm oil. This thesis investigates the Swedish transformation for certified palm oil and how actors in the Swedish food market address this transformation to have certified palm oil in their production. The aim of this thesis is to explain enabling factors to address the governance gap of ethical sourcing in the food industry.

Background Svenska Spel is a regulated company run by the state and government, where CSR, community and social responsibility is in focus. The highly regulated Swedish gaming market has in recent years become more exposed to competition by foreign unregulated betting companies thru Internet.Problem discussion There are two views regarding CSR and how they are affecting competitive advantage and profitability. On one hand, it suggests that companies foremost shall focus profits and act in the best interest of the shareholders. On the other hand, it connects CSR to be a contributor to competitive advantage that increases the company?s profitability.Problem formulation Svenska Spel is competing with other betting companies who doesn´t act under the same conditions, betting companies that don´t have a responsibility to the state.

May 2010 a project called drop-in sports was started to get boys and girlsin the ages of 13-20 more physically active and keep them away from  committing crime. With the slogan ?come as you are, whenever you want and do what you want for free ? spontaneous sports was organized. To evaluate the project a research of the activity was carried out, where two of the objectives were to investigate how responsibility and empowerment is taken. Twelve hours of observations studies were used to collect data about leadership decision-making and democratic values in forms of respect, everybody?s right to play and influence.

Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, har under de senaste decennierna kommit att bliett vedertaget begrepp och att engagera sig i CSR har blivit en självklarhet för mångaföretag. Företag förväntas definiera sin roll i samhället och applicera både etiska ochsociala normer inom sitt företagande. Läkemedel utvecklas och produceras för att förbättra hälsotillståndet i världen och det finns således en naturlig koppling mellan läkemedelsbranschen och CSR. Denna utredning berör det globala läkemedelsföretaget AstraZeneca och deras arbete medCSR. Att det inträffar olika typer av förödande katastrofer på jorden är ett faktum och vid dessa tillfällen donerar AstraZeneca läkemedel till behövande.