The well-being of employees has become a key concept in the rhetoric of the company boards and business literature of today. There is however not much statistic evidence of a connection between economic results and the perceived working climate. This thesis sets out to investigate whether there is a positive correlation between economic results and working climate on a work group level. It also aims to study which specific working climate factors influence the results. In order to meet its purpose this thesis analyzes employee satisfaction questionnaire data and economic results from more than 300 work groups.

Att bromsa klimatfo?ra?ndringarna och ta hand om dagens miljo?problem pa? ett sa?dant sa?tt kommande generationers mo?jligheter att uppfylla sina behov inte ha?mmas a?r en av de sto?rsta utmaningarna som ma?nskligheten sta?llts info?r. En del i problematiken a?r att minska beroendet av utvinning av nya resurser och i sta?llet a?teranva?nda de resurser som redan finns integrerade i samha?llet fo?r att kunna fra?mja, samt skapa, fungerande kretslopp. Na?ringsa?mnen som fosfor och kva?ve, som finns i avloppsslam, kan exempelvis utvinnas och a?teranva?ndas.

In December 2004 an earthquake coursed waves that hit Thailand. Over 5000 people died, and Sweden was the tourist country that has been effected the worst. The catastrophe precipitated Sweden in crises and the demand became high for Swedish government to act. Swedes followed the development via media, why media became the crucial element for how the public perceived politicians? acting.

In theory, the management control of maintenance functions is described as problematic due to the nature of the work performed in the unit. The purpose of this thesis is to examine these predicted problems in practice. Further,the thesis aims at identifying how these control problems may affect the relationships between the maintenance department and its internal customers. A case study has been conducted in one of Sweden?s largest industrial companies to investigate the said control problems in practice.

Media has power and impact. It is therefore important for managers to be able to handle media storms when they arise. If not, the brand can be affected negatively. It is managers who should learn to handle media storms because the managers constitute an important part of the external face of the company. Because it is managers who should learn to handle media storms it is interesting to study how media storms should be handled from a theoretical management-perspective.

Title: ?The director should be treated with silk gloves.? A discourse analysis of the film director as a leader and a case study of a short film Seminar date: 19 February 2008 Course: Master thesis in organizational studies, 20 Swedish credits Author: Johanna Ranes Advisor: Ph.D. Nanna Gillberg Key words: Film, the film director, discourse analysis, social constructionism, gender studies, creative leadership. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to illustrate and problemize the consequences of the traditional male domination in film creation for a female director by critically examining the construction of the film director. Methodology: The study is based on a qualitative case study which was conducted as a participant observation.

Of all observable societal trends, the proliferation of standardizing processes is striking. Auditing standards are an illustrative example of this. Not only privately owned companies must today make available numbers and key figures to satisfy needs of information and knowledge. Government agencies are increasingly conforming to this trend, adopting standards for quality assurance and monitoring, producing numbers and annual reports ? despite their somewhat ambiguous task and role.

Jag har i denna uppsats underso?kt hur ansta?llda inom Svenska kyrkans gudsbilder sta?r i fo?rha?llande till de gudsbilder som ga?r att utla?sa i Svenska kyrkans beka?nnelseskrifter samt i Kyrkoordningen fo?r Svenska kyrkan. Detta har jag gjort genom kvalitativa intervjuer med en intervjumetod baserad pa? och inspirerad av Jan Trost. Fo?r att studien skulle falla inom ramarna fo?r uppsatsens omfa?ng gjorde jag ett urval ur Svenska kyrkans beka?nnelseskrifter som jag baserade pa? vilken relevans skriften har fo?r ansta?llda och medlemmar inom organisationen.

Purpose This thesis tries to create an understanding of how male homosexual entrepreneurs, both as persons and as a concept, relates to the fact that entrepreneurship, as well as the society as a whole, is heteronormative. Moreover, it examines by what methods the male homosexual entrepreneurs cope with the seemingly paradox of a homosexual man who also is an entrepreneur. Method The method has been qualitative from a social construction-point of view. We have made semi-structured interviews with nine male homosexual entrepreneurs and structured the findings from the interviews with a computer programme and mind mapping techniques. We have compared the structured findings with theories, in an abducting manner, to find out an answer to the purpose of this thesis.

During the last 20 years, the Swedish health care system has faced major changes. One of them is the increasing pressure to generate economic profit due to private businesses entering the market. Health care units are forced to make some structural changes in order to become effective and efficient. As a result merger and acquisitions has become a part of the health care sector, and seems to be an increasing phenomenon. Mergers and acquisitions have mainly been studied in the industry.

The term CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) is frequently discussed today. Many large companies work actively with CSR related questions. However, few empirical studies exist on what this work entails and why it is undertaken. Instead, most of the academic research focuses on what the term itself should mean. To bridge this gap this study centers on the employees? perceptions of CSR.

Detta arbete syftar till att studera hur den fysiska miljo?n kan sta?rka stadslivet i staden genom att koppla ihop tva? handelsomra?den med olika karakta?r. Under andra halvan av 1900-talet har lokalisering av handel mer och mer fokuserats till la?gen utanfo?r stadens centrum pa? grund av bilsamha?llets framva?xt samt tillga?ngen och priset pa? mark. Handelns lokaler har dessutom vuxit och blivit allt sto?rre och mer ytkra?vande, na?got som det sa?llan finns plats fo?r i centrala la?gen.

Detta arbete syftar till att studera hur den fysiska miljo?n kan sta?rka stadslivet i staden genom att koppla ihop tva? handelsomra?den med olika karakta?r. Under andra halvan av 1900-talet har lokalisering av handel mer och mer fokuserats till la?gen utanfo?r stadens centrum pa? grund av bilsamha?llets framva?xt samt tillga?ngen och priset pa? mark. Handelns lokaler har dessutom vuxit och blivit allt sto?rre och mer ytkra?vande, na?got som det sa?llan finns plats fo?r i centrala la?gen.