Many times it can be the simple things that affect the attitude of work and which have an importance on the organization's effectiveness. These are not always apparent but can have a large importance for the motivation and the attitude of work. Large number of companies uses wage and other financial rewards system but is there any form of informal factors that have an importance for the coworkers and that affects motivation. What factors that affect the motivation within the industry are interesting to examine and specifically the factors that are not apparent, in other words informal factors that increases the motivation. The purpose of this thesis is to examine and describe which informal motivator factors co-workers/employees in a production department think are meaningful.

The purpose of this study is to examine what creates motivation in the workplace of a small company with a high employee satisfaction index. The case study consists of qualitative interviews that help explain what the most important motivational factors are for the experienced IT consultants in a company that was founded by a circle of friends. The study concludes that the unique and equal pay model implicates an economic risk to the individual consultant but results in liberties, synergies and benefits. These appeal more than either self-employment or work at a larger IT consultancy that several consultants have backgrounds in. An expansion is ongoing since two years back, which threatened the culture but implicated opportunities for the individual consultants.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka vad det är som gör att eleverna känner sig motiverade eller omotiverade och vilka faktorer som påverkar deras motivation. Uppsatsen ger förhoppningsvis läsaren en fördjupad förståelse för elevers motivation.För att uppnå studiens syfte har jag genomfört kvalitativa intervjuer med åtta elever. Intervjufrågorna baseras på studiens frågeställningar: Vad är elevernas uppfattning om vad som gör dem motiverade? samt, Vilka faktorer påverkar elevernas motivation?Jag för även ett teoretiskt resonemang kring motivation som baserar sig på vad forskare tidigare har skrivit inom ämnet.Analysen av resultatet visar att eleverna i undersökningen i regel känner sig motiverade inför skolan och skolarbetet. Aspekter såsom engagerade lärare och elevernas mål påverkar motivationen.

The structural rationalization of rural firms in Sweden has led to many new creative ways of developing companies. The agriculture sector is characterized by the need of capital in form of buildings, labor and inventory. The rationalization process has led to free capacity in rural firms when new technology make buildings and inventory not longer necessary for the production process. To get a better cost coverage this free capacity can be used to start-up new business areas that help the rural firm to growth.The study aims to identify factors that motives entrepreneurs in rural firms to develop new business areas. The purpose is also to analyze driving forces that lies behind development of rural firms and the forces that support or not support development in rural firms.The study is built upon five cases that all can be categorized as firms with different size and orientation.

Motivation inom skolan är avgörande för elevers lärande. I self- determination theory (SDT) betonas vikten av inre motivation genom autonomi, kompetens och samhörighet. Stöd, höga förväntningar och målsättningar har visats sig ha positiv inverkan på motivation. Syftet med denna undersökning var att studera vad som främjar ungdomars motivation, med utgångspunkt i SDT samt ungdomars och vuxnas perspektiv, utifrån skilda tillvägagångssätt i motivationsarbete. Intervjuer genomfördes med 8 deltagare från en friskola och 8 från en ungdomsverksamhet.

Denna uppsats handlar om hur motionärer upplever musiken under styrketräningspass vid gruppträning och vad i musiken som är motiverande. För att samla in material till uppsatsen har jag använt mig av observation, enkät och analys av musik vid ett och samma styrketräningspass på Olympen Träningscenter. Empirin har utvärderats och tolkats utifrån den motivationsteorin som utarbetats av forskarna Edward L. Deci och Richard M. Ryan från University of Rochester i New York, som kallas för Self-Determination Theory eller SDT.

Syftet med litteraturstudien var att belysa vad motivation är och kan vara inom omvårdnad. Metoden för studien var litteraturstudie där åtta vetenskapliga artiklar redovisas i resultatet. Begreppet motivation är en viktig faktor för människan som patient i olika övergångar/rörelser från ohälsa till hälsa. Det är patientens egen motivation som är avgörande hur patienten lyckas att nå sina mål. Viktiga faktorer i motivationen är att patienten har en självmedvetenhet, att patienten känner förtroende för sjuksköterskan och en närvaro av de närstående.

Considering that the current technology is constantly improving, it becomes increasingly important to have an efficient logistics in a company to maintain profitability while achieving a competitive business. Efficient logistics may be accomplished by improving the internal materials handling. In this thesis the internal material handling of steel frames has been studied at a factory in Vaggeryd. The goal of this study is to investigate the problems that exist with the current production flow of products and provide suggestions on how it can be developed to reduce unnecessary handling and movement.The study has a deductive approach where the authors has been using literature studies parallel with empirical analyzes conducted at a company to achieve the purpose of the study. Documentation from the company and interviews with staff and observations form the basis for the data collection carried out.

The need for second language learning is increasing in today?s multicultural and globalized society, and adult studies are becoming more common. Teachers must encourage all students, and all schools need to promote equality. Motivation is one of the most important factors for positive learning and progress, and it can be helpful for second language teachers to know more about this subject. The aim of this study was to examine which motivational factors that influence adult immigrants to learn Swedish through SFI education in Sweden.

I den här studien undersöker jag hur aktiva lärare reflekterar kring motivation och vilka metoder och tillvägagångssätt de använder för att öka elevers motivation till läsning. Jag tar del av lärarnas egna perspektiv och erfarenheter och valde därför att använda mig av kvalitativ intervju som val av metod. Dessa intervjuer utför jag på tre lärare som alla arbetar på mellanstadiet med ämnet svenska då jag anser att detta ger mig tillräckligt med information för att besvara mina frågeställningar. Denscombe (2009) beskriver intervju som en lättvindig och fördelaktig metod vid de tillfällen då man vill undersöka en människas tankar.Resultatet visar ganska tydligt hur lärare reflekterar över motivation och alla anser det vara en viktig del i arbetet som lärare för att kunna hjälpa elever frammåt. Det visar även att samtliga lärare använder sig av liknande mönster för att skapa motivation till läsning och dessa har jag kategoriserat i resultatet i form av olika underrubriker, exempelvis ''böckernas åtkomlighet'', ''lärarens betydelse'' och ''hemmets betydelse''.

Syftet med studien är att via tidigare utförd forskning undersöka om det finns och hur eventuella samband ser ut mellan motivation och motion. Studien utfördes genom en metaanalys, insamlingen av artiklar var ifrån databaser vilket Högskolan i Gävle ger studenter tillgång till. Utsållning av artiklar skedde utifrån sökkriterier som skrevs utifrån syftet och målgruppen vilket är vuxna människor generellt sett. Vidare analyserades de funna artiklarna och ett resultat trädde fram. Resultatet visar på att samband mellan motivation och motion träder fram i studiens belysta artiklar samt att motivation är föränderligt och påverkningsbart genom olika metoder.

Corporate spending on information technology is persistently increasing and a majority of companies are currently employing an intranet. Intranets have implications for internal communication but are also instruments for the dissemination of corporate culture. Existing research on intranets and corporate culture is limited to Swedish organizations within the industrial or IT-sector and to foreign companies. The purpose of this study is to understand how or if corporate culture can be embedded into an intranet. Specifically, this study addresses the research question: How is corporate culture communicated via an intranet in a Swedish service-sector company? We perform a qualitative case study and find that communication on intranets is still characterized by a traditional top down approach.

The purpose of this study is to gain increased understanding of managers´ attitudes and knowledge about its role in the internal organizational communication. We want to understand how managers define dialogue and further understand the role that dialogue plays for managers. We want to see whether the different managers highlight some common foundations or differences in the dialogue. With the help of the following two questions we wish to understand managers´ relationship to the dialogue within the internal organizational communication: -What meaning does the dialogue have for managers in the private sector?-What role does the dialogue play in the internal organizational communication according to these managers? We use qualitative interviews as the data collection method of our material. Using material from the interviews and mainly in accordance with William Isaacs? theory of dialogue, wecan answer our questions. The result shows that managers' views on the dialogue in many cases are similar to Isaacs? vision but differs in part. The managers believe that employees are there to contribute to the company.

The purpose of the study is to explore the internal implementation and communication of ecological sustainability within an organization and to identify obstacles and challenges that may arise. To address the study's purpose and research questions, a qualitative methodology and semi-structured interviews were used. Respondents were selected from two different units within a large global organization operating in the automotive industry. The study's findings indicate that the organization's sustainability efforts are extensive and integrated across several departments. It is also evident that sustainability initiatives are primarily driven by upper management within the organization, although there is room for lower hierarchical levels to provide some feedback.

Background: Since the coining of the phrase lean production by Womack, Jones and Roos in 1990, this mass production system of Japanese origin has been implemented in a multitude of organizations throughout the world, the results being predominantly positive from a financial point of view. The possibly negative effects of mass production on worker motivation have been discussed since quality of work life became an important political issue in Sweden in the 1970?s. As the popularity of lean service is now increasing, there are still unresolved issues regarding the transferability of a mass production system to the service industry, particularly with regards to the motivation of service employees.Purpose: The purpose of our thesis is to study the lean system of a Swedish bank, SEB Way, from a management- as well as an employee perspective in order to describe how lean may affect the work motivation of service employees.Research procedure: The study is empirically based on observations and interviews on multiple hierarchical levels at SEB. We have conducted a total of 13 interviews with front line employees at SEB, with the central SEB Way team as well as two external lean specialists.Results: The study indicates that SEB Way has little direct influence on the intrinsic work motivation of the SEB front line employees, as work motivation was present prior to the implementation of lean.