Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att studera vad som ligger till grund för ett beslut om att outsourca eller omlokalisera delar av verksamheten för ett företag med lönsamhetsproblem. Metod: Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ metod i form av djupintervjuer. Arbetet med att samla in empiriskt material och söka efter en teoretisk referensram har skett parallellt och vår ansats kan därför liknas vid en abduktiv. Teori: Transaktionskostnadsteorin, nätverksteorin och det resursbaserade synsättet utgör de huvudsakliga teorierna. Utifrån dessa undersöktes med vilket alternativ, outsourcing eller omlokalisering, ett företag kan komma tillrätta med sina lönsamhetsproblem och skapa konkurrensfördelar.

The purpose of this thesis is to study the context that affects crisis communication through an organizational perspective. It also tries to identify factors of success and difficulties when it comes to coordinating information between governmental organizations during a crisis. Carried out as a case study of the Swedish governmental network Krissamverkan Kronoberg, the method used are source analysis and qualitative interviews with members from different organizations in the network. The results have been analyzed through Organization theory, Network theory and theory in Crisis Communication. The context that effects governmental organizations ability to cooperate during a society crisis is characterized by knowledge, understanding, utility and willingness. In addition to this a successful coordination of information should be based on resources, competence and continuity. The main problems when it comes to cooperating and coordinating during a crisis situation lies in what we would like to call organizational egoism, existential uncertainty and defensive behavior. .

Handledare: Johanna HanssonExaminator: Per ForsbergTitel: Da?rfo?r va?ljer fo?retagare aktiebolag idagBakgrund: Denna uppsats har sin utga?ngspunkt i de fo?ra?ndringar som skett fra?n statens sida vad ga?ller aktiekapital och revisorsplikt. Detta skapade en tanke om vad det a?r som faktiskt pa?verkar fo?retagarnas beslut att va?lja aktiebolag.Syfte: Studiens syfte a?r att beskriva vilka faktorer som a?r viktigast i fo?retagares val av bolagsformen aktiebolag efter de fo?ra?ndringar i lagar och regler som skedde a?r 2010. Detta ska go?ras genom en ja?mfo?relse av svar fra?n respektive respondent fo?r att sedan ta fram de viktigaste kategorierna utifra?n den teori som tagits fram.

Mergers and acquisitions are a phenomenon which can occur for a variety of reasons. It may for example be that the organizations want to gain larger market shares or to complement and learn from each other and thus become more competitive. After the completion of an acquisition or merger, a process is initiated to create an affiliation between the two companies' employees. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether there is something that management can do to make the integration process as efficient as possible. The empirical research in this paper consisted of interviews and surveys with respondents from two accounting firms that recently completed a merger.

Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att belysa vilken betydelse kontraktsformulering och val av kontraktstyp har för ett outsourcinginitiativs framgång utifrån ett kundperspektiv.Teori: Studiens teoretiska referenser består av agentteorin, transaktionskostnadsteorin, teorin om ofullständiga kontrakt samt en omfattande litteraturgenomgång om kontrakt. Agentteorin behandlar hur det mest effektiva kontraktet bör utformas mellan två parter. I transaktionskostnadsteorin diskuteras de omständigheter och kostnader som uppstår då en aktivitet avslutas hos en part och påbörjas hos en annan. Teorin om ofullständiga kontrakt förklarar svårigheten med att kontraktsmässigt behandla framtida oförutsägbara händelser, och genom litteraturgenomgången framkom fem kontraktstyper samt fem faktorer vilka ansågs ha en avgörande betydelse för kontraktsformulering.Metod: En surveyundersökning i form av ett webbformulär utfördes. Urvalet bestod av de 125 företag som ingår i börslistan small cap.

Outsourcing av IT är idag ett väl använt begrepp och används av både stora och småföretag. Där den vanligaste orsaken till att företag outsourcar arbetsuppgifter är att sänka sina omkostnader. Att outsourca sinIT-­?avdelning kräver förändringar i organisationen. Det är sällan företag är medvetna om detta, det finns förväntningar om att arbeta precis som tidigare, enda skillnaden är att kostnaden minskar.

This paper investigates and explains the existence of different governance structures in the Swedish film industry. Using a theoretical framework of transaction cost economics, it is shown that trust follows from frequent production projects, affecting the distributors? control of producers, cinemas, video retailers and television. Control becomes more flexible, informal and less time consuming. Furthermore, the control of the distributors? relationship with television and cinemas proves to be multidimensional and affected by transaction activities, as well as by demands from previous parties in the value chain.

The main strategy of gender equality policies has since the 1990s been gender mainstreaming. Many government inquiries show how much the Swedish government, provincial governments and municipalities are working with gender mainstreaming. The purpose of this paper is to investigative how the municipalities within the county of Stockholm handle gender mainstreaming demands in relation to other demands that the municipalities face. This is in order to closer investigate the hidden factors that create barriers to gender mainstreaming efforts. Given the study's purpose and the formulation of research question, qualitative method is the most suitable method to fulfill the purpose.

The health care is an important part of the welfare services in Sweden. Therefore it is of large interest that it is well performing. A part of this is related to how the health care is organized. This essay examines how the Swedish health care has been organized between 1960 and 1990 and what organizational changes that have been made to the health care. It shows that the Swedish health care has un-dergone many organizational changes the last decades.

AbstractThe dynamic environment means that organizations always faces new challenges. There are various factors which could affect the process of change thus the purpose of this investigation is to research into the key values of organizational changes. We have done an in-depth research about a planned and ongoing process of change in the organization HEM. The aim is to investigate how knowledge and learning are spread among the staff in the company before and during changes. Also further investigation has been made to study the communication between management and employees through the changes. This report includes seven individuals with different working positions within the organization.

Problembeskrivningen ger utgångspunkten för vår uppsats, som utgörs av två olika samhällstrender, en beträffande miljö och en som handlar om upplevelser. Tidigare forskning av certifierad svensk ekoturism har visat att upplevelser spelar en mer framträdande roll än miljö- och hållbarhetsaspekter i ekoturism¬arrangörers marknadsföring. Frågan är om detta gäller ur ett bredare framställningsperspektiv än enbart marknadsföring. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur ekoturism utförd i Sverige framställs av ekoturismarrangörer certifierade av Naturens Bästa. Syftet problematiseras med hjälp av följande frågeställningar: Vilken roll spelar hållbarhet i framställningen av ekoturism? Vilken roll spelar upplevelser i framställningen av ekoturism? Metoden som tillämpades var abduktiv ansats och genomfördes i form av en kvalitativ undersökning genom dokument¬analys där de certifierade svenska ekoturismarrangörernas hemsidor utgör vårt empiriska material.

In organizations today Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is becoming a common means to try to gain legitimacy and credibility for their business. A successful CSR strategy has the potential to generate positive outcomes for a company and reaching out to stakeholders about the corporation?s contribution in the field is an important part of the work. In this study I examine how the employees at Max Hamburgare receive the corporation?s efforts within sustainability, how it is perceived and what this means to the employees.

Due to the globalization and the changes in the market, companies have now realized the importance of a strong brand. This has led to the phenomena outsourcing. The relation between the branding consultant and his or her client has changed. Earlier the consultants worked as a single unit and were given a task to independently accomplish the assignment. Today there has to be co-operation between the two parties.

AbstractTitle: Equalis quality assures the communication. A qualitative study of superiors and co-workers view on the internal communication.Number of pages: 39 (42 including enclosures)Author: Ia AppelbergTutor: Else NygrenCourse: Media and Communication Studies CPeriod: Autumn term 2010University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala UniversityPurpose: Superiors and co-workers view on the internal communication is studied with the purpose to identify whether their opinions correspond with one another, and what differences and similarities there might be.Method: This study is based on qualitative interviews with superiors and co-workers, and complements with the use of observations.Main results: The results indicate that superiors and co-workers agree on several aspects of the communication, such as the fact that the organizational communication is disorderly and lack clear rules and guidelines. Superiors believe that the organization has a corresponding view on the internal communication, while co-workers are convinced this is not the case. This despite the fact that the results in the end show that both groups overall have very similar opinions on several of the elements in question. Another mutual opinion is that both groups wish to receive more information about current events and such.

In this essay i present a study on political learning of a minority ethnicity whose political history in the institutional form began in 1993. The ethnicity in question is the Sami?s and in 1993 the Sami Parliament was established. The establishment of the Sami parliament radically changed the preconditions for political work. Sami politics came to be pursued in an organized manner in the form of a public authority and democratically elected units.