This thesis is about how ideology affects the way leadership literature measures good and bad leadership qualities. The paper argues that ideological influences in leadership literature, from a teacher perspective, complicate the understanding of leadership in its practice and theory. The methodological tool used in this thesis is an idea- and ideology analysis approach applied on leadership literature that is used in teacher education. A theoretical discussion about the definition of leadership and its possible ideological connotations sets a frame for measuring ideological influences in the texts. The analysis from the textbooks showed clear signs of ideological influences when talking about leadership.

Working life changes, just like the rest of today?s society, at an accelerated pace. It is through changes and challenges that human beings develop, personally and professionally. Changes are often met by resistance. The purpose of this study is to see how different factors influence individuals? experiences of change.

Kunskap anses idag vara den viktigaste faktorn för att skapa konkurrenskraftiga organisationer. I projektverksamheter har kunskap ännu större betydelse, då medarbetarna är uppdelade i fristående projekt och distansen mellan dem är större än i traditionella linjeverksamheter. Detta har resulterat i omfattande forskning kring Knowledge Management (KM) i projekt-organisationer. Forskningen har då utgått ifrån traditionell projektledning som härstammar ifrån tillverkningsindustrin. Inom systemutveckling har nya projektledningsmetoder utvecklats som är anpassade till denna bransch och kallas för agila metoder.

The purpose of this study is to contribute with new knowledge of  how Talent Management can be seen as a an opportunity or threat for organizational development, concerning competence, on the basis of HR. The research questions asked are: Out of wich aspects can Talent Management be seen as an opportunity or threat on the basis of HR-employees? How can it affect the work of HR? To answer these questions qualitative interviews with five employees within HR from four different companies has been executed. The essay has been investigated on the basis of an explorative aim and with a qualitative method. The empirical results has indicated common themes such as director support, HRs view of Talent Management, HRs development and shifts of generations.

Some MNEs encounter frustration or failures when they enter a new market. The main reason is due to a lack of adaptation. There is a lack of theoretical study about the local adaptation phenomenon of Swedish MNEs in China. Most studies are at the level of experience. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to find out the dimensions subject to local adaptation and their degree for the Swedish MNEs in China.

This report describes work on the thesis ?IT systems and organizational development?. The work is carried out on Stocksbro Energi AB, during spring 2009. The company wanted better flow in their production but also review if the inventory management function located in Visma SPCS Administration 2000, could be used in the organization. Under the first part of this report the system were tested to ensure if the system would work together with the organization.

This essay examines the recent electoral success of the Sweden Democrats (SD) in the Swedish municipal election in 2006 and 2010. By using statistical methods it aims to explain which of three contradicting theoretical frameworks best can explain how a populist radical right party could penetrate one of the most stable party systems in the world. The theoretical approaches tested in this essay are: a demand-side, an external supply-side and an internal supply-side approach. By using theoretically anchored proxies to determine the effect of the contradicting theoretical approaches this essay concludes that the internal supply-side explanation measuring the local party organizational ability of the SD had the most substantial effect when it comes to explaining their recent electoral success in the Swedish municipalities, as opposed to a more commonly believed demand-side driven explanation..

The aim of the study was to investigate social workers and managers experiences of ending child welfare investigations within the statutory period of four months. We also investigated their experience of investigation time is used in practice. To get answers for our purpose, we conducted a qualitative study. We strategic selected three social workers and four managers to our interviews.The results showed that both social workers and managers have experience with child welfare investigations that are not completed within the statutory time. A township that departed had no experience.

In 2003 the deciding political council in Bromölla municipality requested that an overhaul on the committee and public administration structure should be conducted. In the report Bromölla was characterized as a traditional organization with a low degree of change. This case study will examine why the organization previously has been reluctant to change its structure and why they are willing to do so now. In the pursuit of this objective I conducted document studies, interviews and observations. I have used theories on, institutional change and organizational culture to enlighten this.My findings shows that the traditionalists within the organization has greatly affected this reluctance towards change, in the deciding council 39 % of the representatives are 60 years or older.

In 2003 the deciding political council in Bromölla municipality requested that an overhaul on the committee and public administration structure should be conducted. In the report Bromölla was characterized as a traditional organization with a low degree of change. This case study will examine why the organization previously has been reluctant to change its structure and why they are willing to do so now. In the pursuit of this objective I conducted document studies, interviews and observations. I have used theories on, institutional change and organizational culture to enlighten this.My findings shows that the traditionalists within the organization has greatly affected this reluctance towards change, in the deciding council 39 % of the representatives are 60 years or older.

SammanfattningDatum: 2012.06.08Nivå: D-uppsats i företagsekonomi 15 hpFörfattare: Tea KorkeakunnasHandledare: Docent Birgitta SchwartzTitel: Kvinnors sätt att leda ? berättelser från fyra finska kvinnor i ledande positionerProblem: Kvinnorna utgör minoritet i styrelser och chefpositioner, framför allt inom den privata sektorn. De möter andra hinder på deras karriärer än män. Kvinnorna har svårare att göra karriär. Dessutom finns det forskare som hävdar att det finns ett kvinnligt ledarskap som är mer demokratiskt och relationsinriktat än manligt ledarskap samt att om företag hade en kvinnlig ledare skulle det öka företagets lönsamhet.

This thesis purpose is to investigate the sociopolitical factors and causes that led to why KB chose not to use the criteria and guidelines for their digitization activities are described in DIGSAM. To do this I focused on three research questions;- What factors (internal / external) led to the decision not to use the criteria guidelines for digitization, which is described in the policy document DIGSAM and what arguments and opinions formed the basis for the decision.- What is the Library's digitization activities, the factors, criteria and guidelines governing activity in the current situation? - Will KB's choice not to use DIGSAM as a whole in their digitization activities affect national library's role as a beacon for the Swedish libraries digital work? In what way and why? In order to answer these questions I interviewed three of KB:s librarians who had extensive knowledge of digitization and DIGSAM. I chose to also use a pilotstudy that was conducted at KB in the of spring 2010. The idea was to use this material as a basis to build on.As a theoretical framework, I chose to use a socio-political theory of Ingrid Mason.

Ledarskapsforskning utifrån ett inlärningsteoretiskt perspektivfokuserar på de observerbara beteenden som ledare uppvisar, i arbetetmed att vägleda medarbetare.  Att tillämpa beteendeanalys iorganisationer, kallas Organizational Behavior Management (OBM).Observationsstudier har visat att feedback och monitorering ärbeteenden som karakteriserar framgångsrika ledare. Experimentellastudier har visat samband mellan monitorering och ökad prestation,samt mellan feedback och ökat effektivitet i organisationer. Syftetmed studien var att undersöka hur en OBM-utbildning påverkadeledares feedback- och monitoreringsbeteenden, samt hur förtroendetför deras ledarskapsförmåga påverkades. Inga signifikantaförändringar av beteende uppmättes under utbildningens första tremånader. Förtroendet för ledarnas förmåga förändrades inte hellersignifikant, dock finns en förbättring vid jämförelser medreferensvärden.

 Krav på flexibilitet har bidragit till att tidsbegränsade anställningar har ökat och bemanningsbranschen expanderat de senaste åren. Den nya utmaningen har blivit att bevara det organisatoriska engagemanget hos anställda när inte längre anställningstrygghet kan erbjudas. Studiens syfte var att identifiera vilka faktorer som påverkar unga, vidareutbildade bemanningskonsulters organisatoriska engagemang till bemanningsföretag och klientföretag. Åtta bemanningskonsulter uthyrda på heltidsuppdrag deltog i halvstrukturerade intervjuer. Materialet analyserades i en induktiv tematisk analys.

This quantitative study explores how employee perceived efficiency within customer service is affected by standardized routines, digital tools, and motivational factors. The study is based on survey data collected from 42 employees across five customer service departments in a larger organization. The theoretical foundation integrates Weber?s bureaucracy theory, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), and the Job Characteristics Model (JCM), allowing for a multidimensional analysis to capture the employees' experiences of efficiency. Findings reveal a statistically significant positive relationship between perceived efficiency and both standardized routines and perceived digital tool usefulness and ease of use. Furthermore, the study identifies that skill variety and task significance are positively correlated with experienced meaningfulness, which indicates a potential mediating relationship between these motivational aspects and perceived efficiency.