This thesis represents my individual final research in Societal Risk Management. The aim of the study is to research whether the method called Responsible Beverage Serving has had the desired effect of diminished alcohol-related violence in Karlstad City, after its implementation into the ordinary operational agenda for Karlstad district in the county of Wermland. According to the method, the alcohol-related damages as well as alcohol-related violence in a society can be reduced by refusing to serve minors and clients who are excessively intoxicated.In order to be able to reach the aim of the thesis, the subsequent questions must be answered;Has excessive drinking reduced in the bars and clubs in Karlstad City?Has it become more difficult for minors to be served alcohol in the bars and clubs in Karlstad City?Has the police reported amount of assaults outdoors diminished regarding the alcohol-related violence in Karlstad City?This research is an intervention study and uses a quasi-experimental design. The intervention itself is the method called Responsible Beverage Serving.

Uppsatsen behandlar ämnet city branding, där undersökningen har för avsikt att bidra till en djupare förståelse för en mindre del inom denna varumärkesskapande process. Genom att sammanföra befintliga teorier inom ämnet city branding presenterar vi en ny teoretisk modell som framhåller betydelsen av att en stads styrande aktör överför sin uttalade vision, värden och framtidsplaner till dess sub-brands. Detta för att kommunicera ett enat budskap, då sub-brands utgör en del i styrande aktörers varumärkespositionering. Den nya teoretiska modellen tydliggör förhållandet mellan varumärkesidentitet och varumärkespositionering genom det vidgade begreppet ledande vision, som i komplexiteten inom citybrandingprocessen kan fungera som ett styrverktyg. Fallstudien utgår från staden Helsingborg, där vi undersöker hur Helsingborgs Stads kommun som en styrande aktör överför sin ledande vision, innefattande uttalad vision, värden och framtidsplaner, till dess sub-brand Helsingborgsfestivalen.

This study shows how city planners and politicians in Karlstad plans different parts of the city, what type of model/ city ideals they use when planning, and how it is expressed. The study was made using a qualitative method, were a discourse analysis was vital for the elected planning document and blog posts. Qualitative interviews were also made with five people with significant meaning, who hold different positions in the city planning of Karlstad. In the produced material, it appears that the city planners and politicians in Karlstad are planning for traditional city ideals as a foundation in the planning, with influence from new ideas as for example sustainable planning and economic growth. In some parts of the city a modern and rational planning remains.

The purpose of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of how visions could be applied in subsidiaries and similar sub organisations of global enterprises. With increasing globalisation it becomes more difficult to work in accordance to same standards and towards a common and unifying interest. The study has a qualitative and deductive approach and is based on interviews with three global subsidiaries with some hundred people employed each.Conclusions are that the subsidiaries visions have to be based on a guiding philosophy issued by their mother entities and it is the responsibility of the sub organisation to develop a tangible image with a local vision, mission and strategy with targets requiring feedback. Sustainable strategies cannot be issued without a vision describing where the organisation want be in the future. Otherwise they will not come very far until they have to make a restart with a new strategy and they will never be a market leader..

ABSTRACT Essay in political science, C-level by Chris Baldebo spring semester 2010. Tutor: Arne Larsson. ?Women?s conditions in municipal politics in the municipality of Karlstad - Six politicians tell?.  The purpose of this paper is to explore women?s conditions in the municipal political work in the municipality of Karlstad.

The aim of this report is to develop an improved basis for calculation of common costs as well as to create a support, showing which steps can be taken for improving the future monitoring at NCC Hus in Karlstad.The objective of this report is to improve the quality of the process of quoting by verifying current key numbers, production of new key numbers and to identify the problems affecting the monitoring of projects.The objective is also to provide suggestions of actions improving quality assurance at NCC Hus in Karlstad..

A home for elderly is planed to be built at Zakrisdal, Karlstad, Sweden. The heat source for the building was at the time not determined. In order by the local government of Karlstad this report is meant to examine if the need of heat could be provided only by solar heat combined with a seasonal heat storage. The problem to solve is, if the need of heat from the home for elderly is provided from only solar heat, whitch dimensions of the solar collectors and the storage is needed?.

Passivhus är en vidareutveckling av ett energisnålt hus, där man genom extra tjock isolering,hög kvalitet på dörrar och fönster samt husets planlösning minimerar beroende att köpa energiför uppvärmning. Passivhus har krav på uppvärmningsbehovet samtprimärenergiförbrukningen. En princip för passivhus är att de inte ska vara krångligare ellerobekvämare att bo i än vanliga hus.Lindås Park är ett bostadsområde som består av 20 st. radhus som ligger en bit utanförGöteborg. Radhuset klarar kraven för ett passivhus, det enda värmesystem som är installeratär en eftervärmare till FTX-systemet på 900 W.De passiva hus som byggts i Sverige har gemensamt är att de ligger i södra delen av Sverigeeller nära kusten, dvs.

Sverige är idag ett av få länder som fortfarande har kvar ett alkoholmonopol. När Sverige gick med i EU startade en diskussion kring det monopol som Systembolaget har, vilket än idag är aktuellt i flera avseenden. Författarna blev intresserade av ämnet när det offentliggjordes att apotek samt järnvägsmonopolen i Sverige är på väg att avvecklas. Den fråga som ansågs vara aktuell för den egna uppsatsen, var att undersöka hur de lokala livsmedelshandlarna i Karlstad ställer sig till en eventuell avreglering av alkoholmonopolet. Vidare valde författarna att undersöka de kringliggande faktorerna som skulle spela in på en eventuell konkurrens situation, vilket i detta fall var den idag ensamma aktörer Systembolaget, samt Karlstad Kommun då de fick agera talesperson för de förordningar och bestämmelser som i dagsläget finns.

The aim of this thesis is to examine the underlying causes for the opening of Karlstad Public Library. In doing so a theory based on the actor/structure model within social theory is used. The structures and actors are intertwined and therefore need to be analysed together. To do so the theory poses a series of questions that needs to be answered. The method used is document analysis.

Karlstads kommun har satt upp mål i transportstrategin som syftar till att öka antal cykelresor i Karlstad. Vid användning avger cykeln varken växthusgaser eller föroreningar. Vardagsbeslut att ta cykeln exempelvis till arbetet leder till att koldioxidutsläpp kan reduceras. Cykling kan därmed bidra till att uppfylla viktiga miljömål. Cykling främjar hälsa.

This thesis treats the question of how a political vision is given a concrete form. The Swedish government has defined a view of gender inequality. To change the subordination of women national goals have been established. These give guidelines to the different parts of the administration. The primary scope of this thesis is to analyse the conditions for the implementation of these goals in two parts of the administration, the county administrative board and the local municipal authority.

The aim of this Bachelor´s thesis is to describe the phenomenon ofmarketing. Four public libraries in the County of Kalmar have beenstudied in the aim to obtain information on their current marketingin the autumn of 2004, as well as their view of marketing and itssignification in connection to a vision that the Regional Library inKalmar has established. The vision is that the County of Kalmar isgoing to be the best Region of Libraries in Sweden in the year of2010. Target markets for the vision is the general public, studentsand entrepreneurs. The study has done a landing at an early stage ofthe vision, the starting point of which was in the year of 2001.

This study examines a primary school teacher?s ambitions within science education and how those ambitions manifest in the classroom. This is being examined by interview with the mentioned teacher and by observations as a participant within four of the teacher?s science classes. The results of this study is categorized and analyzed with assistance of scientific literacy, vision I and vision II, fundamental scientific literacy and Roberts? curriculum emphases.

Delegation of assignments regarding the work environment is a complex topic that is difficult to illustrate. It is not explicit mentioned in the law and the established practice are ambiguous and vague. This has caused a lot of confusion, not only for private companies but also for executives within public administration.Metso paper Karlstad Inc. gave us the assignments to investigate their delegation system and to analyze the need of change before a planed readjustment. The purpose of this essay is therefore to investigate how the proposed delegation system is constructed and whether it fulfills the demands established by Swedish law.