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.

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 är ett examensarbete som behandlar begreppet Visuell Kommunikation. Ämnet har begränsats genom att denna uppsats främst ta upp kommunikationsformen ur en landskapsarkitekts perspektiv. Examensarbetet är uppdelat i två delar; Del I är en litteraturstudie; Del II är en applikation. Det övergripande syftet med detta arbete är att jag vill lära mig hur jag kan sälja in mina idéer genom att ge dem en intresseväckande, inspirerande och kommunikativ utformning. Jag vill hitta en metod för hur man med ord och bilder framställer information för att den ska nå fram till så många som möjligt. Mitt mål har varit att få min framtida publik att inte kasta mina alster innan de har studerat dem mer ingående. Istället vill jag få dem att bli nyfikna, att läsa och att slutligen ta till sig budskapet. DEL I : LITTERATURSTUDIE Visuell kommunikation är konsten att förmedla ett budskap mellan sändare och mottagare genom bokstäver, bilder och deras form och arrangemang.