Media has power and impact. It is therefore important for managers to be able to handle media storms when they arise. If not, the brand can be affected negatively. It is managers who should learn to handle media storms because the managers constitute an important part of the external face of the company. Because it is managers who should learn to handle media storms it is interesting to study how media storms should be handled from a theoretical management-perspective.

Title: ?The director should be treated with silk gloves.? A discourse analysis of the film director as a leader and a case study of a short film Seminar date: 19 February 2008 Course: Master thesis in organizational studies, 20 Swedish credits Author: Johanna Ranes Advisor: Ph.D. Nanna Gillberg Key words: Film, the film director, discourse analysis, social constructionism, gender studies, creative leadership. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to illustrate and problemize the consequences of the traditional male domination in film creation for a female director by critically examining the construction of the film director. Methodology: The study is based on a qualitative case study which was conducted as a participant observation.

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.

Det överordnade syftet med examensarbetet Àr att agera platsskapande landskapsarkitektur. Studiens mÄl Àr dÀrför att formulera hur ett curatoriellt handlande med ljudinstallationer, musik och performance kan betraktas som platsgestaltning och som arkitektur. Det innebÀr att formulera vad en plats Àr och hur dess auditiva och visuella arkitektur intervenerar, det vill sÀga agerar mellankommande eller förmedlande mellan iscensatta ljud, lokalitetens egna ljud och dess landskapbild. Jag intresserar i denna studie för plats som fenomen och inte som dess bruksmÀssiga funktion. Plats ser jag som lÀnken mellan individ, kollektiv och landskap, mellan sprÄk, perception, handling och kunskap.

Uppsatsen utgÄr frÄn ett litteratursociologiskt perspektiv, dÀr speglingsteorin Àr en viktig del. Speglingsteorin innebÀr att man betraktar litteraturen som en spegling av samhÀllet. Klassiska verk anvÀnds till exempel som sociohistoriska kÀllor till andra samhÀllen och epoker. UtgÄngspunkten för den hÀr studien Àr att det inte enbart Àr de klassiska verken som utgör en sÄdan kÀlla, utan att Àven dagens populÀrlitteratur kan ses som en lÀnk till hur mÀnniskor och samhÀlle fungerar. Den hypotes som driver uppsatsen Àr att litteraturen fyller en funktion för lÀsarna, nÀmligen att den tjÀnar som stöd och hjÀlp i mÀnniskors liv.