Trots att intentionerna med organisationsförändringen har många goda utgångspunkter kan den stöta på problem vid implementeringsfasen. Det har framkommit att meningsskiljaktigheter uppkommit till följd av rädsla för åsidosättande av personliga intressen och otydlig kommunikation. Även hanteringen av processen, skapandet av angelägenhetsmedvetande och tydliggörande av mål och visioner är faktorer som lett till att upplevelserna av förändringsarbetet skiljt sig åt..

Huvudsyftet med detta examensarbete var att jämföra SchlumbergerSemas projektmodell PROMISE (Project Management in Sema) mot ett mindre antal projektmodeller och som en orienterande del till jämförelsen skapa en utvärderingsmetod för PROMISE projekt. Utvärderingsmetoden ges inte någon större del i detta examensarbete, förutom den skapade checklistan som utformades efter den inledande litteraturstudien. Den största delen i detta arbete består av den jämförelse som gjordes mot PROMISE. De projektmodeller som jämfördes mot PROMISE var PPS (Praktisk Projekt Styrning) som är TietoEnators projektmodell samt PQM (Project Quality Management) som är Svenska Projektfabrikens projektmodell. Jämförelsen utfördes övergripande på områdena processorientering, fas, dokumentation och organisation.

Undersökningen skapade inte underlag för att fastställa att samband mellan ägarstrukturen och kapitalstrukturen finns. Även då vi har resultat som stödjer tidigare forskning när det gäller ägarkoncentrationens inverkan på kapitalstrukturen så skall resultatet tolkas med viss försiktighet. Den enskilt största anledningen till detta är den stora resultatvariation som uppvisas beroende på val av mätmetod..

Today environmental management systems (EMS) are common documents (more correctly, a combination of documents) that direct, steer and regulate environmental efforts within many companies. The intention of EMS is that its guidelines are reflected in how the employee carries out his everyday work tasks. This study aims to illuminate the attitudes that exist regarding the EMS at ALSTOM Power Sweden. By using questionnaires and interviews as a method to communicate with employees,a study of the existing attitudes regarding the EMS was carried out. The results were analyzed categorically and statistically and show that there are consistent attitudes among employees, but that there are also inconsistent attitudes.

By identifying effects that a buyout-firm has on management control systems in its portfolio companies, the aim of this thesis is to explain how such effects differs between the companies and finally to explain why the effects differs even though the companies are owned by the same buyout-firm. The study is conducted as a qualitative case study based on interviews with representatives from the studied buyout-firm and three of its portfolio companies.By analyzing the empirical findings with frameworks and theories within management control systems and value creation, we cannot only identify effects that are common for all portfolio companies but we can also observe differences between the portfolio companies.The identified effects that are common for all portfolio companies are: increased internal reporting burden, increased perceived risk of getting laid off among managers and co-workers and replacement of the board immediately after acquisition.The effects that are observed only for two portfolio companies are: increased focus on short-term planning, higher financial targets, replacement of company management upon acquisition and moving of decision authorities to higher organizational levels. Differences are observed although the portfolio companies are owned by the same buyout-firm due to: differences in management and co-workers equity stake in the portfolio companies, differences in business complexity and differences in planned exit-horizon..

The aim of this study is to understand the situation on the Swedish Market for Drugstores and a creation of a new approach to marketing research, based on the thesis? methodological proceeding. With the help of different methodological approaches and different theories the study's purpose will be solved in an uncommon, untraditional way..

Purpose:        The intention of this study is to distinguish if there is a correlation between mutual funds administration fee and their return. The study will also observe if there is a difference regarding the return between active and passive management fees.Method:        The study is founded on a deductive approach because the study is based on existing theories. Quantitative research based on statistical data has been used. A correlation analysis has been applied to determine if there is a correlation between the chosen variables.Conclusion:   The conclusion of the study is that active management of funds mainly do not give a higher return than passive management funds. Neither is the administration fee dependent on the risk a fund has..

Purpose: This study deals with warehouse management with an emphasis on vertical lift modules (VLM). The aim is to examine the effect of the implementation of VLM on a business's warehouse management. In order to obtain a result, the study has been based on the following questions:? How was the warehouse management designed before the implementation of VLM?? How is warehouse management designed after the implementation of VLM?Method: To be able to answer these questions, interviews with ten users of VLM performed. All users usually lift systems from the same manufacturer.

Genom främst psykografiska variabler kommer segmentet ?de små kejsarna, 15-24 års? nuvarande och framtida beteende och livsstil beskrivas ur ett företagsekonomiskt perspektiv. Ansats kommer även att göras till att undersöka huruvida segmentet har berörts av den samhällsförändring som skett i Kina..

Sammanfattning Uppsatsens titel: Earned Value Management ? Ett projektstyrningsinstrument mellan FMV och Kockums. Seminariedatum:2007-06-05 Ämne/Kurs:FEK 582 Kandidatuppsats, 10 poäng Författare:Dennis Andersson, Anders Ellström, Viktor Tornberg Handledare:Per Magnus Andersson, Olof Arwidi Nyckelord:Projektstyrning, projekt, Earned Value, Earned Value Manage¬ment, EVM. Syfte:Syftet med denna uppsats är att beskriva och analysera Earned Value Management (EVM) som projektstyrningsinstrument mellan Försvarets materielverk (FMV) och Kockums vid halvtids¬moderniseringen (HTM) av minröjningsfartyg Landsort. Metod:Kvalitativa intervjuer har gjorts med respondenter som har ledande projektbefattningar inom FMV och Kockums.

 Bachelor thesis within Business AdministrationTitle: Effective estate managementAuthor: Joacim StåhlPatrik StyrbjörnTutor: Gunnar WramsbyDate: 2008-06-05Subject terms: Estate management, efficiency, key figure, good examples, manager, real estate Abstract:Background: Concerning the global economy and the picture given in real estate business that efficiency and profitability are needed to survive is it intresting to study and search for good example to reach an effective and profitable estate management.Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to describe the work of real estate concern to reach efficiency and profitability from the owner/manager perspective.Method: Through qualitative interviews with eight respondents in four different real estate concerns describe good examples on effective estate management and with this fulfil the purpose of this essay. Two interviews per company were made, one at the company and one over phone to reach better security concerning the answers.Theory: The theory is divided in to four mainparts were the first two explains estate management and financial control. Thereafter comes an impression concerning efficiency and how efficiency is secured in estate mangement from a theoratical perspective.Empiri: This part of the essay is about the interviews made and through them show how real estate concern works with efficiency by focusing on good examples in which the companys find themself efficient.Analysis: Comparing the theories and the empirical research to analys and try to describe efficient estate management.Conclusions: Efficient estate management is about controlling the costs and especially about the opreating costs. Important to reach operative efficiency is therefore to continuosly follow up the costs and to do readings every month. To compose and continuosly work with budget and action plans for each estate is important in order to reach efficiency in the management of estates.

Level: Thesis in Business AdministrationDate: 20009-06-11Authors: Anders Johansson & Johan MyhrE-mail: anders@clubsilk.nu,  johan@clubsilk.nuTutor: Mona AnderssonTitle: Company valuation according to Value Based Management ? application to SkiStarProblem: Different operators constantly supervise Companies listed at the stockmarket. The stock exchange market is continuously updating the companie?s present value and their forecasted value. It is important that the companies are able to communicate with the market so that the stockvalue reflects the real value of the company.

Huvudsyftet med denna uppsats är att ge en helhetsbild av fenomenet virtuell word-of-mouth. För att åstadkomma detta har vi delat in huvudsyftet i två delsyften där det första undersöker vad virtuell word-of-mouth innebär. Det andra delsyftet analyserar de områden som har betydelse för fenomenet och dess spridning, nämligen budskapet, individer och grupper samt Internetmiljöer.

Uppsatsen ämnar beskriva den interna marknadsföring som finns mellan företagets ledning och dess personal före, under och efter en reklamkampanj. En analys av hur reklamkampanjers budskap och effektivitet kan förändras då teorierna om intern marknadsföring i högre grad implementeras i organisationen..

Uppsatsen undersöker med användande av rangsummetest om LPM-modellen är mer lämplig än riskmått baserade på varians och systematiska riskmått baserade på CAPM för analys och urval av svenska hedgefonder under perioden 1996 - april 2001..