En sammanfattning av uppsatsen pÄ maximalt 8000 tecken..

En sammanfattning av uppsatsen pÄ maximalt 8000 tecken..

En sammanfattning av uppsatsen pÄ maximalt 8000 tecken..

The purchasing of management consulting services has traditionally been characterized by informal and relation based interaction. However, case studies have shown that there is a movement towards more formalized and structured purchasing procedures among buyers of management consulting services. The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence and the implications of this professionalization. To investigate to what extent certain mechanisms of professionalization have been implemented on the Swedish market, a survey directed to Sweden?s 500 largest companies was conducted.

The industry of management training programs is increasing rapidly. Every year numerous organizations sponsor expensive management training programs for their managers, hoping that this will pay off and make the organizations more profitable. The companies that offer these management training programs could be seen as important conveyers of conceptions of leadership. Thus, the purpose of this thesis is to identify similarities between a number of management training programs and see how they are related to different leadership theories , and based on this try to recognize the conceptions of leadership that are conveyed. The study is of qualitative nature and is based on interviews with representatives from five management training companies in Sweden along with a text analysis of written material presented by the companies.

Large volumes of excavated soil and rock are generated in building- and construction projects. These materials need to be transported longer and longer distances due to the densifications of cities. The transportation affects the environment in terms of noise and emissions, but also makes high demands on road infrastructure. To reduce the transport distances an increased responsibility for the excavated rock generated needs to be taken. Responsibility can be increased through an introduction of means of control.

The purpose of this study was to examine earnings quality and earnings management in U.S. ex-post failed firms. A quantitative study was made, using the Modified Jones Model, to identify abnormal accruals up to six years before bankruptcy. 9 003 continuing firms and 187 bankrupt firms, active sometime between 1990 and 2010, were examined. The study concludes that U.S.

The purpose of this master thesis is to use marketing theory on the library?s activities. The marketing theory used is the 4Ps; product, price, promotion and place, as it's presented by Philip Kotler. Because the library can be seen as a service oriented organization Christian Gronroos theory of marketing in the service industry also has been used. A case study of the public library in Broby was made to illustrate how the public libraries? activities can appear in the light of marketing theory.

Mitt examensarbete behandlar frÄgestÀllningen om hur synen pÄ ett bra barnprogram skiljer sig Ät hos public service kanalerna, TV4 och övriga kommersiella kanaler? Detta berör ocksÄ frÄgor om vem som egentligen avgör vad som Àr bra barnprogram; Àr det producenterna eller mottagarna? Jag har valt den hÀr frÄgestÀllningen dÀr för att jag har en nyfikenhet pÄ och ett intresse av hur barnprogrammen skiljer sig mellan kanalerna och hur de kommer att se ut i framtiden.Public Service syftar till att ge allmÀnheten en sÀrskild sorts berikande programutbud inom radio- eller teveverksamhet. Termen public service har flera olika betydelser; Ofta anvÀnds den för att beteckna de företag som finansieras av nÄgon slags tv-avgift, har ingen eller begrÀnsad reklam och/eller Àr statligt Àgda/kontrollerade.  Det Àr idag ett turbulent lÀge för Public service och trycket frÄn de kommersiella kanalerna har sannolikt en inverkan pÄ programverksamheten. Under arbetets gÄng har det slagit mig vilken stor inverkan producenter och inköpare har pÄ begreppet ?bra? underhÄllning. Jag har tittat pÄ befintliga barnprogram och gjort en semiotisk analys av dem.

AbstractTitle:Lean Production in The Public SectorsLevel:Final assignment for Master of Science in Business Administration.Authors:Simon MĂ„rtensson and Ramnpreet Kaur MaanSupervisor:Stig Sörling and Tomas KĂ€llquist.Examiner:Lars-Johan ÅgeDate:2015 ? June.Aim:The use of Lean Production in the public sector is increasing and there are still opportunities for improvement that contributes to a higher customer value. According to previous research that has been done, there is a lack of research in the field of Lean production in the public sector. Thus, the aim of this study is to create an understanding of how Lean production as a concept can help to influence employees to work with continuous improvements and customer value in the public sector.Method:The study has a hermeneutic perspective as a starting point where the substance is studied from an operator approach. We have chosen to build our study with the help of deduction starting with a theoretical framework and then go into the empirical framework.

The aim in this project was to spread play in the city and acrossgenerations. My way of approaching this challenge was to explore theborderland between playground equipment and street furniture. Thisopened up many possibilities to afford play in places where playgroundequipment often is excluded.The goal was to create one, or more, furniture with play value. The targetgroup was all vivasious people spending time in the public outdoorspace. Through user studies, a lot of serious playing and a lot of testing,the project resulted in a bench called RollinÂŽ.

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Master Thesis in Managing People, Knowledge and Change (BUSM18)..

Vi har fĂ„tt ett flertal viktiga insikter och lĂ€rdomar om nödvĂ€ndiga ingredienser i god management. Först och frĂ€mst en förstĂ„else för hur viktigt det Ă€r med ökad sjĂ€lvinsikt. DĂ€rigenom ökar förstĂ„elsen för andra personers beteende. Även det omvĂ€nda gĂ€ller; genom andras beteende kan sjĂ€lvinsikten öka. LĂ€rdomen har implikationer pĂ„ alla nivĂ„er av management dĂ„ en organisation grundar sig pĂ„ samspelet mellan mĂ€nniskor.

Globalization and demographic changes are forcing today?s companies to be more competitive in order to reach success. The increasing competition is proving a challenge for companies to recruit and retain competent, talented staff. To meet these challenges, Talent Management was developed during the 1990s and supplies a new and innovative way to deal with personnel management. Due to Talent Management being a relatively new theory, there is at present no generally accepted definition of the theory.