The breakdown of the ratification process of the EU constitution was in Sweden blamed on a lack of a debate concerning European issues. The constitution can be seen as the best and latest, but in no way the only, example of this problem. The breakdown can also been seen as proof of a larger legitimacy crises within the EU. The aim of the study is to determine whether or not there really was of lack of debate concerning the constitution in Sweden. This question is theoreticÂŹally connected to EU legitimacy through Habermas idea of a public sphere.

When the producers? responsibility for packaging was introduced in Sweden in 1994 the industry set up public recycling stations to facilitate the collection of the waste material. In order to establish recycling stations at suitable locations the municipalities assist the industry?s service organization for operation of the recycling stations, the Package and Newspaper Collection Service (Förpacknings- och tidningsinsamlingen, FTI). The objectives of this thesis are to improve the service of the public recycling stations within Lidingö town and to increase the accessibility to these stations for the inhabitants of Lidingö.

Vi har valt att analysera och arbeta fram förslag till förÀndringar för ekonomistyrningen inom Malmö FF. En mer utföjlig sammanfattning kommer.

This masters thesis takes the providers perspective on public library story times for children. The main questions are: What perspectives can the providers have? How does the perspective affect the content and how is the story time drawn up? Five story time providers were interviewed about the purpose of their story times, the methods they used and the content they chose. A model with four criteria was used to analyze the result of the interviews. The criteria were: adult criteria, consideration of the childrens view, pedagogical criteria and literary/story time criteria.

The purpose with this thesis is to illustrate companies? way of using Key Account Management in the organization. We developed the four following research questions: Why do companies choose to use Key Account Management? How do companies identify and choose their key customers? How does a key account manager work? How do the skills needed by a key account manager look like? The results showed that KAM offered several important benefits, mainly of economical characteristics. Identification of the key accounts was mainly conducted through certain economical criteria the customers had to fulfil.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur tre pedagoger upplevt förÀndringar i sin yrkesroll med fokus pÄ dokumentation. Hur har talet om dokumentation förÀndrats under deras Är som verksamma inom barnsomsorgen, vad Àr den bakomliggande orsaken till denna förÀndring och vad har detta för betydelse för förskollÀraryrket? Detta Àr frÄgestÀllningar som behandlas i studien som bygger pÄ tre Reggio-Emilia pedagogers berÀttelser kring sitt yrkesliv. Studien har för avsikt att med inspiration frÄn livsberÀttelseansatsen sÀtta in förskollÀrarnas berÀttelser i en samhÀllshistorisk kontext. Detta görs genom att analysera dem ur ett Newpublicmanagement-perspektiv samt ur ett educare-perspektiv..

There is consensus in research, policy, business and many other areas around the benefits of creativity. Previous research shows that creativity is only spurred under certain conditions. Usually creativity is not associated with concepts such as control, deadline or cost effectiveness. Companies, by contrast, have the need for control and management of their operations, which implies that the two processes can be difficult to reconcile. A company that wants a high creativity while maintaining control and management is forced into a series of organizational compromises.

The purpose with this essay is to examine and create an understanding for what meaning graffiti and street art has for those who practice it. Furthermore, the practice of graffiti and street art is seen in relation to how urban space is produced. Five semi-structured interviews and one group interview has been made to answer the questions "What meaning does graffiti and street art has for those who practice it? Can it be seen as a way to construct identity?" "How do the artists relate to existing ideals about public space?" and "Does the artists see graffiti and street art as a resistance against the normative representation of the city, in that case, how?" The theoretical framework consists of Mitchell's ideas about public space, Tonkiss' definition of social order, Lefebvre's spatial triad, de Certeau's concept of strategy and tactics, the concept of appropriation and Castell's theory about collective identity. The results showed that the practice of graffiti and street art can be understood as a more complex practice than earlier research has shown.

Traditional financial management has lately been criticized, since it gives inadequate and unilateral information for decisions and strategy of the operation. The purpose of this essay is to investigate if a balanced scorecard is able to work together with a budget and become a stronger control system for the management. Essential theory underlies the gathering of data as well as the analysis, and the empirical investigation is based on personal interviews. The conclusions drawn from my analysis are that two parallel control systems could complement each other?s weaknesses.

Detta examensarbete har syftat till att utveckla ett verktyg för att utvÀrdera en IT-avdelnings möjligheter till effektivisering genom att implementera Lean pÄ IT Service Management. Verktyget har utvecklats i samarbete med Tina Eriksson pÄ uppdrag av management och IT-management konsultbolaget Connecta AB. Connecta AB har som syfte att anvÀnda verktyget för framtida affÀrer. För att verktyget ska vara anvÀndbart och uppfylla Connectas krav sÄ har fyra mÄl satts upp. Verktyget ska vara trovÀrdigt, resurseffektivt, anvÀndarvÀnligt samt underlÀtta för fortsatt arbete och implementering av Lean pÄ IT Service Management.

This master thesis deals with the problem of integrated libraries. The number of integrated public and school libraries has significantly increased over time. These libraries are integrated for different reasons, most often because of economic considerations. The goal of the thesis is to investigate librariansÂŽ understanding and perceptions of the professional role in this type of integrated libraries. I have investigated how librarians see and interpret their own professional role, and what factors influence their perceptions in an integrated library.The three main questions are: How do the librarians explain their professional role in an integrated library? How does their professional role change because of the fact that they work in an integrated environment? What factors, according to the librarians, influence and/or change the professional role mostly? The data has been collected through interviews with eight librarians at integrated libraries.

The means to political participation at the local level in Sweden are changing and this change is analyzed through a case study. The first aim is to explore the forms of public political participation in Swedish municipal Älvkarleby, namely public question time in local government, citizen motions and open meetings. A part of this is also to analyze he every day contact between citizens and representatives. The second aim concerns the reasons why politicians decide to support these means to participationThe empirical material consists mainly of semi structured interviews with local politicians, civil servants, participating citizens and local press. Official documents such as public minutes are also used in the process of creating an image of local participation.Local political participation is found to be limited but yet having the potential to strengthen democracy, provided that public decision-makers are open to a dialogue with the participants.Using Kjell Arne Rþvik's theories of organisational change, the changes in local democracy can be explained as being partly rational, partly symbolic and partly identity shaping political decisions..

One year Master's thesis, Degree of master in Business and Economics, School ofBusiness and Economics at Linnaeus University, Management, 4FE10E SpringSemester 2014.Author: Johanna Björklund and Sarah Gustafsson.Mentor: Magnus Forslund.Title: Lean in the public sector - Potential barriers to a long-term Lean work.Background: Organizational changes are something that is constantly done inorganizations, and in the last decade, there has arisen a plethora of different changemodels. A reorganization that is popular among companies today is Lean. Lean is aconcept that was developed within the Japanese automotive industry, but has evolvedfrom the Japanese shop floor and is now a concept that can be found in, for example,several Swedish municipalities.Purpose: The purpose of this study was to create an understanding of why the conceptLean may have difficulty getting a hold in the in the long term.Methodology: The study was done with a qualitative research approach and through anabductive approach. As we intended to create an understanding, of what potentialbarriers that may affect that a Lean work, in some cases, does not become a long-termcondition, it seemed natural to choose a hermeneutic approach to knowledge. Theempirical data collected via individual unstructured interviews, through a groupinterview, and by non-participant observations.

Uppsatsen baseras pÄ en fallstudie av högteknologiföretaget Scalado AB, dÀr vi utifrÄn organisationslivscykelteorier har studerat de ledarskaps- och managementutmaningar som uppkommer vid ett företags uppstart och under dess liv..

Syftet med denna studie Àr att analysera hur SVT jobbar med och anvÀnder sig av förÀndringar i koncept och om detta i sin tur pÄverkar varumÀrket. Vi vill se till det unika i SVT:s situation i och med deras public serviceuppdrag och om detta pÄverkar arbetet med programmen. Vi Àmnar studera detta genom tvÄ av SVT:s mest populÀra program, för att se om vi kan se dem som varumÀrken och vad som förÀndrats efter att framtrÀdande attribut har bytts ut.Vi har i denna studie sett till vad ett varumÀrke Àr, vilka bestÄndsdelar ett varumÀrke har enligt Aaker (2002). Vi ser till hur förÀndringar av ett varumÀrke kan gÄ till utifrÄn Kapferers (2004) modell samt teoretikers ord om icke- kommersiella organisationers svÄrigheter.Empirin Àr hÀmtad frÄn tre olika intervjuer, den första med varumÀrkesansvarig pÄ SVT, den andra med PÄ spÄrets producent och den tredje SÄ ska det lÄtas projektledare. Vi har Àven sett till den information SVT ger ut via sin hemsida och sina public servicerapporter.Vid förÀndringar ser vi att de bÄda programmen förÀndrar med en viss försiktighet och verkar för att behÄlla programmens kÀrna.