Uppsatsen behandlar hur verksamhetsstyrning på Nordeakontor kan ha påverkats av lågkonjunkturen 2009. För att studera detta har vi valt att göra en fallstudie på två av Nordeaskontor i Uppsala. Vi har besökt ett privat- och ett företagskontor för att se hur de kan ha påverkats av finanskrisen 2008 och den efterföljande lågkonjunkturen. För att få en bättre helhetsbild har vi valt att utföra intervjuer av medarbetare på olika nivåer på kontoren.Teoretiska ansatsen grundar sig på hur konjunkturer i allmänhet påverkar och förändrar företagens verksamhetsstyrning samt hur dessa förändringsprocesser sker. Enligt teorin, bör företagens verksamhetsstyrning anpassa sig till sin omgivning för att kunna utforma strategier och mål, samt att den bör förändras utifrån konjunkturläget.

The banking industry is a fundamental part of the economy in Sweden. Despite its importance, the competition and the concentration level within the Swedish banking sector is relatively unexplored. This paper aims to examine the development of the concentration level in the Swedish banking sector during a period of ten years, 2003 to 2013. The examined banks in the study are the four largest banks in Sweden; Handelsbanken, Nordea, SEB and Swedbank, and four selected niche banks, ICA banken, Ikano Bank, Länförsäkringar Bank and Skandiabanken. In order to examine the development in percentage change, there are six selected variables; loans, deposits and borrowings (both public and households), net interest income and return on equity, which are observed during a period of ten years.

This essay aims to explore the philosophical meaning of the expression ?present and real? in Clara ? or, On Nature?s Connection to the Spirit World by F. W. J. Schelling.

The purpose of this thesis is to show students? information behaviour in everyday life and towards the Student Union of Borås. Methods of active information seeking and more random information encountering as well as information ignorance are of interest. The study focused on three issues; the first was to examine what information behaviour the students presented while acquiring information in their everyday life. The second was to find out what information behaviour the students had to acquire information from the Student Union of Borås.

Svenskt arbetsliv står inför stora förändringar. Rekordgenerationen 40-talister, som besitter betydande kunskap och erfarenhet, är på väg ut ur arbetslivet och ska ersättas av mindre erafarna generationer. Problemet har lett till ett ökat intresse för möjligheter att tillvarata äldre medarbetares kunskap innan den lämnar organisationer. Det gäller att på bästa sätt överföra äldre medarbetares kunskaper till yngre medarbetare, för att undvika kunskapsgap inom organisationer. Studiens syfte var att undersöka hur en kunskapsorganisation förhåller sig till den kunskap blivande pensionärer har utvecklat under sina arbetsliv, hur organisationen arbetar med pensionsavgångar samt hur blivande pensionärer upplever övergången till pension.Tidigare forskning visar att få organisationer använder kunskapsöverföring från äldre till yngre medarbetare vid pensionsavgångar.

This is a qualitative study aiming to examine peoples? experiences when retiring. In that purpose a criteria based sample has been used, participants have been asked in that they fulfilled the criteria?s to be a retiree within the age of 65 to 71 years of age. The reason of the age criteria was that the experiences should not be so far away in time.

One aim of this thesis has been to trace the driving forces among active members of the Swedish Pensioners? Interest Party (SPI), but also to render how party values and ideas are connected to the concepts of is-sue space, distrust, and New Party Politics (mainly populism). Since there are several pensioners? parties in other countries, my second aim has been to investigate whether the party is a result of a diffusion proc-ess of copying a successful equivalent party; in other words to find out whether a master frame has inspired the forming of a Swedish pension-ers? party. Through interviews and document analysis, I have found seven issue dimensions explaining the motives behind my respondents? engagement in the party.

The economic climate that has been going on for the last years has more or less affected everyone. This has created a need to get more knowledge about how our banks work and also how peoples own personal financial situation looks like. When our banks over this last period have compensated their employees with even greater deals of money, reactions has gone to the roof. This discussion has made us interested in the subject, which led to the decision to write an essay about remunerations within banks.The purpose of this essay is to investigate if our banks remunerations to their employees have any effect on their profit numbers. Does the size of the compensations vary with changes in the market? Do larger compensations contribute to a greater result?The study will look at Sweden?s four largest banks, Handelsbanken, SEB, Nordea and Swedbank.

This paper investigates the relationship between dividends and institutional and foreign ownership in Swedish firms. We use a dataset which covers the Swedish stock market over the period 1999-2009. The institutional ownership is defined as mutual funds, pension funds and insurance companies and these are analysed separately. The study confirms the expected positive relationship between the level of institutional investors in a firm and the size of dividends. We also confirm? the expected negative relationship between foreign investors and the size of dividends paid by Swedish firms.

This study, carried through interviews with six individual elderly persons, describes their stories in regards to how they experience growing old in Sweden as well as the connection between having a different ethnic background in the aging process. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to highlight important themes and issues, i.e. the shortcomings and the advantages of growing old in Sweden, which these persons experience in their everyday life. As many of them have not by their own choice chosen to grow old in Sweden, the importance of having a relationship with fellow countrymen, being able to communicate in their own native language as well as have a basic knowledge about the elderly care system are aspects these individuals emphasize to be of great importance. The result of this study, based on several theories that reflect over individuality and perspective ethnicity, indicates that aging is based on an individual primary process experience and that there are no rights and wrongs of how one should deal with/experience the growing old process.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka attityder till arbetet och om dessa kan kopplas till generationstillhörighet. Vi utgår ifrån de personalansvarigas perspektiv där vi ser till om de upplever några skillnader i attityder. Dessutom undersöker vi pensionsavgångarna, hur dessa hanteras och om de upplevs som ett problem. Upplever HR personalen att det finns skillnader i attityder till arbetet och är dessa i så fall bundna till generationstillhörigheten?Upplevs pensionsavgångarna som ett problem, och hur hanteras de i så fall?Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ metod där vi har intervjuat sex personer från olika branscher, som arbetar med rekrytering på respektive arbetsplats. Vi har använt oss av ett strategiskt urval.Frågeställningarna har besvarats med hjälp av sociologiska och socialpsykologiska teorier.Vi har kommit fram till att kopplingen mellan generationstillhörighet och olika attityder känns igen av samtliga respondenter men att det dock är få som upplever sig se någon större skillnad på sin arbetsplats.

The environmental demands are increasing when it comes to product development. EcoDesign isabout minimizing the environmental impact of a product, considering the entire life cycle of it,without compromising other qualities like function or cost. In this master of science thesis amobile phone has been analysed with Ten Golden Rules in EcoDesign regarding production, useand End of Life. Also a functional and an environmental profile were made. The goal was tomake a new concept phone, based on the previous analysis, which communicates userfriendlinessand sustainable development.

Vi har valt att undersöka den pågående generationsväxling som sker på arbetsmarknaden, den äldre generationen börjar nu gå i pension och den yngre generationen börjar i allt högre grad röra sig in på arbetsplatserna. Ämnet har länge legat till grund för forskning och det har förutspåtts att de stora pensionsavgångarna skall leda till stor arbetskraftsbrist. Detta är inget som vi ser på dagens arbetsmarknad utan det är istället arbetslösheten bland unga som är det mest framträdande. Forskning om det förmodade generationsskiftet har länge vart aktuellt, men verkar nu börja närma sig i och med att pensionsavgångarna beräknas tillta. Samtidigt som de yngre årskullarna börjar minska i antal.

Background:Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex clinical condition. The higher survival rate after heart attack and other heart diseases, plus aging population, has led to more CHF patients. Symptoms can have negative impact on exercise capacity, ability to perform activities of daily living and quality of life. Heart failure clinics have been established to help better quality of life. Helping to stabilize and maintain patients´ health can reduce the need of hospital admission.

The purpose of this study was to describe and analyse a group of young adults? childhood experiences of the intervention "contact family". The used methods were qualitative interviews and a standardised formulary with life questions, to strengthen the interviews and to compare data. The theoretical frame was taken from Bronfenbrenner?s child development theory and Antonovsky?s salutogenic perspective, which we supplemented with Hilchen Sommerschild?s theory about the "conditions of control".