Conflict prevention is a term which has gained much influence during the last decades. To prevent conflicts from occuring have both humanitarian and economic incentives as the cost for war are much greater than the cost of acting preventive. To act in this matter has been regarded a priority for the United Nations during several years, and the European Union have also expressed a wish of playing a more active part. The essay compares the actions taken by the international organisations in Macedonia, a country which headed toward a violent conflict. The UN acted through the mission UNPREDEP and the EU through the mission of Concordia.

Man brukar sÀga att allt ligger i betraktarens öga och det gÀller Àven nÀr man pratar om organisationer. Hur en organisation uppfattas har att göra med hur andra ser pÄ den. Genom att studera organisationer och granska miljön och medlemmarnas beteenden kan man skapa sig en bredare uppfattning om en organisations kultur. Forskare har kommit fram till att en organisations kultur Àr de normer, vÀrderingar och beteenden som finns inom organisationen och uttrycks via artefakter. Artefakterna kan tolkas för att beskriva organisationens kultur och identitet.

Background: As companies are operating in more globally and complex environments, the need for risk control is accelerating. In an ever-changing environment, companies cannot merely focus on traditional risks, which include financial and insurable risks. To maintain competitiveness, companies need to extend their risk management to include all risks, traditional as well as operational and strategic risks. Purpose: The purpose is to describe and position risk management for Telecom operators, in comparison with the risk management literature, with regards to structure, processes, learning process, visions and benefits. In addition, our aim is to link risk management perspectives with the different strategies for knowledge management.

AbstractThis is a qualitative study on what motivates personnel to apply for middle management positions within the VĂ€rmland County Police Department. This study also looks at whether or not there are differences in motivation between men and women in regards to applying for middle management positions.The study has been conducted through in-depth interviews with 17 employees of the Police Department. The material collected was analysed using the Empirical Phenomenological Method (EPP). 29 categories were generated which were then divided into four themes.The result showed that motivation can be achieved by having a more structured middle management roll whereby, for example, there are clear guidelines on the responsibility and authority you have. Support and encouragement were also named as motivating factors.

Den h?r uppsatsen fokuserar p? de sociala praktiker och processer som g?r kvinnor som pekas ut som "missbrukare" till de andra och har som ?vergripande syfte att bidra med kunskap om andrefiering. Mer specifikt unders?ks framst?llningar av kvinnor som pekas ut som "missbrukare" i LVM-domar och hur domarna bidrar till andrefiering av "missbrukare". Genom att unders?ka hur kvinnor som anses vara i behov av tv?ngsv?rd enligt LVM beskrivs och hur deras situationer representeras diskursivt blir det m?jligt att kritiskt unders?ka vilka sociala konsekvenser andrefieringen kan f?.

The aim of this essay is to see how the IOGT, local politicians and the local newspaper acted in the city of Hedemora in Sweden in connection with the referendum held in 1922 whether or not to ban the use of alcoholic beverages. To accomplish this I have examined protocols from local IOGT-groups, the town council and the local newspaper Södra Dalarnes tidning. I find that the local IOGT not only worked with the issue of alcohol but served as an institution that deepened democracy and education in the local community through discussions, study circles and applying pressure on local politicians. The locally elected bodies in turn were generally in favour of the good work the IOGT did, although not always overwhelmingly so. Many of the local politicians that handled the issues of alcohol were themselves active members in organisations promoting absolutism.

Vi lever idag i en allt mer globaliserad vÀrld, vilket bidragit till ett mÄngkulturellt samhÀlle. Dagens organisationer stÄr i och med detta inför utmaningen att anpassa sig. Utmaningen med mÄngfald Àr, att trots skillnader, lyckas samarbeta. Genom samspel och god kommunikation formas mÀnniskan in i den sociala miljön pÄ arbetsplatsen. Denna studie undersöker medarbetarnas attityder till och upplevelse av sin organisations kulturella mÄngfaldsarbete.

Theft without break-ins has increased significantly in the last year of swimming, sports and leisure facilities in Karlskrona, more precisely 60%. Vandalism in the shape of graffiti is another common crime. The solutions are divided into social and situational crime prevention. Social crime prevention engage in actions that are based on social causes of crime rather than the opposite situational crime prevention, which instead assumes that discourage with the help of technical solutions and has as primary objective to hinder accessibility for example theft friendly goods. The main purpose of this work is to come up with solutions to prevent these crimes, while also being cost-effective and realistic to implement.

Byggbranschen Àr en av de farligaste branscherna, i Sverige, dÀr 55 personer omkommit de senaste fem Ären. En organisations sÀkerhetskultur Àr en viktig faktor för att minimera olycksfall pÄ arbetet. PÄ grund av detta Àr det intressant att undersöka hur sÀkerhetskulturen ser ut inom ett svenskt byggföretag. SÀkerhetskulturen inom NCC, avdelning VÀsterbotten, har undersökts med hjÀlp av fokusgrupper och enskilda intervjuer utifrÄn Älders- och maskulinitetsperspektiv dÄ dessa antas pÄverka sÀkerheten pÄ arbetsplatserna negativt. Ett jÀmförande perspektiv har antagits dÀr attitydskillnader mellan tjÀnstemÀn och yrkesarbetare eftersökts.

Examensarbetet Àr utfört vid BAE Systems Bofors AB i Karlskoga. Projektet har gÄtt ut pÄ att utvÀrdera den nya teorin STAMPoch testa det tillhörande verktyget STPAinom sÀkerhetsarbete mot det avgrÀnsade ARCHER-systemets delsystem granatgrip-/lyftdon.I dag blir systemen mer och mer komplicerade och de nuvarande metoderna har inte utvecklats i samma takt för att göra en grundlÀggande sÀkerhetsanalys dÄ mÄnga av olyckorna hÀrrör frÄn oförutsedda interaktioner. Teorin och verktyget Àr en nyutvecklad metod för att identifiera och vÀrdera risker i ett system eller en produkt. Företaget har Ànnu inte satt sig in tillrÀckligt i professorn pÄ MIT, Nancy Levesons rapport som ligger bakom denna nya metod för att arbeta med riskbedömning. Eftersom det Àr en relativt ny teori inom sÀkerhetsarbete sÄ finns det inte speciellt mycket forskning att tillgÄ och antalet kÀllor som finns tillgÀngliga Àr fÄ.

De senaste Ärens stora prissvÀngningar har gjort lantbrukets intÀkter mycket varierande. För att kunna sÀkra intÀkterna och kunna planera kommande Ärs inköp krÀvs nÄgon form av prissÀkring. Arbetet behandlar en av dem, terminshandel pÄ börs. MÄlet med arbetet Àr att det om möjligt ska inspirera fler att prissÀkra sina producerade varor och dÀrmed fÄ en tryggare ekonomi. Syftet Àr att se hur terminshandeln mellan lantbrukare och handelspartnerkan utvecklas sett ur lantbrukarens perspektiv. Information till litteraturstudien kommer frÄn aktuella hemsidor, insatta personer inom bank och spannmÄlshandel, samt seminarium om terminshandel och prissÀkring. Del 1 innefattar en litteraturstudie som behandlar de begrepp och möjligheter som finns inom terminshandel, samt de risker som kan uppstÄ vid eventuell prissÀkring. Del 2 Àr resultat frÄn intervjuer. De intervjuade Àr lantbrukare som alla har genomfört terminshandel pÄ börsen.

The aim with the study is to find key factors relating to internal marketing and to improve the process between the operating organization and its customers. A qualitative study is carried out within an organization active in the Swedish healthcare. The qualitative approach is carried out by collecting empirical data through observations, personal interviews and group interviews.The Physiotherapy Clinic at the Karolinska University Hospital is in the focus of the empirical study. The study locates existing differences in perceptions and comes up with recommendations for actions to improve the process of organisations within the Swedish healthcare and their customers. The study's results are that internal marketing can bring a lot to service-selling organizations and that the organizations internal conditions are as important as the external ones.Communication appears to be a key factor for an organization that has applied internal marketing.

AspergerÂŽs syndrome is a state with certain difficulties in social relations, communication and perception. People with AspergerÂŽs syndrome often have a special interest for a certain topic. The main purpose of this study was to describe how grown people with AspergerÂŽs syndrome make sense of living with AspergerÂŽs syndrome. The inquiry was based on semi-structured interviews with eight persons with AspergerÂŽs syndrome. We reached those subjects trough interest organisations for people with AspergerÂŽs syndrome.

Ever since its conceptual birth, the questioning of consequences due to the implementation of ideas from the reformation doctrine, called New Public Management, has been a common occurance among those who have dedicated themselves to research in superior methods of Public Administration. What this thesis aims to do is shed light upon what value-conflicts may occur within public administration organisations when they begin to idealize the rationalization of economic issues. The goal of this thesis will be fulfilled through the creation of two ideal types of public administration that exist in opposition to each other. These two ideal types will show two different views on how decision-making and organisation will be managed in their respective sectors. By doing this, there will be clarification as to what conflicting values arise with the implementation of ideas taken from New Public Management, as well as defining the fundamental difference between which ethical decision model is used..

Denna uppsats studerar formella regler och informella rutiner utifrÄn det institutionellaramverket med ett fusionsperspektiv. Studien har företagits med hjÀlp av semistruktureradeintervjuer av anstÀllda pÄ olika nivÄer i den valda organisationen, Trafikverket. Fusionenskonsekvenser för de formella reglerna och informella rutinerna visade sig avhÀngigt huruvidagamla tillvÀgagÄngssÀtt slopats eller behÄllits. I organisationen vi undersökte intrÀffade detförra vilket ledde till att den tidigare presenterade bilden av den lösa kopplingenskonsekvenser inte gÀllde. Skillnaden kan förklaras av fusionsmomentet.