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 säga att allt ligger i betraktarens öga och det gäller även när man pratar om organisationer. Hur en organisation uppfattas har att göra med hur andra ser på 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 är de normer, värderingar och beteenden som finns inom organisationen och uttrycks via artefakter. Artefakterna kan tolkas för att beskriva organisationens kultur och identitet.

Existentiella fr?gor och tankar beskrivs ofta v?ckas i n?rheten av d?den, exempelvis vid allvarlig sjukdom eller h?g ?lder. Det existentiella tenderar att ben?mnas i abstrakta termer. Samtal framst?lls ofta som den prim?ra st?dinsatsen och v?rdpersonal beskrivs ha en viktig roll i att m?ta existentiella behov.Studiens syfte var att utforska och analysera erfarenheter av existentiella fr?gor vid livshotande sjukdom och/eller h?g ?lder samt att f?rdjupa f?rst?elsen f?r vilka former av st?d som upplevs som meningsfulla.18 semistrukturerade intervjuer genomf?rdes med personer med misst?nkt begr?nsad ?verlevnad relaterat till allvarliga sjukdomstillst?nd eller boende p? v?rd- och omsorgsboende.Studiens fenomenologiska analys med fokus p? livsv?rlden visade att existentiella fr?gor ofta manifesterade sig i praktisk, konkret vardag.

AbstractThis is a qualitative study on what motivates personnel to apply for middle management positions within the Värmland 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.

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 värld, vilket bidragit till ett mångkulturellt samhälle. Dagens organisationer står i och med detta inför utmaningen att anpassa sig. Utmaningen med mångfald är, att trots skillnader, lyckas samarbeta. Genom samspel och god kommunikation formas människan in i den sociala miljön på arbetsplatsen. Denna studie undersöker medarbetarnas attityder till och upplevelse av sin organisations kulturella mångfaldsarbete.

Byggbranschen är en av de farligaste branscherna, i Sverige, där 55 personer omkommit de senaste fem åren. En organisations säkerhetskultur är en viktig faktor för att minimera olycksfall på arbetet. På grund av detta är det intressant att undersöka hur säkerhetskulturen ser ut inom ett svenskt byggföretag. Säkerhetskulturen inom NCC, avdelning Västerbotten, har undersökts med hjälp av fokusgrupper och enskilda intervjuer utifrån ålders- och maskulinitetsperspektiv då dessa antas påverka säkerheten på arbetsplatserna negativt. Ett jämförande perspektiv har antagits där attitydskillnader mellan tjänstemän och yrkesarbetare eftersökts.

Titel: Efterfra?gan pa? revisionsbyra?ernas tja?nster fo?r fo?retag utan revisionsplikt. En studie om varfo?r revisions- eller ra?dgivningstja?nster efterfra?gas.Bakgrund: Revisionsplikten avskaffades fo?r de minsta fo?retagen i Sverige 2010. Ett motiv bakom denna laga?ndring var att de minsta fo?retagen skulle kunna fa? va?lja vilka revisions- och ra?dgivningstja?nster de har behov av.

Titel: Efterfra?gan pa? revisionsbyra?ernas tja?nster fo?r fo?retag utan revisionsplikt. En studie om varfo?r revisions- eller ra?dgivningstja?nster efterfra?gas.Bakgrund: Revisionsplikten avskaffades fo?r de minsta fo?retagen i Sverige 2010. Ett motiv bakom denna laga?ndring var att de minsta fo?retagen skulle kunna fa? va?lja vilka revisions- och ra?dgivningstja?nster de har behov av.

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.

Asperger´s syndrome is a state with certain difficulties in social relations, communication and perception. People with Asperger´s syndrome often have a special interest for a certain topic. The main purpose of this study was to describe how grown people with Asperger´s syndrome make sense of living with Asperger´s syndrome. The inquiry was based on semi-structured interviews with eight persons with Asperger´s syndrome. We reached those subjects trough interest organisations for people with Asperger´s 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 utifrån det institutionellaramverket med ett fusionsperspektiv. Studien har företagits med hjälp av semistruktureradeintervjuer av anställda på olika nivåer i den valda organisationen, Trafikverket. Fusionenskonsekvenser för de formella reglerna och informella rutinerna visade sig avhängigt huruvidagamla tillvägagångssätt slopats eller behållits. I organisationen vi undersökte inträffade detförra vilket ledde till att den tidigare presenterade bilden av den lösa kopplingenskonsekvenser inte gällde. Skillnaden kan förklaras av fusionsmomentet.

The Swedish public inquiries and most of the political science advocate reforms in the spirit of participatory democracy to strengthen the democracy. Although it is striking how limited and narrow the scientific documentation is in analysing the effects of participatory democratic reforms. Still, many of the local governments in Sweden are reshaping their organisations according to the participatory democracy model. Is it a trend and a symbolic action or a veritable action of good-will of the politicians?The paper argues that the idea of participatory democracy has become popular and widely spread.

In the past decade there has been a considerable growth of contingent employment arrangements. In Sweden, the most common among these are the temporary-help service firms. The aim of this study is to investigate how the employees of temporary-help service firms experience their situation as employed by one company and working at another. We have used a qualitative approach to reach an increased understanding for the daily situation of the contingent worker. The essay is based on participant observations and semi-structured interviews with six contingent workers.