Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a highly used concept in contemporary organizations, especially in the recruitment process or education of employees and managers. The aim of this study was to examine the discursive production of the concept emotional intelligence and how it, linked to an organizational context, is expressed in web-based articles and course homepages. In total 11 texts related to emotional intelligence and organizational contexts were used as the object of study. A three-stage model was used as a method for analysis. The model included a content analysis, argument analysis and a deconstruction analysis in order to expose what was said about emotional intelligence and how it was said.

There is no clear connection between cutaneous adverse reactions and atopic dermatitis in dogs, however, reports show a prevalence of cutaneous adverse reactions in 2-30% of atopic dogs. The purpose of this study was to record how many atopic dogs that also were diagnosed with cutaneous adverse reactions. Journals of atopic dogs in two Swedish animal hospitals, diagnosed between 1995 and June 2003, were examined. In the two animal hospitals, 188 journals were selected to match the criteria of atopic dermatitis according to this study. Of these dogs, 86 were put on a strict food elimination dietary trial.

SammanfattningSyfteSyftet med denna studie var att kartlägga skadebilden inom innebandy på elitnivå under en säsong samt att jämföra eventuella skillnader mellan manliga och kvinnliga innebandyspelare beträffande exponeringstid, skadeincidens, skadelokalisation, fördelning mellan traumatiska skador och överbelastningsskador samt allvarlighetsgrad av skada.MetodSvenska Innebandyförbundet samt tränare och spelare informerades om studien våren 2009. Innebandyspelare från herrarnas superliga (n=122) och damernas elitserie (n=116) följdes prospektivt under säsongen 2010-2011. Samtliga skador som innebar frånvaro från träning eller match rapporterades av respektive lags medicinska team. Data bearbetades med deskriptiv statistik beträffande exponeringstid, skadeincidens, skadelokalisation, typ av skada samt skadans allvarlighetsgrad. Statistisk analys genomfördes avseende eventuell skillnad mellan manliga och kvinnliga innebandyspelare.ResultatDet förelåg en statistisk signifikant könsskillnad avseende skadeincidens under försäsongen (p=0.01), huvudsäsongen (p=0.002) och totalt under hela studieperioden (p=0.02), oavsett typ av skada (traumatisk respektive överbelastningsskada), med en skadeincidens som var högre hos kvinnor än män.

SammanfattningSyfteSyftet med denna studie var att kartlägga skadebilden inom innebandy på elitnivå under en säsong samt att jämföra eventuella skillnader mellan manliga och kvinnliga innebandyspelare beträffande exponeringstid, skadeincidens, skadelokalisation, fördelning mellan traumatiska skador och överbelastningsskador samt allvarlighetsgrad av skada.MetodSvenska Innebandyförbundet samt tränare och spelare informerades om studien våren 2009. Innebandyspelare från herrarnas superliga (n=122) och damernas elitserie (n=116) följdes prospektivt under säsongen 2010-2011. Samtliga skador som innebar frånvaro från träning eller match rapporterades av respektive lags medicinska team. Data bearbetades med deskriptiv statistik beträffande exponeringstid, skadeincidens, skadelokalisation, typ av skada samt skadans allvarlighetsgrad. Statistisk analys genomfördes avseende eventuell skillnad mellan manliga och kvinnliga innebandyspelare.ResultatDet förelåg en statistisk signifikant könsskillnad avseende skadeincidens under försäsongen (p=0.01), huvudsäsongen (p=0.002) och totalt under hela studieperioden (p=0.02), oavsett typ av skada (traumatisk respektive överbelastningsskada), med en skadeincidens som var högre hos kvinnor än män.

How does IT-consultants reason in their consulting process regarding the development of a clients IT-based internal recruitment system? The purpose with this paper is to investigate how an IT-consultant is reasoning in a consulting process and investigate whether consultants are using established models and methods in their work. We have chosen to work with a qualitative examination to attain our purpose. In our work gathering the empirical facts we have been working with a case study, an observation and a simulation exercise. The combination of these has made it possible to carry out the paper and produce the most correct data possible.

With an IT outsourcing project there are many factors affecting how efficiency andquality develop in the outsourced activity. The Purpose of this study is to identifythese factors through a case study in a global company that is dissatisfied with theefficiency and quality of their outsourced helpdesk. For data collection methodsinterviews and observations were used. Interviews were conducted with people fromdifferent parts of the company in three different countries, all somehow involved inthe outsourced system. The observations were made with the outsourced company tosee how the employees work and fill information gaps that the interviews could notcover.

The term ?social competence? is widely used by organizations in job advertisements, despite the problems of making a unified definition of it. The purpose of this study is to investigate which features the organizations require, why organizations require them and how the assessment is implemented for recruitment. To answer the purpose of this study, eight qualitative interviews conducted with recruiters from four different staffing agencies. Further a literature study was performed to define the concept of ?social competence? and its meaning, in order to later connect this to the result.

Large retirement numbers and fierce competition of available labour, results in municipalities have to be more attractive as an employer. One way for the municipalities to fulfil their staffing requirement is partly to increase their recruitment efforts, and partly to educate their existing employees. Discussions about the supply of competence are therefore pressing within municipal activity. The aim of the study was to investigate how the concept of competence is used within a municipal administration. The method that has been used is Norman Fairclough?s critical discourse analysis, a method that allows multi dimensional analysis.

This study focuses on the booking agencies in Sweden and their point of view on the reality with a focal point from the mass media perspective, which says that they have become rather wealthy because of the changes within the music business. The mass media describes the booking agencies situation as golden because of the economical and technological changes that more or less have paralysed the record industry. The study is performed with a qualitative approach and is based on interviews with relevant individuals from eight different Swedish booking agencies. These individuals have been chosen to match as many different segments in the booking agency business as possible. On account of the qualitative approach it is difficult to generalize the conclusion of the study.

Den artificiella intelligensen i spel brukar ofta använda sig utav regelbaserade tekniker för dess beteende. Detta har gjort att de artificiella agenterna blivit förutsägbara, vilket är väldigt tydligt för sportspel. Det här arbetet har utvärderat ifall inlärningstekniken Q-learning är bättre på att spela fotboll än en regelbaserade tekniken tillståndsmaskin. För att utvärdera detta har en förenklad fotbollssimulering skapats. Där de båda lagen har använts sig av varsin teknik.

SammanfattningSyfteSyftet med denna studie var att kartlägga skadebilden inom innebandy på elitnivå under en säsong samt att jämföra eventuella skillnader mellan manliga och kvinnliga innebandyspelare beträffande exponeringstid, skadeincidens, skadelokalisation, fördelning mellan traumatiska skador och överbelastningsskador samt allvarlighetsgrad av skada.MetodSvenska Innebandyförbundet samt tränare och spelare informerades om studien våren 2009. Innebandyspelare från herrarnas superliga (n=122) och damernas elitserie (n=116) följdes prospektivt under säsongen 2010-2011. Samtliga skador som innebar frånvaro från träning eller match rapporterades av respektive lags medicinska team. Data bearbetades med deskriptiv statistik beträffande exponeringstid, skadeincidens, skadelokalisation, typ av skada samt skadans allvarlighetsgrad. Statistisk analys genomfördes avseende eventuell skillnad mellan manliga och kvinnliga innebandyspelare.ResultatDet förelåg en statistisk signifikant könsskillnad avseende skadeincidens under försäsongen (p=0.01), huvudsäsongen (p=0.002) och totalt under hela studieperioden (p=0.02), oavsett typ av skada (traumatisk respektive överbelastningsskada), med en skadeincidens som var högre hos kvinnor än män.

Ångermanland has at the last five years lost 420 hockey players. This is a qualitative study that focus on investigating the main problems of dropouts among young hockey players and how ice hockey associations in Ångermanland act to find solutions to the problem. The main questions of the study are: How can the dropout problems in Ångermanland be understood or explained in terms of youth operators' perspective and what are the potential strategies that the ice hockey associations are using to deal with the dropout problem and what approaches to youth hockey is reflected in the youth operators' statements? The study was based on semi-structure interviews with 6 different ice hockey sports clubs in Ångermanland. The results showed that the leadership programs ought to be more educational, and more oriented toward understanding the children instead of mainly technical learning objectives about how to shoot, dribble, and skate.

A sequence of actions in the world have influenced the information science, one of these actions is the lateral movement in how companies use their IT-systems. IT-systems today, in comparison to before, are used by companies to improve their relationship with their customers. Every year a big amount of money is spent on developing and improving IT-systems. That is why it is important to develop and create IT-systems that are clear, and which encourage, enable and simplify a user?s action.

 The purpose of this study is to examine how individuals' social capital can affect the opportunities for finding a job. That is, what benefits social contacts can provide in the hunt for a new job. The main questions that will be answered throughout this study are:- Of what importance are social contacts when looking for a job?- What are the advantages and disadvantages that the respondents present with recruitment thru informal channels/social contacts?-What are the advantages and disadvantages that social contacts can provide in terms of personal recommendations when looking for a job according to the recruiters?The study is based on five qualitative interviews with mainly recruiters from various parts of the labor market. The collected empirical data that the study has yielded indicate that individuals' social capital of the highest degree is crucial for the opportunities they have to find a job.

The purpose of this Master's thesis is to determine which of the three general classification schemes, DDC, SAB, and UDC is the most appropriate for classifying music documents. This is done by analysing and classifying 60 music documents such as recordings, scores and books about music. The codes resulting from the classification are analysed according to a number of evaluation criteria based on classification theory. The criteria focus on the systems specificity, exhaustivity, exclusivity, helpful sequence, hospitality, notation and that related classes are kept together. The study showed that the systems specificity in classification was of great importance in classifying music documents because of the diversity of music genres.