Due to increasing international competition and new technology IT-consultants has been forced to oversee their business models lately. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the process and consequences of a shift in business model for a consultant by using a methodology based on action research. The empirical foundation consists of a field study with observations, notes, interviews and business related documents. The case describes a consultant?s process of shifting business model from profits based on man-hours to selling a standardized system.

Business Intelligence Àr en samling verktyg för att utvinna och analysera information ur rÄdata inom en organisation samt ge bÀttre beslutsstöd grundat pÄ denna. Det har traditionellt anvÀnts inom industrisektorn, men pÄ senare tid har Àven sjukvÄrdssek- torn upptÀckt fördelarna med ett vÀlimplementerat system för Business Intelligence. Implementationen Àr emellertid en komplex process dÀr mycket kan gÄ fel, och pÄ grund av att sjukvÄrdssektorn relativt nyligen började anvÀnda sig utav Business Intel- ligence finns luckor i forskningen pÄ omrÄdet. Syftet med uppsatsen var att undersöka hur sjukvÄrden i Region Halland samt involverade konsulter arbetar med implemen- tationen, och ta fram riktlinjer för hur detta bör ske. Uppsatsen baserades pÄ en kvali- tativ ansats och anvÀnde sig av en explorativ studie med djupintervjuer dÀr totalt fem personer frÄn Region Halland samt tvÄ personer frÄn ett IT-konsultbolag bidrog till uppsatsens resultat.

The study was conducted at a business in the social service. The purpose was to examine how the business works with human resource planning. In order to answer the purpose two questions was formulated, which human resource planning strategy does the business use? And, how do businesses need to act according to the theory of strategic manpower to achieve human resource planning? Survey data collection was done through a qualitative research design, where interviews with five employees in the business took place.The study shows that the business is using a own made strategy in order to achieve human resource planning. The strategy consists of two steps, in step one they do an background analysis and step two a needs analysis where a goal- and responsibility description are designed and then a set of requirements.

The thesis of this Masterpaper has been to analyse what tendencies there might be to distinguish structural alterations in the publishing business today and how they can be understood analytically. The following questions have helped form the principal opinions found in this essay: - What tendencies according to the alterations in publishing business is Piratförlaget representing? -What tendencies according to the alterations in publishing are the literary agents representing? What tendencies regarding the alterations in publishing are the electronic publishing and other techniques related to the publishing business representing? Participants, familiar with the publishing industry in various ways, have been interviewed. The main theory is based on facts from sociology of literature, although Faheys and Randalls Key Scenario, with its driving forces, also provided a great deal of help. In addition, to structure the dynamical publishing business, Peter Senges The Systems Iceberg Model was useful.

Today there are a number of different financing options but few of them are suitable for start-up companies. Business angels are in that case an exception and a suitable investor in these companies. Business angels are individuals who invest in young companies and differ from other financiers in the sense that the collaboration with the company is closer. Business angels are although few in numbers while the young companies often tend to be in most need of funding and has the greatest potential to grow.The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of the cooperation between entrepreneurs and business angels and to identify which effects the financial gap have on these financial associations.Business angels and entrepreneurs collaboration are hard to interpret and therefore demanded a deeper examination. We thus used a qualitative method consisting of six different interviews in three different cases.The study shows that established collaborations between entrepreneurs and business angel?s seem to be affected by the financial gap to a great extent, which has been expressed in negative consequences.

The aim of this study is to investigate leadership in sports organizations and business organizations. The study focused on common and important leadership components and the most important leadership processes in both business context and sports context. The study also investigated common and important leadership components, leadership challenges and which degree leaders used the transformative leadership. The study focuses on leadership components most importantly from the leaders view, including both sport managers and business leaders. The investigation was based on eight interviews, which are analyzed with content analysis.

A good flow of information in organizations is one of the key aspects of how we define a well-functioning organization. The information flow could be internal as well as external between actors within as well as outside of the organization. In a logistics organization this flow of information is equally important as in any other kind of organization. In this paper we have explored information flows in logistics organizations by applying, boundary spanning and the mobile-stationary divide perspective. In boundary spanning the main goal is to erase or relocate some of the boundaries within an organization, in our case to make the flow of information internally as well as externally better.

This study aims to examine Business Intelligence research conduct within Swedish government agencies and workplaces in order to understand the recent debate regarding Business Intelligence research ethics and thus answer the following question: Does Business Intelligence praxis in Sweden meet ethical guidelines recommended by international field experts? A theoretical analysis of relevant and also recent publications, including a Business Intelligence method review, was conducted using qualitative content analysis. In order to validate the results from my theoretical analysis I conducted a series of interviews with a number of professionals who useBusiness Intelligence research in their work and decisionmaking process..

Den ökade globaliseringen och senaste finanskrisen stÀller höga krav pÄ uppföljning och medvetenhet av ett företags prestation. Business Intelligence (BI) Àr ett omrÄde vars syfte Àr att förbÀttra en organisations prestation genom analys av historisk data. BI Àr ett komplext omrÄde som inte bara handlar om tekniska lösningar, Àven om det Àr en förutsÀttning. För nÀrvarande investeras det mycket i olika BI-lösningar och företagen behöver veta vad resurserna bör lÀggas pÄ. I dagslÀget finns det ingen modell som bedömer ett företags arbete med Business Intelligence utifrÄn ett flertal dimensioner.Syftet med den hÀr studien var att utveckla en mognadsmodell för Business Intelligence och sedan jÀmföra de undersökta företagen Axfood, Scania och Systembolagets mognad.

Social media constitutes an increasing part of organizations and businesses today, regardlessif its segment is B2B (Business to business) or B2C (Business to consumer). The use ofsocial media has been self-evident for many companies, especially throughout the B2C area.The study examined attitudes towards Web 2.0 and social media in the B2B-segment, andwhat advantages and disadvantages that might exist with the use of the implementation. Inorder to answer the research question a qualitative case study on the company IFS (Industrialand Financial Systems) was made..

The purpose of this study is to examine whether there are any key factors for success to look for in launching a new business that affects the subsequent performance of the venture. Further on, the study will examine if there are any differences between believed and actual factors for success for an entrepreneur and the key factors for success given by existing theory. The purpose of looking in to the assumed gap between existing theory and entrepreneurs? believed and actual factors is to distinguish factors that make start-ups evolve. It is then important to investigate how they have worked with their business start-up and how they have worked with key factors for success in order to understand the impacts of their decisions.

Information handling has been a key issue for different companies for a long time. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is used to transfer different business documents from one company to another. This is done in such way that the information itself is separated from how this information is stored and handled in the companies internal systems. As different companies have different systems there is a need for a standardised format for this exchange. There is a big difference between EDI-systems based on what kind of EDI-standard is used. The most common standard in Europe is EDIFACT, but with increased interest of using the Internet for business communication there is a need for a standard that is adjusted for use over the Internet.

This study aims to investigate how value is constructed in horse business, in order to increase knowledge and contribute to development of theory in this field. This is important since the horse plays a significant role in the rural development in Sweden. The study assumes that value is something created through relationships in the social network. Therefore theories of sensemaking are combined with a discourse analytic method. By interviewing customers to two companies, one with orientation on trotting horses and one with orientation on showjumping horses, it was found that value is constructed through retrospective stories.

Arbetslivet förÀndras och detta leder till förÀndringar av organisering och struktur inom organisationer. För att möta behov av flexibilitet, effektivitet och konkurrenskraft har nya sÀtt att organisera resulterat i nya ramar och strukturer för arbete med personalfrÄgor.  Dessa nya sÀtt att organisera har lett fram till nya roller och ansvarsfördelningar.I denna studie var syftet att skapa förstÄelse för hur HR- funktionens utformning pÄverkar chefers arbetssituation. Studien undersökte chefers upplevelser av HR-stödet i relation till arbetssituationen inom en organisation dÀr HR-stödet bygger pÄ ett service center, en expertenhet och HR business partners ute i verksamheten. Uppsatsen bygger pÄ tio kvalitativa intervjuer med HR-medarbetare och chefer pÄ Trafikverket.Studien visar att cheferna upplever ett tillfredstÀllande HR-stöd frÄn expertenheten och HR business partners. Samordningsproblem inom HR-funktionen ger dock effekter för bÄde chefer och HR-medarbetare inom organisationen.

Vi har valt att skriva om Business Intelligence pÄ grund av dess relevans i dagens vÀxande teknologiska samhÀlle. Ett Business Intelligence system Àr en typ av informationssystem som hjÀlper anvÀndaren att se mönster, relationer och trender inom företaget och dess försÀljning.BI Àr ett verktyg för företag och organisationer att anvÀnda som underlag för att kunna ta vÀl grundade och beslut baserade pÄ information snarare Àn intuition.Syftet med vÄr uppsats Àr att söka förstÄelse för de problem som olika typer av anvÀndare stÄr inför vid anvÀndning av BI system och hitta gemensamma nÀmnare bland dem.Studien genomfördes utifrÄn en kvalitativ metodansats dÀr vi undersökt vilka problem och utmaningar olika anvÀndartyper stÄr inför vid anvÀndandet av systemet.Studien belyste behovet av ordentlig informationsmodell och en masterdatamodell över gemensamma definitioner inom organisationerna.Det största problemet som identifierades i studien var problematiken för företag att hÄlla en kvalitativ data inom företaget. Detta problem var nÄgot som de alla var vÀl införstÄdda med.PÄ grund av slutanvÀndarnas olika uppfattning av BI system sÄg problembilderna olika ut. Resultatet av vÄr studie Àr att problembilderna skiljer sig Ät beroende pÄ vilken anvÀndartyp som Äsyftas. Leverantörerna, IB-arkitekterna och analytikerna hade en mer gemensam problembild, medan slutanvÀndarnas problembild var mer spretig..