ABSTRACTWe have chosen to write an essay about Competence because we think that it is an important and a current subject of interest, both to us as future team leaders, but also to all activities within the community. We have a background working with eldercare and we have noticed that there are continued changes going on. This made us want to study what team leaders and their staff think about Competence and the development of Competence. The purpose of this study is to analyse how team leaders work to develop Competence with their personnel working in home care. We also want to analyse how the personnel experience their Competence and their need for development of Competence.

This essay contains material of how the Competence maintenance works on a chosen company and how a web based tool developed for its use can help companies with Competence insur-ance. As Competence maintenance is a major factor to have a long term profit it´s necessary to be aware of the company?s future needs in the Competence sector. This essay describes the company?s Competence maintenance occupation needs taken from internal documents; it also identifies the need for Competence maintenance and presents multiple areas of possible im-provements.

The profit a company makes is dependant of its employees which means that their Competence is important for the company to perform well. The middle manager has a central position in the organization and is expected to take on different roles. This probably puts a lot of demands on the middle managers and their Competence. We want to contribute with a comprehension of how learning, Competence and needs for Competence can look at a middle management level. Furthermore we also want to find out what kind of strategy for Competence development the middle managers want the company to use so their Competence development can be facilitated.

This paper examined if childrens wellbeing affected their social and academic Competence. The data was collected through an anonymous study using questionnaires, where the measuring instruments GHQ12 and EQ was used, and also a number of questions concerning academic Competence. The population concisted twentytwo eight grade students, both girls and boys. The population had both Swedish and foreign ancestry. The result showed that wellbeing and the academic Competence had a positive correlation.

This paper examined if childrens wellbeing affected their social and academic Competence. The data was collected through an anonymous study using questionnaires, where the measuring instruments GHQ12 and EQ was used, and also a number of questions concerning academic Competence. The population concisted twentytwo eight grade students, both girls and boys. The population had both Swedish and foreign ancestry. The result showed that wellbeing and the academic Competence had a positive correlation.

Problem: In society of today corporate Competence is an important factor for survivor and development. IT is developing rapidly and can not be ignored by companies. Then need for people with IT-Competence is conquent increasing. A survey of corporate IT-Competence is therefore of interest for companies as well as for local authorities. To determine the IT Competence within an organisation, this Competence has to be measurable.

Competence is a complex concept that encompasses many facets. This study aims fora better understanding of the concept. Many branches of business administration science would benefit from a better understanding of Competence and, through that understanding, find solutions where Competence is one of many variables. By combining a positivistic and phenomenological approach, this study has created a broader understanding of the concept of Competence.The study combines systematic study of the relevant literature with in-depth interviewswith people representing both the employer and the union within the staffing company world.The results show that quantifying Competence is a complex and next to impossible task, as it would involve including the whole concept of Competence in the calculations. When this is done, the phenomenon itself becomes so complex that it loses its validity.This is why theorists who want to perform this type of calculations put most of the Competence complexity in ?the black box?.

Problem: In society of today corporate Competence is an important factor for survivor and development. IT is developing rapidly and can not be ignored by companies. Then need for people with IT-Competence is conquent increasing. A survey of corporate IT-Competence is therefore of interest for companies as well as for local authorities. To determine the IT Competence within an organisation, this Competence has to be measurable.

Background: As the economy turns up and down, and companies sometimes face loosing employees, it is important for them to make sure they do not loose Competence at the same time. Therefore a need to handle Competence efficiently exist. Purpose. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate what measures companies take to minimise the risk of loosing Competence from the company, at times of layoffs and in general. Methodology: We mainly used interviews to gather information.

The local politicians in Sweden are responsible for a great deal of the welfare system why one would assume that there are a lot of demands put on them - demands for certain skills or a certain level of Competence. I have in this study tried to find out how the demands on the local representatives concerning the demands for Competence and the actual level of Competence among the politicians are affecting the local politics. This was done through investigating how the local politicians are perceiving their level of Competence and the demands put on them, but also how the employees are perceiving the demands and the level of Competence put on the politicians. The study was made in the municipality of Gislaved in Southern Sweden. I was using both quantitative method (an opinion poll among the politicians and employees in the municipality) and qualitative method (interviews with three politicians and three employees and literature studies).In order to investigate the demands for Competence I split the concept into ?soft? Competence (socially and emotionally based skills), and ?hard? Competence (skills based on knowledge, education and experience).

The aim of this study is to explore if and how library managers market their Competence in communication with local politicians. It is also our aim to find a definition of the Competence of librarians. The report identifies and describes problems and possibilitieswith marketing of Competence to politicians on the basis of one Swedish municipality's library managers. In order to fulfil this aim we have used a literature study on marketing, Competence, the political process and the librarian profession. We have alsocarried out an empirical study where we interviewed ten library managers in onemunicipality, seven politicians in the same municipality and ten representatives for central professional organisations mainly in Sweden.The results are that most library managers don't market their Competence because they don?t believe in marketing Competence.

A self-esteem that is contingent on affirmation from others leaves the individual psychologically vulnerable. Ccontingent self-esteem has been shown to be either relationship or Competence based. The aim of the current study was to examine the relationship between relationship based self-esteem, Competence based self-esteem, the under dimensions of those, and self-efficacy. Questionnaires were handed out to 69 university students. The results indicated that Competence based self-esteem predicted a significantly low self-efficacy.

Background: Competence development has become more important since the pressure on effectiveness is increasing and organisations are expected to constantly improvement. The design of the Competence development activities is governed by the strategy which in turn will affect the outcome of the same. A knowledge intense business in which changes recently have taken place is healthcare, a business in which competition also has increased as a result from globalization. Due to this, it is highly important to take care of and improve the Competence of individuals. According to this, we have found that healthcare is an interesting business to study with regard to Competence development.

This essey discuss Competence development for the employees in a unit of the Swedish police authorities. The purpose with this survey has been to show an understanding for how this unit within the Swedish police authorities works with Competence development and what kind of Competence investments they carry out and also why Competence development is important in their organisation. To answer the purpose of the survey and the questions a qualitative method has been used remaining interviews with five involved respondents working in the investigated unit. The result shows that needs for Competence development are made clear during meeting for personal development and during the local educational council inventories. Competence development for the employees is prioritated for the policemen comparing to the civil employees on account of that the policemen have a demanding work and they have to develop their work all the time because of the resisting circumstances.

Background:An increasing number of patients with an oncology diagnose will be seen in the future. The oncology care is complex and in great need of nurses with a high level of Competence. There is a lack of previous research in the specialist oncology nurses Competence and therefore knowledge of their skills can reveal an understanding of their Competence.Aim:The aim of the study was to describe the Competence of the specialist oncology nurse.Method:Four oncology nurses and two directors of oncology care were interviewed. The interview text was analyzed using qualitative content analysis.Results:The result showed that the oncology nurses had developed six different Competences within different areas. These Competence areas were assertiveness, patient-centered care, ethical and moral-, pedagogical-, to lead and develop- and theoretical Competence.