Omvärldsbevakning i tre organisationer med fokus på hållbar stadsutveckling
The subject field studied in this essay is environmental scanning. The aim of this study is to analyse how three public organizations within the subject field sustainable development work with their environmental scanning. Most organizations have to relate to their surroundings such as clients and competitors. Environmental scanning is another very important field that organizations have to relate to in their work. This essay has three questions in focus which are the following;How is the work with environmental scanning in the three organizations arranged?How does the work with environmental scanning differ in the three organizations?How important is environmental scanning for the subject field sustainable development?The study was carried out through four conducted interviews with key persons within the three organizations. The result of the interviews were compiled and analysed with two different models, one of them was altered and only parts of the model were used, within the subject field environmental scanning. This thesis shows that national as well as local organisations invest a large effort in their environmental scanning within the subject field sustainable development. They work actively to achieve different goals for ecologically, socially and economically sustainable cities. Cooperation within the subject field sustainable development does not really seem to exist and finding research which is general within the field is very difficult.