Jag har valt att göra en studie om hur högt uppsatta HR-chefer ser på sin egen utveckling som ledare, i förhållande till att det arbetar med att utveckla andra ledare. Ämnet bottnar i en vilja att få en inblick i det yrke som jag snart ska ge mig in i och få en djupare insyn i vad det kan finnas för svårigheter i yrket som HR-chef. Jag har inte haft några avsikter att dra generella slutsatser, uta

The purpose of this study was to examine how young women with a self mutilation behaviour uses the chat room Zebraforum on the internet and how that can be apart of constructing an identity. The study is based on the women's autobiographical stories. There were over 350 different auto- biographical stories to choose from and of those 36 were chosen for analysis. Theory of youth culture has bee

Basel II requires Value at Risk (VaR) as a standardized risk measure for calculating market risk. However, the validity of the risk measure has been questioned since it neglects the losses beyond the VaR level. Expected Shortfall (ES) is a response to this limitation, as it is defined as the average of the losses ignored by VaR. This study applies VaR and ES to three commodities; gold, oil and cor

Supervisor: Annika Capelán Assessor: Olle Frödin The purpose of this study was to explore the participants' experience of the ongoing integration project “Integration through work” in the south of Sweden. This was done empirically by performing semi-structured, qualitative interviews with eight of the project´s participants from a theoretical perspective based on the concepts of marginalizati

Hur gör hemlösa identitet? Syftet med uppsatsen är att studera identitetsformering och hemlöshet. Detta görs utifrån material som samlats in under ett fältarbete på gatutidningen Alumas Malmökontor. Fältarbetet genomfördes med fenomenologins tanke om ”att vara där” i åtanke. Både deltagande observationer och intervjuer har genomförts. Teoretiskt utgår jag från subjektspositionerna stigma och respe

Abstract: The study covers several aspects of Thai immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden. The main focus is to study whether they should be regarded as ‘Working poor’ and why Thai working poor entrepreneurs in Sweden still continue their businesses. Moreover, employing the concept of the necessity and opportunity entrepreneur, the study explores their reasons to become an entrepreneur, and what kind o

Title: China’s increased export influence: An empirical analysis of the impact on Sweden’s and the United States’ industrial production between 1994 and 2008. Topic/course: NEKM01 Master thesis Author: Anna Persdotter Supervisor: Fredrik NG Andersson Keywords: Export, Comparative advantage, China, Sweden, the United States, Engle Granger, ECM Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to examin

Abstract Issue: Theories of how to use communication tools and what underlying strategies should be are many, but why do we not know how a successful organization values these tools and how they make these strategies into action? Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to expose how a large, decentralized and successful organization is using internal communications, and how they communicate organiza

Purpose: The purpose of this master thesis is to explain how organizations, as an actor of corporate social responsibility, can create conditions for legitimacy in a complex world. Method: To address how organizations can create conditions for legitimacy we accomplish qualitative interviews with Communication managers and CSR managers in five Swedish social responsible organizations. Findings: The

Author: Una Hauksdóttir Title: Implementera MultifunC Tutor: Olle Frödin MultifunC is a treatment method for teenagers with serious behavior problems. The teenagers are in the ages 14 to 18 years old and are treated in an institution. MultifunC is located in different places in Norway and Sweden. The method is in an implementation process at one of the institutions in Sweden. The aim of my stud

I en konkurrensutsatt och ekonomiskt pressad bransch gäller det att ha ett starkt varumärke. I servicebranschen spelar den kundnära personalen en särskilt viktig roll för gästens upplevelse av företaget, och de flesta företag jobbar på något sätt med att försöka få personalen att ”leva varumärket”. Den interna marknadsföringen präglas dock i många fall av en ålderdomlig syn på organisationer och k

Authors: Carl Lagrelius & Eduardo Ocaña Title: Empowerment in the Community - a qualitative study of Fritids- och Förebyggande Verksamhets work in the community of Rosengård, Malmö. Supervisor: Jan Magnusson The purpose of this study was to examine if the work done by the professional workers of Fritids- och Förebyggande Verksamhet in Rosengård could be considered as a form of empowerment. Fu

Several previous studies have shown that Internet-based CBT can be an effective treatment of social phobia in adults. To what extent this treatment is applicable for adolescents is currently not clear. It is plausible, however, that a multimedia approach is suitable for this audience. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to design and evaluate a film consisting of educational material abo

Denna studie undersökte korrelationen mellan romantisk anknytning och representationer av omvårdnad. Deltagarna var 56 föräldrar vars äldsta barn var mellan 1 och 6 år, och vars parrelation hade varat i minst 2 år. Hälften av deltagarna intervjuades med Caregiving and Attachment Interview (CAI), en semistrukturerad intervju om relationen till sitt äldsta barn. De genomförde även Experiences in CloThis study examined the correlation between romantic attachment and representations of caregiving. The participants were 56 parents whose oldest child was between the age of 1 and 6 years old and whose relationship with their partner had lasted for 2 years or more. Half of the participants were interviewed with Caregiving and Attachment Interview (CAI), a semistructured interview regarding their r

Since we came across many negative opinions regarded BBIC as a working model, the question: how this model influences the work satisfaction of the social workers who work with children and youth inquiries, was aroused. Our questions concerned work satisfaction and social workers ideals regarded their work. Our study is a qualitative study of social workers who work with children and youth inquiri

The purpose of this study was to examine which perceptions the nursing staffs in the elderly care has about leadership styles, the leader's position in the organization and the leader's competence. I chose this subject because there have been major changes in the welfare sector that have affected the organization, leadership and the direct care work. My quantitative study was carried out u

The purpose of this essay was to study and analyze which ethical problems civil servants that work with LVM (law of non-voluntary treatment for addicts) experience and their point of view at their work with LVM. Civil servants in this essay, refers to the workers at LVM-homes that treat the addicts and the investigators at social office for grownup addicts. The method used was qualitative intervie

Föreningar har överlag svårt att rekrytera och engagera nya medlemmar till sin verksamhet. Det är främst i målgruppen unga vuxna, som antalet engagerade är underrepresenterade. Detta är både ett samhällsproblem och ett problem hos många föreningar. Vi är därför nyfikna på hur ideella organisationer arbetar med sitt varumärke för att nå denna målgrupp. Vårt syfte med denna uppsats är att fördjupa k

The specific aim of the study was to ascertain what may influence the implementation of HIV/AIDS workplace programmes in two global organisations operating in Botswana. A case study approach was applied, focusing on two case companies defining themselves as good corporate citizens and in relation to this are implementing workplace programmes applying the same model and service provider. It was fou

Abstract Author: Jessica Göransson & Sener Tulpar Title: “Apprehension and application of the word neglect, and riskfactors that can lead to words like neglect and incongruity can arise within the geriatric care.” Supervisor: Yoshiko Boregren Matsui The purpose with this study was to begin with to examine how the word neglect was understood and used within the geriatric care and in the dif