Att omvandla uttalade värderingar till ett enhetligt beteende inom hela serviceorganisationen är idag ett vanligt problem, särskilt då flera affärskoncept ingår. Uttalade värderingar som formuleras utan förankring till organisationens strategi riskerar att resultera i tomma ord och ge en felaktig känsla av organisationskulturen. Fokus bör därför inte ligga på att förmedla ord på ett papper eller i

Företagen i dagens gymbransch är beroende av sitt medlemsantal för att kunna fortsätta sin verksamhet. Trots att gymbranschen växer är det ett ständigt återkommande problem att medlemmar slutar och företagen i branschen har försökt motarbeta detta under många år. Resultatet på vår frågeställning om hur gym kan arbeta med relationsmarknadsföring för att behålla sina befintliga kunder tyder på att d

Vi har genom kvalitativ metod undersökt huruvida bloggen, i vårt fall tre kvinnliga bloggar, agerar som en arena för genuskonstruktion och om detta kan härledas till en diskussion om bloggen som utmanande och skapande faktor av genusmönster, kvinnoideal och kvinnlig identitet. Vi har genom ett kvalitativt tillvägagångssätt använt oss av innehållsanalys på tre av de största kvinnliga bloggarna i de

Despite western familiarity with Japan, there is little general knowledge of Japanese national minorities; the myth of Japanese homogeneity is well entrenched. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between discrimination and invisibility, specifically how the two affect each other. By exploring how 3 minorities have been discriminated and made invisible, I argue that invisibilit

This thesis is focusing on the church village of Örja just outside of Landskrona in the western part of Scania in Sweden. In Örja there are several prehistoric sites from the Neolithic and to the late Viking Age. Örja which has its foundation in the early Middle Ages still exists today. The thesis focuses on the 9-15th century. By using interdisciplinarity and a comparative method the aim is to in

The famine in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has once again reached a point of emergency wherein the international community has a moral duty to protect the population from their government. Although the member states of the United Nations have affirmed a global Responsibility to Protect, the ways in which that responsibility are carried out are often contradictory and help to sustain t

Abstract Author: Emilie Premberg Title: “A smiling face – support and strategies up one`s sleeve” A work environment study at DSB First Sverige AB. Supervisor: Charlotta Zettervall Assessor: Hans Swärd The aim of this study has been to find different “healthy-factors” that helps trainmanagers at DSB First to handle their situation at work with threat, violence and other negative stressors. A fur

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the determinants of the retirement decisions in Sweden by using qualitative micro data from The Survey on Health and Retirement in probit models. The models investigate the change in job status between the first survey wave in year 2004 and the second survey wave in year 2006/2007 by adding background variables measured in years 2004. The study show that de

Author: Nina Andersson Title: The employees right – The managers obligation. A study regarding midline managers view of performance reviews. [Translated title] Supervisor: Tove Harnett Assessor: Hans Swärd In Swedish municipalities all employees have the right to once a year have a private meeting with their manager. This meeting is meant to give feedback to the employee regarding their work eff

Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka studenters, som blivande arbetstagares, inställning och syn på några av arbetsmarknadens nya normer. Genom förändringar i form av teknisk utveckling och globalisering har nya normer på arbetsmarknaden tagit form. I denna studie ligger fokus på de förändrade normerna kring anställningsform och konkurrens. Tidsbegränsade anställningar har blivit allt vanligare och k

This study aims to present different factors influencing growth comparing Innovative Gazelles and other average SMEs. In addition, this study will investigate relevance of factors fostering innovation in high-growing SMEs in a cross-country perspective in order to show how Innovative Gazelles differ from SMEs in general. The study applies qualitative approach of multi case study, which will be con

The purpose of the present essay is to describe what happens to the rights of parents and children when a child falls fatally ill. The method involves the comparison of scholarly literature, chiefly from Sweden, but also from Norway and the UK. Likewise dialogue has been carried out with the relevant parties in this matter, including personal contact with both physicians and Patientnämnden (the Sw

The essay aims to discuss the issue of climate change. I will focus on Bangladesh, a county vulnerable to environmental hazards due to its geographical location. I have clarified how climate change may affect a country like Bangladesh and how the environmental issues are connected to human rights violations. To problematize the issue of climate change further have I looked into the matter of justi

As a transition economy, China faces the reality of shortage of innovation resources and unbalanced allocation of innovation resources among regions when operating innovation activities. In order to solve these two problems, China needs to make efforts in increasing innovation efficiency and narrowing disparities between eastern regions and other regions. Among them, central regions are the area t