The purpose of this study is to gain more understanding for police officers' experiences for the psychosocial work-environment and their experiences of threat and violence in the work-environment. Through a qualitative study has interviews conducted with police officers to gain a deeper understanding. My main question is: How do police officers experiences their psychosocial work-environment? And the other research questions are: How do psychosocial work environment affect police officers privacy? How the dynamics of the group’s role in the psychosocial work environment? What are the factors that affect/prevent psychosocial work environments? The officers' experiences of their psychosocial work-environment were very similar to each other. They feel that their psychosocial work-environment is positive for their fellowship and communication in their work group. These are some of the factors that are characteristic of a good psychosocial work-environment according to Thoerells (2003).The informants were told that their psychosocial work-environment is good when it comes to team work and cohesion and it has a more personal communication as they work in small groups which allows them to get to know each other more. Working as a policeman in Malmö was experienced as very stressful and there was always a fast pace compared with Trelleborg, which is a smaller town. According to one of the informants' experiences is it less stressful and more peaceful people in Trelleborg comparing to Malmö. / <p>Validerat; 20110721 (anonymous)</p>

"How to use film as an identity and meaning building tool in work with christian confirmation" exploers a model for working with film in confirmation with the help of Thomas H. Groomes theological educational model Five movements, Tomas Axelssons model for film watching Thick Viewing and Christopher Voglers narrative model The heros journey. The model explores in different ways if film in work with the christian confirmation can be a constructive tool for building a positive identity for youth and how to explore the christian narrative, narrative in films, and individual personal narratives and the awarness of how this narratives are constructed to build meaning. / <p>Christopher Voglers Modell för The Heros Journey är borttaget pga av upphovsrättsliga skäl. </p>

The tool due diligence is used to analyze different aspects in a potential investment. Due diligence started to apply in connection to real estate investments in Sweden twenty five years ago. Gradually the connection between real estate investments and due diligence became more frequent. Today is due diligence performed ordinary in connection with real estate investments. The designated purpose with a due diligence is to analyze relevant aspects who is connected to the success of the investment. In a due diligence process several actors are involved to perform a specific due diligence. Professionals who are involved in the process can be accountants, lawyers, technical consultants with targeted knowledge of specific areas of property investments. The purpose of this study is to describe how the part who attempts to acquire a residential property applies due diligence and the expectations connected to the tool. Totally the study contains five interviews with actors who are connected to property investments. The theoretical part of the study is connected to due diligence and aspects who applies in property investments.The results of the study indicates that due diligence in connection to residential acquisition is object adapted after the properties characteristics and opportunities. The study also indicates that the due diligence isn’t a predetermined process who applies a regular pattern. Instead the process in reality is applied after the client’s preferences. / <p>Validerat; 20160621 (global_studentproject_submitter)</p>

This article investigates the practical application of open innovation principles within industrial new product development (NPD). Previous research on open innovation has primarily focused on the notion as such and not yet on how to integrating the principles of open innovation with well- established models for NPD. We aim to help close this knowledge gap. The purpose of this study is to explore how firms can benefit from opening up the NPD process by integrating the principles of open innovation with the well-known and widespread Stage-Gate model. To do this, previous literature is studied in combination with case study data investigating the existing occurrences and potential opportunities of employing the principles of open innovation within NPD at a firm within the upstream Oil &amp;amp; Gas business. Our empirical study shows that there are great virtues in the systematization of the already occasionally occurring open innovation practices. Additionally, a noticeable desire to pursue a more open approach to NPD was identified among the respondents. The results of this study allowed the enactment of a practitioner-oriented work model which exploits the advantages of “openness” while simultaneously capturing the benefits deriving from the systematic and structured approach implied by the Stage- Gate model. Furthermore, by opening up the Stage-Gate model, yet another opportunity is exposed: to allow the work model to facilitate a systematic adjustment of the way value is created and captured within the company (I.e. its business model and its underlying core capabilities) to the external environmental dynamics. This aspect is further included in the new work model. The main implications of this study are that is indicates great opportunities and possibilities in opening up the NPD process. It further introduces an easy applicable work model that facilitates the opening. Moreover, our results apply not only to firms within the Oil &amp;amp; Gas industry, but to all NPD processes where a Stage-Gate methodology is employed. / <p>Validerat; 20101217 (root)</p>

The purpose of this thesis is to explain the paradox of high employee turnover in an attractive industry and how management control can reconcile the tensions that occur as a consequence of the paradox. To achieve the purpose the study will use the accounting industry where this paradoxical situation occurs. A theoretical analytical model is developed with support from previous research. The model and its hypotheses are tested through a theoretically designed electronic survey. A total of 408 respondents participated, of which 221 people are active public accountants, 52 former public accountants and 135 potential candidates in public accounting. The analysis is based on a multivariate statistical analysis and a qualitative post hoc analysis. The result offers an indication that inadequate management control explain why employee turnover remain high despite the attractiveness of the industry. Personnel and action controls are proven to have positive effects on job satisfaction, commitment, the intention to stay and exhaustion. Reward systems are currently being used with the purpose of motivating staff and making sure they stay with the company. Despite this, and the attractiveness the accounting industry holds, the employee turnover is high. The results show that personnel and action controls strengthen the effects of rewards and expectations. In accordance with the results this mean the likelihood of voluntarily termination decreases, and the intention to stay increases. By reforming the management practices to include personnel and action controls in a larger scale, accounting firms can contribute to resolving the identified paradox. For the knowledge intensive accounting profession, this would lead to valuable cost savings. / <p>Validerat; 20160603 (global_studentproject_submitter)</p>

The past few year statistics show that more and more small companies are going bankrupt. Only in the year 2013 the figure increased by five percent over the prior year. Therefore, this study intends to highlight the problem of why failures occur and what underlying signals firms receive about a looming bankruptcy. It is not uncommon for firms for various reasons aside from the signals they receive about the company's financial position. The aim of this study is to increase the understanding of the signals at corporate failures.To answer this purpose, the study used a qualitative approach with quantitative elements. The qualitative method has been implemented in the form of personal interviews with the bankruptcy trustee and the quantitative method based on statistics from the district court in Lulea and data based on repertory grid. The quantitative data from the analysis program, Repertory grid, contributes a principal component analysis and factor analysis.With the help of the principal component analysis there could be four different typologies of insolvent companies identified. The dimensions that were found to have the highest variance were corporate structure and degree of external expertise. Based on these dimensions could every business be categorized. The factor analysis presents factor loadings which had the greatest explanation arising from or related construction.Key words: Repertory grid, institutional theory, signal theory, bankruptcy, small businesses, small enterprises. / <p>Validerat; 20140813 (global_studentproject_submitter)</p>

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