Idag avlöser organisationsförändringar varandra och behovet av inhyrda managementkonsulter och förändringsledare har därmed haft en ansenlig tillväxt. Det finns många delade uppfattningar om vad rollen som extern förändringskonsult innebär, samt vilken roll konsulten ska ta i en förändringsprocess. Konsulten skall dels vara en extern och objektiv part, samtidigt som de har krav på sig att kunna hantera känslor, vara anpassningsbar, ansvarstagande samt ha förmågan att vårda relationer till klienter. Syftet med denna studie är att genom en kvalitativ intervjustudie med sju förändringskonsulter från fyra konsultfirmor beskriva hur externa förändringskonsulter själva ser på sin roll och hur de hanterar dessa tvetydiga krav som ställs på dem. Studien visar att förändringskonsulterna har en tydligare bild av sin roll, än vad forskning framlägger. De beskriver främst att rollen innebär att vara coach och rådgivare, som är där för att stötta klientorganisationen. Rollen innebär även att kunna förändra och hantera människor genom att bygga upp en stark förtroenderelation och tydlig kommunikation med klientorganisationen. Vidare är det viktigt att det finns tydliga förväntningar i samarbetet och att parterna genom att ha en samstämmig syn på dessa kan undvika spänningar och missförstånd.

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Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Heidelberg, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. xvii-xxiii) and index.

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The Camino Francés, a 780km pilgrimage in Northern Spain, has been traveled by millions of pilgrims over the last 800 years. In recent decades the route has been increasingly threatened by insensitive development and infrastructure. Surprisingly little research has been conducted on the nature and ecology of pilgrims’ experiences and the landscape necessary to support the roughly 170,000 people that walk the Camino each year. Adapting methods from recreation and leisure science, this autoethnographic research explored the influence of the environment on my pilgrimage experience as I walked for five weeks in the Fall of 2011. Analysis used a variety of qualitative techniques in creating my own narrative. My research suggests that the landscape is essential to a positive and meaningful pilgrimage experience. Future planning and design efforts for this UNESCO route should incorporate the influence of the landscape on the experience of pilgrimage.

We investigate whether Swedish insiders use an information advantage on future goodwill impairments to engage in net selling activity prior to public announcement. We further hypothesize greater insider net selling in impairment firms with a higher degree of goodwill in their balance sheets and in impairment firms in less transparent information environments. The insider trading is traced two years prior to the announcement of goodwill impairments in a sample between 2004-2012. Univariate and multivariate analyses are performed, comparing impairment firms with non-impairment firms. The results indicate that impairment firms engage in abnormal net selling up to six months prior to the announcement date. In addition, impairment firms with a higher degree of goodwill and with higher transparency are net selling to a higher extent up to six months prior to announcement date, although these findings only provide moderate predicting values. No significant results are discovered earlier than six months prior to announcement. These findings are incongruent with previous research.

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The purposes of this thesis are threefold: (1) to investigate the incidence of insider trading in China; (2) to critically examine the regulation of insider trading in China within the Chinese context; and (3) to set out reform proposals. At present, insider trading is a very serious issue in China as it presents a major obstacle to the development of China???s securities market. This thesis is therefore of both theoretical and practical significance. Based on both theoretical arguments and empirical findings, this thesis investigates the extent of insider trading in China, explains why insider trading occurs in China, and examines the harmful and allegedly beneficial effects of insider trading. Insider trading is found to be widespread and widely considered to be harmful in China. This accounts for the fact that China has shown a great willingness to follow the international trend to regulate insider trading. Indeed, with the benefit of overseas experience, China has made a remarkable achievement in establishing its insider trading regulatory regime within a relatively short period of time. Despite this, there are a number of major problems with this regulatory regime, mainly due to the adoption of foreign ideas without due criticism. This is illustrated by various loopholes found in the definition of what is an ???insider???, which are related to confusion over underlying theories of insider trading liability. The thesis conducts an indepth analysis of these theories on a comparative law basis, recommending that the equality of access theory and the Australian ???information connection??? only approach are better suited to China. The thesis also examines other basic elements of insider trading, including the concept of materiality, the issue of when information becomes public, and the subjective elements of insider trading. Furthermore, a detailed discussion is carried out concerning the issue of private civil liability for insider trading. It is submitted that the combination of the nondisclosure-period-traders approach and well-designed damage caps can best ensure that private actions serve as a necessary and appropriate force in the enforcement of insider trading law.

Diss. Stockholm : Stockholms universitet, 2006.