Världen över sker ständiga budgetöverskridanden. Offentliga verksamheter har inte varit något undantag för dessa kostnadsöverskridanden, vilket skapar incitament till att förstå varför de uppstår. I de offentliga projekten drabbas fler än bara de projektansvariga vid budgetöverskridelser. Det är samhället i stort som får betala för arbetet eftersom det är skattefinansierade projekt. Examensarbetet utgör en fallstudie som genomfördes med syftet att skapa förståelse för varför budgetöverskridanden sker i en liten kommun. För att uppnå syftet har både sekundär- och primärdata använts i form av en djupgående dokumentanalys vilken kompletterats av intervjuer. Som fallstudieobjekt har en liten kommun använts för att samla in material. Arbetets dokumentanalys syftar till att sammanställa och jämföra tidigare utförda projekt. Intervjuer med respondenter har kompletterat och förklarat de budgetavvikelser som uppmärksammats från dokumentanalysen. En litteraturstudie av tidigare forskningens resultat möjliggjorde även för jämförelse och ökad förståelse av resultatet. Resultatet av studien är en förklaring till varför budgetöverskridanden förekommer i en liten kommun. De huvudsakliga anledningarna är ändrings-, tilläggs- och avgående arbeten (ÄTA-arbeten) i projekten vilket orsakas av olika faktorer. Dessa olika faktorer kan vara exempelvis felaktiga handlingar eller dåliga markförhållanden. ÄTA-arbeten är väldigt kostnads- och tidsdrivande vilket orsakar budgetöverskridanden. Studien visar också att kostnadsöverskridanden är mer vanligt förekommande än tidsöverskridanden / All over the world budget overruns occur. Public organisations have been no exception for these overruns, which incentivizes creating an understanding to why they occur in the first place. In the public projects there are more people than just the project managers who are affected by these overruns. This is due to the fact that the public projects are financed by tax funds which is paid by the society as a whole. The purpose of this study is to create an understanding of why budget overruns occur where a small municipality has been chosen as the case object to gather data. To achieve this purpose both primary and secondary data has been used to create a document analysis which has been complemented with interviews. The document analysis of the study aims to compile and compare previous projects in the municipality. The interviews are supposed to complement and explain different budget deviations found in the document analysis. Finally, a literature review was carried out in order to enable the comparison of the gathered data and increase the understanding of the findings. The result of the study is an explanation of why budget overruns occur in a small municipality. The primary reasons are change orders in the project plan which is caused by different factors. These different factors are faulty or vaguely formed project plans or even bad conditions of the land. Change orders are very cost and time consuming which causes budget overruns. The study also found that cost overruns are more common than time overruns.

The diploma thesis focuses on social enterprises and their use of marketing tools for their communication. In its first part the field where they operate within the Czech Republic is laid out including the legislative setting. Since the concept is relatively new here, approaches and inspiration from abroad are a cited. The part dedicated to marketing introduces different approaches to marketing presentations and to the overall communication of social enterprises and social firms. The outcome of this was to portray the possibilities of their communication with their target audiences. The research itself looks at the communication of social enterprises from several viewpoints. First of all it aims to show the approach taken by the subjects of social economy themselves. This is done through questionnaires and content analysis of documents. Also the view on the matter is expressed through an interview with a consultant of NESsT, an organization which deals with the theme of social entrepreneurship. The last angle, which is represented by a questionnaire for a selected segment of the public looks at their view of social enterprises and firms and their communication.

The thesis deals with the nature of the decision-making of the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter "the OPP") in the area of public procurement. The theoretical part describes the various methods used, the legislative framework for the decision-making processes of the OPP (from the point of view of the currently effective legislation and the new Act on public procurement), and summarizes theoretical assumptions. In the analytical part, selected decisions of the OPP from the years 2005-2015 are analysed, using descriptive and interferential statistical methods. In terms of the subject matter, the OPP most often conducts proceedings in relation to complaints against alleged violation of the prohibition of discriminatory practices. Decisions of the OPP are challenged before administrative courts in only 4% of cases, in spite of the fact that contracting authorities are found guilty of committing an administrative offense in almost 80% of the cases. Commonly imposed penalties are fines. The trend of decisions on guilt, as well as the imposition of fines, is growing, however, the level of fines remains unchanged. A contracting authority which awards a public works contract is more likely to be found guilty than a contracting authority awarding other public contracts. It is also more...

The study is mainly to reflect on how the two members of the European Union, Sweden and Finland has chosen to implement the directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union. To limit the study the focus has been to investigate the width of ‘conflict of interest’ as well as the width of ‘contracting authorities’. The conflict of interest may appear in all phases within the purchasing process with a risk for unjust advantages for the wanted supplier or the opposite, where a supplier is excluded by purpose. The actual procurement process is presented in the study in a wider context where the procurement document, the publication of the document as well as the establishing of the winning tender is defined as the second phase. The total process of purchasing begins with a first phase, the analysis of the actual need, market orientation and an evaluating of the previous contract. The third phase, contract management, is very critical as the risk of becoming caught altering the contracts during the term is low. Therefore, is not only the conflict of interest connected to the prior involvement of candidates or tenderers that need to be addressed. The regulation of the two national procurement laws does not contain the wider sense of conflict of interest. Instead, one Finnish inferior law, regulating administration and conflict of interest there in, appears to be the most comprehensive legislation to include all organizations that the procurement law applies to. The Swedish regulation as oppose to the Finnish spread out on a general administrative law and a law applied to the municipal organizations. However, this is not including all the organizations that must process their procurations according to law. The legislator refers to the constitutional principle, the principle of equality, and a mandate for the procurement authority to support all procurement organizations that are obliged to implement procurement under public procurement laws. Above is a simplified description of how the procurement directive has been implemented in Sweden and Finland. What has been noted is that is does not appear to be any penalties for those who shows a behavior indicating that there is a conflict of interest in any of the steps of the purchasing process. On the other hand, it is the contracting organization that may face penalties such as a waste of resources when a procurement is reviewed and fails, which means further time spent on yet another process of procurement. A contracting organization that does not manage its contracts according to the stated demands in the procurement might make such incorrect purchases or concessions that could lead to considerable sanctions.

The purpose of this study is to explore procurement practices employed within the commuter bus industry in Gauteng. The contemporary procurement practices employed within the commuter bus industry in Gauteng have propagated a number of challenges for this industry, including a deficit in the allocated funds and a lack of coordinated relationship between the relevant stakeholders. This study is both descriptive and exploratory in nature and employed a mixed-method research approach to collect the research data. The data was collected from a sample of 18 respondents who are key stakeholders directly involved in the procurement of subsidised commuter bus services in Gauteng by means of a face-to-face interview using a semi-structured questionnaire. The findings of the study revealed that there are three types of procurement practices employed within the commuter bus industry, namely, interim, negotiated and tender contracts. However, all these contracts are now outdated, due to the complex implementation of the policies guiding procurement. The study also revealed that there are minimal contributions towards the socio-economic objectives within the commuter bus industry. This has led to uncoordinated relations between the government officials and the subsidised commuter bus operators. Furthermore, there are challenges hindering effective procurement in the commuter bus industry, such as under-funding, fronting activities, frequent reshuffling of transport personnel and inconstant allocation of funds. The study also noted differences in the application of procurement practices between the government officials and the subsidised commuter bus operators, in terms of the industry’s contribution towards socio-economic objectives, policies and regulations, relationship and the challenges faced within the industry. Efficient procurement practices can contribute significantly to the commuter bus industry, especially towards job creation and economic growth. The study concludes with a recommended framework for enhancing the procurement practices of the commuter bus services in Gauteng. / Economics / M. Com. (Transport Economics)

The master’s thesis deals with the importance of marketing a construction company in participating in public procurement. The master’s thesis analyses the construction company Imos Brno, a.s. The work is aimed at following and describing the instruments of marketing communication tools in particular construction company. Then it deals with the assesment of their current state and with a plan of its optimization in the context of public procurement.

In Romania, the consideration that politicians use their influence to control the public procurement market is axiomatic. It is no surprise that the country ranks high in perceptionbased surveys or the low participation of firms on the procurement market. The more difficult task is to demonstrate the existence of restrictions to procurement contracts in order to benefit preferred companies. That is, to measure the extent to which the market is captured by favored companies. Employing data on all public procurement contracts in Romania for the period 2009 – 2015, this paper examines government favoritism in public procurement exerted by political parties. Using a dynamic panel data approach (Dávid-Barrett and Fazekas 2019), the companies are classified based on their winning pattern with respect to government change. Favoritism is observed if winning companies within the government period are also associated with a higher risk of corruption measured by two alternative approaches. The findings confirm that procurement market is captured in a low to moderate proportion (24%) and that the market display patterns of systematic favoritism. This may signal certain progress registered by Romania to combat political corruption. Arguably, the insensitivity of perception indicators with respect to this progress is, at least partly, due to media coverage of the on-going corruption investigations related to the past. / I Rumänien, finns det en allmän uppfattning om att politiker använder sitt inflytande för att kontrollera den offentliga upphandlingsmarknaden. Det är ingen överraskning att landet rankas högt i perceptionsbaserade undersökningar rörande korruption eller att företags deltagande inom upphandlingsmarknaden är lågt. Ett svårare uppdrag är dock att påvisa och bevisa förekomsten av begränsningar kring upphandlingskontrakt med syfte att gynna vissa företag. Med andra ord så föreligger en utmaning att, genom mätning, påvisa i vilken utsträckning marknaden inkluderar favoriserade företag kontra hur den exkluderar övriga företag. Med hjälp av uppgifter om samtliga kontrakt gällande offentlig upphandling i Rumänien under åren 2009 – 2015, undersöker denna avhandling regeringens och dess politiska partiers favorisering. Företagen i upphandlingarna klassificeras med hjälp av dynamiskpaneldata (Dávid-Barrett och Fazekas 2019), baserat på des vinnande mönster kopplat till regeringsbyte. Favorisering kan observeras om vinnande företag inom regeringsperioden även är förknippade med en högre risk för korruption som mätts genom två alternativa metoder. Resultaten bekräftar att upphandlingsmarknaden fångas i en låg till måttlig andel (24%) av favoriserade företag och att marknaden visar mönster av systematisk favorisering. Resultaten kan dock signalera om visst framsteg som Rumänien har uppnått för att bekämpa politisk korruption. Det kan argumenteras att perceptionsbaserade indikatorer fångade inte upp dessa framsteg, åtminstone delvis, på grund av mediatäckningen av pågående korruptionsutredningar i Rumänien relaterade till det förflutna.

Digitalisation and globalisation are increasing the number of integrated and interconnected information technology (IT) systems worldwide. Consequently, these relationships and dependencies develop technological relationships through their services. Identifying all these relations is for organisations a challenge and complex since it involves millions of source code lines and global connections. For this reason, cyber supply chain risk management (C-SCRM) is becoming ever more critical for organisations to manage risks associated with information technology and operational technology (OT). At the same time, during a press conference, the Swedish Minister for Defense Peter Hultquist estimated that there are approx. 100.000 cyber activities against Swedish targets every year that targets both the Private and Public sector. In response to the evolving threat landscape, Sweden is experiencing a paradigm shift in protective security processes with new legislation entering into force that aims to protect Sweden's security against espionage, sabotage, terrorist offences and other crimes against national security. These rules on protective security, the Protective Security Act (2018:585) and Protective Security Ordinance (2021:955) apply to operators that are important for Sweden's national security and affect how public procurement processes are regulated. This thesis aims to study how the Swedish Security Protected Procurement with Security Protective Agreements (SUA) process and Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) relate and to understand what practices increase and decrease the level of C-SCRM in the current SUA process. The research questions are Q1) How does the SUA process relate to C-SCRM? and Q2) How does the SUA process affect the level of C-SCRM? This research paper contributes to understanding C-SCRM in the context of the Swedish Security Protected Procurement with Security Protective Agreements (SUA). To answer the research questions a Case study strategy was used, and interviews were conducted with eight key experts as well as a document analysis. The results showed that audit, regulation and people and processes are essential to managing C-SCRM and that processes within other international models, including the CMMC and Cyber Essential Plus, should be adopted to the SUA process to better manage cyber supply chain risks.

Denna studie har undersökt hur kommuner i Stockholms län följer upp det systematiska kvalitetsarbetet vid de privata skolföretag som kommunen har avtal med för att erbjuda kommunal vuxenutbildning till sina kommuninvånare. Studien önskade att samla in en så heltäckande bild som möjligt gällande vilka arbetssätt som användes i denna uppföljning samt undersöka på vilket sätt uppföljningen kan bidra till ett förbättringsarbete. Datainsamlingsmetoden som valdes var enkäter, dessa skickades till rektorer på kommunerna och till rektorer på privata skolföretag. Enkäten som var riktad mot kommuner skickades ut till 22 rektorer som tillsammans representerade Stockholms läns 26 kommuner. Enkäten som var riktad mot skolor skickades ut till 39 rektorer som representerar de 39 privata skolföretag som har avtal med en eller flera av Stockholms läns kommuner. Svarsfrekvensen för respondenter från kommun blev 46,1% och respondenter från skola blev 28,2%. Den totala svarsfrekvensen landade på 35,3%.  Resultatet visade att de arbetssätt som användes var bland annat: ·         Kontinuerlig kontakt med skolorna under terminen ·         Fysiska besök på skolorna ·         Samla in elevers synpunkter ·         Läsa skolornas årsrapporter ·         Begära in olika typer av dokumentation ·         Begära in handlingsplaner när brister upptäcks ·         Skapande av forum för dialog och erfarenhetsbyte Resultatet visade att sätt där uppföljningen kunde leda till utvecklig var bland annat att: ·         Brister upptäcks ·         Uppföljningen underlättar dialog och vidare samarbete ·         Stöd gällande lag och förordning ·         Goda exempel kunde lyftas Resultat och analys visade dock att det fanns en viss diskrepans mellan svaren hos kommunrepresentanter och skolrepresentanter. Kommunrepresentanterna ansåg i högre utsträckning att uppföljningen var utformad i syfte att utveckla utbildningen tillsammans med skolan, att den dokumentation som begärdes in användes i ett utvecklingsarbete samt att arbetet har ett fokus på både kvalitetssäkring och kvalitetsutveckling medan skolrepresentanterna inte upplevde detsamma i lika stor utsträckning. / This study has examined how municipalities in Stockholm County follow up the systematic quality work at the private school companies with which the municipality has an agreement to offer municipal adult education for its municipal residents.  The data collection method chosen was questionnaires sent to principals in the municipalities and to principals of private school companies. The questionnaire, which was aimed at municipalities, was sent to 22 principals who together represented all the municipalities in Stockholm County. The questionnaire, which was aimed at schools, was sent out to 39 principals representing private school companies that have agreements with one or more municipalities in Stockholm. The response rate for respondents from the municipalities was 46,1% and respondents from school was 28,2%. The total response rate ended up at 35,3%.  The results showed that the methods used by the municipalities included: ·         continuous contact with the schools during the semester  ·         physical visits to the schools ·         collecting student views ·         reading annual reports ·         requesting different types of documentation ·         requesting action plans when deficiencies are discovered ·         creation of forums for dialogue and exchange of experience The results showed ways in which the follow-up could lead to development:  ·         discovering deficiencies ·         the follow-up facilitates dialogue and further cooperation ·         support for current law and regulations ·         good examples could be highlighted.  The results and the analysis showed, however, that there was a certain discrepancy between the answers of municipal representatives and school representatives. The municipal representatives considered to a greater extent that the follow-up was designed with the aim of improving the education together with the school, that the documentation requested was used in a development work and that the follow-up has a focus on both quality assurance and quality improvement while the school representatives did not fully experienced it in the same way. / <p>2022-06-05</p>

Public procurement is described as trade in goods andservices by government agencies. Carrying out aprocurement of information systems according to atraditional purchasing process is challenging if the intendedsystem is extensive or complex, as many requirements andother documentation are needed for a supplier to be able tocarry out the assignment. This makes it challenging forsuppliers to deliver a product that meets the customer'sexpectations and is one of the reasons why many public ITprojects fail today.System development has been conducted as standardaccording to an agile development process for many years.To be able to apply the agile way of working in systemdevelopment work in the public sector, a new way ofprocuring is required. This is done by describing whichimpact goals the business wants the system to satisfy andthen sets requirements for the development team that willcarry out the work, instead of setting requirements for thesystem.The knowledge gap identified and which the study aimed toinvestigate was how agile development teams should beevaluated, so that it is ensured that the supplier who winsthe procurement is also the development team that candeliver the most cost-effective solution for the contractingauthority.A qualitative study has been carried out, which was basedon a literature review to map the current state of knowledgein the field and to create a theoretical basis to start from. Theempirical material has been collected by conducting eightsemi-structured interviews with respondents from thecustomer and supplier side in public procurement of agiledevelopment teams. The collected material has beenanalysed to map success factors in evaluating agiledevelopment teams in public procurement.The study resulted in five success factors that were identifiedas important to consider when evaluating agile developmentteams, these are clear impact goals, mature organization,competence in the agile working methods, evaluation of softfactors and a clear project plan. By identifying and ensuringthese factors during the evaluation phase in publicprocurement, the contracting authority can procure thesupplier that best meets their expectations. / Offentlig upphandling beskrivs som handel av varor ochtjänster av statliga verksamheter. Att genomföra enupphandling av informationssystem enligt en traditionellinköpsprocess är utmanande om det påtänkta systemet äromfattande eller komplext eftersom det behövs en stormängd krav och annan dokumentation för att en leverantörska kunna genomföra uppdraget. Detta gör det utmanandeför leverantörer att leverera en produkt som motsvararbeställarens förväntningar och är en av anledningarna till attmånga offentliga IT-projekt misslyckas idag.Systemutveckling bedrivs som standard enligt en agilutvecklingsprocess sedan många år tillbaka. För att kunnatillämpa det agila arbetssättet vid systemutvecklingsarbeteninom offentliga sektorn så krävs ett nytt sätt att upphandla.Detta görs genom att beskriva vilka effektmål verksamhetenvill att systemet ska tillfredsställa och sedan kravställskompetenser på det utvecklingsteam som ska genomföraarbetet, i stället för att ställa krav på systemet.Den kunskapslucka som identifierats och som studien syftatatt undersöka var hur agila utvecklingsteam bör utvärderas,så att det säkerställs att den leverantör som vinnerupphandlingen också är det utvecklingsteam som harförmågan att leverera den mest kostnadseffektiva lösningenför den upphandlande myndigheten.En kvalitativ studie har genomförts, som utgått från enlitteraturgranskning för att kartlägga det aktuellakunskapsläget inom området och för att skapa en teoretiskgrund att utgå från. Det empiriska materialet har samlats ingenom att genomföra åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer medrespondenter från beställar- och leverantörssidan vidoffentlig upphandling av agila utvecklingsteam. Detinsamlade materialet har analyserats för att kartläggaframgångsfaktorer vid utvärdering av agila utvecklingsteamvid offentlig upphandling.Studien resulterade i fem framgångsfaktorer somidentifierats som viktiga att beakta vid utvärdering av agilautvecklingsteam, dessa är tydliga effektmål, mogenorganisation, kompetens inom de agila arbetssättet,utvärdering av mjuka faktorer och tydlig projektplan.Genom att kartlägga och säkerställa dessa faktorer underutvärderingsfasen inom offentlig upphandling, kan denupphandlande myndigheten upphandla den leverantör sommotsvarar deras förväntningar på bäst sätt.