The purpose of this thesis is to increase the understanding of an organisation’s change process by observing how the non-management of meaning can impact organisational change performance. With an emphasis on technological change, we will draw upon Weick’s theoretical concept of sensemaking to analyse how individuals within such change projects formulate meaning towards events, allowing us to inve

The aim of this qualitative essay is to examine how diversity is interpreted by a company and study how this interpretation is translated into real-life practice, additionally, it aims to identify possible gaps in the implementation process. A bank is chosen as the object of study and the material is gathered through semi-structured interviews conducted with six managers. Furthermore, an analysis

Purpose We aim to investigate how professionals make sense of the culture in the context of PSFs and how they engage in organizational and professional identification. Methodology The researchers look into the sensemaking processes professionals attach to organizational culture from a symbolic interactionism tradition, while from a critical perspective challenging the mainstream assumptions about

Järnbrist är idag ett växande problem, i både utvecklings- och industrialiserade länder, och uttrycker sig oftast genom att den drabbade individen känner sig trött och svag. Om sjukdomen däremot inte behandlas kan konsekvenserna bli större. Järn är nämligen en viktig komponent för produktion av röda blodkroppar, det vill säga blod, och fungerar som en syre-transportör till kroppens alla energidrivIron deficiency is the most common nutritional disorder in the world. It is the only nutrient deficiency that is not exclusively prevalent in non-industrialized nations but also in all industrialized countries. Despite this, the treatment for the disease is inefficient, long and associated with side effects such as constipation and nausea. In recent years several studies have highlighted the diffe

Cyberhoten mot vårt samhälle ökar med dagen och det blir allt viktigare att skydda sig mot denna typen av hot. EU såg denna problematik och införde NIS-direktivet som tvingar leverantörer av samhällsviktiga tjänster att bedriva informationssäkerhetsarbete på ett systematiskt och riskbaserat sätt. Sveriges kommuner är hårt pressade att efterleva direktivet eftersom de driver samhällsviktiga tjänste

Enligt den nuvarande 32a – 33 §§ LAS, den så kallade 67-årsregeln, har en arbetstagare rätt att kvarstå i anställningen till utgången av den månad då hen fyller 67 år, om arbetsgivaren meddelar arbetstagaren om att dennes anställning avslutas minst en månad innan arbetstagaren fyllt 67 år. I samband med att Sverige får en allt mer åldrande befolkning och det finns ett behov av att förlänga arbetslAccording to section 32a – 33 of the Swedish Employment Protection Act, commonly known as the 67-year rule, an employee has the right to remain in employment until the employee’s sixty seventh birthday, if the employer notifies the employee about the employee’s termination of employment. In connection with Sweden having a more ageing population and the need of a prolonging of working life for empl

Denna studie undersökte förhållandet mellan de tre personlighetsdragen som ingår i den Mörka Triaden (Machiavellianism, Narcissism och Psykopati) och attityder gentemot etiska företagspolicies. 114 deltagare deltog i en onlineundersökning som mätte den Mörka Triaden och sju policyfrågor. Deltagarna med de högsta poängen på Mörka Triaden (övre 30 procenten) jämfördes med deltagarna med de lägsta poThis study investigated the relationship between the three personality traits of the Dark Triad (Machiavellianism, Narcissism and Psychopathy) and attitudes towards ethical company policies. 114 participants took part in an online survey, measuring the Dark Triad and seven policy-questions. The participants with the highest scores on the Dark Triad (upper 30 percent) was compared to the participan

Bakgrund: Antalet personer med demenssjukdom som behöver akutsjukvård ökar i världen. Inom akutsjukvården finns det stora utmaningar gällande bemötandet av personer med demenssjukdom. Akutsjukvården har idag en hög belastning och det kan leda till negativa attityder till att vårda personer med demenssjukdom. Negativa attityder riskerar att leda till att personer med demenssjukdom far illa vid besö

The male nurse is still a rare occurrence. Considerable effort has been spent on attempts at increasing the presence of women in male-dominated agentic fields and much fewer efforts have been made to increase men’s presence in female-dominated communal fields. The present study tested if the appeal of nursing for 9th grade boys (and girls) could be increased by a counter-stereotypical male role mo

Arbetsgivaren har som utgångspunkt arbetsledningsrätt i alla de situationer där det inte finns någon reglering som anger något annat. Med detta sagt finns det begränsningar i arbetsgivarens arbetsledningsrätt. Uppsatsen syftar till att analysera i vilken utsträckning arbetstagarens religionsfrihet utgör en sådan begränsning samt vilka skillnader som finns mellan offentlig och privat sektor. I uppsThe employer has the right to operate the business in every situation where there are no legal rules saying something else. Consequently, there are limitations of this managerial prerogative. The purpose of this essay is to analyse if the freedom of religion is such a limitation and if there is a difference between public and private sector. The essay explains the managerial prerogative, the emplo

Microplastics are being found in large amounts in the environment. In samples from Sweden’s west coast 4000-100000 particles of microplastic/kilogram of dry samplewas found. One of the larger pathways into theenvironment for microplastic is believed to be stormwater. Yet there is no standard method to analyse this pollution. This study was made to get an understanding of the amount of microplastic

In Switzerland the one-and-a-half-earner model where the father is the primary wage-earner working full-time and the woman is the secondary wage-earner working part-time while taking over the majority of care and housework responsibilities is predominant. This is discussed criti-cally as the normative and institutional context incentivises parents to adopt a division of labour that disadvantages w

De flesta svenskar äger en smartphone, en ägodel som normalt täcks via hemförsäkring. Smartphones ingår i uppemot 50 % av alla skador som rapporteras till försäkringsbolaget Hedvig (Hedvig, 2019). Vissa experter rapporterar att så mycket som 40 % av alla smartphoneärenden som anmäls till försäkringsbolagen är bedrägliga. Den ersättning som betalas ut till bedragarna subventioneras via övriga försäThe vast majority of Swedes are in possession of a smartphone, typically covered via one’s household insurance policy and smartphones are included in upwards of 50 % of household insurance claims (Hedvig, 2019). Some estimates say that upwards of 40 % of all smartphone claims are fraudulent. Payments to fraudsters falls on honest policy holders pay for with higher premiums. There are several vulne

In order to decrease the dependence on fossil fuels it is of paramount importance that renewable sources are used as effectively as possible. Therefore it is necessary to store excess energy when supply is higher than de-mand. One way to do so is by storing the energy as compressed air in a porous aquifer. The Lund Sandstone in the Kyrkheddinge area, Skåne, southern Sweden, has previously been inv

The problematization of water (in)equity concerning tourism has, as a result of the growing tourism industry and its demands, gained more attention in academic literature over the last few years. However, whereas current research primarily describes the supply side of the questions around water (in)equity, the underlying reasons for the tourists’ demand-side, remains a largely understudied topic.

Abstrakt Författare: Veronica Härebo Titel: ”Det är ju mördarhysteri just nu” – En kvalitativ studie om kvinnors intresse för true crime Kandidatuppsats: SOCK04, 15 hp Handledare: Mimmi Barmark Sociologiska institutionen, vårterminen 2019 Intresset för true crime tycks vara väldigt stort just nu. Det finns mängder av dokumentärer, podcasts och filmer som tillhör genren true crime. Bland konsumen

There is widespread consensus that teamwork constitutes one of the key requirements in today’s multidisciplinary and highly complex system of delivering care. In recent years, increasing attention has been given to questions of how to define, teach, measure, and improve teamwork in healthcare. However, one cannot help but feel a certain disconnect between this ongoing trend, with an associated bia

Title: No e-mail marketing, please! A qualitative study about e-mail marketing Seminar date: 4th of June 2019 Course: FEKH29 Business Administration: Bachelor Degree Project in Marketing Undergraduate Level, 15 credits Authors: Christoffer Andreasson, Johannes Ehn & Julia Rosberg Advisor: Burak Tunca Key words: Direct marketing, e-mail marketing, permission marketing, relationship marketi

The purpose of this bachelor thesis, The fake-real or the real-fake? An image and content analysis about Lil Miquela, Kenza and Johanna E. Olsson on Instagram, is to make an qualitative analysis of influencers which is in a unclear state between reality and virtuality. The thesis is investigating the virtual influencer Lil Miquela and the two human influencers Johanna Emma Olsson and Kenza Zouiten