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Title: The communicative role of the co-worker during strategic change – A case study of Skåne University Hospital, from a sensemaking perspective. Many organizations of today go through major changes in order to adapt to a fast changing environment. These organizational changes have mainly been studied from a management perspective. In a new approach this empirical and qualitative case study sets

We aim to investigate the consumers’ perspective on what kind of values within loyalty programs with a one-to-one marketing approach, meaning personalized offers, which can be identified in a grocery retail setting. Our aim is to seek if there is any correlation between the potential value and consumers’ loyalty to a store. We find a lack of qualitative studies within the area of loyalty programs

Gypsies are a group of people that have no state of their own but nevertheless are represented in most of the world's countries. The purpose of this study is to illustrate the plight of gypsies in Zagreb, Croatia. I also wish to give an insight into the housing and living conditions they endure. The main questions I used to help me with this study are: "What is the condition of their hous

The purpose of this essay was to study how public authorities meet and treat families with underaged children that have problems in their housingsituation, and what consequences this can result in for the children. We have especially focused on how social services can compensate children living in an insecure housingsituation and to examine whether voluntary organizations have any knowledge in the

The purpose of this essay was to study how four municipalities have arranged their support to women who are exposed to violence. The purpose was also to study if the legislator's intentions and the National board of health and welfare's recommendations about Socialtjänstlagen 5:11 were fulfilled. The legislator and the National board of health and welfare recommended the welfare offices to

In the current discourse on sustainable consumption, there have been major interventions by the businesses and governments, focusing on changing consumer behavior through greening products and services. However, the problem of consumption is not limited to greening products and environmental impacts, but it is also a social issue. Together with the increasing consumption around the world and mater

Objectives: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) - a labour-intensive and low-tech mode of minerals extraction and processing - has received increasing attention amidst global commodity booms and its concurrent expansion. Infamously associated with negative social and environmental impacts, responsible mining initiatives have emerged to promote, measure, and enforce sustainable mining practices

In this thesis we have tried to answer the question of whether or not the peace organizations working in Israel and Palestine have an impact. We have answered the question by analyzing six different organizations; three who work with children and the other three with women issues. The analysis contains a case study of each organization and then a comparison between the two groups. This study is b

In a world of ?formal organizations?, which is constantly exposed for institutionalized super standards and ideas of a what a modern orgnization should be like, the pressure for changes are strong. This is the environment in which Lund University finds itself. Ideas in the beginning of the 21-century is concerning a stronger emfasis on steering, centralisation, re-hieriarchyzation, standardised pr

Building on previous work on the agenda-shaping powers of the Council Presidency, this heuristic case study identifies and explores a set of important factors that influence the Presidency´s ability to shape the EU-political agenda. The primary material consists of a set of interviews with Portuguese and Commission officials, treating the Portuguese Presidency in 2007. Four main findings are discu

De senaste årens intensifierande globalisering och växande klimatkris har lett till en allt hetare diskussion om företagens påverkan på klimatet, vilket har resulterat i att företagen i dagens samhälle förväntas och är skyldiga att ta ett större ansvar för att bedriva långsiktigt hållbara verksamheter utifrån exempelvis CSR eller ESG. Trots detta utgör vinstsyftet i 3 kap. 3 § ABL fortfarande det The intensifying globalization and growing climate change have led to an increased discussion about companies' impact on the climate, which have resulted in that companies today are expected to and obligated to take greater responsibility for conducting long-term sustainable enterprises based on, for example, CSR or ESG. Despite the following, the purpose of profit margin in 3 kap. 3 § ABL, is

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women worldwide and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths. While most cancer cases are sporadic, approximately 5-10% are hereditary, with early-onset cases being more frequently associated with hereditary factors. They are often linked to mutations in DNA damage repair genes such as BRCA1/2, and their interacting partners, BARD1, BRIP1,

The phasing out of fossil fuels continues to be of great importance if our society is to complete the green transition. One of the most interesting alternatives to fossil fuels is bio-fuels but these have not been shown to outperform fossil fuels in all areas, as of yet. This is especially true in applications that require high performance and have high safety standars, such as the aviation indust

Mantelplymhypotesen har varit föremål för omfattande debatt under lång tid, ända sedan den publicerades 1971. Denna hypotes förklarar vulkanismens ursprung genom antagandet att ett extremt varmt mantelmaterial stiger upp under litosfären genom smala kanaler. Hypotesen har accepterats av geologer och har använts för att förklara vulkanism på platser som Hawaii och Island. Trots detta har hypotesen