In this report, the HR development at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, initiated by the ideas Human Resource Transformation, is presented. The process is analysed from three perspectives: HRT, organisational development, and organisational learning. The study was performed through ethnographic...

”Project on Equal Pay” var ett EU-finansierat JämO-projekt med syfte att bidra till jämställda löner genom att påvisa mervärden samt att ta fram användbara verktyg för lönekartläggning och löneanalys m m. Tio företag och kommuner medverkade och studerades under 2002-2003 via...

Application of price bundling strategies in retail banking in Europe is a report based on an empirical study of price bundling practices in Southern, Central and Northern Europe. The current report defines three core price bundling models that are in one form or another applied by the...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of customer orientation in a small sample of Swedish SME's. In-depth interviews were carried out with product developers in four companies from three different product areas. The questions posed concerned the company's overall strategy,...

How to design and make cost and management control systems work in today's empowered, learning organizations has become the subject of much debate. This essay sketches a Competence Management framework that can be used to inform case study work (as well as standard statistical studies) aimed at...

Som en åtgärd mot långtidsarbetslöshet i Alingsås kommun har socialförvaltningen och Utbildningsförvaltningen i samverkan med Arbetsförmedlingen och Försäkringskassan sedan hösten 1996 drivit ett projekt med utgångspunkt i denna grupps speciella problematik. Man har också med en...

In focus here are processes of discipline in work groups in human service organisations. We will describe and analyse disciplining processes among teachers in schools and warders in prisons, two different service organisations,which both aim at influencing there ”clients”, and none of them...

This paper is an outline of a research agenda concerning implementation of information- and communication technology (ICT) in Swedish schools. During the last decade the Foundation of Knowledge and Competence has spent nearly 150 million euros on its school campaign in order to build a better...

Rapporten bygger på en enkätundersökning som genomförts hos energiföretag i Sverige och Storbritannien. Det övergripande syftet med studien är att kartlägga, beskriva och jämföra energiföretagens energitjänster och energieffektiviseringar i dessa länder. Studiens delsyfte är att...

This report covers an empirical research project focused on studying the knowledge acquisition, external linkages and developmental processes in software firms. A large database was been created through 133 interviews that were carried out in cooperation with managers in software firms in 19...