This paper is the first of six case studies in a research project ”The school and information- and communication technology (ICT)”. This one is taking place in the municipality of Stenungsund. The results from the study can be summarised as: Some enthusiasts driving the development work and...

This paper is the third of six case studies in a research project, “The school and information technology (IT)”. This one is taking place in the compulsory school in the municipality of Tingsryd. The results of the study show that that the technical infrastructure for IT has been improved by...

The study highlights a number of circumstances that constitutes as incentives for changing the management within the health care sector. Today the physicians and the medical competence are not necessarily regarded as "the natural leaders". The tradition that doctors become managers can also be...

Studien utvärderar medfinansieringsreformen som kom att gälla 2004-2006 och vars intention var att med ekonomiska incitament få arbetsgivare att ta ett ökat ansvar för att minska den sjukfrånvaro som i början av seklet ansågs mycket stor. För att förklara arbetsgivarnas...

Studien handlar om tre försöksprojekt i Göteborg. Avsikten var att med hjälp av samverkansprojekt skapa en stadsplaneprocess där den åldrande befolkningen fokuserades. Tre stadsdelar involverades; Askim, Biskopsgården och Lärjedalen. I samverkan ingick Fastighetskontoret,...

"Mobilisering mot narkotika” (MOB) announced 2003 a special project support to municipalities and county councils that in collaboration want to develop models to prevent drug abuse. The municipalities that were included in the project were Botkyrka, Karlstad, Älvsbyn and Örebro. The project...

In the study three themes characterising management in the health care sector have emerged: Generation, Power, and Gender. These three themes are closely inter-connected, and in the managerial and power positions we can find a "gender- and generational concentration" (males born in the 40's). We...

This paper is the fourth of six case studies in a research project ”The school and information- and communication technology (ICT)”. This one is taking place in the municipality of Höganäs. The results from the study can be summarised as: A few enthusiasts driving the development of IT...

This paper is the second of six case studies in a research project ”The school and information- and communication technology (ICT)”. This study is taking place in the municipality of Alingsås. The results of the study show that the technical infrastructure for ICT has been improved by the...

The research project, The School and the information- and communication technology (ICT), has as main purpose to analyze how different ICT-reforms, for example KK and ITIS, maintain when financiers terminate their commitment. The question is how the school maintains these reforms and established...