"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...

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

In Sweden, workers´ representatives have been involved in risk assessment at workplaces since the beginning of the 20th century. One of the main results is the development of a large net of health and safety representatives called “skyddsombud”; regional safety representatives (RSR) on many...

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...