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Lindqvist, Fredrik, and Johan Svedberger. "Strategier för kunskapshantering inom konsultföretag efter fusion : En fallstudie av ett konsultföretag under utveckling." Thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-55384.
Full textThe importance of knowledge is growing within organizations. Particularly in the consultancy business knowledge management has been given a significant role in creating and maintaining competitive advantage.The consultancy firm Albihns.Zacco AB is specialized in intellectual property rights. Due to a fusion between the two consulting firms Albihns and Zacco in 2009, knowledge management at the Stockholm office is internally under development. Today the consultancy firm is one of the largest in Europe with around 550 employees. The development of knowledge management has in the past mainly been based on experience, internal and external expertise. Due to the Stockholm office’s development of knowledge management, the situation was interesting to study and analyze.The purpose of this study was to extend the understanding of knowledge management and analyze Albihns.Zacco AB's current organizational environment, from a knowledge management perspective. This would be implemented by seeking answers to the question: •How does knowledge management work within the Albihns.Zacco AB's Stockholm office? The study is based on an interview with Jörgen Linde, the company's regional manager in Stockholm. Linde is responsible for the region's finances, personnel and development which also include issues concerning the management of knowledge internally. This empirical study has been analyzed against a comprehensive literature study.The study deals with the office’s strategies for knowledge management concerning computer systems, internal meetings, mentoring, individual performance meetings and change of office premises. According to analysis results, it is clear that the office’s current strategies concerning knowledge management is well in line with established theories. All of the office’s strategies are necessary to apply regularly for continued effective knowledge exchange.To maintain and strengthen the exchange of knowledge within the office, the office will have to review some important details concerning the computer systems, the mentoring and the internal meetings. By reflecting upon these details, the office has a high potential for effective knowledge sharing in the future.The conclusion of this study is that the office has well-developed knowledge management strategies that has great potential to create and spread knowledge internally. The future of knowledge management within Albihns.Zacco AB's Stockholm office looks bright.
Johansson, Olle, and Saad Mohammed. "Humankapital i kunskapsintensiva konsultföretag : En kvalitativ studie om hur humankapital värderas och redovisas i kunskapsintensiva konsultföretag." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-34408.
Full textTitle: Human capital in knowledge-intensive consulting firms – A qualitative study about how human capital is measured and reported in knowledge-intensive consulting firms Background: Human capital is a part of a firm’s intellectual capital which can be defined as the skill, competence and education of its employees. Despite the importance of human capital in firms and particularly within knowledge-intensive firms, the measuring and accounting of it as an asset in the firm’s balance sheet has been a complex and controversial topic for decades. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to gain a better insight into how Swedish knowledge-intensive consulting firms measure and report their human capital. Furthermore, we also want to investigate how the similarities is shown between the firms. Finally, we want to gain insight into which stakeholders that knowledgeintensive consulting firms report human capital to and why. Methodology: A qualitative study has been conducted with an abductive approach. The data was based on eight interviews with the CEO or the CFO in knowledgeintensive consulting firms. The collected data was analyzed with a thematic analysis where we identified and analyzed themes. Results and conclusions: The firms measure human capital based on how much the employees generate through industry-specific performance indicators. They also measure human capital qualitatively and narratively. This is mainly reported to internal stakeholders such as management, board and owners. The only external communication of human capital is to clients in order to share the consultants’ expertise, experience etcetera. Two consulting firms also say that their clients have requirements for human capital accounting through CV’s.
Sjöö, Johansson Niklas. "Hur bevaras kunskapen inom ett konsultföretag? : En students tolkning av hur det humanakunskapskapitalet kan bevaras inom ett konsultföretag." Thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-57738.
Full textThe quest for competitive advantage through knowledge dominance has become anincreasingly important strategy for companies in today’s society. There is an intenseinterest in broader intellectual capital, creativity and innovation within the company. The challenge faced by companies is to recycle their knowledge, ensure that it ispreserved, to disseminate it further and finally transfer the knowledge within theorganization to create additional value.This report will briefly examine the methods as a consultant company Acando uses tomanage and maintain its knowledge capital within the company. The concept of tacitknowledge and explicit knowledge are investigated and all facts are based on literatureresearch and interviews at Acando.The results showed that there is today a working system that shares knowledge betweenemployees at Acando. The system Acando uses today is named Atlas and constitutes animportant basis for preserving knowledge in Acando. It was also shown that Acandomotivate their employees to maintain their knowledge by offering special benefits, development opportunities that secure them from losing their jobs.
Ilis, Caroline, and Lukas Magnusson. "Hur kunskapen i konsultföretag påverkas av personalomsättning." Thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-55956.
Full textThe consulting companies’ basic business idea is to sell their knowledge to other firms who are in need of knowledge. Each and one of employees’ knowledge create the knowledge base in consulting companies and produce the value which is reported in results. Knowledge itself is difficult to measure, it’s common to discuss organizational knowledge i.e. knowledge that exists within the company in terms of management strategies and solutions. There are relatively few studies addressing the relationship between the knowledge and the reported results within the company, therefore we intend to answer the question;How does reported result affect personal turnover and the resulting knowledge outcome in consultant companies?We have carried out a study based on annual reports from Semcon, Sweco and ÅF over a 10 year period. These have been supplemented by an interview at the technical consulting firm COWI AB, to get a deeper insight into the consulting companies’ structure and their working.The starting point of the study was to prove that personal turnover affect the knowledge negatively. However we have found a positive correlation between personal turnover and the knowledge level with in the company, which is against conventional sense. An analysis of the model robustness would preferably be included in the study.
Nordmark, Jennie. "Framgångsfaktorer för att motivera personal i konsultföretag." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Business Administration and Economics, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-3955.
Full textSyfte: Att undersöka vilka framgångsfaktorer som företagsledningar i konsultföretag använder för att få sin personal motiverade.
Metod: Jag har valt en kvalitativ metod med ett induktivt synsätt. Min intervjuform är semistrukturerad med öppna frågor.
Resultat och slutsats: Ledningen i företagen som ingick i studien har använt sig av en ekonomisk motivationsfaktor i kombination med flera icke ekonomiska motivationsfaktorer för att motivera personalen. Denna kombination av motivationsfaktorer kan ses som framgångsfaktorer i företagen.
Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Samma typ av studie men istället en undersökning av en annan bransch, en annan storlek på företagen, eller ett annat geografiskt område t.ex. i en större stad. Ett annat förslag är att intervjua personalen istället för den personanalansvarige. Att mäta motivationen, före och efter, vissa motivationshöjande åtgärder.
Uppsatsens bidrag: Uppsatsen har bidragit till att bättre förstå vad som motiverar personal i konsultföretag.
Aim: To investigate what kind of success factors management in consulting companys uses to get a motivated personnel.
Method: I have chosen a qualitative method with a inductive position. My interviews are done semistructured with open questions.
Result and conclusion: The management in the companys who was part of the study has used a economic factor of motivation combined with several non-economic factors of motivation to get their personnel motivated. This combination of factors of motivation are success factors in the companys.
Suggestions for future research: The same kind of study, but instead a investigation of a another industry, another size of the companys or a another geography area, for example a bigger town. Another proposal is to interview the personnel instead of the personnel management. To measure motivation, before and after, certain measures that increases motivation.
Contributions of the thesis: The essay has contributed to better understand what motivates the personnel in consulting companys.
Stjernberg, Andreas. "Öka projektmognaden i ett konsultföretag inom samhällsbyggnad." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-353245.
Full textTurnover from project related business in Sweden amounts to approximately 1000 billion Swedish kronor per year. According to the Swedish project index, the average project maturity in Sweden is 2.56 measured at a scale of 1-5. Increasing the average project maturity in Sweden to an average of 3.5 corresponds to savings of more than 100 billion kronor per year. Project management should therefore be seen as a key competence for all companies and organizations. There is a great deal of theoretical knowledge today about project management, tools and project models. The solution to the difficulties in delivering projects that meet their goals is probably not to create even more new theory. The question should be how to apply existing theory and research to increase a specific organization's ability to drive successful projects. The construction industry faces the same challenges as others in the field of project management. At the same time, the construction industry is struggling with a productivity trend that is weaker than for the industry measured in value added per hour worked. Based on the challenges described above, the problem for the individual company is how they will adapt to the challenges today with low productivity in projects and future increase in complexity and increased rate of change. What can an organization do, based on theory and research to increase their project maturity? And given that the organization knows what they can do they then need to ask the question; of all possible things that can be done, what should the organization prioritize and in what order should the organization make improvements in methods and ways of working to gradually increase their ability to carry out successful projects? The starting point for this report project is the investigation of a specific company and the various options available for solving the above problems, based on project management theory, science and the specific conditions that characterize the organization. The conclusion is that measuring project maturity is an effective method for identifying and prioritizing improvement areas of a company. The study also shows that it is important to start in a structured way with applying the basics before a company implements a project model, hoping that the model will solve business challenges. The foundation on which the project model stands is the consistent and systematic application of the relevant working methods and methodologies. The foundation needs be in place before laying the other building blocks in place. Although this report analyzes what a specific company can do, the authors´s view is that the approach and the conclusions are generic enough to be applicable for other companies that want to increase their project maturity.
Hällgren, Erik, and Viktor Ljungdahl. "Samarbete mellan konsultföretag och uppdragsgivare i produktutvecklingsprojekt." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279729.
Full textProduct development occurs all the time and in many different markets, due to the many innovative products being developed, the need for different competences increases. This results in that the company who wants to develop a product does not always possess all the required competences and need to hire other companies to acquire this knowledge. An important factor that needs to be discussed is to what extent the company who outsources the development needs to be involved in the process. Many surveys show that some companies choose to cooperate closely during the project, while others think that the company who manages the product development should solve the problem themselves. The purpose of this report is to examine how the outsourcer and engineering firm collaborate in product development projects, what determines if the product is successful and what makes the outsourcer satisfied. The report is partly based on a literary study to create awareness and knowledge in the current area and build up a theoretical background. The literary study is compared to an empirical interview study involving two participating companies within the field, in order to draw conclusions related to the purpose of this report. As shown by this report, there are significant differences in how the collaborations are carried out, depending on type of project and size of the outsourcing party. A near collaboration is positively related to a better product and a more satisfied outsourcer, but results in higher costs for the outsourcer which might deter them from being fully involved. The evidence also suggest the methods for involving users affects the improvement of the product and therefore also the satisfaction of the outsourcer.
FLODIN, SARA, and MARTIN KARMAN. "Konstruktörens roll och motivation i produktutvecklande konsultföretag." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279755.
Full textFor new product developing companies it is important to have motivated employees. The purpose of this thesis was to study the role of design engineers in consulting companies within new product development and how these companies can act to motivate their design engineers. This thesis employs research interviews and a literature study which were compared regarding the role of the design engineer and what motivates them. The results were compiled, analysed, and discussed. The role of the design engineer was found to largely match the general consensus, the only distinction being that the role of the design engineer was observed to be even more central in the studied companies because of their focus on design intensive phases. The process was also found to vary between projects, due to customer involvement in the process, which makes the designer's role more varied in this field. It was concluded that in order to achieve more motivated design engineers the companies should call for a positive approach to the challenges the role of design engineer poses. The work should be varied, where the design engineers get the possibility to be included in the earlier phases of the new product development, not only the development of the design. It was also important to obtain solidarity within the team. However, motivational factors were shown to be very individual and therefore need to be studied to a greater extent in order to draw general conclusions for the industry. Nevertheless, the conclusions in this study can be used as a guideline for companies to lift the aspects that were mentioned as motivating.
Wistus, Anna. "Konsten att behålla personal : en utmaning för konsultföretag." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-172342.
Full textOlsson, Patrik, and Cecilia Werner. "Hur sprids tyst kunskap inom ett tekniskt konsultföretag?" Thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-55850.
Full textHow to spread tacit knowledge within a technical consulting firm?Knowledge is facts and information that an individual has received and developed through experience and training. Tacit knowledge it’s a kind of knowledge that is highly personal, difficult to formulate and are usually in the skills and routines that an individual has developed. In recent years the importance of knowledge in the industry have risen dramatically, and shifted from being a resource among many to be the primary resource.It is important for a knowledge-intensive organization to convert tacit knowledge into structural capital for knowledge to remain within the organization in case of staff loss. This is the basis of this candidate project that seeks to find out how tacit knowledge is disseminated within a specific division in the technical consultancy WSP. An empirical study was conducted to examine the methods used in practice by a consulting firm for the dissemination of tacit knowledge and how well it work in the current situation. Interviews were conducted with two people in various positions within the department. Empirical data is placed in relation to a theoretical framework.The theory that was examined for the dissemination of knowledge is socialization, externalization, combination of knowledge, internalization, person to person and person to the document. These methods are intended to facilitate knowledge sharing. There are several difficulties with the dissemination of tacit knowledge. According to a researcher some of the barriers of sharing tacit knowledge are that man does not always know about the knowledge she possesses, that spread is not beneficial to oneself and that the person does not want to share their knowledge.In the company that was disseminated the tacit knowledge was spread and localized in an open-plan offices, coffee breaks, assignments, intranet and meetings. There are several factors that inhibit knowledge sharing within the department. Some of these are time constraints, lack of commitment and misunderstandings. According to the empirical study it can be noted that what works well in theory does not always work in practice. The manager implements a method that according to theory works well, but the employee has a distinct view on how effective this method is in practice.The result of this study shows that a safe and pleasant work environment conducive to knowledge sharing among employees, tacit knowledge is spread most effectively by what a researcher calls for socialization. This means that tacit knowledge is transmitted either through the interaction of two or more people or by observation and imitation.Although WSP recognizes the importance of the dissemination of tacit knowledge, they do not actively support this process. This has resulted in lack of tacit knowledge in customer relationship in the organization. This problem could be solved by a strategy, including mandatory mentoring or a campaign that promotes this kind of knowledge.
Mosa, Diana, and Amanda Hansson. "Kunskapsöverföring : Hur managementkonsulter överför kunskap inom ett konsultföretag." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-315217.
Full textHjalmarsson, Staffan, and Jonatan Clemens. "Ett IT-konsultföretag och dess relation till kunder." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-35517.
Full textSammanfattning: Titel: Ett IT-konsultföretag och dess relation till kunder Nivå: C-uppsats: Examensarbete för kandidatexamen i innovationsteknik 15.0 hp. VT 17. Författarna: Jonatan Clemens & Staffan Hjalmarsson Handledare: Anette Strömberg Datum: 2016-11-07 - 2017-01-12 Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur ett större företag möter användare och deras behov samt var och hur interaktion med dessa användare sker. Förslag på förändringsområden föreslås i samband med fullföljd studie. Forskningsfrågor: -Hur arbetar ett konsultföretag med kunder/användare? -Liknar deras arbetssätt vad som beskrivs som framgångsrikt i forskning om kundinvolvering? -Kan arbetsprocesserna förbättras? Metod: Författarna har använt sig av en kvalitativ metod som tagits fram i form av muntliga semistrukturerade intervjuer. Studien Bygger mycket på hermeneutisk form som innebär att man sammanfattar sina egna tolkningar för att få en djupare förståelse. Resultat: En sammanvägning och analys av genomgångna teoretiska områden och empiri gav slutsatsen att det finns indikationer på att företaget till stor del inte arbetar efter etablerad forskning uppsatsen behandlar. Uppsatsens bidrag: Uppsatsen har framförallt bidragit till en djupare förståelse kring ämnet kundrelationer samt ska bidra med fördelaktig information för konsultföretaget gällande deras arbete.
Danielsson, Maria, and Anna Kockum. "Hur uppmärksammas och delas tyst kunskap inom konsultföretag? : Varför är tyst kunskap viktigt och hur kan den tas tillvara på i konsultföretag?" Thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-55346.
Full textKnowledge is today important for creating value within almost every industry. However, within consulting firms it is even more significant since the knowledge that is generated and shared in the firms creates the core of their services. Knowledge can be divided into two forms, one explicit and one tacit form. “Tacit knowledge” is defined as the form of knowledge that is difficult to document, founded in feelings, values, personal opinions and experiences and that is embedded in an organization’s culture, which makes it difficult for other firms to imitate. A large part of the knowledge that contributes to performance and competitive advantages derives from tacit knowledge.The purpose of this report is to investigate what tacit knowledge is, whether it is recognized and seized in consulting firms, and also how it can be used to reach competitive advantages. The investigation is built upon a study of literature with focus on “Knowledge Sharing” and tacit knowledge, as well an empirical and comparative study based on interviews with two consulting firms that differ in size and industry.The result from the study of literature shows that tacit knowledge is important in problem solving and leads to increased quality in the work of consultants. Tacit knowledge is shared through personal contact and exchange of experiences. In the literature it was found that good knowledge sharing, for example through documentation of projects, leads to increased performance and innovation. To motivate employees to participate in the sharing of tacit knowledge it is necessary to have an open culture within the company that encourages social interaction, trust and shared vision. Motivating solutions such as “Push & Pull”, reward systems and incentives, are also used to make consultants willing to share their knowledge.After interviewing two consulting firms it can be stated that the concept of tacit knowledge does not seem to be well known. Therefore, there are no established methods to take advantage of this form of knowledge. On the other hand, the consulting firms are aware of the importance of knowledge sharing and social contact, and therefore this is encouraged by each company’s culture. Differences in knowledge sharing methods could be observed because of the firm’s diverse sizes, since a small firm more naturally can sustain an informal communication with more personal contact. Both of the consulting firms have established incentives to motivate knowledge sharing and also instituted activities where explicit knowledge is shared. However, difficulties were found in finding a balance between electronic aids and personal contact.To conclude, knowledge sharing, and mainly sharing of tacit knowledge, is of great importance to consulting firms. In order to use the tacit knowledge that exists better, consulting firms should become more aware of the concept of tacit knowledge and work actively and continuously with it. By institutionalising activities where tacit knowledge is shared, such as brainstorming and exchange of experiences, consulting firms can reach higher product innovation and competitive strength.
Lindblom, Emma, and Lundström Victoria Karlsson. "Feedback för utveckling : En undersökning av feedbackprocessen på konsultföretag." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-255973.
Full textMasic, Admir, and Axelsson Daniel Karlsson. "Konsulters komplexa förhållande till organisationslojalitet mellan konsultföretag och kundföretag." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Psykologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-29632.
Full textThe purpose of this study was to, examine how full-time temporary workers estimated their affective organizational commitment towards their temporary work agency and their client organizations. The study also examined whether the affective commitment competed or co-operated between the two companies and how temporary workers estimated the normative and continuance commitment. Furthermore, the study also examined if aspects such as age and contract duration had any impact on the temp workers' organizational commitment in the three commitment-scales. A total of 114 temporary workers from two global temporary work agencies participated by answering a web survey with two identical parts with 11 statements for each organization. In order to see if the presentation-order had any impact, 46 of the respondents started by answering the statements concerning their temporary agency organization and 68 started with the client organization. The result showed a difference on the affective and normative commitment between the temporary agency and the client organization. Temporary workers estimated these two commitment-scales higher for the client organization than for the temporary agency organization. The result also showed that the affective commitment co-operated between the temporary agency and the client organization and that the order of presentation had an impact on the affective commitment-scale. Age and contract duration did not have any impact on the temp workers' organizational commitment.
Sjöberg, Emma. "Integrering av konceptet cirkulär ekonomi i ett globalt konsultföretag." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-153413.
Full textCarlsson, Lilly, and Jeanette Langsager. "Implementering av DevOps : En fallstudie på ett IT-konsultföretag." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Industriell ekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-35953.
Full textWithin the field of project management different methods and agile approaches have emerged. However, dividing silo-structures have created frustration within software development. DevOps has surfaced as a way to address this and instead connect different functions such as development and operations. DevOps affects teams but there is no standardized approach for its implementation. Therefore, more research around the implementation process of DevOps is needed. Also, investigating what the accompanying effects could be, is of interest. The purpose of this thesis is to study the implementation of DevOps within the IT consultant industry and what impact it has on a team. This thesis was executed with abductive reasoning where a case study was carried out. To fulfill the purpose and answer the research questions literature review and interviews have been performed. Collected theory and empirical material have been discussed and analyzed in order to formulate conclusions and recommendations. One formulated conclusion is that each implementation of DevOps needs to follow its own adapted execution where the aim and essence are clarified. Factors regarding communication, automation, responsibility, willingness to change and collaboration also impact the implementation and the effects experienced by the team. It can also be concluded that both benefits and limitations can affect the team yet, the disadvantages often appear to be contained within the start of the implementation. A practical contribution comes from recommendations for the implementation, such as having a dedicated person and education within DevOps among others.
Sten, Mikael, and Jakob Höjdefors. "Ledning av internt förändringsarbete : En studie på ett konsultföretag." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254830.
Full textPrevious studies have problematized changes in companies through how leaders implement change. Further, studies have also shown that changes can affect those who are involved in the change process by a resistance towards the new change. Therefore, the study in this report focuses on understanding how a consultancy company works with internal development-changes. By analysing formal leaders' approaches to implementing changes, the study can propose standpoints and potentials for development too be more effective within change management.Qualitative data has been collected through interviews with formal leaders who have previously led changes at the company. The interviews were semi-structured, and the questions were designed through the theoretical framework that the report highlight. The empirical result shows how the formal leaders were leading change. By analysing the findings through the theory that the writers choose as framework they found out what is important for the formal leaders when leading change and what they can do better.The conclusion should contribute to how leaders at a consultancy company works with change, what is important for them and what they can do better for a more effective change management. The results show that four standpoints and one potential of development have been discovered in the formal leaders' approach to implementing internal development-changes. The four positions are, ‘Communication’, ‘Attending the concerned’, ‘Flexibility’ and ‘Attitude’. Where each position is a generalization of what the formal leaders consider to be important during the implementation process. The potential of development is ‘Planning’ and the conclusion highlights how and why a formal leader could apply this. The potential of development is a generalization of what the formal leaders together believe is important and what the theory reinforces.The theoretical implications say that all activities within the theoretical framework are not as relevant to this typical company. It has also been found that the formal leaders' attitude towards change is important for the company, which the theoretical framework does not elucidate. The practical implications describe that a company can understand their most important standpoints and which areas they need to develop within the implementation of internal development-changes.
Hultberg, Johannes, and Stefan Söderlindh. "Etisk kod i ett konsultföretag : implementering, upprätthållande och efterlevnad inomAccenture." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-100601.
Full textSyftet med denna uppsats är att mot bakgrund av betydelsen av etik och gott rykte inom konsultbranschen undersöka hur konsultföretaget Accenture arbetar med sin etiska kod för att den skall efterlevas av de anställda inom organisationen. Vi har även valt att undersöka vilka utmaningarsom företaget möter och hur dessa påverkar efterlevnaden av koden. För att genomföra detta har vi utifrån tidigare studier av etiska koder konstruerat en modell som ligger till grund för vårt insamlade empiriska material, vår analys samt slutsats. En deduktiv fallstudie bestående av fem stycken kvalitativa intervjuer har genomförts med anställda inom Accenture.Vår studie indikerar att Accenture har lyckats väl med implementeringen och upprätthållandet av sin etiska kod inom organisationen, även om utrymme för förbättringar finns i vissa avseenden. Överlag upplever vi att efterlevnaden av koden verkar hög inom Accenture. Viktiga faktorer vi fann som påverkar kodens efterlevnad var bakomliggande motiv, innehållets relevans och realism, utbildning i koden samt vikten av att personer i ledande befattningar föregår med gott exempel. Studien fann även att de etiska utmaningar som Accenture löper störst risk att erfara är problem rörande intressekonflikter mellan den anställdes och företagets mål samt organisationsmiljö-relaterade frågor såsom grupptryck och bävan att rapportera överträdelser. Att förebygga dessa typer av problem är av högsta vikt om Accenture vill upprätthålla en fortsatt hög efterlevnad av koden.
Engström, Rut, and Hanna Nordahl. "Projektplanering inom konsultföretag : en modell för planering, budgetering och uppföljning." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för teknik och miljö, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-9811.
Full textHansen, Malin, and Sofia Westerlund. "Vad är problemet? : – En studie kring intäktsredovisning i IT-konsultföretag." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-6471.
Full textTitle: What´s the problem? - A study of revenue recognition in IT-consultant companies
Problem: How do the chosen IT-consultant companies recognize their revenues? What difficulties do the interviewed companies experience in connection with the revenue recognition?
Purpose: The purpose of this empirical study is to study how companies in the IT-consultant industry recognize revenues, and to investigate if the companies perceive any difficulties in connection with the revenue recognition. The aim of the study is to give useful advice and guidelines to companies in the IT-consultant business based on the extracted result.
Method: The survey took place in Vasteras and started with a preliminary interview with a certified accountant, who had great knowledge of the subject revenue recognition. Then seven companies from the IT-consultant industry were selected, whereof two took part in semi constructed interviews. Study of the other five companies’ ways to recognize revenue was made through their annual reports.
Conclusion: One of the studied companies recognizes their revenues according to the rules in IAS 18, which is because it is listed on the stock exchange. The other companies uses BFNAR 2003:3, none of the studied objects administer RR 11. The most obvious difficulty that have been discovered is the situation where a service covers more than one accounting periods. The question then is; when should revenue be recognized?
Our advice to newly established companies is; choose the framework most suitable for the business, recognize revenues in the period they occur, design an efficient model, recruit “the right person for the right job”.
Titel: Vad är problemet? – En studie kring intäktsredovisning i IT-konsultföretag
Problem: Hur redovisar de valda IT-konsultföretagen sina intäkter? Vilka svårigheter upplever de valda IT-konsultföretagen i samband med intäktsredovisningen?
Syfte: Syftet med denna empiriska studie är att undersöka hur företag i IT-konsultbranschen redovisar uppkomna intäkter, samt att utreda om företagen upplever några svårigheter i samband med intäktsredovisningen. Målet med studien är att med det utvunna resultatet ge användbara tips och råd angående intäktsredovisning till företag inom IT-konsultbranschen.
Metod: Undersökningen genomfördes i Västerås och inleddes med en förberedande intervju med en auktoriserad revisor, väl insatt i ämnet intäktsredovisning. Därefter valdes sju företag från IT-konsultbranschen ut, varav två av dem fick delta i semistrukturerade intervjuer. Granskning av de andra fem företagens intäktsredovisningar gjordes med hjälp av årsredovisningar.
Slutsats: Under genomförd undersökning har det framkommit att ett företag redovisar sina intäkter enligt IAS 18 till följd av att det är börsnoterat och samtliga av de övriga bolagen utnyttjar BFNAR 2003:3. Inget av bolagen använder sig alltså av RR 11. Den mest påtagliga svårigheten som framkommit uppstår då en tjänst stäcker sig över flera redovisningsperioder; när ska då intäkt redovisas?
Våra tips och råd till nystartade IT-konsultföretag blir därmed att välja det ramverk bäst lämpat för verksamheten, vinstavräkna successivt vid behov, konstruera en effektiv kalkylmodell, rekrytera ”rätt person till rätt plats”.
Persson, Simon, and Stefan Norell. "Tyst yrkeskunnande på Negotium : - En kvalitativ fallstudie av ett konsultföretag." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-256082.
Full textThe purpose of this study is to, within the field of knowledge management as well as from a situated learning perspective, create a better understanding of how employees tacit knowing is being made visible, shared, integrated and reproduced within the organization. To further specify the purpose of this study the three following questions have been created; In what situations are tacit knowing being made visible? How is tacit knowing shared? What role does the organizational culture have when tacit knowing is shared? The empirical data has been collected through nine semi-structured interviews at the examined company. The results of the interviews have been analysed on the basis of Säljö’s (2005) situated learning-perspective, Alvesson & Kärreman’s (2001) model Four Knowledge Management Approaches and Nonaka & Takeuchi’s (1995) SECI-model. The results of this study show that tacit knowing exists within the company and that this knowing is focused around organizational knowledge, interpersonal skills and the identification with role models. Furthermore, the results show that tacit knowing is mostly made visible, shared and reproduced through social interaction where employees have the opportunity to interact with colleagues from different parts of the organization. The study also shows that tacit knowing grows with experience and that it is a form of experience-based knowing. The study also shows that organizational culture has a major impact on the sharing of tacit knowing, promoted by an allowing and supportive culture in which the sharing of knowledge is encouraged and integrated into the organization in the form of a live coaching culture.
Dahl, Victor, Oscar Andersson, and Erik Johnsson. "Nyttan med styrverktyg inom små konsultföretag : Differentiering och legitimitet på marknaden." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-45040.
Full textBackground and Problem: The consulting branch can be recognized by having a high turnover of operators. One reason for this is that the market can be lucrative with its low entry barriers. But why do many operators disappear as soon as they enter the market? Is it because of a lack of strategy and management tools? Could it be due to the difficulty for small businesses to create solid brand legitimacy, and is there a possibility to strengthen it by using management tools? The company used in this study is a small consulting company that desires to strengthen their brand legitimacy with the aid of differentiation strategy in the market. Purpose: With the help of a self-made evaluation model, the purpose of this study is to evaluate different long-term management tools geared towards small consulting and service companies. By evaluating the pros and cons of the three selected management tools and then apply those at a small consulting company, an expectation is that the study could lead to recommendations regarding the management tools benefits and possibilities for adaption. Method: In the methodology section the methodological choices of the study are explained. There is also a presentation of the research approach that has been used. Furthermore, the selection of data and the criticism of the sources used in the study are discussed. Results and conclusion: After that the management tools had been evaluated using the evaluation tool, it was found that there was no optimal management tool but that they all contained valuable features. However, the analysis showed that the management tool that was most advantageous based on the company’s prospects was the balanced scorecard because of its multiple useful features and its ability to control according to the company’s strategy and goal.
Bogren, Linnea, and Stein Sebastiani della Porta Charlotta von. "IT-kultur : En kvalitativ fallstudie av organisationskultur i ett IT-konsultföretag." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-117603.
Full textvon, Schoultz Ebba, and Fabian Örtelius. "Den humanistiska sidan av förvärv : En studie om introduktion på ett konsultföretag." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Pedagogiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-149836.
Full textHolm, Jonas, Fredrik Holmberg, and Anton Ericsson. "Humankapital – balansräkningens osynliga tillgång : Resultat från en innehållsanalys av åtta IT-konsultföretag." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Örebro Universitet, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-76817.
Full textZeller, Christine. "Innovationer i byggprocessen – risk eller möjlighet ur ett konsultperspektiv?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-295712.
Full textNyström, Ingrid, and Daniel Olsten. "Kunskapsöverföring inom agila team med inriktning mot scrum : En flerfallsstudie inom kunskapsintensiva konsultföretag." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-74235.
Full textKunskap anses idag vara en av de viktigaste faktorernaför att skapa konkurrenskraftiga organisationerochkunskapsöverföring är därmed av storbetydelseför dessa. Allt fler företag har börjat se fördelarna med agilaarbetssätt för att effektivisera sitt arbete. En av de ledande agila arbetssätten är scrum, där ett team, innehållande individer med olika kompetenser och kunskaper arbetar tätt ihop för att levereraen produkt. Kunskapsöverföring är specielltviktigtföragila team som använder sig av scrum då det är en förutsättning för det flexibla arbetssättet som metoden innebär.Denna studie syftar till att beskriva och förklara 1) hur ett agilt arbetssätt påverkar kunskapsöverföring inom utvecklingsteamsom tillämpar scrum 2) vilka faktorer som påverkar kunskapsöverföring inom utvecklingsteam. För att uppnå studiens syfte utfördes en flerfallsstudie, ett större fall och tre mindre, inom fyra kunskapsintensiva företag med verksamhet inom informationsteknik, affärsstrategi och digitalisering. Datahar samlats genom semi-strukturerade intervjuer, deltagande observationer och dokument. Resultatet visar att ett agilt arbetssätt har positiva effekter på kunskapsöverföringen samt att fyra centrala faktorer, distribueringsgrad, kunskapsfrämjande aktiviteter, spontana interaktioneroch dokumentationhar haft betydelse för hur överföring skett inom de olika teamen.
Schilling, Annika. "Kan konsulter fusionera? : en studie av betydelsen av identitet vid en fusion mellan konsultföretag." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Programmet Människa och Organisation (PMO), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-464.
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Isaksson, Maria, and Sahlin Charlotte Hilding. "Hur arbetar man med, och motiverar till,kunskapsöverföring inom konsultföretag? : En jämförelse mellan teknikkonsultföretag ochmanagementkonsultföretag." Thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-55364.
Full textThe knowledge and qualities of personnel have become a big part of what make anorganization. It is essential for knowledge intensive companies to have a good strategyfor Knowledge Management. Knowledge sharing takes effort from the individual, theauthors therefore find it important to investigate how personnel get motivated to sharetheir knowledge and competence. Representatives from the business world have pointedout that management consulting firms, compared to technology consulting firms, standout in how they administer the competence within the organization. The purpose of thisstudy is to investigate whether this claim is true and how these types of businesses workwith and encourage their staff to share knowledge.Literature was studied to comprehend how motivation and knowledge are interrelated.Four interviews were conducted, two at a management consulting firm and two at atechnology consulting firm. The authors strived to gain knowledge about how theemployees experience knowledge sharing in the workplace, and how the firm managesthis. Therefore interviews with one consultant and one employee of the HR departmentof each company were carried out. The interviews processed issues related tomotivation and knowledge transfer, and how these subjects are related.Both literature and interviews showed that development, to be shown appreciation andto know that you are performing well are motivating. The interviews showed thatmonetary rewards worked better at management consulting firms than at technologyconsulting firms. Literature mentions that monetary rewards function best when therewarded action is measurable. Time and resources is what foremost prevent peoplefrom knowledge sharing which was shown in both literature and interviews. How thecompanies work with Knowledge Management was examined, the two companies differsomewhat in how they treat the subject. The management consulting firm has moredeveloped systems for knowledge sharing than the technology consulting firm hasalthough one similarity is that both companies use mentorship programs.The authors believe that factors like self-development and responsibility are motivatingbecause the human being wants to feel needed. This study shows that different factorsmotivate the employees at the two firms. Why monetary rewards work best at themanagement consulting firm is, according to the authors, because they hire people thatare competitive. The authors believe that the management consulting firm has moresystems for knowledge transfer because this is needed in their daily work. Thetechnology consulting firm on the other hand uses their systems to store knowledgefrom closed projects.The conclusions drawn from this study are that it is sufficient to focus on getting thepersonnel motivated in general rather than motivating to knowledge sharing inparticular. It is important that the employer knows what motivates each individual at thefirm. Monetary rewards can motivate but has to be complemented by other factors to beefficient. Techonology consulting firms can learn from management consulting firmswhen it comes to the use of communication systems. It is important for companies togive their employees the time and resources needed for knowledge sharing, the authorsbelieve that this will save time for the company in the long run.
Jai-On, Nattakan. "Transmedialt berättande som marknadsföringsstrategi i ett B2B-konsultföretag - En fallstudie med design som kompletterande metod." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20148.
Full textThe following case study aims to explore whether a B2B consulting company can apply the concept transmedia storytelling in its marketing strategies. This was done by creating a design over a potential transmedia storytelling campaign for the B2B consulting company XDIN. Prior to this study, data were collected from qualitative telephone interviews from two companies, XDIN and ALTEN, who work in this specific area. As a part of the design process, two further interviews through email have been carried out with XDIN, to gain feedback to the development of the design. The final design consisted mostly of digital channels, as these media platforms allow for greater reach to costumers than alternative channels. Further research could be to implement a transmedia storytelling campaign in a B2B consulting company, in order to explore whether the concept could have been a useful marketing strategy or not.
Lindberg, Robert, and Magnus Andersson. "Rollkonflikter inom IT-konsultföretag : En kvalitativ studie om hur interna rollkonflikter kan uppkomma, hanteras och förebyggas." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Informatics, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-215.
Full textBackground/Problem: Since the IT-burst in 2000 it has been recession within IT-consultant firms (Sif 2004). The tendency is, however, changing slightly and IT-consultants firms are getting more assignments again (Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen – AMS, 2004). IT-consultants firms are however still related to stressed per-sonnel (Handelskammaren 2004; Hallstedt 2001). Another critical factor is the communication between management and workers. Many leaders are poor communicators and give insufficient instructions (Höij, 2004 och Wallström, 2003). These two circumstances, stress and poor communication, can cause role conflicts and disagreements within the organisation (Cooper et al., 2001). IT-consultants have difficulties to define their roles and reflect over other roles. Information about stress- and conflict resolution is therefore one important tool in this process (Bjurman, 2003 & Handelskammaren, 2004).
Purpose: The purpose is to build a perceptive about internal role conflicts through knowledge about roles, role conflicts and internal role conflicts origin, prevention and resolution in organisations. Through this knowledge and empirical finding, in IT-consultant firms in Jönköping/Huskvarna, Sweden, our goal is to give advice about how IT-consultants firms can manage and prevent internal role conflicts. Our aim is also to make a brief conclusion about how role conflicts can occur.
Method: The foundation of the thesis is a theoretical study. Through this study we created the empirical and analytical methods. The empirical part consists of a qualitative approach which is based upon eleven interviews at six different IT-consultants firms in Jönköping/Huskvarna, Sweden, with 20-50 employees.
Results: The hardest thing with role conflicts is not to manage them but to find them. It is important to discover the conflicts and then solve them in time. Knowledge about these issues are therefore necessary. In order to mange and solve the role conflicts it is important, especially for leaders, to have regulated information meetings and instructions about how to deal with conflict resolution. If this is managed in the right way it can lead to better communication and less stressed employees and then fewer role conflicts.
Bakgrund/Problem: Sedan IT-bubblan sprack 2000 har det förekommit nedskärningar och uppsägningar inom IT-konsultföretag (Sif 2004). Konjunkturen håller dock på att vända och man märker en svag uppgång igen (Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen - AMS, 2004). IT-konsultföretag förknippas dock fortfarande med stress och utbrändhet bland personal (Handelskammaren 2004; Hallstedt 2001). En annan kritisk faktor i IT-konsultföretag är kommunikationen mellan chefer och anställda. Det förekommer att chefer för en dålig dialog med bristande instruktioner till de anställda (Höij, 2004 och Wallström, 2003). Dessa två omständigheter, stress och dålig kommunikation kan leda till rollkonflikter och oenigheter på arbetsplatsen menar Cooper, Dewe och Driscoll (2001). Vi anser att rollkonflikter förekommer på grund av dessa orsaker i IT-konsultföretag. Vårt antagande grundar sig på att stress- och konflikthantering är viktiga inom branschen (Bjurman, 2003 & Handelskammaren, 2004). Bjurman (2003) menar även att det finns ett ökat behov av personal som har kunskap kring konflikter i framtiden.
Syfte: Syftet är att utveckla en förståelse kring interna rollkonflikter i IT-konsultföretag genom kunskap om roller, rollkonflikter och hur konflikter upp-kommer, hanteras och förebyggs i organisationer. Med denna kunskap och empi-riska studier på IT-konsultföretag i Jönköping/Huskvarna ämnar vi sedan att ge råd om hur interna rollkonflikter kan hanteras och eventuellt förebyggas i IT-konsultföretag. Vårt mål är även att kort beskriva hur interna rollkonflikter kan uppkomma i IT-konsultföretag.
Metod: Grunden är en teoretisk studie som frambringade lämplig empirisk och analytisk metod. Den empiriska delen består av en kvalitativ ansats vilken bygger på elva intervjuer på sex stycken IT-konsultföretag i Jönköping/Huskvarna med vardera 20-50 anställda.
Resultat: Rollkonflikter uppkommer främst på grund av bristande kommunikation i organisationen. De vanligaste tillfällena då de uppkommer är nyanställningar, företagssammanslagningar och organisationsförändringar. Det är inte lämpligt att kontrollera konflikterna i ett IT-konsultföretag eftersom det skulle leda till sämre produktivitet i projektgruppen. Det är istället viktigt att vara orädd, ge konstruktiv kritik, ha utbildning i konflikt- och stresshantering samt vara en god lyssnare. Förebyggande åtgärder för rollkonflikter kan vara regelbundna möten och after-work aktiviteter.
Alsalehi, Alana. "Utmaningar uthyrda projektledare upplever : En studie om vilka utmaningar uthyrda projektledare upplever i ett tekniskt konsultföretag." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan (from 2013), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-72793.
Full textToday's competitive labor market has led companies to swiftly adapt to changes in dynamic environments. Projects such as work methods have become increasingly common in businesses. Each project is assigned a project manager to manage the project. Due to a lack of staff, organizations employ consultants such as project managers, to analyze and solve specific problems and manage projects. The purpose of the study is to investigate the challenges experienced by the consultant project manager. In order to answer the main question and the purpose of the study, a qualitative method has been used. Through interviews with ten different consultant project managers within a technical consulting company, the challenges they are experiencing investigated. The interviews have been analyzed by using a thematic analysis and relevant themes have been identified. The study has shown that challenges experienced by technical consultant project managers are about limited ability to act, where structure, authority, access to budget and the right resources prevent consultant project managers from carrying out their work and manage a project. Other challenges are about identity crises and the feeling of belonging, where relationship to the consulting company and the clients, as well as the differences between consultant project managers and employees, do not have a major impact on the project management itself, but affect the project manager as an individual.
Calmstierna, Alma. "Framgångsfaktorer för användning av Scrum inom Scrum-team i ett konsultföretag : En fallstudie inom ÅF Karlstad." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan (from 2013), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-73260.
Full textTakamatsu, Nikko, and Caroline Regnér. "Relationskomponenternas betydelse i en upphandlingprocess mellan konsult och kund :." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-16076.
Full textElmervik, Christin. "Kvalitetssäkring av systemutvecklingsprocessen." Thesis, University of Skövde, Department of Computer Science, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-523.
Full textExamensarbetet behandlar hur IT-konsultföretag arbetar för att kvalitetssäkra systemutvecklingsprocessen. För att utreda problemställningen har jag genomfört litteraturstudier om kvalitet, systemutveckling och ISO 9000. Jag har även intervjuat fem IT-konsultföretag, varav två företag är certifierade enligt standarden ISO 9001. Syftet med intervjuerna var att undersöka om kvalitetssäkringsprocessen varierande mellan olika företag och om det
var stor skillnad mot hur litteraturen föreskriver kvalitetssäkring.
Resultatet som framkommit utifrån det insamlade materialet är att företagen använder sig av en systemutvecklingsmodell, men det kan variera om det är en standardiserad modell eller en egenutvecklad systemutvecklingsmodell.
I samband med systemutvecklingsprocessen arbetar företagen i projektform. När ett projekt startar skapas en projektplan som bl.a. innehåller en tidsplan och anvisningar om när tester ska genomföras. Det är inget krav från kunderna att företagen ska vara certifierade enligt någon standard, men företagen måste kunna visa att de arbetar på ett strukturerat sätt.
Vesterberg, Emil, Petersson Malin, and Patrik Andersson. "Business Intelligence : Skomakarens barn har ofta de sämsta skorna – en studie om hur BI används i konsultföretag." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för Informationsvetenskap, Data– och Elektroteknik (IDE), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-16867.
Full textKjellgren, Sara, and Victoria Briding. "Inre motivation kopplat till empowerment som ledningsprincip : En kvalitativ studie på ett konsultföretag med en decentraliserad organisationsstruktur." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-30679.
Full textAll since the realization that productivity is a result of how motivated employees are, theories have evolved to explain what motivates them. Prior research claims these theories, and shows how a decentralized organizational structure, where responsibility is shared and spread in a horizontal direction, tends to increase the intrinsic motivation. Research also shows how companies applying empowerment as a management principle, which means that the employees are empowered to work independently and be responsible about their work, contributes the employees to feel intrinsic motivation. Research also shows that organizational structure and management policy has a greater impact when employees have an education, are professional and knowledgeable, as these people tend to be stronger driven by internal motivation. As an essential part of this area of research is only based on quantitative studies, this qualitative study intended to contribute to a deeper knowledge than what previous studies have succeeded. By doing a case study of a company that defines itself as a flat organization with empowerment as a management policy, the purpose is to gain a deeper understanding of how a decentralized organizational structure with empowerment as a management policy is linked to employees' intrinsic motivation. Furthermore, the study aims to highlight new important concepts in this area. Based on the theory underlying the study, key concepts have been picked out that other relevant theories also claims. These theories along with previous research are linked together into a proprietary model with the new concepts taken into consideration. What the results shows is that the decentralized organizational structure has given great conditions for the application of empowerment as a management policy which has helped employees experience psychological empowerment and intrinsic motivation. What also pervade the result of the study is that the new highlighted concepts, teamwork and organizational communication has a significant impact on all key concepts. This shows how the proprietary model with all the selected concepts has a decisive role in how empowerment as a management policy leads to intrinsic motivation. What is further treated in this study is whether the management of the companies that applies empowerment as a management policy, takes advantage of and satisfy the teamwork, as well as maintaining a good organizational communication to get the best possible outcomes when it comes to intrinsic motivation. This is something that further research in this area should take into account.
Klingvall, Emma, and Ida Lindberg. "EMPLOYER BRANDING I SMÅ KONSULTFÖRETAG : En kvalitativ studie om att på ett resurseffektivt sätt attrahera kompetent arbetskraft." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-173111.
Full textCarlsson, Malin, and Terese Hansén. "Organisationsförändring i IT-konsultbranchen : En studie av en förändringsprocess inom HiQ Stockholm." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Business Studies, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-1502.
Full textDenna uppsats syftar till att beskriva och undersöka organisationsförändringen ”Skalbarhet och specialisering” som ägde rum inom IT-konsultföretaget HiQ Stockholm AB, under perioden 2005 till 2007. Det som intresserade oss är hur HiQ´s ledning planerade och genom¬förde organisationsförändringen samt medarbetarnas upplevelser kring arbetsprocessen. Studiens problemformulering lyder, hur kan en organisationsförändringsprocess skildras i ett IT-konsultföretag? HiQ´s organisationsförändring bestod i att införa en till hierarkisk nivå, i avsikt att göra organisationen mer lätthanterlig för ledningen, men även för att skapa en mer specialiserad verksamhet. Specialisering anses som ett viktigt konkurrensmedel inom IT-konsultbranschen på grund av den ökade globaliseringen. I och med globaliseringen ökar konkurrenstrycket på IT-konsultföretagen då aktörer från hela världen tävlar om kunderna. Vi har gjort en fallstudie som består i litteraturstudier, intervjuer och observationer. Vår teoretiska referensram har vi hämtat från Mikael Beers teorier om förändringsstrategierna, E (ekonomi) och O (organisation). Slutsatsen av studien är att HiQ inte har haft något specifikt utarbetat tillvägagångssätt gällande organisationsförändringen. De arbetade utifrån ett experimentellt arbetssätt. HiQ´s företagskultur är en viktig ledningsfråga därför att kulturen anses främja sammanhållningen och lojaliteten i organisationen. HiQ´s företagskultur kan ha underlättat vid förändringsprocessen eftersom den bidrog till att företaget kunde få alla engagerade och nå förändringens mål.
Hamulic, Alma, and Brandon Michael. "Branding is not rocket science… it is harder : En kvalitativ studie om hur konsultföretag arbetar med brand equity." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-48355.
Full textFrågeställning: Hur arbetar konsultföretag med att stärka varumärkets uppbyggnad?Vilken inverkan har brand equity och dess komponenter på konsultföretag? Syfte: Syftet med denna undersökning är att med ny kunskap bidra samt öka förståelsen om brand equity och hur dess komponenter bidrar till att stärka konsultföretagens varumärke. Studien ämnar även till att undersöka hur företagen kan skapa konkurrensfördelar i en ständigt utvecklande marknad. Metod: Studien är av kvalitativ metod där fyra semistrukturerade intervjuer utförts i syfte att besvara forskningsfrågan, som vidare analyserades genom tematisk metod. Slutsats: Resultaten av denna studie visar att konsultföretagen aktivt arbetar kring tre aspekter i syfte till att stärka varumärket och dess uppbyggnad. Samtliga handlar om att företaget ska vara innovativt, att bearbeta och komplettera interna faktorer som utvecklar företagskulturen och dess värderingar för dessa att speglas externt och om hur företagen uppfyller kundernas behov i form av resultat och prestationer. Resultaten visar även på att de undersökta konsultföretagen arbetar kring att stärka varumärkesuppbyggnaden genom att de tar hänsyn till aspekter som också återfinns i Keller´s Customer Based Brand Equity Model.
Jensen, Erik, and Markus Kajsa Mattila. "Att redovisa humankapital i konsultföretags årsredovisningar : Är det möjligt?" Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-47268.
Full textThat companies is supposed to show the most true and fair view possible in their annual report has become socially accepted. This study will reflect on and examine how and if consulting firms present their human capital, and whether or not it is possible to add a human capital valuation model as a non-compulsory addition to the annual report. The purpose of the study is to explain how consulting firms present their human capital, and based on that give suggestions on human capital valuation models as additions that might increase the level of true and fair view in the annual report. The theoretical framework presents different definitions and previous research about accounting, presentation of human capital in accounting and the most common suggestions on human capital valuation models. In the study we have been using a qualitative method with the tools; face-to-face interview, e-mail interview and documentary secondary data. The analysis focuses on what kind of work is being made in the consulting firms today regarding human valuation, and what might be added to that already existing work. In the analysis the consulting firms views on existing human capital valuation models is also being treated. Examples of important conclusions are that there seems to be possible to add a human capital valuation model as a complement to the annual report, as long as it isn’t compulsory. It is regarded as difficult to add a human capital valuation model as a part of the annual report, which makes putting it as a complement to the annual report the reasonable suggestion.
Ohlsson, Eve, and Lundberg Carina Nordefjäll. "Humankapitalet : den gömda skatten på kunskapsföretaget, faktiskt!" Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-18481.
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Strandet, Karlsson Paulina, and Agnes Eklund. "Talent Management : En kvalitativ fallstudie om hur ett teknik- och konsultföretag arbetar med att behålla och utveckla sin personal." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-220044.
Full textIn today’s knowledge based economy, the employees’ competencies and knowledge are important competitive factors for knowledge based companies. Due to this, the competition between employers for employees has increased, and it lies in the companies interest to keep key employees. In this context, the notion of Talent Management has become increasingly important. Many previous Talent Management studies have had a management perspective. This study is based on both a management perspective as well as an employee perspective. The purpose of the study has been to examine the Talent Management strategies that a large technology and consultancy company uses in order to keep and develop its employees. Furthermore, we have aimed to examine whether these strategies satisfy the factors that the employees deem motivational in their choice to remain within the company. In order to achieve the purpose and our research questions, we have performed seven qualitative interviews with employees from different divisions at a technology and consultancy company in Sweden. In our analysis of the gathered information, we relate our results to relevant strategies in our theoretical frame of reference. Our findings indicate that the company uses strategies such as social activities, benefit programs, performance reviews and education to keep and develop its employees. Our findings also indicate that the factors that motivate the employees to stay within the company are: meaningful work, development opportunities and social factors.
Ljungman, Evelina. "Hur påverkar agila metoder kreativitet och innovationsförmåga? : En fallstudie utifrån ett litet IT-konsultföretag som arbetar enligt Scrum-metoden." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-38527.
Full textResearch questions: How are participants' creativity affected when agile methods are used in practice? How do agile methods affect the ability to innovate? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how a small IT company works to increase creativity by working according to the agile approach, in order to be able to affect the capacity for innovation. Method: This study is based on a case study. The company is a small IT consulting company that works with system development. The company has 15 employees and works according to the agile approach and they have two Scrum teams. This work is based on the qualitative method with influences of a deductive approach, since the study is mainly based on semi-structured interviews and observations. Conclusions: The conclusions are that the agile methods affect creativity by increasing the participants' motivation. The agile way of working affects the creativity of the employees, as it is free to pick the tasks that you want in each sprint, it contributes to increase both motivation and curiosity. Another conclusion is that the agile methods affects the participants' creativity as it gives the employees more freedom to plan their work and gives them the opportunity to solve their task in their own way, for example by testing new technologies. The agile methods affect the participants' creativity in such a way that it can reduce the stress from outside the workgroup itself. This is because it is the product owner who has the main contact with the end customer.The agile way of working affects the ability to innovate because it is constantly entering new tasks that the working group has to solve, and the tasks are very different to each other, it contributes to increased dynamism and challenge. An interesting conclusion was that the product owners created an unconscious challenge linked to the employees' tasks, as the employees felt that the requirement specifications that they received were difficult to understand. The final conclusion is that the agile methods created freedom for the employees to be able to prioritize themselves among their tasks and choose how to solve the tasks.
Morberg, Frida, and Johanna Schyl. "BEHOVEN KRING ETT ANVÄNDBART BELÄGGNINGS- OCH BEMANNINGSSYSTEM : En användarcentrerad utveckling av ett internt beläggnings- och bemanningssystem på ett medelstort IT-konsultföretag." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-93443.
Full textA user-centered design process is used in this thesis with the goal to evaluate different methods that is used to create a prototype for a new resource management tool for Valtech AB, a Swedish IT consulting company. During the thesis we have tried to sort out how good these methods are for identifying who the user and their needs are and analyzed which design principles that are important for a system with high usability. The company is at the moment using a resource management tool that does not fulfill the needs of either the company or the end-user. Methods from human-computer interaction, user-centered design process and agile software development is used in this thesis to evaluate how these methods affect our view of the users’ needs with a resource management tool. We have also studied how these methods themselves and different parts of the design of the tool affect its usability.The result after the different surveys has shown that the needs of thea resource management device have changed since it was implemented. The size of the company is one factor that affects how the manning process is done. As the company continues to grow the user needs better support from the resource management tool for it to be useful in the company’s processes. The users prioritize that the new resource management tool is simple to use, has a simple design, is fast to use and that it gives a good overview. There for it is important that the new tool doesn’t become too complicated.The thesis’s main focus is on the different methods that we have been using, their result and comparisons between these. The content in this report is there for mostly theoretical.
ROMAN, JOHANNA, and OLIVIA WIDMARK. "Individual activities within IT consultancy firms : How the individual efficiency within IT consultancy firms could be increased by improving individual activities." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Management, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-191221.
Full textToday’s IT consultants are expected to carry out an increasing variety of tasks and possess knowledge within more technology areas than previously. As the complexity within the IT industry evidently is stepping up and the consultants are expected to manage this complexity well, it becomes more crucial than ever for each consultant to work efficiently and contribute to the IT consultancy firms’ overall efficiency. This research therefore investigates how the internal efficiency within IT consultancy firms could be increased as how the firms’ leaders should act in order to enhance the efficiency in the short and long run. Our research is based on a case study of 17 interviews and two workshops performed at a Swedish IT consultancy firm located in Stockholm, as well as three external interviews and a coherent and iterative literature review. The internal efficiency within IT consultancy firms could be increased by improving their individual activities attached to their organisational routines. The individual activities indicating the greatest potential to increase the internal efficiency are the low-prioritised activities - individual activities that consultants tend to prioritise lower, which often results in postponement of the activities. Why these activities are performed more inefficiently than other individual activities are due to four common root causes: (1) insufficient structural capital, (2) insufficient cultural support, (3) poor communication policies, and (4) lack of incentives. Concrete actions for how this could be operated in the short as well as the long run, are provided by this research. Its managerial implications are therefore directed towards the team managers as well as top management within IT consultancy firms.
Bremstedt, Pedersen Elin. "Att marknadsföra IT med IT : – Utmaningarna med att som svenskt IT-konsultföretag marknadsföra och sälja tjänster med stöd av interna IT-system." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Informatik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-129788.
Full textPetersson, Ingrid, Simone Johansson, and Matilda Persson. "Kundtillfredsställelse : bland köp- och säljkunder i samarbete med LRF Konsult." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-810.
Full textThe purpose of this thesis was, on the mission of LRF Konsult Södra marknadsområdet, to research on why their customers were satisfied and/or dissatisfied. The research was performed in two segments: customers that had joined the company through acquisitions of other accounting firms and customers that had been in contact with LRF Konsult’s personal sellers.
To be able to find the answer to our purpose we chose to do a qualitative study. Five interviews were performed with customers in southern Sweden, Skåne and Halland, to get their personal view of the service and of their relation to LRF Konsult and their contact person.
The theories suggested that the satisfaction of the customers would increase depending on their relation with LRF Konsult and their contact person. Our research concluded the relation differed for each customer and that it was of great importance that the contact person at LRF Konsult understood and adapted the relation to what the customer wanted. Furthermore, there was a slight difference between the acquired customers and customers by sellers since the last mentioned segment seems to have a close relation to both LRF Konsult and the contact person. The acquired customer rather has a close relation solely to the contact person. No matter what type of relation they had, we could clearly see that the contact person played an important role since that person was in direct contact with the customers.
We also noticed a difference between the agricultural segment and other small enterprises. The agricultural customers were thankful for the expertise of LRF Konsult within the customers’ segment and appreciated the knowledge that they had access to. The other small enterprises were not interested in a deeper knowledge within their branches.
Other important aspects that could be concluded from this research were the value of trust in order to create satisfaction. Price on the other hand was not, in line with the theories presented, of great importance. Finally there was a focus on the process as a whole, which worked as a driving force for higher satisfaction, even if the customers differed in how active they wanted to be.
Denna uppsats hade som uppgift att, på uppdrag av LRF Konsult Södra marknadsområdet, undersöka varför deras kunders var nöjda och/eller missnöjda. Undersökningen utfördes i de två kundgrupperna: köp- och säljkunder. Köpkunder är kunder som värvats genom förvärvning av andra byråer, och säljkunder har värvats utav LRF Konsults anställda säljare.
För att kunna svara på denna fråga valde vi att utföra en kvalitativ undersökning. Fem personliga intervjuer gjordes med kunder i Skåne och Halland för att få deras personliga syn på tjänsten samt deras relation till LRF Konsult och handläggaren.
Teorierna föreslog att kundernas tillfredsställelse skulle öka i takt med hur nära deras relation med LRF Konsult och deras handläggare blev. Vad vi fann i denna undersökning var att detta skiljde sig hos de olika kunderna och att det var viktigt att handläggarna i LRF Konsult kunde läsa av kundernas behov och anpassa relationen till vad de önskade. Vidare så fanns det här en skillnad mellan köp- och säljkunder eftersom säljkunderna verkade ha en relation med både LRF Konsult och handläggaren medan köpkunder hade en mer nära relation med endast handläggaren. Handläggaren hade, oavsett typ av relation, en stor betydelse eftersom det var handläggaren som var i direkt kontakt med kunden.
Vi kunde se en skillnad mellan de två segmenten, vilka var lantbrukare och övriga småföretag. Lantbrukarna hade tagit nytta av LRF Konsult expertis inom detta område och uppskattade den kunskap som de hade tillgång till. De övriga småföretagarna ansåg sig inte mindre nöjda för att LRF Konsult inte hade djupare kunskap inom deras branscher.
En annan viktig aspekt som kom fram i denna undersökning var hur viktigt förtroendet för handläggaren/LRF Konsult är för att skapa tillfredsställelse. Pris hade dock, som teorierna föreslog, mindre betydelse. Slutligen så var själva processen i fokus som drivande av tillfredsställelsen, även om det fanns olika behov av hur aktiv man ville vara i denna process hos de olika kunderna.
Fröberg, Malin. "Ett teknikkonsultföretags klimatpåverkan : Identifiering och kvantifiering av en konsultverksamhets direkta och indirekta utsläpp." Thesis, SLU Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-415166.
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