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    Lyxen att välja - Strategisk gruppsammansättning i IT-konsultföretag
    (2018-09-10) Thelin, Emma; Fransson, Anna; Göteborg University/Department of Sociology
    This study examines how IT consulting companies in Gothenburg works with group composition. And if there is such work, which criteria is taken into consideration and how do the companies create conditions for the work groups to succeed. We also intend to examine which aspects enable and prevents a strategic work with group composition. Prior research in this area has long focused on what a group is, what will make a group successful and how the organization surrounding the group can have an impact on the group's performance but there was little or no research concerning group composition and how a organization can work with it as a strategic tool. The method used in this study to collect data is semi structured interviews with eight respondents from four different companies in Gothenburg. One of these respondents were an HR-manager and seven of the interviewed were executives. The interviews were later transcribed, coded and analyzed into two themes. The result showed that there were a more established consciousness for group composition than expected. The work connected to group composition however showed to be more up to each executive and were therefore not apart of any formal strategic work connected to group composition. The criteria that had the largest focus was technical competence but aspects such as personality and diversity were also taken into consideration when composing work groups. It also became clear that these IT consulting companies works with both aspects of heterogeneity and homogeneity when composing groups. The conclusion therefore resulted in the fact that technical competence is the basis for the choice of candidates to a work group, but when the lack of IT consultants on the labour market stop being scarce the companies will have the luxury to choose.
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    WANT TO KNOW WHAT I KNOW? An assessment of Knowledge Sharing in a Knowledge Intensive Firm
    (2020-09-08) Fransson, Anna; Langenius, Sofia; University of Gothenburg / Department of Sociology and Work Science; Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap
    Purpose: The purpose of this study is to on an organisational level assess knowledge sharing in a Knowledge Intensive Firm. Theory: The main theories used are; Dreyfus’s (2004) model of expert knowledge, Human Capital Theory (Sweetland, 1996), Knowledge Based View of the firm (Levitas, 2013) and the concepts; Tacit and Explicit knowledge (Nonaka, 1994) and Knowledge Intensive Firm (Alvesson, 2004). Method: The study is carried out through a qualitative method using semi-structured interviews and case-study design. Interviews are conducted with consultants and consultant managers within the case company and a thematic analysis is used for analysing the qualitative data. The respondent group consist of 13 participants. Result: Findings of this study indicate that knowledge sharing is an important activity within a knowledge intensive firm. A model of the identified sharing and development of knowledge is presented. This process can be summarised as transferring of the external inflow of knowledge, through found challenges to knowledge sharing and attributes of knowledge, on the foundation of identified facilitating prerequisites. By the use of this process, we argue that the organisational knowledge will increase. Found challenges to knowledge sharing are presented along with how these can be viewed and worked with.