Search for dissertations about: "Organizational Learning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 208 swedish dissertations containing the words Organizational Learning.

2. 1. Work-integrated learning in a hospital ward setting : Exploring the interdependency between the professions and the organization

   Author : Mia Detlin; Maria Skyvell Nilsson; Lotta Dellve; Högskolan Väst; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; contemporary hospital care; occupational learning; expansive learning; interprofessional learning; newly graduated nurses; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing science; Work Integrated Learning; Arbetsintegrerat lärande;

   Abstract : Introduction:Contemporary hospital settings are a challenging learning and working environment for healthcare professionals. The challenges are largely related to the increasing need for healthcare caused by an ageing population, a lack of personnel resources, and demands for time efficiency. READ MORE

4. 2. Micro-Foundations of Organizational Adaptation : A Field Study in the Evolution of Product Development Capabilities in a Design Firm

   Author : Carlo Salvato; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational adaption; Organizational evolution; Organizational replicators; Organizational routines; Firm competences; Dynamic capabilities; Organizational learning; New product development; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to improve knowledge of how organizations adapt to their dynamic environments, by developing a detailed understanding of the configuration and evolution of organizational replicators. Among open questions in the literature on organizational adaptation, I have explored the following: How can the structure of organizational replicators and the nature of their components be realistically described? How do different organizational replicators interact with each other at different levels within and across organizational boundaries? How do replicators evolve? Why do firms need dynamic capabilities? I’ve addressed these questions by means of an embedded, longitudinal field study of Alessi, an Italian firm founded in 1921, active in the development and production of hundreds of design household products. READ MORE

5. 3. Project management ontology : the organizational learning perspective

   Author : Heli Aramo-Immonen; Kaj U. Koskinen; Jari Palomäki; Finland Tampere Tampere University of Technology; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mega-project; project learning; organizational learning; systems thinking; activity theory; management ontology;

   Abstract : In a recent interview with the Financial Times, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, Mr. Jeroen van der Veer, said he “keeps faith in ‘elephant’ projects” referring to the Russian gas mega-project that Shell had fallen eight months behind schedule with and had cost overruns twice the original estimate. Mr. READ MORE

6. 4. Co-constructing Expertise : Competence Development through Work-Integrated e-Learning in joint Industry-University Collaboration

   Author : Monika Hattinger; Lars Svensson; Maria Spante; Lennart Malmsköld; Kristina M. Eriksson; Linn Gustavsson Christiernin; Anita Mirijamdotter; Högskolan Väst; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Competence Development; e-Learning design; Learning activities; Co-construction; Manufacturing industry; Expert knowledge; Knotworking; Expansive Transformation; Boundary crossing; Work Integrated Learning; Arbetsintegrerat lärande; Informatik; Informatics;

   Abstract : This thesis is inter-disciplinary and proceed from the ongoing challenges of the increased digitalization, automation and robotization that impact the manufacturing industry's emergent need of high-qualified practitioners. Digitalization also challenges universities to open up to external collaboration and to design blended e-learning targeting industry knowledge needs. READ MORE

7. 5. An Eye for an I : Focus on integration in WIL

   Author : Lennarth Bernhardsson; Martin Gellerstedt; Lars Svensson; Högskolan Väst; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Work-Integrated Learning; Work-Integrated Education; Workplace learning; Work-based learning; Lärande; Progression; Work Integrated Learning; Arbetsintegrerat lärande;

   Abstract : This licentiate thesis describes the development and change of forms within a course with a focus on Work-Integrated Learning (WIL). For several years I have been responsible for a course and at the same time author of the syllabus for the course and seen how weak the integration is, and how it is perceived by the students, between theoretical knowledge and the practical work during an internship period. READ MORE