Search for dissertations about: "change agent"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 160 swedish dissertations containing the words change agent.

2. 1. The Reluctant Change Agent : Change, Chance and Choice among Teachers, Educational Change in the City

   Author : Pernille Berg; Sociologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Educational change; innovation; globalisation; change agent; competence development; drivers of change; sociological study and qualitative reserach methods.;

   Abstract : This dissertation critically analyses the discourse on educational change. By placing educational change in the context of globalisation and innovation the author argues that the current discourse on educational change is un-nuanced and omits the important perspectives on change. READ MORE

4. 2. Leading IT-Enabled Change Inside Ericsson : A Transformation Into a Global Network of Shared Service Centres

   Author : Einar Iveroth; Jan Lindvall; Lars Engwall; Andreas Werr; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; IT-enabled change; global organisational change; ERP; shared service centre; change agent; actor; structure; practice.; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore—from a managerial perspective—how IT-enabled change is designed, led, and sustained from-within an organisation. This is an issue of central concern because there is a considerable lack of research that directly incorporates IT in management and organisational change studies. READ MORE

5. 3. Aiming for change : intentional communities and ideology in function

   Author : Josefin Larsson; Anna Jónasdóttir; Ingemar Elander; Lucy Sargisson; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Statsvetenskap; intentional communities; ideology; utopia; communalism; utopian studies; communal studies; politikvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

   Abstract : The question raised in this thesis is whether there is a common ideology to be found among intentional communities, and if so, what does characterise such an ideology and how does it relate to the traditional –isms? The study takes its theoretical point of departure in a functional concept of ideology, along with six dimensions of social critique: the political, the politico-economic, the politico-sexual, the psychosocial, the religious and spiritual, and the environmental. The findings of this study indicate that intentional communities have a common ideological core. READ MORE

6. 4. Modelling the Structural Dynamics of Business Networks : Two Agent-based Models of Supply Networks

   Author : Sara Shahin Moghadam; Frans Prenkert; Franziska Klügl; Magnus Hansson; Davide Secchi; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business networks; dynamics; Agent-based modelling; structural change; responses; interactions; complex adaptive systems;

   Abstract : This thesis aims at describing and analysing the structural changes of business networks that emerge as a result of change triggers. Despite previous studies, our understanding of the evolution of the network structure and its influencing factors is still limited. READ MORE

7. 5. Anticipation and Attention in Robot Control

   Author : Birger Johansson; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; eye-movements; visual field; tracking; occlusion; cognitive modelling; boebot; e-puck; color tracking; multi-agent; epistemic action; architecture; agent; robot; anticipation; attention; prediction;

   Abstract : Anticipatory and predictive models are becoming very important features of robot systems. This thesis investigates some aspects of predictive modeling. READ MORE