Search for dissertations about: "crisis"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 479 swedish dissertations containing the word crisis.

2. 11. Crisis as practice : Non-emergency organizations’ coping with crises

   Author : Olof Oscarsson; Erna Danielsson; Roine Johansson; Christian Uhr; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Exerted from the top down, organizational crisis management is a concept with strong connections to rational and normative approaches. While acknowledging that these approaches form a solid foundation for crisis management, this thesis formulates a critique of this conceptualization. READ MORE

4. 12. Organizational resilience through crisis strategic planning

   Author : Rudrajeet Pal; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational resilience; crisis strategic planning; economic crisis; Sweden; textile and clothing; small and medium -sized enterprise;

   Abstract : Resilience, in an organizational sense meaning the ability to withstand crises and disturbances, has become a keyword during the last ten years. It is associated with established activities like risk and crisis management and business continuity planning or with strategic management, but it allows for new perspectives and insights into the conditions for doing business. READ MORE

5. 13. Poland under pressure 1980-81 : crisis management in state-society conflict

   Author : Witold Patoka; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Crisis management; Solidarity; State authorities; Super Powers; Polish Crisis 1980-81; Cold War; Political Decision-making;

   Abstract : The primary purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the crisis management strategies used by Solidarity and state authorities during the Polish Crisis 1980-81. These key domestic actors adjusted their actions in response to the international context of the crisis. READ MORE

6. 14. The Rise (and Fall?) of Post-Industrial Malmö : Investigations of city-crisis dialectics

   Author : Ståle Holgersen; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban planning; urban policy; dialectics; post-industrial city; economic crisis; crisis management; social relations; class; Malmö;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the dialectics between urban planning and policy on the one hand and economic change and crises in the city of Malmö on the other, with a focus on both the city in general and the specific district of Western Harbour. Malmö provides a (highly) fascinating place to investigate relations between urban and economic change. READ MORE

7. 15. Politicizing crisis communication via social media : A contextual understanding of organizational crises in China

   Author : Hui Zhao; Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; strategic communication; crisis communication; Politics; social media; context; organizational crisis; China;

   Abstract : This dissertation aims to increase the knowledge about how societal contexts shape the social construction of crises in Chinese social media. It consists of four articles to advance current crisis communication research theoretically and empirically. READ MORE