Search for dissertations about: "dissertation in strategic IT management"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 76 swedish dissertations containing the words dissertation in strategic IT management.

2. 1. Strategic time awareness : implications of strategic thinking

   Author : Henrik Friman; Peter Stevrin; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Strategic time; strategic time awareness; strategic thinking and strategic management; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Strategic time awareness (STA) is a research project that strives to gain new insights about the strategic thinking process and better understand time in the context of strategic management. The purpose of this study is to understand what managers think is important with regard to time in the process of strategic thinking. READ MORE

4. 2. Strategic Colonels : The Discretion of Swedish Force Commanders in Afghanistan 2006–2013

   Author : Magnus Johnsson; Maria Heimer; Helena Wockelberg; Jan Ångström; Douglas Brommesson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; military strategy; policy implementation; discretion; Afghanistan; NATO; ISAF; force commander; military operations;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines the role of military officers as policy implementers by investigating the discretion of Swedish force commanders in the multinational military campaign in Afghanistan between 2006 and 2013. By developing an analytical framework that takes both an outside-in and an inside-out perspective, and that encompasses both the objective implications that structural factors project on force commanders as well as their subjective perceptions of those structural factors, and applying that framework to a range of official documents as well as unique interview data, the thesis describes the discretion that force commanders have had in interpreting, choosing and shaping their mission and concept of operations. READ MORE

5. 3. A Framework for the Strategic Management of Information Technology

   Author : Raquel Flodström; Birger Rapp; Thomas Kalling; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; strategic management; information technology IT ; competitive environment; competitive advantages.; Information technology; Informationsteknologi; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem; Information Systems;

   Abstract : Strategy and IT research has been extensively discussed during the past 40 years. Two scientific disciplines Management Science (MS) and Management Information Science (MIS) investigate the importance of IT as a competitive factor. READ MORE

6. 4. Costs and Benefits of Delegation : Managerial Discretion as a Bridge between Strategic Management and Corporate Governance

   Author : Yuliya Ponomareva; Sven-Olof Yrjö Collin; Ruth Aguilera; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Managerial discretion; board of directors; agency theory; delegation; control; transition economy; Sweden; Ekonomistyrning; Ekonomistyrning;

   Abstract : This dissertation addresses the question of effective delegation, exploring it through the concept of managerial discretion (i.e., a latitude of managerial actions, which lie in the zone of shareholders’ acceptance). READ MORE

7. 5. Digital Capability : Investigating Coevolution of IT and Business Strategies

   Author : Johan Sandberg; Holmström Jonny; Ola Henfridsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Digital capability; IT strategy; coevolution; IT innovation; digital innovation; organizational evolution; practice research; strategy-as-practice; evolutionary theory;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates the role of information technology (IT) in organizational strategy. Specifically, it examines how organizations can persist in turbulent competitive landscapes characterized by IT innovations. READ MORE