Search for dissertations about: "leadership and organizational development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 swedish dissertations containing the words leadership and organizational development.

2. 1. Creating a Quality Management Culture : Focusing on Values and Leadership

   Author : Pernilla Ingelsson; Håkan Wiklund; Ingela Bäckström; Stefan Lagrosen; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Quality Management; Organizational culture; values; leadership; Lean; TQM; Kvalitetsledning; organisationskultur; värderingar; ledarskap; Lean; TQM;

   Abstract : When applied successfully, the QM initiatives TQM and Lean enhance an organization´s ability to meet and exceed the expectations of the customers as well as co-workers and other stakeholders. There are however also QM initiatives that fail and one reason for this is the organization’s inability to create a supportive culture, a culture that rests on a number of values which aim at improving the quality and thereby customer satisfaction. READ MORE

4. 2. On the Relationship between Sustainable Health and Quality Management : Leadership and organizational behaviours from Swedish organizations

   Author : Ingela Bäckström; Håkan Wiklund; Bengt Klefsjö; Johnny Lindström; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Quality Management; Sustainable health; Leadership; Values; Quality Technology and Management; TQM; Quality control; Kvalitetsteknik; Kvalitet; Other industrial engineering and economics; Övrig industriell teknik och ekonomi;

   Abstract : Sickness absence not only causes significant costs for organizations but also leads to other negative consequences for individuals and societies. Previous research has shown that working with organizational values within Quality Management affects job satisfaction and results in increased profitability and customer satisfaction. READ MORE

5. 3. Professional Pride and Prejudice : Negotiating leadership in an era of interprofession-based organizing

   Author : Erika Lokatt; Charlotte Holgersson; Monica Lindgren; Johann Packendorff; Ewa Wikström; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; leadership; profession; interprofession-based organizing; negotiated order; discourse; power base; subject position; space of action; organizational humor; leadership culture; healthcare; ledarskap; profession; interprofessionsbaserad organisering; förhandlad ordning; diskurs; maktbas; subjektsposition; handlingsutrymme; organisatorisk humor; ledarskapskultur; sjukvård; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

   Abstract : Leadership has always played a peculiar role in the context of profession-based operations. Within bureaucratic yet decentralized organizational configurations – where conventional notions of labor management fall short in explaining executive functions – distributions of authority and influence have historically been inherent in strong hierarchies and meritocracies. READ MORE

6. 4. Operationalizing Industrial Ecology in the Waste Sector : Roles and tactics for circular value innovation

   Author : Graham Aid; Nils Brandt; Monika Olsson; Maria Malmström; Leenard Baas; Stefan Anderberg; Mats Eklund; Anna Björklund; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The take-make-waste approach to resource management in human production and consumption systems is contributing to a variety of environmental and social problems worldwide. Additionally, as the world’s population and affluence increase, so do the negative impacts of poor resource management. READ MORE

7. 5. Health and performance in small enterprises : studies of organizational determinants and change strategy

   Author : Stig Vinberg; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industrial Work Environment; Industriell produktionsmiljö;

   Abstract : The present thesis focuses on relations between work organizational factors and outcomes related to health and performance, and how these factors and outcomes are related to change strategies in small enterprises. Reasons for this work are the growing interest in entrepreneurship, small business development, statements to the effect that small enterprises lack adequate resources and competence needed for successful management of workplace change processes and fragmented small business research about mentioned relations. READ MORE