Search for dissertations about: "managerial sustainability"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words managerial sustainability.
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1. Sustainability-Oriented Business Incubators
Abstract : This thesis explores the attraction, selection, and support in sustainability-oriented business incubators. Business incubators as hatcheries for start-ups are considered key tools to enhance job creation and strengthen regional economies. READ MORE
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2. Job Demands, Job Resources, and Consequences for Managerial Sustainability in the Public Sector – A Contextual Approach
Abstract : ABSTRACT The aims of this thesis were threefold: to explore and increase knowledge of managerial working conditions in Swedish municipalities, to extend the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, and to provide information that public sector decision-makers and human resources departments can use and apply in promoting sustainable managerial working conditions. The argument in this thesis is that a contextual perspective on managerial work is needed, entailing a shift in focus from managers and their individual differences, to the conditions that public sector managers work under. READ MORE
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3. Management control for sustainability : Activities and procedures for energy management in industrial companies
Abstract : The thesis takes its point of departure in the important role of the industrial sector in mitigating climate change through a reduced energy use. There is a lack of understanding for how energy management should be organised and implemented in industrial companies. READ MORE
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4. Environmental Sustainability of Water Projects
Abstract : The thesis focuses on the environmental sustainability ofwater projects. The concept is analysed from the theoreticaland the implementation viewpoints The evolution of the conceptof sustainable development is presented, with an in-depthdiscussion on the present status of the environmentalsustainability of water projects. READ MORE
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5. The Limits of Control? The Role of Sustainability Control for Constructing Accountability within Organisations
Abstract : Sustainability control is grounded in pragmatic research traditions which imply that the design of formalised sustainability control systems (de-signed by managers) is enough to ensure strategic plans are met in re-sponse to external accountability demands. Through this, the individualis-ing aspects of control in a hierarchical accountability sense are empha-sised, and the main accountability relationship becomes between the supe-rior and subordinate. READ MORE