Search for dissertations about: "project making"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 480 swedish dissertations containing the words project making.

2. 1. Project Becoming and Knowing Trajectories. : An Epistemological Perspective on Human and Nonhuman Project Making

   Author : Camilla Niss; Lars Bengtsson; Matti Kaulio; Fredrik Tell; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; project; knowing; project making; nonhuman agency; knowing trajectory; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

   Abstract :   In our ‘projectified’ and ‘knowledge-intensive’ society, industrial projects have been proposed as important “journeys of knowledge creation” or “places for knowledge integration”. To date, such perspectives have mainly used traditional cognitive and contextual theories of knowledge and have thus mostly been focused on human actors and their interaction. READ MORE

4. 2. Decision making in innovation : understanding selection and prioritizaiton of development projects

   Author : Ernesto Gutiérrez; Margareta Norell Bergendahl; KTH; []
   Keywords : decision making; innovation; product development; project selection; project portfolio management; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : This thesis has its origin in empirical evidence. Some Swedish companies claimed that despite having plenty of proposals for developing new products, they experienced problems when choosing from all those alternatives. READ MORE

5. 3. Making Reindeer : The Negotiation of an Arctic Animal in Modern Swedish Sápmi, 1920-2020

   Author : Corinna Röver; Sverker Sörlin; Dag Avango; Per Axelsson; Annika Nilsson; David G. Anderson; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Animal history; Reindeer; Sápmi; Arctic humanities; Chernobyl; Slow Food Sápmi; Arctic resources; Reindeer husbandry; Rationalization; Djurhistoria; Renar; Sápmi; Tjernobyl; Arktisk humaniora; Slow Food Sápmi; Renskötsel; Rennäring; Rationalisering; Arktiska resurser; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; History of Science; Technology and Environment;

   Abstract : The Arctic has long been perceived as a static, timeless place of shielded wilderness. This perception extended to the reindeer as both part of the Arctic environment and of traditional Indigenous livelihoods. READ MORE

6. 4. Decision making in construction projects

   Author : Eija Meriläinen; Elina Mäkelä; Karlos Artto; Finland Esbo Aalto University; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; construction project; decision; decision making; complexity; systems thinking;

   Abstract : The thesis draws the focus to the construction project organization and the decisions that are taken to advance the project towards its purpose. Decisions are seen as thrusts towards the purpose, the client's peak in the fitness landscape, and they are taken to cross the chasm between the current and the goal state. READ MORE

7. 5. Organizing project-based operations : The interplay of content, context and social processes

   Author : Maxim Miterev; Mats Engwall; Anna Jerbrant; Joana Geraldi; KTH; []
   Keywords : project-based operations; project-based organization; PBO; contingency; new institutionalism; organization theory; organization design; Industrial Economics and Management; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

   Abstract : Project-based organizations (PBOs) are becoming increasingly widespread and important for the modern economy and society. Thus, they attact significant scholarly attention to their distinctive features. The unit of analysis employed by the majority of the studies is the project-based organization as a whole. READ MORE