Search for dissertations about: "project-based operations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words project-based operations.

2. 1. 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

4. 2. Project-based E-procurement : towards strategic purchasing in the Swedish construction industry

   Author : Johan Ouchterlony; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : E-procurement; construction industry; strategic purchasing; project based; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to describe and analyse the use of E-procurement and the development towards Strategic Purchasing in the Swedish Construction Industry.The rationale behind this study is to bring out the potential for large decentralized finns, such as large construction companies, to exercise strategic purchasing which I have chosen to define as a more centralized approach to the purchasing function in order to enhance all relative benefits for large organizations. READ MORE

5. 3. Towards systematic improvement work in project-based organizations : An efficiency and effectiveness perspective

   Author : Erik Sundqvist; Diana Chronéer; Fredrik Backlund; Tina Karrbom Gustavsson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Project Management; Project-based organization; Efficiency; Effectiveness; Improvement; Kvalitetsteknik; Quality Technology Management;

   Abstract : Project-based organizations (PBOs) have adopted projects as a primary tool for carrying out most of their operations. By doing so, the PBO operates mainly on two organizational levels, the project level and the organizational level. READ MORE

6. 4. Distributed File System Metadata and its Applications

   Author : Mahmoud Ismail; Jim Dowling; Seif Haridi; Luis Veiga; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Informations- och kommunikationsteknik; Information and Communication Technology;

   Abstract : Distributed hierarchical file systems typically decouple the storage and serving of the file metadata from the file contents (file system blocks) to enable the file system to scale to store more data and support higher throughput. We designed HopsFS to take the scalability of the file system one step further by also decoupling the storage and serving of the file system metadata. READ MORE

7. 5. Exploring the Shadows of Project Management

   Author : Jan Wickenberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; informal organization; project management framework; project management; organization theory; formal organization; shadow system;

   Abstract : The project has become a preferred way of organizing work. Two major reasons for this trend are demands for increased market responsiveness and the empowering of workgroups in order to improve employee commitment. READ MORE