Search for dissertations about: "Accounting and Control"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 163 swedish dissertations containing the words Accounting and Control.
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11. Management Accounting Above and Under Ground : Field Studies of Operations Managers’ Everyday Work
Abstract : This thesis concerns operations managers who are required to adhere to both management accounting and operational concerns in their everyday operational work. The question addressed in this thesis is how management accounting is implicated in the everyday operational work of operations managers and their team members in production environments. READ MORE
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12. Sensemaking and management : a theoretical discussion with research implications
Abstract : The general interest of this research is problems concerned with new information and technology, and their development and use in the management context. One important aspect of this problem has been argued to be how people come to make sense of new information and technology. READ MORE
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13. Performance Management, Rationality and Participation in Public Sector Organisation
Abstract : This doctoral thesis critically examines the role of performance management in public sector organisations. In particular, it explores how performance management relates to different concepts of rationality (instrumental, value and communicative), including issues around rationality and power, and the relationship between these concepts and various models of participation and democracy. READ MORE
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14. Beyond IT and Productivity : Effects of Digitized Information Flows in the Logging Industry
Abstract : The IT and productivity paradox has been the subject of considerable research in recent decades. Many previous studies, based mainly on macroeconomic statistics or on aggregated company data, have reached disparate conclusions. Consequently, the question whether IT investments contribute to productivity growth is still heavily debated. READ MORE
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15. Accounting for Accountability : Theoretical and Empirical Explorations of a Multifaceted Concept
Abstract : This dissertation extends our understanding of accountability in the accounting literature, where discourses revolve around diverse manifestations of accountability. While accountability is often conceptualized as a management control tool, accountability also seems to operate through inter- and intra-personal mechanisms. READ MORE