Search for dissertations about: "IT Governance"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 420 swedish dissertations containing the words IT Governance.

  2. 16. Improving IT Integration for Higher Education Institutional Performance : Towards a Contextualised IT-Institutional Alignment Model

    Author : Jean Claude Byungura; Henrik Hansson; Ulf Olsson; Masengesho Kamuzinzi; Jimmy Jaldemark; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; IT integration; IT alignment; Alignment practices; Design science research; Innovation diffusion; Technology adoption; Institutional performance; Higher education; Artefact Evaluation; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : The integration of information technology (IT) into service delivery is currently seen as an innovative strategy to support the modernising of universities worldwide. However, in some institutions in developing countries, including Rwanda, IT has failed to add the intended value to university services, despite huge associated investments in IT. READ MORE

  4. 17. Deep Roots and Tangled Branches : Bureaucracy and Collaboration in Natural Resource Governance in South India

    Author : Marcus Wangel; Hans Blomkvist; Nils Hertting; Daniel Nohrstedt; Victor Galaz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; collaboration; networks; governance; development administration; bureaucracy; public officials; roles; institutional analysis; informal institutions; rules-in-use; political ethnography; natural resource governance; forest governance; common pool resources; India; Kerala; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : This is a study about collaboration within bureaucracies tasked with natural resource management in the contemporary Global South. It seeks to fill a considerable knowledge gap in the extant literature by exploring how individual public officials perceive the policy environment they work in. READ MORE

  5. 18. In (re)search of corporate governance models between markets and hierarchies : The governance of franchising

    Author : Martin Ludvigsson Wallette; Christopher von Koch; Andreas Stephan; Rozenn Perrigot; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate governance; franchising; review; conceptual model; ownership; retailing; financial performance; business model; Business administration; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The research project started with the purpose of understanding the importance of corporate governance in franchising. The dissertation includes four articles all of which describe the governance of franchising.The first article is a review study using a strategy of systematic search to produce a systematic review. READ MORE

  6. 19. Governance of Career Guidance : an enquiry into European policy

    Author : Anki Bengtsson; Klas Roth; Maria Olson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; governmentality; governance; career guidance; career management; Michel Foucault; entrepreneurial; policy; active citizenship; civic competence; self-management; Europe; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to enquire into and problematize the governance of career guidance and how individuals’ career management is constructed within EU policy. The empirical material consists of European policy documents produced during 2000-2015. READ MORE

  7. 20. Towards Systemic Governance of Critical Infrastructure Protection : State and Relevance of a Swedish Case

    Author : Christine Große; Aron Larsson; Olof Björkqvist; Pär M. Olausson; Alexander Fekete; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Systemic Thinking; Infrastructure; Governance; Critical Infrastructure Protection; Complex Systems; Soft Operations Research; design-oriented Information Systems Research; Integrative System Analysis; KISA; STYREL; Multi-level Planning; Adaption; Emergence; Entropy; Systemic Governance;

    Abstract : The protection of infrastructure that is critical to society’s functionality, survival and progression has gained significance for both national security and research because of its large-scale and interdependent nature. Critical infrastructure can be viewed as a complex, socio-technical system-of-systems that imposes extensive requirements on governance efforts to foster critical infrastructure protection (CIP), regardless of whether it involves public organisations, private organisations or both. READ MORE