Search for dissertations about: "Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation.
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1. Strategic moral communication : A metatheoretical and methodological response to the normative perspective on strategic communication
Abstract : Strategic communication has long suffered from a reputation of immorality, often being conflated with derogatory terms such as sophistry and propaganda. Scholars in the social sciences have been trained to accept this moralizing idea of strategic communication as a normative point of departure, through influential theories such as Habermas’ discourse ethics and methodological approaches such as critical discourse analysis. READ MORE
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2. Dancing Together Alone : Inconsistencies and Contradictions of Strategic Communication in Swedish Universities
Abstract : Organizations increasingly use communication as a strategic function to maneuver in a challenging, complex, and demanding social landscape. Based on assumptions of centralized control and planning, the strategic communication concept aims for coordination and consistency of communication. READ MORE
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3. From PowerPoints to Reality - Managing Strategic Change in the Paper Packaging Industry
Abstract : This thesis explores and describes strategic change towards increased customer orientation and innovation in the Swedish forest and paper packaging industry, an industry which has been subject to calls for new strategic directions for more than two decades. The large-scale and cost-efficient strategy, which has been the industry's hallmark, is in need of a more customer based and innovative emphasis. READ MORE
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4. The Story Behind the News : Informal and Invisible Interactions between Journalists and Their Sources in Two Countries
Abstract : Journalists encounter some of their sources only episodically, while relationships with other sources involve several social contexts and roles. The political beat, where both reporters and sources have years of experience in the field and interact on regular basis, and where opinions can turn into news, is an arena where relationships and interactions play a special role. READ MORE
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5. Strategic communication at the organizational frontline : Towards a better understanding of employees as communicators
Abstract : The idea of employees as important (strategic) communicators has emerged in both strategic communication theory and practice during the 21st century. Researchers increasingly urge managers to consider employees as important communicators, and employees’ communication role is increasingly formalized as organizations explicate the importance of all employees taking responsibility for communication in strategies and policies. READ MORE