Search for dissertations about: "Managerial Decisions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words Managerial Decisions.

  2. 1. Learning Managerial Work : First-line Managers’ Learning in Everyday Work within Swedish Elderly Care

    Author : Karin Wastesson; Maria Gustavsson; Peter Nilsson; Anna Fogelberg Eriksson; Oscar Rantatalo; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; First-line manager; Workplace learning; Managerial work; Community of practice; Gender; Elderly care; Första-linjechef; Arbetsplatslärande; Chefsarbete; Praktikgemenskap; Genus; Äldreomsorg;

    Abstract : This study’s overall aim is to contribute knowledge about first-line managers’ learning in everyday work within the context of elderly care. The study used a qualitative research approach and was carried out within four Swedish elderly care organisations. A total of 40 first-line managers were interviewed, 10 of whom kept time-use diaries. READ MORE

  4. 2. Puzzle or Mosaic? : On Managerial Information Patterns

    Author : Cecilia Gullberg; Alf Westelius; Pär Mårtensson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; information patterns; information behaviour; information systems; management information; management control; governance; management control as a package; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

    Abstract : Managers and information are key components in most management control literature, and a range of tools and concepts have been developed to better accommodate the information needs of managers so as to ensure efficient action and intelligent decisions. At the same time, the managerial work is often described as highly fragmented, unstructured and interpersonal, with little time for planning and isolated reflection. READ MORE

  5. 3. On the Economic Return of a Software Investment – Managing Cost, Benefit and Uncertainty

    Author : Emil Numminen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Economic Return; Managerial Decisions; Real Option; Software Investment; Uncertainty;

    Abstract : The purpose of this dissertation is to explore how the economic return of a software investment can be assessed and managed. This topic has been studied in research and has been a concern for firms making software investments. In order to study this we need a model of the underlying factors affecting the economic return. READ MORE

  6. 4. Costs and Benefits of Delegation : Managerial Discretion as a Bridge between Strategic Management and Corporate Governance

    Author : Yuliya Ponomareva; Sven-Olof Yrjö Collin; Ruth Aguilera; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Managerial discretion; board of directors; agency theory; delegation; control; transition economy; Sweden; Ekonomistyrning; Ekonomistyrning;

    Abstract : This dissertation addresses the question of effective delegation, exploring it through the concept of managerial discretion (i.e., a latitude of managerial actions, which lie in the zone of shareholders’ acceptance). READ MORE

  7. 5. Development of Elicitation Methods for Managerial Decision Support

    Author : Ari Riabacke; Love Ekenberg; Mats Danielson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; elicitation methods; probability and utility assessment; interval estimations; Business Intelligence; prescriptive methods; risk elicitaion; decision; decision making; managerial decision making; decision making under risk; BI; decision theory; management; beslutsproblematik; tumregler; intuitivt beslutsfattande; intuition beslut; decision problem; beslutsanalys; beslutsteori; ledarskap; management; beslutsfattande; magkänsla; beslutsproblem; BI; Business Intelligence; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : Decision‐makers in organisations and businesses make numerous decisions every day, and these decisions are expected to be based on facts and carried out in a rational manner. However, most decisions are not based on precise information or careful analysis due to several reasons. People are, e.g. READ MORE