Search for dissertations about: "Strategic Objective"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 111 swedish dissertations containing the words Strategic Objective.

2. 1. Strategic Colonels : The Discretion of Swedish Force Commanders in Afghanistan 2006–2013

   Author : Magnus Johnsson; Maria Heimer; Helena Wockelberg; Jan Ångström; Douglas Brommesson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; military strategy; policy implementation; discretion; Afghanistan; NATO; ISAF; force commander; military operations;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines the role of military officers as policy implementers by investigating the discretion of Swedish force commanders in the multinational military campaign in Afghanistan between 2006 and 2013. By developing an analytical framework that takes both an outside-in and an inside-out perspective, and that encompasses both the objective implications that structural factors project on force commanders as well as their subjective perceptions of those structural factors, and applying that framework to a range of official documents as well as unique interview data, the thesis describes the discretion that force commanders have had in interpreting, choosing and shaping their mission and concept of operations. READ MORE

4. 2. Mind the Mind : Strategic Communication in the Swedish Green Party

   Author : Emma Svensson; Jakob Svensson; Mats Edenius; Eli Skogerbø; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Strategic Communication; Strategic Political Communication; Election Campaigns; Practice Theory; Strategy as Practice; Objective Mind; Biography; Positioning; Tensions; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies;

   Abstract : An increasingly complex environment and pressure from external publics on organizations to speak consistently challenge contemporary organizations. Strategic communication has been portrayed as offering a method for organizations to handle these complexities and is characterized not only as a rational way to handle problems organization face by centralizing, planning, and controlling, but as inevitable. READ MORE

5. 3. In Search of Strategic Consistency - A Model for Evaluation of how Stategies Support Objectives

   Author : Mikael Weimarck; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; decision-making; strategizing; process; management; consistency; strategic management; trade-off; consonance; objective; model; strategy;

   Abstract : Developments during recent years have brought a divergence between strategic management theory and practice. While practitioners perceive an undiminished need for identification and implementation of appropriate strategic directions of companies, theorists have stressed the limitations that apply to rational strategic analysis and decision-making. READ MORE

6. 4. Value-based management - positioning of claimed merits and analysis of application

   Author : Peter W Jönsson; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adoption; management process aspects; objective; performance measurement; strategic planning; remuneration; MVA; EVA; TBR; CFROI; Accounting; TSR; measurement aspects; management accounting constructs; Value-based management; management accounting; Redovisning;

   Abstract : Value-based management has attracted considerable interest among organizations and academics in recent years. Responding to calls for case-based research, this thesis describes, analyses and conceptualizes value-based management as a management accounting construct. While previous research has focused on the measures (eg. READ MORE

7. 5. Pricing Capability and Its Strategic Dimensions

   Author : Niklas Lars Hallberg; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Resource-based view; Organizational capabilities; Appropriation factors; Strategic management; Pricing capability; Value appropriation;

   Abstract : The notion of pricing as being of vital importance to firms is supported by a long line of publications that outline recommendations on how price should be managed in order to maximize long-term profits. This implies that pricing, or firm level pricing capability, should constitute an important area of research in the field of strategic management, a field which has as its prime objective to develop explanations of firm performance. READ MORE