Search for dissertations about: "Top management"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 261 swedish dissertations containing the words Top management.
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1. The management and leadership of nurse managers in top positions within health care
Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to illuminate the management and leadership of nurse managers within Swedish health care organizations and to recognize influencing factors of importance for the nurse managers in exercising and developing their management. The interviewees were all active in their positions at the time of the interviews. READ MORE
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2. The Role of Top Management in Supply Chain Management Practices
Abstract : Supply chain management (SCM) has been discussed by researchers as well as business practitioners for more than two decades now, but still surprisingly little of this philosophy can be seen in today’s business practices. One important enabler for taking the SCM philosophy from theory into practice that is often mentioned, but not investigated in-depth, is top management support. READ MORE
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3. Producing, branding and managing multifaceted tourist destinations: Cartagena, Colombia, as a study case
Abstract : The present dissertation intends to unveil some of the dynamics and processes found in multifaceted destinations. Two broad conceptual areas are considered in order to conceptualize and analyse the issues found in such places: destination making and destination management. READ MORE
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4. Gaining competitive advantage through information technology. A resource-based approach to the creation and employment of strategic IT resources
Abstract : Information technology is a central phenomenon in modern society. It is widely used in a variety of settings and commercial firms use it for a variety of purposes. READ MORE
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5. Narrow management : The quest for unity in diversity : a study of resource dependence and institutionalisation in nonprofit organisations : the case of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus
Abstract : The overall purpose of this study is to identify some of the problems facing management when the activities in an organisation are to be integrated as a unified whole, but when the work itself is beingsupported by a variety of external organisations with different interests and identities. The study focuses particularly on the role of central management and its ability to manage the work according to an overall purpose and common organisational identity. READ MORE