Search for dissertations about: "balanced scorecards"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words balanced scorecards.

2. 1. Exploring the Use of Balanced Scorecards in a Swedish Health Care Organization

   Author : Beata Kollberg; Jens Jörn Dahlgaard; Per-Olof Brehmer; Johnny Lind; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Balanced Scorecard; kvalitetsförbättring; verksamhetsmätningar; implementering; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi;

   Abstract : Due to an extensive decentralization in the County Council of Östergötland during the 1980s, the demands on follow-up reports have increased on the production units. In order to support the units in following up their organizations, the board of the County Council decided to implement Total Quality Management in the beginning of the 1990s. READ MORE

4. 2. Strategic Business and IT Alignment : Addressing Assessment and Governance

   Author : Enrique Javier Silva Molina; Torsten Cegrell; Marten Schönherr; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Enterprise Architecture; Strategic Business and IT Alignment; IT Governance; Business Governance; Business Process Simulation; Balanced Scorecards; IT Services; ITIL; COBIT; Information technology; Informationsteknik;

   Abstract : Strategic business and IT alignment assessment is growing in importance. Different assessment methods have been used to try to pursue the complexity of this dynamic and evolutionary alignment. READ MORE

5. 3. Navigating in the knowledge era : metaphors and stories in the construction of Skandia's navigator

   Author : Sofie Roy; Peter Dobers; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; knowledge; knowledge management; situated practice; balanced scorecards; linguistic tools; metaphors; stories; storymaking; storyspreading.; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Within the dominant knowledge management literature, knowledge is often treated as a given, codifiable, and sharable strategic resource. Various tools have been developed to manage knowledge, and the focus of this thesis is on one such tool; the balanced scorecard. READ MORE

6. 4. Explorations in Values Awareness : Elicitation of Consumer Preferences for Information Systems Development

   Author : Eric-Oluf Svee; Jelena Zdravkovic; Paul Johannesson; Fredrik Björck; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; requirements engineering; business-IT alignment; consumer preferences; Informatics and System Science; informatik med systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : The need for complex software to coordinate the activities of modern enterprises has become a necessity for their success. As business sectors are rapidly reshaped, organizations become global, and consumers have a seemingly endless degree of choice, these competitive conditions require software engineers to incorporate consumer values—personal judgments based on comparative, preferential experiences—into the design of such supporting software. READ MORE

7. 5. Scenarios for Flood Risk Management Strategies Integration in Mozambique : A backcasting approach for the case of the Limpopo River Basin

   Author : Avelino Isaias Mondlhane; Oliver Popov; Adiel Teixeira de Almeida; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Flood risk management strategies; scenario planning; backcasting; MCDA; risk; hazards; exposure; vulnerability; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : Flood risk management strategic planning with long-term perspectives is a complex problem, for which the solution requires a multidisciplinary and multi-paradigm approach. A significant dimension of this complexity arises from the need to include or add a participatory mode to the solution process, which amounts to a requirement that all stakeholders, ranging from decision makers to experts and beneficiaries, be involved in the decision making. READ MORE