Search for dissertations about: "business meetings"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 swedish dissertations containing the words business meetings.

  1. 1. The coexistence of family, ownership, and business : Conceptualizing entanglement and business family ownering

    Author : Lisa Bäckvall; Leif Melin; Anna Larsson; Robin Holt; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family Business; Entanglement; Collective Subjective Corpus; Three-Circle Model of Family Business; Social Praxeology; Practice Theory; Business Family; Business Family Ownership Practice; Business Family Owning; Governance; CEO;

    Abstract : This research engages with the topic of business family ownership through an ethnographically inspired study of business governance-related activities constructed as family members’ business-owning practices relationally and over time. In short, it is about what business families do when owning businesses and how this form of owning can be conceptualized. READ MORE

  2. 2. Living moments in family meetings : A process study in the family business context

    Author : Jenny Helin; Leif Melin; Leona Achtenhagen; Robert Chia; John Shotter; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; process; Bakhtin; meeting; dialogue; conversations; family business; collaborative; qualitative; process organization studies; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This dissertation studies meetings from a process perspective. Such an approach, which can be labelled ‘process organisation studies’ is promising in that it directs attention to social processes continuously in the making. The thesis builds on the current development in process organisation studies in two ways. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Art of Communication : Investigating the Dynamics of Work Group Meetings in a Natural Environment

    Author : Fredrik Molin; Birgitta Södergren; Carin Eriksson Lindvall; Tomas Backström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interaction; communication; leadership; work groups; meetings; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Meetings in work groups are important organisational arenas to form ideas, share knowledge, and co-ordinate and develop work. Therefore, meetings are a potential source to innovation and efficiency in organisations, as well as to a means to improve interpersonal relationships in the workplace. READ MORE

  4. 4. Rhetorical business : A study of marketing work in the spirit of contradiction

    Author : Tomas Nilsson; Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ethnography; consulting; professional services; knowledge-intensive services; sophists; argumentation; rhetoric; marketing work; marketing practice; Marketing; rhetorical analysis; Marketing; Marketing;

    Abstract : Marketing has traditionally been understood from the perspective of marketing management. This causes problems when we study marketing practices because the normative discourse of marketing management is not particularly useful for describing the day-to-day work of marketing practitioners. This calls for marketing research from new perspectives. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Work of the Accounting & Controlling Department and its Drivers: understanding the concept of a business partner

    Author : Katarzyna Cieslak; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accountants; accounting controlling department; business partner; management accounting; accountants role; accounting practices; organizational drivers; case study; corrugated packaging industry;

    Abstract : The role of accountants in organizations is intriguing in the current context of the broad changes in the profession observed by many. Mainly because of technological advancements, what has previously required a considerable amount of time and effort, i.e. READ MORE