Search for dissertations about: "collective organizing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words collective organizing.

2. 1. Organizing Technology Planning - A contingent approach

   Author : Martin Karlsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; organizing; management of RandD; Technology Planning; mobile platforms development; managerial issues; aerospace development;

   Abstract : This dissertation concerns the introduction of market/business requirements early in the R&D processes, with special focus on the organizational aspects of planning for those early phases. Companies like Motorola, Volvo, and Philips Electronics have made efforts to improve the communication needed for such planning, as they recognize the potential danger of not having enough market information in early R&D stages when many important business decisions are made, or of lacking the required technical competence when creating market plans. READ MORE

4. 2. Governing street and market vending in Kitwe, Zambia : Shifting rationalities and vendors' individual and collective agency

   Author : Lennert Jongh; Ilda Lindell; Andrew Byerley; Amin Kamete; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban informality; informal economy; street vendors; market vendors; vendors’ agency; urban space; collective organizing; vendors’ connections; gray spaces; government rationality; assemblage; Kitwe; Zambia; sub-Saharan Africa; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

   Abstract : This thesis studies the governing of street and market vending in the Zambian city of Kitwe. Street and market vending has often been studied in relation to neoliberal urban developments. Such studies have shown how governing practices are driven by ambitions to create “world-class cities” and to attract (international) investment. READ MORE

5. 3. Organizing the Labor Market : power, ideas, and institutions in wage formation, digital automation, and migration

   Author : German Bender; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This dissertation focuses on power, organization, institutions, and ideas in Swedish labor relations. Composed of four self-contained research papers and an extensive summary chapter, it makes contributions to the fields of industrial relations, organization studies, and political economy. READ MORE

6. 4. Organizing cooperation bargaining, voting and control

   Author : Bård Harstad; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organization theory; Collective bargaining European Union; Organizational sociology; Beslutsteori; Organisationsteori; Företagsledare; löner; Ekonomiska incitament;

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7. 5. Professional Pride and Prejudice : Negotiating leadership in an era of interprofession-based organizing

   Author : Erika Lokatt; Charlotte Holgersson; Monica Lindgren; Johann Packendorff; Ewa Wikström; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; leadership; profession; interprofession-based organizing; negotiated order; discourse; power base; subject position; space of action; organizational humor; leadership culture; healthcare; ledarskap; profession; interprofessionsbaserad organisering; förhandlad ordning; diskurs; maktbas; subjektsposition; handlingsutrymme; organisatorisk humor; ledarskapskultur; sjukvård; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

   Abstract : Leadership has always played a peculiar role in the context of profession-based operations. Within bureaucratic yet decentralized organizational configurations – where conventional notions of labor management fall short in explaining executive functions – distributions of authority and influence have historically been inherent in strong hierarchies and meritocracies. READ MORE