Search for dissertations about: "horizontal management"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 swedish dissertations containing the words horizontal management.

  2. 1. Towards Horizontal Environmental Assessment for Supply Chain and Logistics Management

    Author : Sajed Abukhader; Förpackningslogistik; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Electronic Commerce; Life Cycle Assessment; Horizontal Assessment; Operations Management; Supply Chain Management; Mechanical engineering; Environmental Management; vibration and acoustic engineering; vacuum technology; Maskinteknik; hydraulics; vakuumteknik; vibrationer; akustik; hydraulik; Logistics Management;

    Abstract : Electronic commerce (E-commerce) is one of the issues that are expected to influence the various logistics and supply chain processes/operations including: production, packaging, warehousing, transportation, etc. Consequently, the environmental implications of E-commerce are of concern and interest. READ MORE

  4. 2. Engineering Work - On Peer Reviewing as a Method of Horizontal Control

    Author : Jens Rennstam; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational science; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social sciences; Horizontal control; Complex work; Knowledge intensiveness; Organizational control; Peer reviewing; Organisationsteori; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management;

    Abstract : The existing research has produced a useful palette of ideas that help us make sense of the phenomenon of organizational control. But there is a trend that hampers the interpretative possibilities: a heavy bias towards vertical forms of control. READ MORE

  5. 3. Sales and operations planning based on a modularized view of supply chains : Supporting process industries and discrete manufacturing industries

    Author : Sayeh Noroozi; Joakim Wikner; Ou Tang; Patrik Jonsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Sales and operations planning; Decoupling point; Performance measure; Process industry; Discrete manufacturing industry;

    Abstract : The purpose of this dissertation is to propose a framework for sales and operations planning (S&OP), which is based on a modularized view of supply chains. The framework should support both process industries and discrete manufacturing industries in their quest for performance. READ MORE

  6. 4. Cluster Scheduling and Management for Large-Scale Compute Clouds

    Author : Mina Sedaghat; Erik Professor; Omer Rana; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Cloud computing; Scheduling; Resource Management;

    Abstract : Cloud computing has become a powerful enabler for many IT services and new technolo-gies. It provides access to an unprecedented amount of resources in a fine-grained andon-demand manner. To deliver such a service, cloud providers should be able to efficientlyand reliably manage their available resources. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Practice of Strategy Formation – Opening the Green Box

    Author : Magnus Rosén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; strategic management; strategy formation; strategy-as-practice; strategy process; strategy as an emergent process; environmental management; greening of business; sustainability;

    Abstract : This thesis reports the results from an in-depth longitudinal study of how a new strategy actually forms in practice. The focus is on a Swedish multinational firm called the “MECH Group” and its efforts to combine environmental and business concerns in the new strategy called “Positive Impact. READ MORE