Search for dissertations about: "informal organization"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the words informal organization.

  2. 11. A Value Perspective on Information System Security : Exploring IS security objectives, problems and value conflicts

    Author : Ella Kolkowska; Åke Grönlund; Jonathan P. Allen; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; information security; values; value conflicts; behaviours; Informatics; Informatik; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Statistics; computer and systems science; Statistik; data- och systemvetenskap; Informatics; computer and systems science; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap; informatics; informatik;

    Abstract : The inability to understand the social aspects in IS security is pointed out as one of the biggest and most difficult problems in the IS security area. By applying a value perspective on IS security this thesis contributes to increased understanding of social aspects in relation to IS security and peoples’ security behaviours. READ MORE

  4. 12. Enacting, Enabling, and Embracing Market Orientation : A study of Public–Private Dyads

    Author : Sofia Molander; Markus Fellesson; Rolf Rönning; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; market orientation; public service; public-private relationships; public procurement; public transport; collaboration; coordination; Business Administration; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to an increased understanding of how public–private dyads enact (“what”), enable (“how”), and embrace (“why”) market orientation. Drawing on a multi-year study of Swedish public transport, the thesis shows that the nature of the relationship between public and private organizations plays an important role in how market orientation is undertaken in dyadic practice. READ MORE

  5. 13. Employment, Competition and Firm Performance : A Sub-Saharan Africa Perspective

    Author : Johnson Bosco Rukundo; Per-Olof Bjuggren; José Lobo; Jönköping University; []
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    Abstract : This thesis addresses employment, competition and firm performance with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. The thesis consists of three individual papers and an introductory chapter. The purpose of each paper is to analyze firm performance. READ MORE

  6. 14. The Politics of Social Networks : Interpersonal Trust and Institutional Change in Post-Communist East Germany

    Author : Astrid Hedin; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; East Germany; PDS; SED; feminism; gender; political party; communicative action; logic of appropriateness; garbage-can decision-making; interpersonal trust; institutional change; social network; new institutionalism; structuration; Giddens; path-dependence; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Abstract : New institutionalist approaches are inherently weak at accounting for institutional change. In this book, social network analysis is proposed as a key to institutional change. The social network perspective focuses emergent patterns of interpersonal interaction and the resulting ties of interpersonal trust. READ MORE

  7. 15. Meta-managing: A Study on How Superiors and Subordinates Manage Their Relationship in Everyday Work

    Author : Susanne Lundholm; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; superior-subordinate relations; organizational hierarchy; management; leadership; practice; everyday work; interaction; banking industry;

    Abstract : In virtually every organization we find formally appointed managers, but nevertheless we tend to condemn the idea of formal hierarchy and celebrate alternative modes of governance that better respect the discretion of employees. This tension, that seemingly surrounds the vertical dimension of contemporary organizations, forms the backdrop of this study which examines how superiors and subordinates in a Swedish bank manage their relationship in everyday work. READ MORE