Search for dissertations about: "interpretive case study"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 38 swedish dissertations containing the words interpretive case study.

2. 6. Development of IT-supported Inter-organisational Collaboration : A Case Study in the Swedish Public Sector

   Author : Anneli Hagdahl; Toomas Timpka; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Information technology; Public sector; interorganizational relations; Interorganizational relations; labour market; Information technology; Informationsteknologi;

   Abstract : Collaboration across the organisational boundaries takes place for different reasons. One of them is to solve complex problems that cannot be dealt with by a single organisation. The area of vocational rehabilitation constitutes an example of inter-organisational collaboration motivated by a need for joint problem solving. READ MORE

4. 7. Logics and politics of professionalism : the case of university English language teachers in Vietnam

   Author : Mai Trang Vu; Asbjörg Westum; Nafsika Alexiadou; Carin Jonsson; Pavel Zgaga; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; professionalism; professionalisation; university English language teachers; higher education management; policy; embedded case study; Vietnam; Education; pedagogik;

   Abstract : Set against a changing backdrop of reforms in higher education and English language teaching (ELT), the thesis explores the notion of professionalism for university English teachers in Vietnam: What is defined as professionalism in this particular period of time? How is professionalism constructed in this context?The research approaches professionalism as a critical concept: A list of aspired traits and features are always value-laden and concern the question of power. From this premise, the thesis discusses a “kaleidoscope” relationship between different actors in the making of professionalism. READ MORE

5. 8. The Meaning of Environmental Management : An Interpretive Study of Managing Emergent or Evolutionary Environmental and Energy Strategy

   Author : Thomas Parker; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental Management Systems; Emergent strategy; Interpretive Research; Change; Complexity; Contingency; Energy Management; Management of meaning; Environmental Management Systems; Emergent strategy; Contingency; Change; Complexity; Energy Management; Management of meaning;

   Abstract : Because of the vital roles of industry in sustainable development, it is essentialthat environmental management is effective in preventing pollution. To this end,environmental management systems have been implemented to a growing extent inindustry. Moreover, this Ph.D. READ MORE

6. 9. Understanding the Role of Ownership in Strategizing : A Study of Family Firms

   Author : Mattias Nordqvist; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with the role of ownership in strategizing in family firms. More closely, it examines how ownership is channeled through different actors and arenas in the everyday work on strategic issues. READ MORE

7. 10. Information system and organization as multipurpose network

   Author : Jonny Holmström; Erik Stolterman; Eric Monteiro; Daniel Robey; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; IS and organization; organizational change; organizational behavior; actor-network theory; interpretive case study; Informatics; Informatik; Informatics and systems science; Informatik och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract :    Information systems (IS) are widely acknowledged to be central for contemporary organizations. Along with the increasing importance of new IS in organizations, a school of thought has developed over the last few years that claims that IS and organizations mutually shape each other. READ MORE