Search for dissertations about: "it governance"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 421 swedish dissertations containing the words it governance.

  2. 11. The Governance Gap : Central–local steering & mental health reform in Britain and Sweden

    Author : Wendy Katherine Maycraft Kall; Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg; Paula Blomqvist; B. Guy Peters; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mental health; public management reform; governance; hard and soft governance; policy steering instruments; administrative traditions; institutional legacies; professions; social work; policy framing; municipal government; care ideology; medical model; disability; risk; welfare policy; Britain; Sweden.; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : Why do governments choose certain types of governance strategies to steer the lower level agencies such as municipalities, health services and other welfare agencies? This is a problem facing many governments in the era of public management reforms, where policies are decided at national level while service responsibilities are decentralised and implemented by lower levels. Thus the main mechanism for governments to influence the implementation of these national reforms is through its choice of strategies and instruments to fill the governance gap between national policy-making and local government. READ MORE

  4. 12. Constructing and contesting the legitimacy of private forest governance : The case of forest certification in Sweden

    Author : Johanna Johansson; Carina Keskitalo; Karin Bäckstrand; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; accountability; corporate social responsibility; eco-labelling; forest certification; forest governance; forest practices; governance; legitimacy; national forest inventory; private governance; Sweden; voluntary standards; statskunskap; political science;

    Abstract : In recent decades, political scientists have devoted substantial attention to the changing role of the state towards more inclusion of non-state actors in policymaking. This deliberative turn, or move towards governance, may signal inability to handle complex problems without cooperation with nonstate actors. READ MORE

  5. 13. IT governance in Tanzanian public sector organisations

    Author : Edephonce Ngemera Nfuka; Lazar Rusu; Paul Johannesson; Wim Van Grembergen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; IT governance; Critical success factors; Public sector organizations; Developing country; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : In many public sector organisations, the use of Information Technology (IT) has become important for sustaining and extending public service delivery. This has caused there to be a critical dependency on IT, which calls for a specific focus on effective IT governance. READ MORE

  6. 14. E-government and e-governance : Swedish case studies with focus on the local level

    Author : Irene Bernhard; Hans Westlund; Agneta Ranerup; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; governance; e-government; e-governance; New Public Management; municipal contact centres; planning; policy entrepreneurship; networks; implementation; translation; Sweden; Public administration; Political science;

    Abstract : The concepts of e-government and e-governance are used interchangeably in most research and there is no single definition of these terms. The objective of this licentiate thesis is to provide a deeper understanding of these concepts through empirical studies in a Swedish context. READ MORE

  7. 15. Costs and Benefits of Delegation : Managerial Discretion as a Bridge between Strategic Management and Corporate Governance

    Author : Yuliya Ponomareva; Sven-Olof Yrjö Collin; Ruth Aguilera; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Managerial discretion; board of directors; agency theory; delegation; control; transition economy; Sweden; Ekonomistyrning; Ekonomistyrning;

    Abstract : This dissertation addresses the question of effective delegation, exploring it through the concept of managerial discretion (i.e., a latitude of managerial actions, which lie in the zone of shareholders’ acceptance). READ MORE