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  2. 11. Responsibility in the Supply Chain: Interorganisational management of environmental and social aspects in the supply chain - Case studies from the textile sector

    Author : Beatrice Kogg; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Product Chain Management; Environmental Management; Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; Interorganisational Management; Supply Chain Management;

    Abstract : This thesis is about the intersection between Corporate Social Responsibility and Supply Chain Management. I call this upstream CSR, the phenomenon that arises when an issue on a company’s CSR agenda becomes an issue for its sourcing and supply management operations. READ MORE

  4. 12. The Role of Top Management in Supply Chain Management Practices

    Author : Erik Sandberg; Mats Abrahamsson; Håkan Aronsson; Per Åman; Jari Juga; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Logistics; Supply Chain Management; Strategy; Top management; Collaboration; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Supply chain management (SCM) has been discussed by researchers as well as business practitioners for more than two decades now, but still surprisingly little of this philosophy can be seen in today’s business practices. One important enabler for taking the SCM philosophy from theory into practice that is often mentioned, but not investigated in-depth, is top management support. READ MORE

  5. 13. In Search of Quality Management : Rethinking and Reinterpreting

    Author : Dag Kroslid; Tom Fisher; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Quality Management; Quality Development; Business Excellence; Total Quality Management; Culture; Hofstede;

    Abstract : Quality Management has, in addition to its establishment as a management discipline of organisational and industrial importance, instituted itself as a topic of national concern with nationwide surges and contractions in the dissemination of practices. Empirical data are examined in this thesis in relation to the current status and historical development of such trends among twelve leading industrial nations. READ MORE

  6. 14. First line supervision : Intermediate position, divided loyalty, and strategies of action in three organizations

    Author : Elvi Richard; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; separated management; conscious management; divided loyalty; actors; resources; management strategies; autonomy; social rule systems; historical tradition; buffer; intermediate position; First-line manager; supervisor; reluctant management.; Sociology of labour; sociology of enterprise; Arbetslivssociologi; företagssociologi;

    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation concerns supervisors, i.e. first line mangers, in three different organizations within the public sector - a Samhall sheltered employment workshop, a municipality home-help service and a hospital clinic. READ MORE

  7. 15. Quality Management Competencies-in-use : exploring competence and practice perspectives on quality management work

    Author : Jason Martin; Mattias Elg; Ida Gremyr; Andreas Wallo; Kristen Snyder; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Quality management; competence; practice; work; organisation; individual; structure;

    Abstract : Quality management is an established, widespread and well-researched management concept. Yet, surprisingly little research can be found on understanding the potential for action that is required in order to perform quality management work. READ MORE