Search for dissertations about: "modern organization theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words modern organization theory.

  1. 1. Organizing project-based operations : The interplay of content, context and social processes

    Author : Maxim Miterev; Mats Engwall; Anna Jerbrant; Joana Geraldi; KTH; []
    Keywords : project-based operations; project-based organization; PBO; contingency; new institutionalism; organization theory; organization design; Industrial Economics and Management; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

    Abstract : Project-based organizations (PBOs) are becoming increasingly widespread and important for the modern economy and society. Thus, they attact significant scholarly attention to their distinctive features. The unit of analysis employed by the majority of the studies is the project-based organization as a whole. READ MORE

  2. 2. Burakumin and Shimazaki Toson's Hakai: Images of Discrimination in Modern Japanese Literature

    Author : René Andersson; Japanska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; litteraturteori; litteraturkritik; literary theory; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; literature criticism; Shimazaki Toson; General and comparative literature; Discrimination; Burakumin; Eta; Japan; Modern Literature; Korean; Japanese; Koreanska; Paleo-Siberian languages and literatures; japanska och paleosibiriska språk; Languages and literatures of South and South-East Asia; Chinese; Kinesiska och språk och litteratur från Syd- och Sydostasien;

    Abstract : Published in 1906, Hakai or The Broken Commandment in English, by Shimazaki Tôson, is generally considered the first novel in the genre of shizenshugi, a Japanese variation of French Naturalisme. Traditionally, the novel has been viewed as an example of kokuhaku shôsetsu, or “confessional novel” in that the protagonist “confesses” his origin as a member of Eta¾an autochtonous and despised minority in Japan, in current days called Burakumin. READ MORE

  3. 3. The importance of organizational characteristics for psychosocial working conditions and health

    Author : Malin Bolin; Björn Halleröd; Staffan Marklund; Annika Härenstam; Birgitta Eriksson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organization; workplace; bureaucracy; post-bureaucracy; psychosocial working conditions; JDC model; multilevel analysis; health; sickness absence; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : The importance of organizations for understanding differences in the working conditions and health of employees is often emphasized but rarely explored empirically. The general aim of this thesis is to describe organizational characteristics of workplaces, and to assess their impact on the psychosocial working conditions and health of employees. READ MORE

  4. 4. People of reliable loyalty… : Muftiates and the State in Modern Russia

    Author : Renat Bekkin; Jenny Berglund; Mark Bassin; Galina M. Yemelianova; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Muftiate; spiritual administration of Muslims; mufti; the economics of religion; the institution of the muftiate; Islam in Russia; Islam in the USSR.; History of religion; Religionshistoria; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : This dissertation presents a full-fledged portrait of the muftiate (spiritual administration of Muslims) in modern Russia. Designed initially for the purpose of controlling religious activity, over time the institution of the muftiate was appropriated by Muslims and became a key factor in preserving national identity for different ethnic groups of Tatars. READ MORE

  5. 5. Sweden and Poland Entering the EU : Comparative Patterns of Adaptive Organization and Cognition

    Author : Niklas Eklund; Lindahl Rutger; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; integration; transnationalization; adaptation; Sweden; Poland; European Union; enlargement; Stein Rokkan; political cognition; national elites; strategic policy deliberation; qualitative research interviewing; enthusiasts; voluntarists; pragmatists; skeptics; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; politikvetenskap; political science;

    Abstract : This thesis is a comparative study of how elites in Sweden and Poland approach and make sense of EU membership. It begins with the observation that the public debates in several EU member countries are becoming increasingly politicized around a dichotomy, i.e. enthusiasm and skepticism vis-à-vis European integration. READ MORE