Search for dissertations about: "non-profit organisations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words non-profit organisations.

2. 1. Information Technology for Non-Profit Organisations : Extended Participatory Design of an Information System for Trade Union Shop Stewards

   Author : Sofie Pilemalm; Toomas Timpka; Henrik Eriksson; Yrjö Engeström; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Informations system; trade unions; Non-profit organisations; information technology; Participatory Design; Informatics; computer and systems science; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : The conditions for the third, non-profit sector, such as grassroots organisations and trade unions, have changed dramatically in recent years, due to prevailing social trends. Non-profit organisations have been seen as early adopters of information technology, but the area is, at the same time, largely unattended by scientific research. READ MORE

4. 2. Political parties and welfare associations

   Author : Ingrid Grosse; Jonas Edlund; Apostolis Papakostas; Jonas Hinnfors; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : Sweden; Norway; Scandinavia; Third sector; Voluntary organisations; Non-profit organisations; Cooperatives; Welfare policies; Childcare; Housing; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : Scandinavian countries are usually assumed to be less disposed than other countries to involve associations as welfare producers. They are assumed to be so disinclined due to their strong statutory welfare involvement, which “crowds-out” associational welfare production; their ethnic, cultural and religious homogeneity, which leads to a lack of minority interests in associational welfare production; and to their strong working-class organisations, which are supposed to prefer statutory welfare solutions. READ MORE

5. 3. Organisational Adoption of Innovations : Management Practices and IT

   Author : Erik Lundmark; Alf Westelius; Nils-Göran Olve; Pär Mårtensson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Innovation; adoption; Non Profit Organisations; NPO; SME; ISO 9000; information technology; IT; ICT; communication; Technology Acceptance Model; TAM; Sport; Information technology; Informationsteknik; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

   Abstract : This thesis describes effects of use and reasons for using three different organisational innovations: ISO 9000, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and an administrative tool (the YAF-module) in the Swedish Sports Confederation’s system Swedish Sports Online. This is done through three separate studies. READ MORE

6. 4. Narrow management : The quest for unity in diversity : a study of resource dependence and institutionalisation in nonprofit organisations : the case of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus

   Author : Eskil Jonsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The overall purpose of this study is to identify some of the problems facing management when the activities in an organisation are to be integrated as a unified whole, but when the work itself is beingsupported by a variety of external organisations with different interests and identities. The study focuses particularly on the role of central management and its ability to manage the work according to an overall purpose and common organisational identity. READ MORE

7. 5. Corporate governance and corporate entrepreneurship : empirical studies on Swedish riding schools

   Author : Elin Smith; Sven-Olof Collin; Jonas Gabrielsson; Högskolan Kristianstad; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate governance; corporate entrepreneurship; property right; riding school; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This composite licentiate dissertation is based on the observation that governance and entrepreneurship are related with each other and that governance may differ depending on the specific organisational form that organises the businesses. Governance refers to corporate governance, including mechanisms aimed at governing the organisation in the interests of the principals. READ MORE