Search for dissertations about: "organizational culture management"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 72 swedish dissertations containing the words organizational culture management.

  2. 1. Creating a Quality Management Culture : Focusing on Values and Leadership

    Author : Pernilla Ingelsson; Håkan Wiklund; Ingela Bäckström; Stefan Lagrosen; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Quality Management; Organizational culture; values; leadership; Lean; TQM; Kvalitetsledning; organisationskultur; värderingar; ledarskap; Lean; TQM;

    Abstract : When applied successfully, the QM initiatives TQM and Lean enhance an organization´s ability to meet and exceed the expectations of the customers as well as co-workers and other stakeholders. There are however also QM initiatives that fail and one reason for this is the organization’s inability to create a supportive culture, a culture that rests on a number of values which aim at improving the quality and thereby customer satisfaction. READ MORE

  4. 2. Organizational learning in dynamic environments

    Author : Panagiota Koulouvari; KTH; []
    Keywords : MEDIA INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE CREATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; GRAPHIC ARTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE CREATION IN PRAXIS;

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  5. 3. Construction Performance Measurement: Site Managers in Refurbishment Projects

    Author : Ahmet Anil Sezer; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; productivity; refurbishment; waste management; construction industry; monitoring; sustainability; Performance; ICT; resource use;

    Abstract : Firms use management accounting, controls and performance measurement to ensure that employee activities are aligned with organizational goals and strategies. Performance is measured at different levels: industry, firm, project and activity. READ MORE

  6. 4. Global project management : developing system solutions in a multi-organizational environment

    Author : Joakim Lilliesköld; KTH; []
    Keywords : Project management; Globally distributed teams; Industrial projects; Global development projects; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : The traditional view of project management is beingchallenged by the globalization of markets, mergers ofinternational companies, and the integration of managerial andbusi-ness processes in global corporations. The development ofInformation Technology and the rapid growth of the Internet hascreated an opportunity to utilize global resources, resultingin new and unique problems within project management researchthat need to be addressed. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Collective Dynamics of Organizational Learning: On Plurality and Multi-Social Structuring

    Author : Kristina Henriksson; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational science; Transmanche-Link; Channel Tunnel; project; diversity; multi-social structuring; negotiations of meaning; sensemaking; plurality; interorganizational; cross-cultural; knowledge; organizational learning; culture; Organisationsteori;

    Abstract : The notion of organizations as learning entities has gained considerably in popularity over the last decade, and is now regarded an important issue both theoretically and in practice. Many organizational activities and events have been referred to as learning phenomena, and learning theory is being applied to increasingly varied and complex settings of organizational life. READ MORE