Search for dissertations about: "performance management organisation effectiveness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words performance management organisation effectiveness.

2. 1. Supply Chain Quality Management : Exploring performance of manufacturing organizations

   Author : Aron Chibba; Rickard Garvare; Mattias Elg; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Kvalitetsteknik; Quality Technology Management;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses the issue of quality performance in supply chains in the manufacturers’context. Research shows that the management and performance of supply chains play a major rolein gaining competitive advantage, especially in times of decreasing international trade barriers andquickly evolving information technology. READ MORE

4. 2. Performance Management, Rationality and Participation in Public Sector Organisation

   Author : Geoffrey Heath; Elisabeth Berg; Jim Barry; Suzana Grubnic; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Communicative; instrumental and value rationality; accounting and performance management; public sector organisations; public management and governance; participation; deliberation and democracy; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Sciences;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis critically examines the role of performance management in public sector organisations. In particular, it explores how performance management relates to different concepts of rationality (instrumental, value and communicative), including issues around rationality and power, and the relationship between these concepts and various models of participation and democracy. READ MORE

5. 3. Cost Effective Maintenance for Competitve Advantages

   Author : Imad Alsyouf; Basim Al-Najjar; Uday Kumar; Växjö universitet; []
   Keywords : Maintenance approaches; Maintenance Costs; Savings and Profit; Operations; Quality; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Competitiveness; Productivity; Value Advantages; Profitability; Performance; Balanced Scorecard BSC; Maintenance Selection Method; Fuzzy MCDM; TTT-plot; Cost Effective Maintenance; Mechanistic Model; Vibration Level Prediction; Condition-Based Maintenance; survey; case study; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP; Maskinteknik; Mechanical Engineering;

   Abstract : This thesis describes the role of cost effective maintenance in achieving competitive advantages. It explores by means of a survey which maintenance practices are used, and how maintenance policies are selected in Swedish industries. READ MORE

6. 4. Monitoring as an instrument for improving environmental performance in public authorities : Experience from Swedish Infrastructure Management

   Author : Kristina Lundberg; Lennart Folkeson; Berit Balfors; Jos Arts; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Environmental Management System EMS ; Environmental Impact Assessment EIA follow-up; Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA ; Environmental Performance Evaluation EPE ; organisational learning; Railway; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur;

   Abstract : Monitoring is an important tool for gaining insight into an organisation’s environmental performance and for learning about the environmental condition and the effectiveness of environmental management measures. Development of environmental monitoring has generally relied on research aiming at improving monitoring methodology, technique or practice within a particular management tool. READ MORE

7. 5. Evaluation and revision of performance measurement systems

   Author : Stefan Tangen; Mats Björkman; KTH; []
   Keywords : Technology; performance measurement; performance measurement systems; productivity; evaluation; TEKNIKVETENSKAP; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : Performance measurement is a topic that has received considerable attention during the last decades. There are many motives for using performance measures in a company but perhaps the most crucial one is that they will help to improve productivity when used properly. READ MORE