Search for dissertations about: "strategic management project thesis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 96 swedish dissertations containing the words strategic management project thesis.

2. 1. Human Resource Management in Project-Based Organisations : Challenges, Changes, and Capabilities

   Author : Karin Bredin; Jonas Söderlund; Henrik Holt Larsen; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HRM; project-based organisations; people management systems; people capability; project management; line management; HR department; project capability; personalarbete; people capability; projektledning; linjechef; HR-avdelning; projekt; HRM; projektbaserade organisationer; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis addresses human resource management in project-based organisations. The aim is to explore the challenges for HRM in project-based organisations and the changes in people management systems to meet these challenges. The thesis consists of a compilation of six papers and an extended summary. READ MORE

4. 2. Strategic time awareness : implications of strategic thinking

   Author : Henrik Friman; Peter Stevrin; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Strategic time; strategic time awareness; strategic thinking and strategic management; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Strategic time awareness (STA) is a research project that strives to gain new insights about the strategic thinking process and better understand time in the context of strategic management. The purpose of this study is to understand what managers think is important with regard to time in the process of strategic thinking. READ MORE

5. 3. Exploring Third-Party Logistics and Partnering in Construction : A Supply Chain Management Perspective

   Author : Andreas Ekeskär; Martin Rudberg; Per Erik Eriksson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Case study; construction; construction management; construction industry; supply chain management; logistics; third-party logistics; logistics management; partnering;

   Abstract : The construction industry is associated with problems such as low productivity and high costs. This has been highlighted in several government-funded reports in both Sweden and in the UK during the course of over two decades. READ MORE

6. 4. Quality management : National or global driving factors

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

   Abstract : Around the world Quality Management is commonly regarded by industrialists and academics as a management concept that encompasses the potential in any organisation of developing into a company-wide philosophy with a profound focus on stakeholder values and improvement processes. However, there are mounting evidence that Quality Management has developed into an important strategic issue also on a national level, and that some leading industrial nations have enjoyed significant gains in the post War era by means of nation-wide progresses in Quality Management. READ MORE

7. 5. Gaining competitive advantage through information technology. A resource-based approach to the creation and employment of strategic IT resources

   Author : Thomas Kalling; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; enterprise resource planning; information technology; resource management; resource-based view; strategy process; strategic management; business strategy; competitive advantage; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management;

   Abstract : Information technology is a central phenomenon in modern society. It is widely used in a variety of settings and commercial firms use it for a variety of purposes. READ MORE