Search for dissertations about: "strategic project"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 174 swedish dissertations containing the words strategic project.

2. 1. 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

4. 2. Project-based E-procurement : towards strategic purchasing in the Swedish construction industry

   Author : Johan Ouchterlony; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : E-procurement; construction industry; strategic purchasing; project based; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to describe and analyse the use of E-procurement and the development towards Strategic Purchasing in the Swedish Construction Industry.The rationale behind this study is to bring out the potential for large decentralized finns, such as large construction companies, to exercise strategic purchasing which I have chosen to define as a more centralized approach to the purchasing function in order to enhance all relative benefits for large organizations. READ MORE

5. 3. ”It’s in the between” : Inter-Project Organising in Project Ecologies

   Author : Susanna Hedborg; Tina Karrbom Gustavsson; Jonas Söderlund; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; project ecologies; organisational routines; space interdependencies; self-organising; urban development district; construction project; construction client; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The word project is used to describe everything from mundane tasks tomajor government-initiated structural changes. Projects are also thefocus of a growing research field that seeks to understand how society isorganised. READ MORE

6. 4. Strategic Colonels : The Discretion of Swedish Force Commanders in Afghanistan 2006–2013

   Author : Magnus Johnsson; Maria Heimer; Helena Wockelberg; Jan Ångström; Douglas Brommesson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; military strategy; policy implementation; discretion; Afghanistan; NATO; ISAF; force commander; military operations;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines the role of military officers as policy implementers by investigating the discretion of Swedish force commanders in the multinational military campaign in Afghanistan between 2006 and 2013. By developing an analytical framework that takes both an outside-in and an inside-out perspective, and that encompasses both the objective implications that structural factors project on force commanders as well as their subjective perceptions of those structural factors, and applying that framework to a range of official documents as well as unique interview data, the thesis describes the discretion that force commanders have had in interpreting, choosing and shaping their mission and concept of operations. READ MORE

7. 5. 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