Search for dissertations about: "strategists"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the word strategists.

  1. 1. Strategists – free or bound? : On individuality and typicality among CEOs

    Author : Anna Larsson; Helén Anderson; Elisabeth Sundin; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Strategists; individuality; typicality; institutionalised environments; reflection; Strateger; individualitet; typiskhet; institutionaliserad omvärld; reflektion; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to articulate and describe interpretations/ideas of companies, and to re-contextualize strategists, and to discuss strategists as free or bound, guided by the broader sociological framework framing strategists as individual subjects within an institutionalized (objectified) context of business. This thesis departs from a notion of “companification” in and among organizations as a process of diffusion of institutionalised practices and ideas of companies and raises the question of how practicing strategists interpret companies in an institutionalised environment (business society). READ MORE

  2. 2. Strategists and Academics

    Author : Anders Broström; Hans Lööf; Björn Hårsman; Reinhilde Veugelers; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public research; spillovers; university-industry; innovation; R D interaction; rationales for interaction; geographic proximity; R D strategy; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis consists of five self-contained essays on interaction in R&D between university researchers and private firms. Together, these essays explore the conditions under which private firms benefit from spillovers from publicly funded and organised research. READ MORE

  3. 3. Cross-Sector Strategists. Dedicated Bureaucrats in Local Government Administration

    Author : Petra Svensson; Faculty of Social Sciences University of Gothenburg Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public administrators; horizontal governance; administration traditions; value conflict; situated agency;

    Abstract : It is argued that political-administrative organizations are becoming increasingly complex with more horizontal governance required. In Swedish municipal administration, there is a group of administrators assigned the task of monitoring and promoting strategic topics that should be integrated horizontally within the organization. READ MORE

  4. 4. Cross-Sector Strategists. Dedicated Bureucrats in Local Government Administration

    Author : Petra Svensson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public administrators; horizontal; governance; administration; traditions; value conflict; situated agency;

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  5. 5. SOCIOTECHNICAL IMAGINARIES OF THE AUTOMATED MUNICIPALITY

    Author : Daniel Toll; Ida Lindgren; Ulf Melin; Lupita Svensson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In the last few years, Swedish municipalities have striven to adopt automation to increase their internal efficiency by automating administrative processes. This E-Government initiative is taking place as part of the ongoing digitalization efforts by Swedish municipalities. READ MORE