Essays about: "Distributed leadership"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 42 essays containing the words Distributed leadership.

1. 21. Improving heterogenous team collaboration in disaster risk management: lessons from innovation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Peter Norris; [2018]
   Keywords : Disaster Risk Management; heterogeneous; team; collaboration; innovation; technology; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Heterogeneous team collaboration is a fundamental component of Disaster Risk Management (DRM). However, DRM teams face complex-dynamic situations characterised by high disruptions, distributed locations and other factors, which create persistent problems for team collaboration. READ MORE

3. 22. Virtual Collaboration – The Paradigm of Modern Work Environment : Cohesion and Challenges in Distributed Teams

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Emmy Andersson; [2017]
   Keywords : collaboration; distributed teams; virtual teams; virtual leadership; geographic dispersion; work environment; virtual collaboration;

   Abstract : This Master thesis is an exploratory study that had the initial aim to research leadership in distributed teams, but, which ended up changing the focus as a result of unexpected findings. Therefore, the study refocused on collaboration in distributed teams with the purpose to explore the work environment of distributed teams from a collaborative perspective, with the aim of trying to develop an in‐depth understanding of the factors that contribute and challenge the cohesion in these teams. READ MORE

4. 23. Swimming against the current : the journey of Canadian Transition initiatives in their quest for transformative change

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Gisela Ruckert; [2017]
   Keywords : grassroots innovations; transformative social innovation; community initiatives; Transition Movement; Canada; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Humanity's current resource use patterns are unsustainable, and corrective action is required at all levels. Grassroots social innovation groups have great potential to contribute to solutions. The Transition movement has taken hold in Canada, but little is known about its successes and challenges in creating conditions for transformative change. READ MORE

5. 24. Decision Making in an Organization without Managers

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Lisa Andersson; Sofia Lundgren; [2016-09-20]
   Keywords : Decision making; Organization without managers; Distributed leadership; Institutional theory; Social process;

   Abstract : This paper discusses the phenomena of an organization that has chosen to structure their firm without hierarchical layers and management positions, and how decision making unfolds in an organization as such. The research is conducted on a Gothenburg-based “app” firm, through an in-depth case study. READ MORE

6. 25. We. And the others. : How leaders can bridge the gap in dispersed organizations and partially distributed teams.

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Martin Johansson; Mattias Thiel; [2016]
   Keywords : Geographically Dispersed Organizations; Partially Distributed Teams; PDT; Virtual Teams; Group Cohesion; Leadership;

   Abstract : This student thesis in General Management addresses how leaders can bridge the gap between work groups and teams in geographically dispersed organizations and partially distributed teams. These types of organizational structures are increasingly common in the globalized world of business, and bring benefits to many organizations by for example connecting skilled workers regardless of their location through the means of information and communications technology. READ MORE