Essays about: "Formal Control Systems"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 76 essays containing the words Formal Control Systems.

1. 1. Exploring the influence of ICT on Financial Inclusion and Mobile Money Services in Sub-Saharan Africa

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Noa Almfors; Klara Stenman; [2023-07-10]
   Keywords : Sub-Saharan Africa; Financial Inclusion; Information and Communication Technology; Internet; Mobile Money;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the influence of two types of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), internet and mobile phones, on Financial Inclusion (FI) and Mobile Money Mobile Money (MM) adoption in 24 Sub-Saharan African countries in the last decade. A unique feature of this research is the incorporation of an index measuring financial inclusion, developed specifically for this study. READ MORE

3. 2. A New Landscape for Management Control: Managers Reaching a Balance of Remote Work in a Post-Pandemic Era

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Johannes Akkaya; Oscar Jebsen Setterberg; [2023-06-27]
   Keywords : Remote work; COVID-19; Enabling versus Coercive; Trust; Productivity; Post-Pandemic; Management Control; Managers;

   Abstract : In recent years organisations have faced the COVID-19 pandemic, which entailed extensive restrictions and lockdowns around the world. The new challenges have created new patterns for organisations to work after the pandemic and remote work has been implemented. The overall usage of remote work is applied to various extents in organisations. READ MORE

4. 3. Lost in The Grocery Aisle: Navigating the challenges of food waste management through performance measurement systems and sensemaking

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Lucile Vanin; Hannah Bozorgnia; [2023]
   Keywords : KPIs; Management Control Systems; Sustainability; Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems; Sensemaking;

   Abstract : This paper aims to uncover how Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems (SPMS), and more specifically KPIs, can be used as tools to make sense of the challenges inherent to sustainability management, within the specific empirical setting of food waste. Through a case study based on a global food retailer in Sweden, we aim to comprehend how employees use food waste KPIs to make sense of the challenges inherent to food waste management. READ MORE

5. 4. Shoplifting in Japan and Sweden - A comparative analysis of social structures and sanctions in the 21st century

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Henrik Queckfeldt; [2023]
   Keywords : Comparative Law; Criminal law; Law; Shoplifting; Restorative justice; Informal Social Control; Japan; Sweden; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : 概要 本稿は、読者に2つの司法制度の包括的な概観を提供し、その後、いくつかの追加的な側面を検討する。分析の構成により、読者は、社会が公式・非公式の統制という観点からどのように機能しているかを含め、法制度がどのように構築されているかを確認することができる。本稿はまた、さまざまな制裁がどのように実施され、それが個人と社会に与える影響についても探求している。個々の章では詳細な分析を行わず、必要に応じて十分な説明を行うようにしている。万引きを犯罪の例として挙げているのは、明確な比較が可能だからである。本論文では、両国の修復的司法を幅広く検証し、正式な刑事司法制度への影響を軽減するための潜在的な方策を検討している。最後に、包括的な分析を行い、それぞれの国について法的改善のための提言を行う。.. READ MORE

6. 5. Integration and Implementation of Sustainability into Practice

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Josefin Söderlund; Christoph Welter; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; Strategic change; Management Control Systems MCS ; Formal and informal controls; Simons’ Levers of Control LOC ; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Purpose - This thesis examines MCS in Swedish companies. The purpose of the thesis is to assess formal and informal controls to understand how companies use them to effectively integrate a sustainability strategy in their organisation and implement CSR activities into practice. READ MORE