Essays about: "Hierarchical culture"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 74 essays containing the words Hierarchical culture.

  1. 21. Protecting positions of power and privileges : The Racial Glass Ceiling in the UK Civil Society Sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Stela Kosova; [2020]
    Keywords : social closure; cloning culture; everyday racism; obstacles; BAME; career trajectory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As institutional racism and the underrepresentation of BAME have become world-wide central issues, the question of equal opportunities for upward mobility in the labour market and social mobility for this particular community are at the forefront, including the UK context. Evidence suggests that BAME have unequal access to opportunities for career progression in the workplace and that upward mobility is inextricably linked to obstacles at every stage of their career in comparison to their white counterparts. READ MORE

  3. 22. Self-Managing Organizations: Reimagine the Way We Work - A case study of employees' perceptions of radical decentralization of authority

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

    Author : Erika Markör; [2020]
    Keywords : Self-managing organizations; Organizational change; Employee perceptions;

    Abstract : A majority of today's organizations are structured according to powerful cognitive and social forces that reinforces hierarchical organizational designs. Recently however, organizations that depart from the managerial hierarchy and radically decentralize authority have become increasingly apparent. READ MORE

  4. 23. Culture, Communication, and Collaboration in Established MNEs : A Qualitative Analysis of the Influence of Culture

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Jean-Philippe Zirignon; Sanna Lindberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Culture; Communication; Collaboration; Multinational Enterprise; Organizational Culture; Subsidiaries;

    Abstract : Culture is a social phenomenon that affects the daily lives of individuals. How we view the world is often reflected by our national culture forming our values, beliefs, and assumptions about what reality looks like. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Meeting of Cultures : Effective Leadership in Multicultural Organisations

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Simon Haile; Ebrima Jabang; [2019]
    Keywords : Leadership; Culture; Sub-Saharan Africa; Sweden; SME; GLOBE; Adaptation; Transformation;

    Abstract : Globalisation has simplified the internationalisation process for companies, and are today not only constrained to multinational companies, as SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) are entering global markets in order to attain a sustainable competitive advantage. As a result, more Swedish SMEs are now operating abroad, and SSA (sub-Saharan Africa) is a region that has shown great potential. READ MORE

  6. 25. Imagined Futures: A Study of Work-Related Uncertainty in the Corporate Environment

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Elena Manuela Boghian; [2019]
    Keywords : uncertainty; organizational culture; cultural analysis; phenomenology; corporate; precariat; emotions; stress; workplace; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This is a study of uncertainty in the corporate setting from the perspective of individual employees. While some interviewees talk about accepting uncertainty as an unavoidable state, others tell stories of dread and anguish, associated with instability in the work environment. READ MORE