Essays about: "Leadership as Practice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 146 essays containing the words Leadership as Practice.

  1. 1. The Potential of Intentional Ambiguity: The Role of Leadership Development Programmes in Organisational Change

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Miguel Riscado Pereira; Nelson Henry Kakumba; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Ambidexterity; Emergent Change; Intentional Ambiguity; Knowledgeability; Leadership; Leadership Development; Organisational Change; Reflexivity;

    Abstract : This paper examines the role of leadership development programmes (LDPs) in organisational change, through a case study of Volvo Group's Exploration programme aimed at emerging leaders. Through 27 interviews divided between executive members, programme facilitators and former programme participants, a more detailed picture is painted about the programme and the organisation’s change effort from a rule-based to a value-based approach to leadership. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Qualitative Analysis of the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption (Focusing on Machine Learning (ML)) on the Organizational Capabilities of the Telecom Industry in Sweden and Finland

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Neeraj Verma; [2023]
    Keywords : AI; R D; Industry 4.0; Qualitative Analysis; Innovation; Machine Learning; Business Performance; People and Culture; Process and Organization; Telecom; Technology.;

    Abstract : The German government's "Industry 4.0" paradigm transforms technology application across domains using real-time data and connectivity. The telecom sector's reliance on digital, software-driven infrastructure for real-time data and connectivity is paramount. READ MORE

  4. 3. Embracing a precarious life : A study on the instabilities of the life of an independent dance artist

    University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för danspedagogik

    Author : Clara Sjölin; [2023]
    Keywords : Dance; Insabillity; independent dance artist; precariat; collective; leadership; collaboration; diffractive analysis;

    Abstract : The research question that motivates this study is: how might I, together with a collective of dance artists, explore stability while embracing instability? Looking at the precarious lives of independent dance artists in the context of Europe, this research seeks ways to understand and cope with the various unstable aspects that come with this lifestyle and profession. I place this study in relation to current economic trends where the individual is increasingly in focus, with very few social security rights, and where the dancer is often faced with solitary living and working situations. READ MORE

  5. 4. Degree of Harmonisation of Simultaneous Use of Many ICT Platforms from Upper School Teachers’ Perspective : A Case Study at Internationella Engelska Skolan Tyresö

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Piotr Piotrowicz; [2023]
    Keywords : ICT platforms; ICT in school; ICT in education; Teachers perception of ICT; ICT usage in teaching practice; Usability of ICT platforms.;

    Abstract : Teaching is one of the professions suffering from high workload and stressful work environment. The number of different ICT platforms used in school, their similarity in their purpose, complexity and differences in interfaces, make it very complicated for the new teachers to smoothly start effective teaching, due to lack of time and resources for comprehensive onboarding process. 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