Essays about: "Managing creativity"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the words Managing creativity.

1. 16. How to Dress for Success: A case study on the role of management control systems in managing the trinity of challenges inherent in the fashion industry

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

   Author : Amelie Lindquist; Christina Rödöö; [2015]
   Keywords : management control systems; Tessier and Otley 2012 ; tensions; popular culture; fashion;

   Abstract : This paper aims to investigate how MCS can manage inherent challenges in the fashion industry. This was examined by conducting an in-depth qualitative case study of a Swedish fashion chain, in which the role of MCS in managing tensions between the challenges of creativity, low cost and speed, was investigated. READ MORE

3. 17. Management Between Art and Commerce. Balancing competing institutional logics in cultural and creative industries - A case study of Bonnier Books

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

   Author : Kendra Ibsen; Tove Kjellén; [2015]
   Keywords : Cultural and creative industries; Publishing; Managing competing institutional logics; Sensemaking; Relating;

   Abstract : Cultural and creative industries (CCIs) have been shown to have a great impact on both GDP and employment. Organizations within CCIs often face challenges due to the inherent tensions between art and commerce. READ MORE

4. 18. Managing R&D – The eternal dilemma: A study of how control is exercised in R&D operations

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jonathan Grapne; Sara Edholm; [2015]
   Keywords : R D; Management Control; Innovation; Uncertainty; Behavioural control; Output control; Personnel control; Cultural control;

   Abstract : Managing R&D is not an easy task for organisations to handle as it is often associated with uncertainty and high risk-taking. The purpose of this thesis was therefore to gain a better understanding for how management control is performed in a company’s R&D unit. READ MORE

5. 19. Global Virtual Teams and their effective functioning : The Challenge of Time Pressure

   University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Franziska Franke; Caroline Bengtsson Schramm; [2013]
   Keywords : Global Virtual Team; time pressure; cultural aspects; trust; leadership; conflicts; communication;

   Abstract : Nowadays modern organizations move in an incredible speed and have to be flexible and adaptable to constantly changing circumstances. Global Virtual Teams (GVTs) have been proved to be one of the means to handle this challenge. READ MORE

6. 20. How Can Idea Campaigns Generate Ideas to Trigger Innovation?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Kajsa Brange; Elin Lindqvist; [2013]
   Keywords : Front End Innovation; Ideas; Ideation; Idea Campaigns; Case Study; E.ON; Technology and Engineering; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Issue of study: The starting point for innovation is ideas, which can be seen as fuel to the innovation process as it supplies the innovation funnel with new or improved concepts that finally may spark innovation. There is a vast literature on the success of a few radical ideation methods and the use of creativity tools, while few have dealt with the use and effects of ideation approaches in practice. READ MORE