Essays about: "neglected crises"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words neglected crises.

  1. 1. Family-owned SMEs: Role models of crisis management A case study of how the practice of crisis management has been performed by nine Swedish family-owned SMEs during the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Gustaf Liedholm; Robbin Jonsson; [2022-06-23]
    Keywords : Practice theory; Crisis management as practice; family-owned SMEs; Covid-19; rapid decision-making; communication; transparency;

    Abstract : Despite SMEs accounting for 99,9% of all registered firms in Sweden and that non-listed family-owned firms outperform their counterparts during crises, previous studies have neglected the field, resulting in an undiscovered void. Quantitative studies performed in the area serve a purpose for discovering how family-owned SMEs financially distinguish from other firms, but unfortunately such studies miss the important variable: what do they actually do? Through this qualitative study of crisis management as practice, we bridge the quantitative and qualitative, and present how Swedish family-owned SMEs have practiced crisis management during the Covid-19 pandemic. READ MORE

  3. 2. What did I just learn? : How commercial video games could underhandedly teach players environmental sustainability

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Maria Johanna Horsten; [2022]
    Keywords : commercial video games; environmental sustainability; environmental gaming; Dimensions of Environmentally Sustainable Gameplay; Horizon Forbidden West;

    Abstract : Commercial video games have a great potential in battling the ongoing environmental crises. However, literature has so far largely neglected a connection between environmental sustainability and commercial video games. READ MORE

  4. 3. Employees as sensemakers: a case study on perceptions about CSR, employee engagement and organisational identity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Marie Christin Otto; [2021]
    Keywords : CSR; perception; sensemaking; organisational identity; communication; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Employees as sensemakers: a case study on perceptions about CSR, employee engagement and organisational identity. Global warming, , environmental damage and economic and financial crises have put businesses under scrutiny. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Reform Of Leadership Skills In Swedish Healthcare: An Innovative Behavior : A qualitative study about physician leadership in Swedish medical teams and how crises affect them.

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Gideon Uregha Imeli; Isabelle Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : to work cycle; contingency theory; general leadership; the effect of the Covid-19 crisis on healthcare leadership; crisis leadership;

    Abstract :   Background:Sweden is known for having a good infrastructure in health care that enables the medical profession to provide effective patient care. The pandemic struck the world in March 2019 and has since then shown transparency, strengths and weaknesses in the system. Transit zones, modern solutions, and overworked staff have been noticed. READ MORE

  6. 5. Mainstream ethical consumption : The motivations and level of morality of everyday consumers

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Oskar Näslund; Nicklas Öhrnstedt Björnbom; [2019]
    Keywords : Mainstream ethical consumption; ethical consumption; motivations; ethical theories; level of morality; altruistic motives; egoistic motives; non-value-based motives; social justice; social guilt; win-win; self-satisfaction; social norms; health and wellbeing; product quality; habits; knowledge and information; egoism; utilitarianism; ethics of duties; virtue ethics; postmodern ethics;

    Abstract : Growing issues such as climate crises, social injustice and neglection of basic human rights have created a new type of consumption, namely ethical consumption. Ethical consumption was initially mainly concerned for environmental issues but has in later years starting to include a variety of pressing issues. READ MORE