Essays about: "self-managing organization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words self-managing organization.

  1. 1. 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

  2. 2. Leading From Within: A Phenomenological Study Of How Managers Experience Transitioning To Self-managing

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

    Author : Amanda Hanssen; Elin Wiklander; [2020]
    Keywords : Self-managing organization; Less-hierarchical organizing; Authority; Conflicting logics;

    Abstract : We investigate a company that goes through a transition from being structured as a managerial hierarchy into a self-managing organization. We conduct a phenomenological study, using an exploratory approach. More specifically, we explore how managers experience the transition. READ MORE

  3. 3. Transitioning to Self-Managing Teams: Coordinating in a Knowledge-Intensive Organization A qualitative study on the coordination efforts in an organization implementing an organization implementing

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Muamera Homoras; Mathilda Lagerkwist; [2018-07-03]
    Keywords : Coordination; inter-disciplinary; self-managing teams; boundary work; transitioning;

    Abstract : This study investigates the transitioning process, as an organization goes from a hierarchical organizational structure to organizing in self-managing teams, whereby managerial authority has been removed. The paper applies a qualitative method where data has been collected through interviews, observations and documents from a single case organization. READ MORE

  4. 4. Changing to Self-Organization: An exploratory study into the change process of organizations towards self-organization

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

    Author : Jonas Holzfaeller; [2018]
    Keywords : self-organizing organization; self-managing organization; change theory; change management; teal-organization;

    Abstract : Self-organization has become an interesting organizational paradigm for many of today's practitioners. While the workings of self-organizing organizations have been described in many case studies and synthesized in popular management literature, all those who consider transforming their organization towards this new organizational paradigm are left without any theory or insights into how such a change can be conducted. READ MORE

  5. 5. Self-Managing Organizations in the context of Entrepreneurial Innovation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Kenneth Kinneen; Sana Younas; [2018]
    Keywords : Dynamic Governance; Entrepreneurship; Holacratic Organizations; Innovation; Self-Management Organizations; Teal Organizations;

    Abstract : The aim of our thesis is to provide an insight into self-managing organizations (SMOs), particularly referencing holacratic and teal organizations, and connecting them with the consequent innovative process. Global markets are changing rapidly, and competition is increasing, as the pressure on companies to adapt to these fast-paced changes. READ MORE