Essays about: "Competing logics"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 21 essays containing the words Competing logics.

  1. 16. Management Control Systems and Multiple Logics - a case study of a change process in a health care organization

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

    Author : Anna Zhan; Lennart Wang; [2017]
    Keywords : health care; management control systems; institutional logics; change;

    Abstract : The health care sector demonstrates how organizations are faced with conflicting demands in their institutional environment which they need to respond to (Scott, 2000). On the one hand, the medical logic emphasizes professional values of providing appropriate care to patients, and on the other hand, the business logic emphasizes cost-effectiveness by promoting an efficient use of resources (Reay and Hinings, 2009). READ MORE

  3. 17. Management Control Systems in the Public Sector during Crises: An Institutional Logics Perspective

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

    Author : Adrian Iredahl; Mats Wiklund; [2016]
    Keywords : Management Control Systems; Institutional Complexity; Crisis; Public Sector;

    Abstract : This paper examines the role of the management control system (MCS) in the Swedish Migration Agency during the European Migrant Crisis in 2015. The primary aim is to investigate how MCSs shape the ability to respond to crises in the public sector, an environment characterized by institutional complexity. READ MORE

  4. 18. Management control systems in a hybrid organization facing financial problems

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

    Author : Johan Lindbäck; Tobias Bengtsdahl; [2015]
    Keywords : Management control systems; hybrid organizations; institutional logics; elite sports organization;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to further increase the knowledge regarding hybrid organizations and their use of management control systems MCS). Unlike previous research, the aim is to examine a shorter time span and to add insight to the specific use of MCSs and the effect of hybridity when facing an internal financial crisis. READ MORE

  5. 19. 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

  6. 20. Trapped between two logics: Individual experiences and responses to the introduction of competing institutional logics.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Hans Kober Edlert; [2014-12-05]
    Keywords : Organisational change; institutional logics; institutional complexity; experiences; responses;

    Abstract : This paper aims to answers the call within the institutional perspective to move analysis down to the individual level of analysis. The paper is based on a qualitative case study of the initial implementation phase of a large structural and cultural change effort within a global life science organisation with head quarters in Sweden. READ MORE