Essays about: "Contingency Theory"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 68 essays containing the words Contingency Theory.

  1. 16. Management Control During Forced Remote Working Conditions - A Case Study of a Global Leader in Container Shipping and a Big Four Accounting Firm

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Rebecka Dejus; Hedvig Rönnberg; [2021-06-24]
    Keywords : Contingency; Management Control; Organizational Prerequisites; Forced Remote Work;

    Abstract : Purpose: This study investigates how forced remote working may have affected the design and use of management controls within organizations. Methodology: Interviews were conducted with respondents from two well-established organizations with different organizational approaches. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Loss of Chaos : Figurational Togetherness with Digital Distance Work

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Anton Nyström; [2021]
    Keywords : mediatization; figurations; digitalization; work; distance work; COVID-19; physical copresence; mediatization; figurations; digitalisering; arbete; distansarbete; COVID-19; fysisk samvaro;

    Abstract : During the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations and employees suddenly became increasingly reliant on digital technologies to safely continue work. In this master’s thesis, I tried to understand how such rapid change could be understood when compared to wider, more gradual processes of intensifying media reliance. READ MORE

  4. 18. 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

  5. 19. The Black Box of Risk Oversight - A study of the current state of board risk oversight practices

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Patrik Lundin; Lovisa Malmborg; [2021]
    Keywords : Board risk oversight; Risk management; Enterprise Risk Management; Board of directors; Mixed research approach Purpose; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explore how the board of directors perform risk oversight, providing a greater insight into what the board of directors actually do in the risk oversight process. The authors seek to map and investigate the practical part of the board's work in overseeing an entity’s risks and how it relates to theory. READ MORE

  6. 20. "Words Hide Truth": National belonging in Marian Engel’s Bear and Tessa McWatt’s Out of My Skin

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Edda Ahrent; [2021]
    Keywords : National identity; national belonging; Marian Engel; Bear; Tessa McWatt; Out of My Skin; Canadian Literature; CanLit; Discourse theory; Discourse analysis; post-colonialism; gender; bodies; pioneer; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The famous problem of Canadian Literature in the contemporary critical landscape is how it, as an institution, denies all but certain kinds of identities. Alexander Beecroft suggests that a national literature, through its attempts to locate and articulate a communal identity and a notion of fellow-feeling, curates characteristics among members of previously numerous groups which can function to denote nationalistic identity. READ MORE