Essays about: "Flexible Rigid"

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  1. 1. Flexible Organizational Structures of the Digitally Mediated Collective Actor - A Case of the Shame Movement in Georgia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Darejan Tsurtsumia; [2023]
    Keywords : Communication Constitutes Organization; CCO; Collective Action; Structures; Digital Media; Georgia; Shame Movement; Social Movements; Logic of Connective Action; Flexible Organisational Structures; Protest Transformation; Gavrilov s Night; Georgian Dream; Private Facebook Group; Rallies; Non-human agency; Four Flows Framework; Solidarity; Citizenism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Recent scholarship has challenged the notion that digital tools alone can sustain a social movement, emphasizing instead the importance of collective identity and organizational structures. However, there is still limited understanding of how organizational structures emerge and transform in a social movement. READ MORE

  3. 2. Optimal Gait Control of Soft Quadruped Robot by Model-based Reinforcement Learning

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Niu Xuezhi; [2023]
    Keywords : Quadruped Robots; Soft Robotics; Reinforcement Learning; Gait Control; Model-Based Control Optimization; Kvadrupedroboter; Mjukrobotik; Förstärkningsinlärning; Gångkontroll; Optimering av robotkontroll;

    Abstract : Quadruped robots offer distinct advantages in navigating challenging terrains due to their flexible and shock-absorbing characteristics. This flexibility allows them to adapt to uneven surfaces, enhancing their maneuverability. READ MORE

  4. 3. Aligning the Innovation Process Routines With Organizational Agility : A Case Study of a Healthcare Firm

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

    Author : Constantin Catalin Ciorascu; Mohammad Alipanahi; [2023]
    Keywords : Organizational Agility; Innovation Process Routines; Types of Innovations; Healthcare; Medical Device;

    Abstract : Introduction: Traditional organizational routines for the innovation process, like the Stage-Gate Model, are often characterized by rigid and inflexible activities, limiting firms' ability to identify, develop, and commercialize software and digital/connected products and services. Examples of inflexible activities include predefined project milestones, linear progression through development stages, and a lack of iterative feedback loops. READ MORE

  5. 4. Managing Projects for New Product Development: Fixed, Flexible, or Mixed Approaches? : A Study on Suitability Decisions

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Klas Forsberg; Adam Willman; [2023]
    Keywords : New Product Development; Traditional-; Agile-; Hybrid Project Management; Physical Products; Suitability Assessment.; Ny produktutveckling; traditionell projektledning; agil projektledning; hybrid projektledning; fysiska produkter; lämplighetsbedömning.;

    Abstract : Businesses within the physical product domain seek to transform the way they manage new product development, through more flexible approaches. Traditionally, this was done through a fixed approach, characterized by linear and rigid workflow. READ MORE

  6. 5. Political Islam and Democratic Transition in the Middle East and North Africa: The Puzzle of Contradictory Trajectories in Egypt and Tunisia : A Comparative Analysis of the Ennahda Movement and the Muslim Brotherhood

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Ali Al Mohammad; [2023]
    Keywords : Middle East and North Africa; Democratic Transition; Ennahda Movement; Muslim Brotherhood; Tunisia; Egypt;

    Abstract : The theme of this research paper is political Islam and democratic transition in the MENA. The study is delimited to the Ennahda Movement and the Muslim Brotherhood as two prominent political Islamist movements, focusing specifically on their experiences during the democratic transition period. READ MORE