Essays about: "Organisation"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 3105 essays containing the word Organisation.
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21. Assessing Subsidiary Performance in a Multinational Context - A single case study investigating practical procedures for performance measurement and underlying factors for performance creation.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The path for successful performance is uncertain for any corporation, where there is no concise definition of performance and the objective of the organisation. The uncertainties and challenges related to the management of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) complicates the performance assessment of subsidiaries. READ MORE
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22. Breaking the Status Quo? - An Analysis of Sustainability Managers' Change Efforts
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Societal expectations towards corporations to include social, environmental and ethical considerations have grown in importance, and corporations largely depend on so-called sustainability managers to help them meet these expectations. This thesis provides one of the first studies into how sustainability managers work and asks: how do sustainability managers work to change their organisation for a more sustainable future? Through interviews with 18 senior sustainability managers and an analysis of the empirical findings through institutional entrepreneurship and institutional logics theory, this study identifies sustainability managers as individual actors who adopt strategic approaches and work practices similar to institutional entrepreneurs and shows their efforts to institutionalise sustainability by hybridising it with the perceived dominant market logic and by establishing legitimacy. READ MORE
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23. CO-OPS and UNIONS: allies or rivals? A comparative analysis of union density and co-op employment density.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : While cooperatives and unions are two different approaches to the same problems, and while they are ideological siblings, the relationship between the two organisations is complicated. The benefit of each organisation is well established in the literature and much of the contemporary literature on co-ops is based in advocacy work either by co-op federations or a handful of niche scholars. READ MORE
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24. The Potential of Intentional Ambiguity: The Role of Leadership Development Programmes in Organisational Change
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This paper examines the role of leadership development programmes (LDPs) in organisational change, through a case study of Volvo Group's Exploration programme aimed at emerging leaders. Through 27 interviews divided between executive members, programme facilitators and former programme participants, a more detailed picture is painted about the programme and the organisation’s change effort from a rule-based to a value-based approach to leadership. READ MORE
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25. Guns for Hire: A Study of The Possibilities of Attributing Unlawful Conduct of PMSCs to a Hiring State under International Law
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : Syftet med uppsatsen är att presentera möjligheter att hänföra en PMSCs (Private Military and Security Company) överträdelser av internationell rätt till en kontrakterande Stat. Uppsatsen fokuserar på relevanta bestämmelser i ARSIWA som det huvudsakliga rättsliga ramverket för Statsansvar. READ MORE
