Essays about: "Organisational tensions"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words Organisational tensions.
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1. Guardians of the Ecology : Navigating Challenges in Municipal Urban Planning in Stockholm County – Insights and Strategies from Ecologists
University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studierAbstract : Urban planning plays an essential role in preparing cities to handle and counteract the climate changes – and connected consequences – of today and the future. Municipal ecologists are specialists in environmental protection and therefore carry a crucial role when developing contemporary and future cities. READ MORE
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2. Shifting paradigms in practice? Investigating the compatibility of Germany's energy cooperatives with sustainable degrowth
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : The concept of sustainable degrowth presents itself as a normative response to some of the most pressing socio-ecological challenges of our time. The energy sector plays a prominent role in the degrowth debate, however, there is limited conceptual and empirical understanding of how energy production and consumption might look like from a degrowth perspective and which actors might be compatible with the degrowth ideals. READ MORE
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3. The Application of LOC in Innovative Project Selection A Case Study
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : In order to gain competitive advantages in the global market, innovation has become a key part of organisational strategy, leading to a series of challenges in project selection. As effective tools for decision making, the management control systems (MCS) may provide a holistic approach to this management uncertainty. READ MORE
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4. No contradictions : Identity work of managers working for sustainable enterprises
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This is a study about the identity work of managers working for sustainable enterprises. Contrary to CSR managers who are constantly managing tensions between achieving social and environmental goals while working at a company whose aim is to maximise profits, the identities of managers working for sustainable enterprises, do not indicate that they are experiencing contradictions between sustainable and commercial discourses. READ MORE
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5. The interplay between technocratic and socio-ideological controls in managing strategic tension - A case study of a large retail company
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This paper investigates how management controls may be used to manage strategic tensions. By conducting an exploratory single case study on a Swedish listed company operating in the fashion and retail industry, this paper shows how the interplay between technocratic and socio-ideological controls manifests in a variety of ways to manage empirically observed strategic tensions. READ MORE