Essays about: "Performance Measurement System PMS"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the words Performance Measurement System PMS.
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6. Who are we and what do we measure? : A case study of the dynamic relationship between performance measurement and organizational identity
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Performance measurements have been described as a tool by which management can communicate expected standards of behavior as well as a shared meaning among members regarding the intended direction of the firm. In parallel, the organizational identity field relies on the premise that members can answer the question “who are we as an organization?” through a sense of shared understanding. READ MORE
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7. An Organizational Success Story: Performance Measurement System in a Swedish Public Organization
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : Researchers in public sector management depict the design and implementation of PMSs as problematic in the sense of members oftentimes opposing these systems due to high institutional pressure. Consequently, PMSs are decoupled from the operational activities and used in a symbolic manner since they are perceived to threaten identities and cultures in organizations. READ MORE
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8. Thinking differently about a newly implemented PMS: a single-case study of a Swedish elite football club
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : In an attempt to explore an underexplored linkage in previous literature on accounting and sport, this thesis investigates how differences in thought worlds in a Swedish elite football club may lead to differences in effects on organisational routines of an implemented performance measurement system (PMS). This is done by performing a qualitative single-case study on a Swedish elite football club, and developing a theoretical framework based on the concepts of thought worlds and organisational routines from Dougherty (1992) integrated with Weick's (1995) sensemaking and his discussion of the pulsating interrelation between intersubjectivity and generic subjectivity. READ MORE
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9. Thermomechanical Design and Analysis of the Lisa Phase Measurement System
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknikAbstract : Gravitational Waves (GWs) are ripples in the curvature of spacetime that propagate as waves at the speed of light while travelling basically undisturbed from the moment of their creation by accelerated masses. GWs provide unique information about astrophysical sources, such as binary systems, allowing their exploration under a wide range of masses, mass ratios and physical states inaccessible otherwise and therefore opening a new window to observe the universe. READ MORE
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10. Taming the Evaluation Monster
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : Purpose: This thesis aims to explore how public schools balance demands on public accountability with professional autonomy through design features and usage of Performance Measurement Systems. Research Approach: Case study data were obtained both through semi-structured interviews with teachers and school managers, and through formal steering documents from the governing municipality as well as from the respective schools. READ MORE