Essays about: "Self-Managing Organizations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Self-Managing Organizations.

  1. 1. Self-Managing Organizations: Reimagine the Way We Work - A case study of employees' perceptions of radical decentralization of authority

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Erika Markör; [2020]
    Keywords : Self-managing organizations; Organizational change; Employee perceptions;

    Abstract : A majority of today's organizations are structured according to powerful cognitive and social forces that reinforces hierarchical organizational designs. Recently however, organizations that depart from the managerial hierarchy and radically decentralize authority have become increasingly apparent. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Coordination Mechanisms of Self-Managing Organizations : An Explorative Case-Study of Three Pioneers

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Beatrice Elman; [2018]
    Keywords : Self-Managing Organizations; post-bureaucratic organizations; boss less firms; radical decentralization; coordination mechanisms; coordination in post-bureaucratic organizations; coordination mechanisms in team-based organizations; horizontal and vertical organizations;

    Abstract : After many years of limited activity in the field of coordination research, new organizing forms with the aim to abandon managerial hierarchies have caused a renaissance in the research of new solutions to this universal organizing problem. An emerging stream of research about Self-Managing Organizations (SMOs) which eliminates formal hierarchies and managers completely, have left researchers wondering about SMOs new coordination solution as antecedent organizing forms have their coordination solution strongly dependent on managers. READ MORE

  3. 3. Changing to Self-Organization: An exploratory study into the change process of organizations towards self-organization

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Jonas Holzfaeller; [2018]
    Keywords : self-organizing organization; self-managing organization; change theory; change management; teal-organization;

    Abstract : Self-organization has become an interesting organizational paradigm for many of today's practitioners. While the workings of self-organizing organizations have been described in many case studies and synthesized in popular management literature, all those who consider transforming their organization towards this new organizational paradigm are left without any theory or insights into how such a change can be conducted. READ MORE

  4. 4. Self-Managing Organizations in the context of Entrepreneurial Innovation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Kenneth Kinneen; Sana Younas; [2018]
    Keywords : Dynamic Governance; Entrepreneurship; Holacratic Organizations; Innovation; Self-Management Organizations; Teal Organizations;

    Abstract : The aim of our thesis is to provide an insight into self-managing organizations (SMOs), particularly referencing holacratic and teal organizations, and connecting them with the consequent innovative process. Global markets are changing rapidly, and competition is increasing, as the pressure on companies to adapt to these fast-paced changes. READ MORE

  5. 5. Influencing Change : Organizational Change and the Implementation of Self-Managing Teams

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Bergman; Mastaneh Mashouri; [2017]
    Keywords : change process; commitment to change; history; manager; organizational change; self-managed team SMT ; transformational leadership;

    Abstract : Organizational changes are inevitable, yet up to 70% fail. Technological development and competition in a volatile environment require more flexible organizations. As such, implementing self-managed teams (SMTs) has become a more common approach. READ MORE