Essays about: "Sense-making theory"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the words Sense-making theory.

  1. 11. Understanding Institutional Logics by Sense Making : A case study of a sustainability project

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Pascalina Hiller; [2018]
    Keywords : Organizational Sensemaking; Institutional Logics; Sustainability; Case Study; Embedded Agency; Organizational Culture; Organizational Pressures; Sustainability Integration;

    Abstract : Background: Sustainability is realized by companies to different extends as plenty of pressures operate on projects which influence the outcome. One specific influence are the actors who make sense of the pressures based on organizational and personal experiences. READ MORE

  3. 12. Understanding sense-making in volunteer units : a multiple case study of two environmental NGOs

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Rebecka Berg; [2017]
    Keywords : volunteering; volunteer units; environmental NGOs; practice theory; sense-making;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to provide a deeper understanding of how volunteer units work, in order to find out ways of how to successfully recruit and retain volunteers for a longer period. Guided by practice theory, the study explains the sense-making of coordinators and volunteers. READ MORE

  4. 13. Digital Library evaluation in Swedish academic libraries : A critical study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Hayri Dündar; [2016]
    Keywords : Digital Libraries; Virtual Libraries; Digitization; Academic Libraries; User Environments; Digital environments; Digitala bibliotek; virtuella bibliotek; digitalisering; vetenskapliga bibliotek; användarmiljöer; digitala miljöer;

    Abstract : This master thesis aims to critically analyze the state of digital libraries in Swedish academic libraries. With the branching theory of sense-making and the methodology of DELOS and IFLA/UNESCOs digital library manifestos, this thesis hopes to bring to light how far Swedish academic libraries have progressed. READ MORE

  5. 14. Making sense of sustainability : a study on how sustainability ambitions affect sustainability performance in a retail company

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Ellen Appeltofft; [2016]
    Keywords : Sustainability; strategy integration; communication; practices; sense-making;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between the perception of sustainability and sustainability performance within an organization. To understand how to fully integrate sustainability in an organization, I have in this study found that knowing what is needed to link words to practice is key. READ MORE

  6. 15. Stories of Significance : The Process and Practises of Sense-Making in the Sherlock Fan Community

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Kee Lundqvist; [2015]
    Keywords : coping theory; production of meaning; virtual anthropology; sherlock; tumblr; fan studies; fan psychology;

    Abstract : Building on professor of psychology Kenneth Pargament’s claim that people actively seek to establish a sense of significance and strive to minimize its loss, this study argues that fans of fictional works continually create a (subjectively seemingly) coherent interpretation of the source text that both builds upon and supports meaningful themes and phenomena found in the text. This, in turn, generates a subjective (though often communally negotiated) sense of significance. READ MORE