Essays about: "Shared service center"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 12 essays containing the words Shared service center.

  1. 6. Recommendations for a polar Earth science portal in the context of Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Sarah Tressel; [2014]
    Keywords : data portal; earth science; Spatial Data Infrastructure; data management; physical geography and ecosystem analysis; GIS; earth browser; data discovery; data access; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years, the Arctic has been one of the most dynamic environments on Earth. As a result, scientific inquiry into the region has produced a large amount of data, with future projections of the volume of data for the Arctic as well as the Antarctic expected to increase by an order of magnitude. READ MORE

  2. 7. Value Co-Creation & Proposition in Service Business Models & Eco-Systems – Interactions, Perspectives, Roles : 20 Manager Interviews in SMEs & MNCs 3 Case Studies from IBM (Leadership, Strategy, Technology, Services)

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Avdelningen för företagsekonomi; Karlstads universitet/Centrum för tjänsteforskning

    Author : Damjan Tošić; Usman Tariq Bhatty; [2014]
    Keywords : Business Models; Service Business Models; Business Model Canvas; Service Concepts; Value Co-Creation; Value Proposition; Service-Dominant Logic; Service Science; Service Eco-Systems; Manager Interviews; Case Studies; Karlstad University; Service Research Center; CTF; IBM;

    Abstract : The academic and business understanding of how Business Models through Service Logic co-creates, proposes, and captures value in extensive and complex Networked Systems is at its first daylight, specifically in the context of Service Systems with their Ecologies. With the complexity emerging in the Service Economies along with the advances in Information and Communication Technology such as the Cloud and Big Data, to describe and define the business operations, units, and value propositions consequently is done by business modeling and innovation of the company to acquire a current or new capitalization strategy, control and execution. READ MORE

  3. 8. The challenge of managing support functions in a complex organization - A case study of how NCC manages their shared service center

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Johanna Ahlin Ludvigsson; Karolina Kenttä; [2013]
    Keywords : shared service center; support functions; management control system; tensions; complex organizations;

    Abstract : A challenge large complex organizations are facing today is how to become more efficient. By having a shared service center (SSC) and thus concentrating the support functions within the organization, the producing units can instead focus on their core business. READ MORE

  4. 9. The Diffusion of Shared Service Centers – Based on Rational Arguments or Trends? A Case Study of the Motives and Decision-Making Process at Four Organizations

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : David Persson; Philip Göransson; [2012-06-08]
    Keywords : Shared Service Center; Centralization; Fad; Fashion; Trends; Efficient-choice; Abrahamson; Motives; Decision-making process;

    Abstract : Background and problem: A palpable trend in organizations today is to centralize several finance departments and create a shared service center (SSC). Few previous studies have examined the motives behind this, and those that have often seem to implicitly assume that the motives are based on rational decision-making. READ MORE

  5. 10. Changing Role of HR : A Comparative study of different organization structures in relation to HR & the motivation behind them

    University essay from Företagsekonomi

    Author : Pisalvit Paphavatana; Md. Fazla Mohiuddin; [2011]
    Keywords : Human Resource; Business Partner; Shared Service Center; Evolution;

    Abstract : Since its big breakthrough in 1980 starting in America (Bredin, 2008), we see yet another shift from traditional to Strategic Human Resources which were basically about two normative model “best fit” vs. “best practice” and their implication in business organizations (Boxall & Purcell, 2000). READ MORE