Essays about: "Socio-ideological"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word Socio-ideological.

  1. 1. Rethinking performance: Managing socio-ideological tensions with technocratic controls - A qualitative study of the effects on PMS in an organization with a strong culture post-acquisition.

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

    Author : Kajsa Björklind; Kajsa Thorselius; [2024]
    Keywords : Technocratic controls; Socio-ideological controls; Performance Management Systems PMS ; Cultural impact; Acquisition;

    Abstract : By conducting a qualitative single case study on a Swedish acquisition, this paper aims to examine the implications on Performance Management Systems post-acquisition, where the acquiree is characterized by a strong culture. By analyzing the findings from nine interviews using the framework of technocratic and socio-ideological controls by Alvesson & Kärreman (2004), we found a significant interplay in the controls. READ MORE

  3. 2. Setting a Price on Human Lives: MCS in an NGO with Ethical Dilemmas and the Development of Bridging Accounts

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

    Author : Paulina Colebring; Filip Lutecki; [2023]
    Keywords : MCS; NGO; logic multiplicity; socio-ideological and technocratic controls; ethical dilemmas;

    Abstract : In this paper we study how management control systems (MCS) play a role in organizations where multiple logics prevail and ethical dilemmas arise in the intersection between these logics. We study this phenomena in an NGO in the humanitarian aid sector. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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 finansiering

    Author : Knut Wiwen-Nilsson; Fred Falkenberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Management control systems; Strategic tensions; Technocratic controls; Socio-ideological controls; Complementary and substituting controls;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 4. Flexible freedom and remote responsibility - The effects of extensive telework on organizational control in professional service firms

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

    Author : Malin Almkvist; Rebecka Mannerford; [2021]
    Keywords : organizational control; teleworking; professional service firms; control mechanism; Covid-19;

    Abstract : Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the conditions for daily operations, actions and task execution have dramatically changed in the corporate sphere. Management and employees have been forced to telework extensively, which for most is a completely new way of working. READ MORE

  6. 5. Transcending autonomy and control through management accounting: A neoliberal perspective on MCS in the knowledge-intensive firm

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

    Author : Victoria Scheer; Carl Lekvall; [2017]
    Keywords : Management Control Systems; Knowledge-intensive firms; Foucault; Neo-liberalism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine how Management Control Systems (MCSs) can balance the tension between autonomy and control in knowledge-intensive firms (KIFs). The study was carried out by conducting an in-depth single-case study at the Swedish branch of an international management consulting firm. READ MORE