Essays about: "Sociology of translation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Sociology of translation.
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1. Mastering the shift: exploring external CEO successions in a comparative case study
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This paper critically examines the claim made by previous research that explains CEO successions as a result of a linear process, influenced by isolated factors of causality succeeding one another. Thus, it seeks to provide a more nuanced understanding of the process of CEO successions, acknowledges the complexity, ambiguity, and unpredictability in its nature. READ MORE
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2. Stuck in translation: Why public agencies seldom succeed implementing performance budgeting : A case study on output controls of the Swedish Armed Forces
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Despite its benefits, output controls are less prevalent than its counterpart input controls in public sector agencies. Performance budgeting aligns the input of resources with the output of products and services systematically, enabling assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of organizational activities. READ MORE
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3. Amammerɛ ne Amanneɛ: Towards the indigenisation of the sociology of law concept of norms
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : The global coverage of sociology of law (SoL) has remained limited to the Western world, due to the difficult and problematic application of its current theories and concepts in non-Western societies. Thus, the sociology of law norm concept was studied in relation to the culture of Ashanti people of Ghana. READ MORE
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4. Logical tensions in health care - A case study in quality improvement work
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Todays healthcare organizations face increasing challenges which has led to the interest in Quality improvement (QI) work in healthcare. Studies have found that a focus on developing care quality is one way to combat these challenges. READ MORE
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5. The creation of a management fashion - contextualization in practice: A case study of value-based health care's introduction at the Karolinska University Hospital, in Stockholm, Sweden
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledningAbstract : This study charts how "Value based health-care delivery", a management idea created by Michael Porter and Elizabeth Teisberg, and promoted by the Boston Consulting Group, has been translated in a Swedish context, up until August 2017. It traces the travel of the concept, from its origins, to its meteoric rise within the Swedish healthcare system, culminating in its operationalization at the Karolinska University Hospital, as the cornerstone of a wide ranging reorganization. READ MORE