Essays about: "Translating ideas"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 essays containing the words Translating ideas.

  1. 16. Translating Agile : an ethnographic study of SEB Pension & Försäkring

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Robin Weiderstål; Isak Nilsson Johansson; [2018]
    Keywords : Management ideas; Agile; Translation; Adaption; Interpretability; Ethnography;

    Abstract : Agile is an idea that has spread far within the corporate world and was originally designed for use in small, single- team project within IT. To this, limited is known about agile in larger settings and the purpose of this thesis is to explore the translation of agile in a large organization. READ MORE

  3. 17. Translating Sustainability on a Microlevel : illustrated by the case of Nordic Choice Hotels

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jenny Carlbaum; Lovisa Nyman; [2018]
    Keywords : Translating ideas; Microlevel perspective; Sustainability; Conflicting Institutional Logics; Rhetorical Strategies;

    Abstract : Sustainability has been identified as a fluffy idea containing conflicting logics that may make it problematic for individual employees to work with in practice. The aim of this thesis was to contribute to the literature of translating ideas by looking at the microlevel perspective of how the idea of sustainability has been translated within Nordic Choice Hotels. READ MORE

  4. 18. Lightscape : A case study of an experience based terminology

    University essay from KTH/Ljusdesign

    Author : Malin Wahlström; [2018]
    Keywords : Spatial experience; Terminology; Architectural light; Perception;

    Abstract : Architectural lighting design is created to serve human needs. The human needs are constantly present and evaluated in all architectural light design-disciplines, such as natural and artificial light, interior- and exterior-wise, it highlights the human response and thereof the perceived experience. READ MORE

  5. 19. Disassembling the Elephant Translating Agile Project Management into a Banking Context

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Fanny Rosengren; Linnéa Windahl Strömblad; [2017-07-05]
    Keywords : Agile Project Management; Banking; Identity; Imitation; Translation theory;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the concept of Agile project management (APM) within the Swedish banking context. In order to explore how the idea of APM has travelled to and become translated in practice, the study draws upon interview data collected in a Swedish bank currently undergoing transformation as a result of changes in the Swedish banking market. READ MORE

  6. 20. Mapping physical movement parameters to auditory parameters by using human body movement

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Olof Henriks; [2017]
    Keywords : Mapping of parameters; Sonification; Human body movement;

    Abstract : This study focuses on evaluating a system containing five different mappings of physical movement parameters to auditory parameters. Physical parameter variables such as size, location, among others, were obtained by using a motion tracking system, where the two hands of the user would work as rigid bodies. READ MORE