Essays about: "cultural controls"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 essays containing the words cultural controls.

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. The Rise of Digital Nomads

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

   Author : Nora Broman; Ellen Iljans; [2023]
   Keywords : Digital nomads; Remote work; Trust in remote work; Leading digital nomads; Management controls in remote work;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the risk, opportunities and methods that managers identify as critical when considering managing digital nomads in corporate structures. In order to present an understanding of the role trust plays in a remote work structure. READ MORE

4. 3. muGen : Generative AI as Machinic Exploration of Cultural Archives

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Yan Yu; [2023]
   Keywords : AI art; creative AI; speculative design; text-to-image generation; AI-konst; kreativ AI; spekulativ design; text-till-bild-generering;

   Abstract : In recent years, generative AI has quickly become a new creative and artistic tool that could challenge our understanding of the creative process and the role of the machine. Despite having exhibited visually promising results, images generated by AI tools present various challenges, most notably their tendency to display cultural, gender and racial biases. READ MORE

5. 4. The Role of Organizational Culture in the Post-Covid business landscape

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Linus Strandberg; Tamara Tawuyanago; [2022]
   Keywords : Organisational Culture; Remote Work; Professional Service Firms PSFs ; Knowledge Extensive Firms; Clan cultural Control; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions, many companies found themselves in the reality that they had to conduct their business operations from home. The pandemic has heightened the need for Professional Service Firms (PSFs) to shrink, pivot, re-invent themselves, as well as redeploy organisational culture and resources dramatically, abruptly, and possibly disruptively (Ahlstrom & Wang, 2021; Hitt et al. READ MORE

6. 5. Creating a better Climate through Cultural Control - A case study on how a sustainability-oriented SME implements sustainability control through informal and formal management control systems

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

   Author : David Berggren; Gabriel Lindén; [2022]
   Keywords : Management control systems; Sustainability control; SMEs; Cultural control; Formal and informal management control;

   Abstract : SMEs make up a significant portion of the emissions in the EU, and given the deepening climate crisis, it is vital to investigate how these firms manage sustainability. Therefore, we have conducted an in-depth case study of how a sustainability-oriented SME in the clothing industry implements sustainability activities using formal and informal management control systems (MCS). READ MORE