Essays about: "digital labour"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 53 essays containing the words digital labour.

  1. 41. Digitalization of the finance function and hybridisation in departmental battles: a multiple exploratory case study

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

    Author : Jan Havelka; Carl-Henrik Källroos; [2017]
    Keywords : Digitalization; Finance function; Accounting systems; Hybridisation;

    Abstract : In this paper, we investigate technology advancements and their impact on the finance function, more specifically, we are focusing on the digitalization of the finance function. Previous literature on accounting information systems and later enterprise resource planning systems find that opportunities as well as challenges arise when companies are adopting new systems and processes. READ MORE

  3. 42. How to Fully Obtain the Potential Benefits of a Digital Document Management System – A Guide to Successful Implementation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Axel Söderlund Carlborg; [2017]
    Keywords : Connected Manufacturing; Digitisation; Documentation; Document Management; Industry 4.0; Internet of Things; ISO; ISO 9000; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Background Technological advancements over the last decades have resulted in an increased degree of digitalisation within as well as in between companies around the world. As a result, requirements on companies in general are growing and global competition is steadily increasing. READ MORE

  4. 43. The Secret Land of Freelance Journalism in Lithuania : a life-world study of professional challenges in the digital era

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Agne Rasciute; [2017]
    Keywords : Journalism; Journalists; freelance labour; freelance journalism; life-world; everyday experiences; Lithuania; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Journalism profession and journalists’ practices are usually critiqued when a new shift happens. Currently, digitalization of the newsrooms, economic state of journalism and changing labour conditions have an impact on shaping the models according to which newsrooms work and journalists understand their professional roles and identities. READ MORE

  5. 44. The 30-hour Workweek - A Promising Alternative for Knowledge Workers?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Juliana Wolfsberger; Jutta Lena Rübelmann; [2017]
    Keywords : alternative working time concepts; empty labour; knowledge intensive firm; knowledge work; knowledge worker; overtime; presenteeism; psychological contract; reduced working hours; work intensification; work-life balance; work-life integration; 30-hour workweek; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Long working hours and burnout as well as other stress-related symptoms are common concerns amongst knowledge workers. An obvious solution might be to reduce working hours, for example, to a 30-hour workweek. Hence, this explorative study is interested in exploring the effects of the 30-hour workweek on knowledge workers. READ MORE

  6. 45. Changing the World through Consumption : The Contradictions of Political Engagement in the Case of Oatly

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Alexandra Mccrow-Young; [2016]
    Keywords : commodity activism; political engagement; online activism; political consumption; Oatly; Sweden; vegan movement; environmental movement; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2014, Swedish oat milk producer Oatly was sued by the dairy lobby LRF Mjölk for their use of marketing slogans such as “It’s like milk, but made for humans” which the dairy lobby claimed painted cow’s milk negatively. Dubbed the “milk wars”, the dispute sparked an intense debate over the political and environmental impacts of dairy production up until and beyond the court’s decision in November 2015. READ MORE