Essays about: "external actor"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 118 essays containing the words external actor.

  1. 1. Mastering the shift: exploring external CEO successions in a comparative case study

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Nils Karlflo; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Actor-Network Theory; ANT; actors; negotiations; Sociology of translation; Management; Corporate Governance; CEO successions; CEO retirements; CEO departure; chief executive officer; boards; chairman of the board; externalizing; owner-led; owner-steered; owner-led companies; process theory; translation theory; family successions;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Sustainability Reports of Volvo Cars

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Sara Battistella; [2023-02-01]
    Keywords : automotive; critical discourse analysis; environment; organisational communication; sustainability; sustainability reporting; swedishness; Volvo Cars;

    Abstract : Companies communicate the impact of their corporate activities through sustainability reports, disclosing their environmental engagement. Critical studies on sustainability reporting have highlighted that environmental reporting practices participate in the construction of the definition of environmental responsibility. READ MORE

  4. 3. Space for Trauma in Integration Provisions? : The Swedish Municipal Implementation of Integration Provisions for Refugee Women Exposed to Gender-Based Violence

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Tova Jansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Sweden; municipalities; integration provision; refugee women; gender-based violence;

    Abstract : This thesis will explore how the municipal governments integration provision provides mental health aid towards refugee women that has been exposed to gender-based violence within Östergörland region in Sweden. This will be achieved by using a thematic analysis application on the gathered data that was conducted through semi-structured interviews with three municipal governments in Östergötland region and two external actors, one regional refugee medical center and the other actor is a non-profit organization in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 4. Flexible Organizational Structures of the Digitally Mediated Collective Actor - A Case of the Shame Movement in Georgia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Darejan Tsurtsumia; [2023]
    Keywords : Communication Constitutes Organization; CCO; Collective Action; Structures; Digital Media; Georgia; Shame Movement; Social Movements; Logic of Connective Action; Flexible Organisational Structures; Protest Transformation; Gavrilov s Night; Georgian Dream; Private Facebook Group; Rallies; Non-human agency; Four Flows Framework; Solidarity; Citizenism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Recent scholarship has challenged the notion that digital tools alone can sustain a social movement, emphasizing instead the importance of collective identity and organizational structures. However, there is still limited understanding of how organizational structures emerge and transform in a social movement. READ MORE

  6. 5. Kan fast fashion bli hållbart? : en studie om samhällsstrukturers påverkan på omställningen mot en hållbar klädindustri

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Anna Kivelä; Linnéa Thoresson; [2023]
    Keywords : Klädindustri; hållbar utveckling; cirkulära affärsmodeller; intressenter; strukturer; Clothing industry; sustainable development; circular business models; stakeholders; structures;

    Abstract : Klädindustrin är en av de produktionsgrenar som orsakar störst utsläpp och föroreningar i världen, vilket påverkar såväl de miljömässiga som sociala aspekterna. Omställningen inom denna bransch är därmed viktig för att framtida generationer och naturen inte ska behöva betala för den överkonsumtion som sker i världen idag. READ MORE