Essays about: "informal control systems"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 essays containing the words informal control systems.

  1. 1. Lost in The Grocery Aisle: Navigating the challenges of food waste management through performance measurement systems and sensemaking

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

    Author : Lucile Vanin; Hannah Bozorgnia; [2023]
    Keywords : KPIs; Management Control Systems; Sustainability; Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems; Sensemaking;

    Abstract : This paper aims to uncover how Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems (SPMS), and more specifically KPIs, can be used as tools to make sense of the challenges inherent to sustainability management, within the specific empirical setting of food waste. Through a case study based on a global food retailer in Sweden, we aim to comprehend how employees use food waste KPIs to make sense of the challenges inherent to food waste management. READ MORE

  2. 2. Shoplifting in Japan and Sweden - A comparative analysis of social structures and sanctions in the 21st century

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Henrik Queckfeldt; [2023]
    Keywords : Comparative Law; Criminal law; Law; Shoplifting; Restorative justice; Informal Social Control; Japan; Sweden; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : 概要 本稿は、読者に2つの司法制度の包括的な概観を提供し、その後、いくつかの追加的な側面を検討する。分析の構成により、読者は、社会が公式・非公式の統制という観点からどのように機能しているかを含め、法制度がどのように構築されているかを確認することができる。本稿はまた、さまざまな制裁がどのように実施され、それが個人と社会に与える影響についても探求している。個々の章では詳細な分析を行わず、必要に応じて十分な説明を行うようにしている。万引きを犯罪の例として挙げているのは、明確な比較が可能だからである。本論文では、両国の修復的司法を幅広く検証し、正式な刑事司法制度への影響を軽減するための潜在的な方策を検討している。最後に、包括的な分析を行い、それぞれの国について法的改善のための提言を行う。.. READ MORE

  3. 3. Integration and Implementation of Sustainability into Practice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Josefin Söderlund; Christoph Welter; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; Strategic change; Management Control Systems MCS ; Formal and informal controls; Simons’ Levers of Control LOC ; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose - This thesis examines MCS in Swedish companies. The purpose of the thesis is to assess formal and informal controls to understand how companies use them to effectively integrate a sustainability strategy in their organisation and implement CSR activities into practice. READ MORE

  4. 4. Caring by sharing: A single case study on the implications of horizontal information systems for public sector accountability

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

    Author : Sara Hedman; Nora Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Accountability; Digitalization; Public sector; Horizontal information systems; Enabling and coercive control;

    Abstract : This paper aims to examine how accountability forms and conceptions are affected by the implementation of a horizontal information system in a public healthcare organization. Drawing on a qualitative case study of the healthcare organization of a mid-sized Swedish local government region, in which the analysis is framed by Adler and Borys' (1996) framework of enabling and coercive control, we contribute to the rather scarce literature on public sector digitalization and accountability in three main ways. READ MORE

  5. 5. The ESG Power of the Board Seat - Comparative case studies of how private equity firms implement ESG strategies within their portfolio companies and manage them through the use of control systems

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

    Author : Sanna Sabir; Jonatan Persson; [2023]
    Keywords : Private Equity; ESG; Management Control Systems; Levers of Control;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate how private equity firms use control systems to implement ESG-focused business activities within their portfolio companies. The chosen method was comparative case studies, with interviews and documents from two private equity firms. READ MORE