Essays about: "performance consulting"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 65 essays containing the words performance consulting.

1. 1. From the Beach to the Sahara - A qualitative study of junior management consultants' identity work between billable projects

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

   Author : Oscar Holmbergh; Jakob Hägglund; [2023]
   Keywords : Young Professionals; Professional Service Firms; Management Consulting; Underutilization; Identity;

   Abstract : The recent economic downturn has largely affected businesses around the world, resulting in decreased demand for management consultancy services. In combination with recent years' aggressive hiring strategies, this has put many junior management consultants in a position where their utilization rates have plummeted and time between billable projects has increased notably. READ MORE

3. 2. Impact of organisational characteristics on carbon accounting and reporting: A study of Swedish organisations’ scope 3 reporting

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Clara Myhrman; [2023]
   Keywords : Scope 3 reporting; carbon accounting; value chain emissions; organisational characteristics; Scope 3 rapportering; koldioxidredovisning; värdekedjans utsläpp; organisatoriska egenskaper;

   Abstract : The practice of producing and publishing sustainability reports that include carbon accounting has become common for companies and organisations to communicate their sustainability performance. The GHG Protocol publishes the most widespread standards for carbon accounting following a methodology approach consisting of scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions where scope 3 emissions constitute the biggest share for most organisations. READ MORE

4. 3. Waste Analysis on a Production Line - A Case Study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Industriell Produktion

   Author : Sanna Treptow; Déspina Karida; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainable manufacturing systems; Sustainable production; Lean production; Just in Time Production JiT ; Kanban; Waste; Environmental Value Stream Mapping EVSM ; Production Performance Matrix PPM ; Key Performance Index KPI ; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : This study aims to assist Swedish company Clemondo AB in reducing waste in production, where the goal is to determine where waste appears as well as make suggestions for potential improvements, which are presented as Key Performance Indices (KPIs) and minimized manufacturing costs. Citation chaining is used to retrieve extant literature, while other productions and process-related information are gathered through observations and discussions. READ MORE

5. 4. Better Safe Than Sorry. A quantitative study on Psychological Safety, Media Richness, and Trust in Workgroups

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

   Author : Adam Hofvander; Edwin Hydén Karlsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Psychological Safety; Virtual Teams; Media Richness; Trust; Workgroups;

   Abstract : In the contemporary landscape, virtual work has become an increasingly prevalent phenomenon, persisting even in the post-pandemic era. By virtue of its implications on team performance, psychological safety has become one of the most important concepts in the managerial biosphere; a concept which has further been closely linked to trust. READ MORE

6. 5. Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive : An analysis on the pre-implementation phase of CSRD in relation to stakeholder engagement, institutional logic, and networks

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Katharina Staudt; Emma Bloem; Maureen ter Steege; [2023]
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   Abstract : The European Union (EU) has proposed and adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) to enhance businesses' sustainability performance across the EU. The study focuses on the pre-implementation phase of CSRD within an audit and consulting company and its perceived effects on organizational processes and structures. READ MORE