Essays about: "professional service"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 204 essays containing the words professional service.
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1. “Russian oppositional journalism is not an institution; it is a partisan movement” : Reconfigured professional identities among Russophone exile journalists in the Baltic States
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och EurasienstudierAbstract : Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, repressive legislative changes and tightened war-censorship prompted a new wave of media professionals leaving the Federation. This study explores how Russian journalists resettling in the Baltic states articulate their professional identity and view the Russian versus Baltic governments’ attitudes while adapting abroad. READ MORE
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2. Structural Hybridization and Dual Roles: A Case Study of Coexisting Logics in a Government Agency
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The area of coexisting institutional logics has been extensively discussed at the field and organizational level. However, there is currently a lack of research on the role of individual actors in creating and sustaining organizational hybrids, e.g. organizations operating under contradicting logics. READ MORE
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3. Civil society organizations in a complex institutional landscape : Investigating institutional logics in Swedish civil society organizations work with social impact measurement
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : The role of civil society has been discussed frequently as of the last decades, and with growing influence of new public management and related market-oriented reforms in public sector, civil society organizations have become welfare service providers too. As part of this development, social impact measurement has been a way for financers to prove and private actors to invest in social change. READ MORE
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4. 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 ledningAbstract : 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
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5. An Obituary for the Billable Hour - A qualitative investigation of the barriers to implementing value-based pricing in the legal industry and the necessary capabilities to facilitate the transition.
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledningAbstract : Due to intensifying competition and client expectations, law firms worldwide are starting to transition from the conventional billable hour model to value-based pricing (VBP) models. While promising significant efficiency gains, this transition entails fundamental challenges for all stakeholders and necessitates changes in firms' capabilities. READ MORE
