Essays about: "sense-making"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 64 essays containing the word sense-making.

  1. 16. Rapid Adaptation In Virtuality : A case of Linköping University and University of Zimbabwe

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Företagsekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Nyashadzashe Mandy Makani; Stephen Pal Dak; [2021]
    Keywords : Adaptation; routine re-adjustment; routine regeneration; sense-making; collaboration; knowledge sharing; knowledge transfer;

    Abstract : Background: An ever-changing environment requires organizations such as universities to rapidly adaptto any new circumstances imposed by internal or external shocks. The role of rapid adaptation in virtualitybecomes crucial in times of crisis when organizations have to either adapt or risk collapse. READ MORE

  3. 17. Understanding new expectations for democratic environmental governance : a policy analysis of an activist movement in the South-East of France

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Léna Belly-le Guilloux; [2021]
    Keywords : governance; democracy; activism; Democratic Innovation; civil society; participation; deliberative democracy; political trust; democracy crisis;

    Abstract : This paper is based at the nodal points of several phenomena, including political distrust in France, a European trend supporting public participation, a failed experiment of citizen assembly in France, and the organisation of a citizen collective to advocate for a replication of a similar citizen assembly, at the regional level, by environmental activists. In this context, I have conducted a policy analysis focusing particularly on the activist movement with the aim to provide insights into new expectations for democratic governance of environmental resources. READ MORE

  4. 18. Making Sense of Fairness Perceptions in M&As; A People’s Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Julia Holitzner; Peter Schriemer; [2020]
    Keywords : Perceived Fairness; Organisational Justice; Sense-Making; M As; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of what leads an employee to judge an event as fair or unfair through the lens of sense-making, sense-breaking and sense-giving, within mergers or acquisitions. This study had an abductive qualitative case-study approach, mainly focusing on semi-structured interviews. READ MORE

  5. 19. Employees' perceptions of planned change communication during top-down initiated organisational changes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Maren Heida Pétursdóttir; [2020]
    Keywords : organisational change; employee communication; internal communication; sense-making; employee voice; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Continuous organisational changes worldwide have led to a considerable amount of research on this topic within various fields. Managers have generally been acknowledged as the most crucial stakeholders in organisational changes, leading to a majority of studies being from their perspective. READ MORE

  6. 20. Narrating Independence - A Narrative Analysis of Contemporary Estonian and Latvian Narratives about Independence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Per Brishammar; [2020]
    Keywords : Estonia; Latvia; Historical Consciousness; Historical Narratives; Independence; European Studies; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In 2018, several European nations celebrated their centennial anniversaries of independence. Two of them, Estonia and Latvia, had never been independent before 1918, and for these nations, the events surrounding independence therefore have a special meaning. READ MORE