Essays about: "strategic management frameworks"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 52 essays containing the words strategic management frameworks.

1. 21. Licence to Talk : Sustainability Managers and their Managerial Realities within the Corporate Sustainability Paradox

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Mounia El hajjari Borg; Elin Sundberg; [2021]
   Keywords : Sustainability managers; sustainability-dedicated professionals; sustainable development; sustainable management; corporate sustainability; corporate paradox; CSR; stakeholders; governance; sustainability strategies; communication; strategic communication; sustainability reporting; non-financial disclosure; private sector in Sweden; paradox approach; paradox perspective; business case; social and environmental responsibility; organizations; multinationals; MNC; Nils Brunsson; organizational theory; organizational hypocrisy; neo-institutionalism; organizational individuals; organizational tension on the individual level; decision-making; action; business operations; isomorphism; institutional logics; market logics; reporting frameworks; GRI; global reporting initiative; walk the talk; change making; change agent; systemic change; behaviour and human resources; identity work; organizational sociology; legitimacy; organizational external and internal pressures.; Hållbarhetschefer; hållbarhetsrelaterade roller; hållbar utveckling; hållbar ledning; hållbarhet; paradox; CSR; intressenter; styrning; hållbarhetsstrategier; kommunikation; strategisk kommunikation; hållbarhetsrapportering; icke-finansiell information; privat sektor i Sverige; paradox perspektiv; affärsstrategi; socialt och miljöansvar; organisationer; multinationella företag; MNC; Nils Brunsson; organisationsteori; organizational hypocrisy; hyckleri; neo-institutionalism; organisatoriska individer; individnivå; beslutsfattande; affärsverksamhet; isomorfism; institutionell logik; marknadslogik; rapporteringsramverk; GRI; global reporting initiativ; walk the talk; förändringsarbete; förändringsagent; systemförändring; beteende och mänskliga resurser; identitetsarbete; organisatorisk sociologi; legitimitet; externa och interna påtryckningar.;

   Abstract : While sustainability-dedicated managers and related titles represent a profession that has hardly existed for more than a decade, it is not surprising that the field of research concentrating on these professionals is in itself relatively new. With an increasing demand for corporations to take their social and environmental responsibility, and a corporate sustainability characterized by tension and paradox, we found it of importance to explore the role and entanglements of these professionals. READ MORE

3. 22. Digitalisation of sourcing processes – A case study at Axis Communications AB

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik

   Author : Elaine Nilsson; Josefine Westberg; [2021]
   Keywords : Sourcing; digitisation; digitalisation; digital sourcing; sourcing technologies; Axis Communications AB; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Title: Digitalisation of sourcing processes – A case study at Axis Communications Authors: Elaine Nilsson & Josefine Westberg Supervisor: Karin Forsberg, Commodity Manager, Axis Communications AB Daisy Wang, Project Purchaser, Axis Communications AB Louise Bildsten, Department of Industrial Management & Logistics, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University Examiner: Jan Olhager, Department of Industrial Management & Logistics, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University Background: Axis Communications AB is a global network surveillance company based in Lund, Sweden. Axis assemble and store some components and products in their own facilities, however manufacturing is handled by contract manufacturers. READ MORE

4. 23. Visual Change Management in Dutch Retail Organizations : an Exploratory Study on Using Visualizations as a Strategic Tool During Change

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

   Author : Caitlin van der Schans; [2020]
   Keywords : Change management; Internal communication; Strategic change; Visualizations; Visual management;

   Abstract : Background: Organizations today are having to initiate the necessary changes as they are pressured to keep up with market environments that often yield unpredictable and complex events. When initiating, and more importantly, attempting to implement these changes, the theory states that 70% of these efforts fail. READ MORE

5. 24. Smart Contracts, Insurtechs and the Future of Insurance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

   Author : John Scherrer; Abtin Salahshor; [2020]
   Keywords : Smart contracts; Blockchain; Insurance; Insurtech; Diffusion theory; Adoption barriers; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The insurance industry is notoriously conservative and has seen comparably few technological improvements in the last fifty years. A wave of new technology- driven insurance firms, or insurtechs, is changing that. READ MORE

6. 25. Innovative niches for sustainability transitions : how social agriculture and food start-ups can transform the food system — a case-based research study from Germany

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Lena Germscheid; [2020]
   Keywords : sustainability science; multi-level perspective; strategic niche management; power in transition; food production; empowerment; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : To stay within our planet’s limits and reach the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, there is an urgent need to rethink our current and dominant systems. This thesis focuses on the food system, in particular, and explores how an overarching turnaround in the way we produce and consume food has the potential to trigger and steer a greater transition towards sustainability. READ MORE