Essays about: "structure and culture of the organisation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 52 essays containing the words structure and culture of the organisation.

  1. 16. The Meeting of Cultures : Effective Leadership in Multicultural Organisations

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Simon Haile; Ebrima Jabang; [2019]
    Keywords : Leadership; Culture; Sub-Saharan Africa; Sweden; SME; GLOBE; Adaptation; Transformation;

    Abstract : Globalisation has simplified the internationalisation process for companies, and are today not only constrained to multinational companies, as SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) are entering global markets in order to attain a sustainable competitive advantage. As a result, more Swedish SMEs are now operating abroad, and SSA (sub-Saharan Africa) is a region that has shown great potential. READ MORE

  2. 17. What happens next? : A study of the action and inaction resulting from active gender equality work in an organisation in a male dominated industry

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

    Author : Beatrice Boström; Linnea Lundberg; [2019]
    Keywords : gender equality; institutionalisation; decentralised organisations; middle managers; top management; IT consultancy industry; jämställdhet; institutionalisering; decentraliserad organisation; mellanchefer; koncernledning; IT-konsultbranschen;

    Abstract : It is recognised that gender equality and diversity are essential for building successful organisations. To tackle the global challenges characterised by economies today, one must ensure equal opportunities for all, both men and women. Organisations have acknowledged the benefits of a more gender equal workforce and are starting to take action. READ MORE

  3. 18. The corporate challenge of ambidexterity; A case study of a large Swedish media organisation and their work on balancing exploitative and exploratory innovation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Degerkvist; Oscar Hellström; [2019]
    Keywords : Strategic Innovation; Corporate Innovation; Exploitative; Exploratory; Ambidexterity; Innovation; Strategy; Paradox; Conflict; Organisational Structure; Culture; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: In the setting of a large Swedish media organisation, the purpose of this study is to create an understanding of how internal factors (strategy, organisational structure and culture) affect the organisation's ability to handle ambidexterity and how the factors interrelate. Methodology: A qualitative single case study was conducted, from multiple levels within a large Swedish media organisation. READ MORE

  4. 19. Imagining a Revolutionary Iran: National Narratives in the Revolutionary Discourse of the Mojahedin-e Khalq

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : James Root; [2019]
    Keywords : revolutionary Islam; narrative; culture; Mojahedin-e Khalq; Iran; Social Sciences; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Skocpol’s States and Social Revolutions, first published in 1979, was a hugely influential book encapsulating what has become known as the “Third Generation” of theories of revolution. In it, she argues that “revolutions are not made, they come” (Skocpol, 1979, 17), insisting that structural factors such as pre-revolutionary social structure and state breakdown were primarily responsible for the outbreak of revolutions. READ MORE

  5. 20. Servicification readiness : Determining the servicification readiness of product-centric companies

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

    Author : Jakob Fall; [2018]
    Keywords : Servicification; servicification readiness; organizational change; organizational compatibility; tjänstefiering; tjänstefieringsberedskap; organisationsförändring; organisatorisk kompabilitet;

    Abstract : The purpose of the study is to determine what levels of servicification readiness that technology- and product-centric companies can expect if they decide to servitize. Servicification readiness is defined as how ready the organization is to manage and go thru the organizational transformation that follows from a decision to servitize. READ MORE