Sökning: "Managerial discretion"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 avhandlingar innehållade orden Managerial discretion.

1. 1. Costs and Benefits of Delegation : Managerial Discretion as a Bridge between Strategic Management and Corporate Governance

   Författare :Yuliya Ponomareva; Sven-Olof Yrjö Collin; Ruth Aguilera; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Managerial discretion; board of directors; agency theory; delegation; control; transition economy; Sweden; Ekonomistyrning; Ekonomistyrning;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation addresses the question of effective delegation, exploring it through the concept of managerial discretion (i.e., a latitude of managerial actions, which lie in the zone of shareholders’ acceptance). LÄS MER

3. 2. The Art of Discretion : Essays on Earnings Management, Governance, and Capital Structure

   Författare :Amir Kheirollah; Lars Nordén; Michael Graham; Minna Martikainen-Peltola; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; earnings management; accruals modelling; corporate governance; industry regulation; capital structure; bounded rationality; substitution effect; complement effect; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a compilation of three articles on earnings management, governance and capital structure. In addition to these three articles, the introductory chapter establishes the link between these articles and summarizes them.Article I investigates the joint effect of governance mechanisms on earnings management. LÄS MER

4. 3. The reasoning behind social work intervention design

   Författare :Filip Wollter; Lars Oscarsson; Johan Vamstad; Peter Dellgran; Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Decision-making; problem-solving; discretion; social work; Människan i välfärdssamhället; Social välfärd med inriktning mot civilsamhället; The Individual in the Welfare Society; Social Welfare and the Civil Society;

   Sammanfattning : In social work, the methods for achieving policy goals are often subject to some degree of local and case-by-case autonomy. This autonomy enables the design of interventions to be negotiated between different actors, which are underpinned by diverse logics, interests, and knowledge-bases. LÄS MER

5. 4. A potential for democratic emancipation? : Policy and discretionary practices in probation service

   Författare :Asbjørn Storgaard; Professioner och organisering; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; probation service; offender supervision; emancipation; social work; managerial turn; kriminalforsorg; tilsyn med dømte klienter; emancipation; socialt arbejde; managerial turn;

   Sammanfattning : How can offender supervision in the execution of state-sanctioned punishment integrate instances of democratic emancipation and thereby inspire participatory citizenship for disenfranchised clients?This project balances an interest in social work and its prospects for delivering emancipation through motivational agency, on the one hand, with an attentiveness to recent developments in Scandinavian criminal policy, on the other. In an attempt to “bridge” these interests, the research focuses on offender rehabilitation. LÄS MER

7. 5. The Logics of Healthcare - In Quality Improvement Work

   Författare :Christian Gadolin; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; quality improvement; quality improvement work; healthcare organizations; healthcare professionals; institutional logics; institutional work; Medarbetarskap och organisatorisk resiliens FORE ; Followership and Organizational Resilience; quality improvement; quality improvement work; healthcare organizations; healthcare professionals; institutional logics; institutional work;

   Sammanfattning : Quality improvement (QI) has become a cornerstone in contemporary healthcare organizations with the aim of enabling management that facilitates efficiency and effectiveness, while providing a consistent correlation between health spending and indicators of access to and quality of care. However, despite years of reform which have attempted to change healthcare professionals’ practice, traditional professional modes of working remain relatively stable and entrenched. LÄS MER