Sökning: "formal and informal control"

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1. 6. Exploring the Shadows of Project Management

   Författare :Jan Wickenberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; informal organization; project management framework; project management; organization theory; formal organization; shadow system;

   Sammanfattning : The project has become a preferred way of organizing work. Two major reasons for this trend are demands for increased market responsiveness and the empowering of workgroups in order to improve employee commitment. LÄS MER

3. 7. A Value Perspective on Information System Security : Exploring IS security objectives, problems and value conflicts

   Författare :Ella Kolkowska; Åke Grönlund; Jonathan P. Allen; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; information security; values; value conflicts; behaviours; Informatics; Informatik; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Statistics; computer and systems science; Statistik; data- och systemvetenskap; Informatics; computer and systems science; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap; informatics; informatik;

   Sammanfattning : The inability to understand the social aspects in IS security is pointed out as one of the biggest and most difficult problems in the IS security area. By applying a value perspective on IS security this thesis contributes to increased understanding of social aspects in relation to IS security and peoples’ security behaviours. LÄS MER

4. 8. Strategisk utveckling och ekonomistyrning : Ett livscykelperspektiv

   Författare :Klas Sundberg; Amjad Hadjikhani; Gunilla Myreteg; Birger Rapp; Christian Berggren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; management control; formal and informal control; strategy; strategic congruence; strategic development; life-cycle perspective; longitudinal case study; Atlas Copco; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation synthesizes previous research and develops a model for the study of strategic development, strategic congruence and management control. The model is used to analyze a longitudinal case study of the Swedish engineering company Atlas Copco. LÄS MER

5. 9. Integrating Management and Engineering Processes in Software Product Development

   Författare :Daniel Karlström; Institutionen för datavetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Software Process Improvement; Software Engineering; Agile Methodologies; Software Product Development; Computer science; kontroll; system; Datalogi; numerisk analys; control; numerical analysis; systems;

   Sammanfattning : The intangible nature of software means that traditional processes for managing product development are not sufficiently effective. This, in combination with the increasing share of software in technical products, has had the effect of making it difficult to identify improvement proposals for engineering processes in many cases. LÄS MER

7. 10. The Limits of Control? The Role of Sustainability Control for Constructing Accountability within Organisations

   Författare :Leanne Johnstone; Magnus Frostenson; Tommy Borglund; Sabina Du Rietz; Matti Skoog; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accountability; accountabilisation process; accountability dynamic; hierarchical accountability; institutional incrementalism; social and environmental accounting; socialising accountability; sustainability controlling; sustainability control systems;

   Sammanfattning : Sustainability control is grounded in pragmatic research traditions which imply that the design of formalised sustainability control systems (de-signed by managers) is enough to ensure strategic plans are met in re-sponse to external accountability demands. Through this, the individualis-ing aspects of control in a hierarchical accountability sense are empha-sised, and the main accountability relationship becomes between the supe-rior and subordinate. LÄS MER