Sökning: "Consonance"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Consonance.

  1. 1. In Search of Strategic Consistency - A Model for Evaluation of how Stategies Support Objectives

    Författare :Mikael Weimarck; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; decision-making; strategizing; process; management; consistency; strategic management; trade-off; consonance; objective; model; strategy;

    Sammanfattning : Developments during recent years have brought a divergence between strategic management theory and practice. While practitioners perceive an undiminished need for identification and implementation of appropriate strategic directions of companies, theorists have stressed the limitations that apply to rational strategic analysis and decision-making. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Managing a cross-institutional setting : a case study of a Western firm's subsidiary in the Ukraine

    Författare :Peter Hultén; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Boundary Spanning; Consonance; Cross-Institutional; Dissonance; Filtering; Filtering Conditions; Identity Identification; Institutional Influence; Networks; Norms; Post-Soviet Market; Power; Screening; Socialisation; Vacuum; Företagsetablering; Ukraina; Nätverksplanering; Multinationella företag; Dotterbolag; Postkommunism;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores the development of a Western firm's subsidiary in the Ukraine and sets out to contribute to the theoretical development about the managing of subsidiaries in the Post-Soviet market. The cross-institutional approach to analyse the subsidiary has been adopted to explore influence from the institutional setting of the parent firm and from local institutions. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Towards consonance in working conditions, health and performance aboard high-performance marine craft

    Författare :Manudul Pahansen de Alwis; Karl Garme; Anders Rosén; Stephen Myers; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; high-speed craft; human factors; whole-body vibration; epidemiology; pain; fatigue; höghastighetsfartyg; mänskliga faktorn; helkroppsvibrationer; epidemiologi; smärta; trötthet; Vehicle and Maritime Engineering; Farkostteknik;

    Sammanfattning : The High-Performance Marine Craft (HPMC) is a complex man-machine system dealing with the stochastic nature of the sea. The occupants of these craft are challenged by the strenuous work environments resulting in various detrimental conditions and reducing the overall performance of the system. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Reportaget som berättelse : En narratologisk undersökning av reportagegenren

    Författare :Cecilia Aare; Helena Bodin; Erik van Ooijen; Per Krogh Hansen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Structural Narratology; Reportage; Literary Journalism; Directed Reality; Contextual Commitment; Textual Commitment; Narrative Empathy; Narrative Compassion; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This study ­is the first dissertation where the genre of reportage (in the U.S. classified as literary journalism) is systematically mapped with the help of narratology. Using tools primarily from structural discourse narratology, the thesis examines, describes and maps written reportages as narratives. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Främmande sidor : Främlingskap och nationell gemenskap i fyra svenska dagstidningar efter 1945

    Författare :Gunilla Hultén; Jan Ekecrantz; Elisabeth Eide; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; journalism; newspapers; local papers; press history; immigration; migration policy; discourse analysis; the stranger; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : A major purpose of this study is to describe and analyse representations of migration and migrants in three local Swedish newspapers, Arbetarbladet, Borås Tidning, and Vestmanlands Läns Tidning and one national, Dagens Nyheter, at eight selected years during the period of 1945 – 2005. The dissertation investigates continuity and change over the course of time. LÄS MER