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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 305 avhandlingar innehållade orden Management ideas.
11. Corporate Social Responsibility under Construction : Ideas, Translations, and Institutional Change
Sammanfattning : Although ideas about the social responsibility of business have a long history, the debate over corporate social responsibility (CSR) has escalated worldwide during the past decade under the label of CSR. This thesis contributes to new-institutional organizational approaches by exploring how and why CSR has been constructed into a widespread idea and by introducing a discussion on the interrelationship between ideas and institutional change. LÄS MER
12. Icons of New Public Management : four studies on competition, contracts and control
Sammanfattning : Public organizations have undergone major changes over the past few decades. The umbrella term used to characterize these changes in the style of public administration is ‘New Public Management’ (NPM). LÄS MER
13. In Search of Quality Management : Rethinking and Reinterpreting
Sammanfattning : Quality Management has, in addition to its establishment as a management discipline of organisational and industrial importance, instituted itself as a topic of national concern with nationwide surges and contractions in the dissemination of practices. Empirical data are examined in this thesis in relation to the current status and historical development of such trends among twelve leading industrial nations. LÄS MER
14. A Service Management Perspective on Healthcare Improvement: Integrating Social Context
Sammanfattning : The current dissertation argues that ideas from service research should be given a more prominent position in improving healthcare that is capable of managing current and future challenges. The integration and combination of intangible resources, such as knowledge and skills, constitute the service in this thesis; thus, service is conceived as a verb. LÄS MER
15. Fastighetsförvaltning med miljöproblemen i fokus : om miljöstyrning och uppföljning av minskad miljöpåverkan i fastighetsförvaltande organisationer
Sammanfattning : Many of our most important and debated environmental problems of today have a tight relationship to the built environment. Examples are energy use, diffusion of chemical compounds through building materials and products and negative health impacts caused by emissions to indoor environments. LÄS MER
