Sökning: "Rational Actor Model"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Rational Actor Model.

  1. 1. Normer eller nytta? : Om de politiska drivkrafterna bakom Regeringskansliets departementsindelning

    Författare :Thomas Persson; Sverker Gustavsson; Torsten Svensson; Bengt Jacobsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Administrative reorganization; Rational Actor Model; Normative Organization Model; ministerial division; ministry; Government Offices; Prime Minister; Social Democracy; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : Existing theories on administrative reorganization point in two opposite directions. Some scholars suggest that the machinery of government is altered through comprehensive planning and intentional design. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The analogy as a decision model : a study of management team members in two consulting firms

    Författare :Anders Nilsson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accounting and Control; Redovisning och styrning;

    Sammanfattning : Decision making is often characterized as the trading-off between means and ends, facilitating a "rational choice". One central argument of this thesis is that the rational actor metaphor is over-emphasized in management theory. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Passing the open windows : A quantitative and qualitative approach to immediate military balance and escalation of protracted conflicts

    Författare :Björn Holmberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peace and conflict research; Window of opportunity; realism; balance of power; rational choice; organizationtheory; learning; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research; freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation has a dual point of departure: first, the widely known concept of window of opportunity and its application in the study of international relations (IR) and, second, the notion among modern classical realists that states maximize their power and, hence, that windows of opportunity should increase the probability of escalation to war or escalation of a war.The focus is primarily on the effects of rapid power shifts in dyads of non-great powers experiencing protracted conflict. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Contradicting Management Control Ideologies – A study of integration processes following cross-border acquisitions of large multinationals

    Författare :Peter Beusch; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Management control; mergers and acquisitions; cross-border; ideology; rhetoric; coercive power;

    Sammanfattning : The 1990s and early 2000s witnessed some of the largest cross-border acquisitions in business history. This thesis studies how key management control actors experienced the integration processes following two cross-border acquisitions. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Den fabricerande människan : Om bedrägeri som vardaglig interaktionsform

    Författare :Markus Arvidson; Sven-Erik Karlsson; Gerd Lindgren; Anders Persson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; deception; fabrication; impostor; form of interaction; social competence; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : The present dissertation takes the multi-faceted phenomenon of deception as its point of departure. The aim is to make a case for deception as a social phenomenon, and to frame theoretically and define the skills and abilities that make deception possible.A theoretical model based on a number of ideal types is constructed. LÄS MER