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  1. 1. Puzzle or Mosaic? : On Managerial Information Patterns

    Författare :Cecilia Gullberg; Alf Westelius; Pär Mårtensson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; information patterns; information behaviour; information systems; management information; management control; governance; management control as a package; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

    Sammanfattning : Managers and information are key components in most management control literature, and a range of tools and concepts have been developed to better accommodate the information needs of managers so as to ensure efficient action and intelligent decisions. At the same time, the managerial work is often described as highly fragmented, unstructured and interpersonal, with little time for planning and isolated reflection. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Contextualizing managerial work in local government organizations

    Författare :Lisa Björk; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; organization; managerial work; context; local government; gender;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about managerial work in local government organizations. The purpose is to explain important aspects of managerial work with the help of a contextual perspective. The focus is on managers at the operational level of education, health and social care services, and technical services. Two research questions are raised. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Projektledning i praktiken : Observationer av arbete i korta projekt

    Författare :Andreas Nilsson; Tomas Blomquist; Anders Söderholm; Erling S Andersen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Project management; Practice; Observations; Managerial work; Executive behaviour; Leadership; Practice perspective; Project-as-practice; Short-duration projects; Challenge; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Project management used to be described as rational and well structured - a notion that builds on a traditional view that project management is about planning, budgeting and controlling. Nevertheless, it has been questioned if this is a full description. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Development of Elicitation Methods for Managerial Decision Support

    Författare :Ari Riabacke; Love Ekenberg; Mats Danielson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; elicitation methods; probability and utility assessment; interval estimations; Business Intelligence; prescriptive methods; risk elicitaion; decision; decision making; managerial decision making; decision making under risk; BI; decision theory; management; beslutsproblematik; tumregler; intuitivt beslutsfattande; intuition beslut; decision problem; beslutsanalys; beslutsteori; ledarskap; management; beslutsfattande; magkänsla; beslutsproblem; BI; Business Intelligence; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Decision‐makers in organisations and businesses make numerous decisions every day, and these decisions are expected to be based on facts and carried out in a rational manner. However, most decisions are not based on precise information or careful analysis due to several reasons. People are, e.g. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Corporate governance and the firm's behaviour towards stakeholders

    Författare :Reimo Juks; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Obey the Law and Do a Little Bit Extra? The paper provides evidence on how firms’ stakeholder orientation is associated with standard measures of corporate governance using a panel of 1778 US companies during the period of 1995-2006. We construct two binary indicators, one measuring stakeholder hostility and the other stakeholder friendliness using data from KLD ratings agency. LÄS MER