Sökning: "tensions"

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  1. 6. Paradox As the New Normal : essays on framing, managing and sustaining organizational tensions

    Författare :Medhanie Gaim; Nils Wåhlin; Stewart Clegg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Competing demands; organizational tensions; paradox; paradox theory; architectural firm; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

    Sammanfattning : Metaphorically, the idiom “you cannot have your cake and eat it too” describes fundamental tensions at the heart of today’s organizations. Engaging tensions may seem implausible or even impossible. However, there exists evidence, given the increasingly complex environment, that both are vital to organizational success. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Organizing boundaries in early phases of product development : The case of an interorganizational vehicle platform project setting

    Författare :Thommie Burström; Nils Wåhlin; Jessica Eriksson; Johan Packendorff; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :organizing; projects; boundaries; boundary-actors; activities; objects; tensions;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation concerns the development of a new interorganizational vehicle platform in the truck industry. The studied project setting was large, and can be referred to as a mega project. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Attempts to Bridge the Gaps : Opportunities and Challenges in the Communicative Constitution of Organizations

    Författare :Therese Hedman Monstad; Mats Edenius; Amelie Hössjer; Josef Pallas; Peder Hård af Segerstad; Linda L. Putnam; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational Communication; Communicative Constitution of Organizations CCO ; Empowerment Process; Coorientation; Ventriloqual Approach; Tension-Centered Approach; Tensions; Communication-Power Relationships; Participation; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies;

    Sammanfattning : Globalization and technological advancements continue to challenge contemporary organizations’ aims to balance stability and change. As a response to this challenge, organizations often turn to empowerment and participatory processes. Current research emphasizes the need for enhanced communication in these processes. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Mind the Mind : Strategic Communication in the Swedish Green Party

    Författare :Emma Svensson; Jakob Svensson; Mats Edenius; Eli Skogerbø; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Strategic Communication; Strategic Political Communication; Election Campaigns; Practice Theory; Strategy as Practice; Objective Mind; Biography; Positioning; Tensions; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies;

    Sammanfattning : An increasingly complex environment and pressure from external publics on organizations to speak consistently challenge contemporary organizations. Strategic communication has been portrayed as offering a method for organizations to handle these complexities and is characterized not only as a rational way to handle problems organization face by centralizing, planning, and controlling, but as inevitable. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Tensions experienced and balancing strategies used in Agile Software Development environments

    Författare :Carin Lindskog; John Sören Pettersson; Monika Magnusson; Johan Netz; Fredrik Karlsson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agile Software Development; Contradictions; Paradoxical tensions; Ambidexterity; Grounded Theory; Activity Theory; Use case study; Information Systems; Informatik;

    Sammanfattning : To achieve efficiency in rapidly changing environments, working methods that promote change and flexibility are needed. Thus, the Agile ways of working (i.e. LÄS MER