Sökning: "paradoxical company"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 20 uppsatser innehållade orden paradoxical company.

  1. 1. Controlling or compensating? A qualitative study of how organizational actors' different perceptions affect the design and evaluation of training initiatives within a company

    C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Författare :Moa Bernard; Nicholas Nikander; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Human capital; Personnel controls; MCS; Competence development; Cognitive frames;

    Sammanfattning : Competent and talented employees are important for most companies. Despite their importance, there is a difference in research on whether employees are seen as assets or investors of human capital. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Navigating the Growth Paradox in an Incumbent Business Context : Managerial Implications from a Degrowth Perspective

    Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Författare :Sabrina Dietrichs; Gitte Thorsén; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Degrowth; Degrowth Frameworks; Growth Paradigm; Growth Paradox; Organizational Paradox Theory; Managerial Paradox Response; Post-Growth Economy;

    Sammanfattning : Our study investigates how the organizational growth paradox is perceived and managed by incumbent firms from a degrowth perspective. There is a growing critique against the growth paradigm, an increasing support for its abandonment. Scholars are calling for a paradigm shift towards a post-growth economy. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Mission impossible : A case study on how to manage the tension between openness and secrecy in the defense industry

    Master-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Författare :Lisa Eriksson; Lovisa Sajland; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Open innovation; The paradox of openness; Differentiation and integration approach; Defense industry; Saab AB; Offset; Transfer of Technology; Brazil;

    Sammanfattning : Title: Mission Impossible? A case study on how to manage the tension between openness and secrecy in the defense industry. Background: This thesis is built upon a unique case exhibiting open innovation within the defense industry. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Do the right thing- A paradox theory approach to corporate sustainability strategies

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Maximilian Anstrén; Viktor Espeling; [2021-06-24]
    Nyckelord :Corporate Sustainability; Organisational tensions; Paradox theory; Sustainability strategy; Performing paradoxes; Organising paradoxes; Case study;

    Sammanfattning : Through a never-before-seen momentum, the concept of corporate sustainability has become a considerable part of the corporate world. In the past couple of years, more and more multinational corporations have tried to develop and integrate a sustainability strategy encompassing environmental-, social and economic aspects within their organisations, often with a mainstream, for-profit strategy. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Sustainability boundary-work: Balancing the lines of sustainable leadership

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Riccardo Barker; Gustav Hakegård; [2019-07-03]
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    Sammanfattning : This study identifies and discusses the symbolic boundary between what it means to be sustainable and unsustainable, in relation to leadership through a qualitative case study at a technology consultant company in Sweden. We explore the sustainability boundary-work that managers do and identify three sub-boundaries that contribute to the larger symbolic boundary of sustainability. LÄS MER