Sökning: "Technocratic controls"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 uppsatser innehållade orden Technocratic controls.
1. Rethinking performance: Managing socio-ideological tensions with technocratic controls - A qualitative study of the effects on PMS in an organization with a strong culture post-acquisition.
C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringSammanfattning : By conducting a qualitative single case study on a Swedish acquisition, this paper aims to examine the implications on Performance Management Systems post-acquisition, where the acquiree is characterized by a strong culture. By analyzing the findings from nine interviews using the framework of technocratic and socio-ideological controls by Alvesson & Kärreman (2004), we found a significant interplay in the controls. LÄS MER
2. Setting a Price on Human Lives: MCS in an NGO with Ethical Dilemmas and the Development of Bridging Accounts
C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringSammanfattning : In this paper we study how management control systems (MCS) play a role in organizations where multiple logics prevail and ethical dilemmas arise in the intersection between these logics. We study this phenomena in an NGO in the humanitarian aid sector. LÄS MER
3. The interplay between technocratic and socio-ideological controls in managing strategic tension - A case study of a large retail company
C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringSammanfattning : This paper investigates how management controls may be used to manage strategic tensions. By conducting an exploratory single case study on a Swedish listed company operating in the fashion and retail industry, this paper shows how the interplay between technocratic and socio-ideological controls manifests in a variety of ways to manage empirically observed strategic tensions. LÄS MER
4. Hardwiring sustainability into business practice through the use of management controls : A case study of Solvay Group
Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenSammanfattning : This is an exploration into how large companies, well placed in the sustainability field, embed sustainability in their corporate practice through the use of management controls. This was investigated empirically based on a case study of Solvay S.A. The framework by Crutzen et al. LÄS MER
5. Transcending autonomy and control through management accounting: A neoliberal perspective on MCS in the knowledge-intensive firm
D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringSammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to examine how Management Control Systems (MCSs) can balance the tension between autonomy and control in knowledge-intensive firms (KIFs). The study was carried out by conducting an in-depth single-case study at the Swedish branch of an international management consulting firm. LÄS MER