16 research outputs found

    What’s in a name? BenĂ€mning som management-metod

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    <p>MĂ„nga kĂ€nner vid det hĂ€r laget till begreppet <em>managementmode</em>. Uppfattningarna om hur organisationer bör styras för att bli framgĂ„ngsrika kommer och gĂ„r. Knappast nĂ„gon organisation vill dock bli anklagad för att införa nya styrformer som tillfĂ€lligtvis rĂ„kar vara populĂ€ra. Organisationer vill tvĂ€rtom markera att de Ă€r speciella.</p> <p>Ett skĂ€l till att det har blivit populĂ€rt med processer kan vara att de – till skillnad frĂ„n procedurer – tycks förekomma naturligt och dĂ€rför inte kan hĂ€nföras till nĂ„got managementmode. Det hindrar inte att sammansĂ€ttningar med ordet process, som <em>processorientering, processledning </em>eller <em>processtyrning</em>, kan mötas med misstro av dem som blir föremĂ„l för sĂ„dana nya styrformer och i praktiken utsĂ€tts för omorganisation och andra förĂ€ndringar. Kanske blir det lĂ€ttare att processorientera en verksamhet om förĂ€ndringarna genomförs under en unik beteckning. Den hĂ€r artikeln handlar om Lotta och Esther, framför allt om Esther.</p&gt

    Effectiveness in a Political Context : Implications for Migration

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    This paper builds on the presumption that the idea of effectiveness refers primarily to anorganizational and managerial context. It asks the question how this idea is transformedwhen used as a rationale for action in contexts where economy and efficiency are ofminor significance and where no organizational survival is at stake. The EU and Swedishmigration policies show, however, that persistent egoistic implications help construct aspecific territory as an organization to be managed much like a business firm. It isconcluded that the meaning of effectiveness does not necessarily change when thisconcept is used in an alien context. Instead, references to effectiveness help transform thecontext to which the concept is applie

    The dynamics of standardization: Three perspectives on standards in organization studies

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    This paper suggests that when the phenomenon of standards and standardization is examined from the perspective of organization studies, three aspects stand out: the standardization of organizations, standardization by organizations and standardization as (a form of) organization. Following a comprehensive overview of existing research in these three areas, we argue that the dynamic aspects of standardization are under-represented in the scholarly discourse. Furthermore, we identify the main types of tension associated with standardization and the dynamics they generate in each of those three areas, and show that, while standards and standardization are typically associated with stability and sameness, they are essentially a dynamic phenomenon. The paper highlights the contributions of this special issue to the topic of standards as a dynamic phenomenon in organization studies and makes suggestions for future research
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