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- Ljungquist, Urban
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Propositions for the expanded core competence model
- 2010
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This conceptual paper advances our conceptions of core competence, going beyond mere identification. Drawing on existing theories, the paper proposes how the influences on a core competence can be managed by acknowledging the need for influence, and the applicability of associated concepts to satisfy that need. We also add a time continuum, wherein a company's shared history and shared future specific goals are highlighted, which could strengthen the influence on a core competence. An expanded core competence model is proposed. The model suggests a more detailed, more comprehensive approach, applicable to core competence management issues by scholars and practitioners alike.
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- Lundberg, Heléne, et al.
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Taking charge : To improve the intraorganizational position by means of a regionalstrategic network among competitors
- 2011
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Subunits act under a constant threat of closure, relocation, or downsizing of tasks and employees. We have addressed the issues of evolving organizational strategy and subunit strategizing by studying how an RSN including competitive actors can be used by subunit managers for strengthening a unit’s position within the organizational hierarchy. It is concluded that networks can be used as resources for the local subunit to affect its position internally within the organization. However, the activities to affect the headquarters also had a positive effect on the position of the subunit within the local and regional network as well where new and stronger relationships evolved as a result.
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- Löwstedt, Martin, 1982, et al.
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Strategy work in a large construction company: personified strategies as drivers för change
- 2011
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Ingår i: 6th Nordic conference on Construction Economics and Organisation, 13-15 April, 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark..
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Strategizing can be seen as a balancing act between aggregating knowledge and experiences from an organization’s past business cycles and forecasting future possibilities over a longer period of time. Yet knowledge about strategizing over business cycles and in rapidly changing market conditions in the construction sector is scarce. This paper takes a micro perspective on strategizing and examines individual narratives of change processes to identify driving factors. The empirical data is part of an ongoing longitudinal case study in a large construction company on strategizing over business cycles from 1990 until today. The study comprises in-depth interviews with 14 key actors and a wide range of documentation covering the period. The Strategy-as-Practice perspective serves well as a retrospective description of strategizing over time; understanding the dynamics that underlie the various strategic changes is a matter of understanding what the strategists have done. The paper shows that strategy processes mainly are related to a few individuals (mostly the CEO’s), rather than to the activities or rationale behind them. This paper contributes a novel perspective on the strategy literature in construction by emphasizing personified strategies as drivers for change. We argue that personified strategies are an intra-organizational phenomenon related to power distribution, governance, and the tensions between individual agency and the institutionalized context.
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- Machado, Carla G., et al.
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Implementation of a knowledge management program and its impact on the management system : Case study at an industrial company
- 2010
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The business and management environment is influenced by political, organizational, institutional, technological, economic and social phenomena of a global scope. Thus, capturing, registering, organizing and disseminating information and knowledge plays a strategic role in organizations. The objective of this paper is to present a case study of an organization that is developing a Knowledge Management project, analyzing its initiative in order to classify the stage at which the company’s knowledge management cycle is at and to relate this cycle to other management instruments it has. The following instruments were used to raise and collect data: individual interviews and bibliographic study. This paper represents an important contribution to the study of knowledge management, demonstrating new technologies that can leverage organizational change and trigger a new understanding of Knowledge Management.
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