| 1. |
- Johnsson, Eva, 1954-, et al.
(författare)
-
Den professionella blicken-bedömningar i socialt arbete.
- 2008
-
Ingår i: När den professionella autonomin blir ett problem. - Växjö : Växjö University Press. - 1404-4307. - 9789176366363 ; Acta Wexionensia 161, s. 85-99
-
Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
| 2. |
- Funck, Elin K., 1979-
(författare)
-
Ordination Balanced Scorecard : översättning av ett styrinstrument inom hälso- och sjukvården
- 2009
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study examines the implementation of Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in health care organisations. BSC, a management control model based on measurements in different perspectives, has become one of the most popular performance measurement models during the last two decades and widely adopted in practice. However, studies have noticed that models are rarely used in the same way in different settings. From the perspective of Scandinavian institutionalism, a model that is moved from one place to another has been "translated." Translation is a process in which an abstract idea is transferred into an object, developed into practical use, and stabilised into an institution. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of how a management control model influences and is influenced by the medical professional context. The ambition is to investigate how BSC has been translated in the Swedish and the Canadian health care contexts. Furthermore the purpose is to develop our understanding of measurements in professional organisations and to develop our understanding of the translation process. The study shows that the main purpose of implementing BSC in the health care organisations is to support improvements in the quality of care. Whereas a free translation process in the Swedish case allowed actors to interpret and reinterpret the model and to create specific performance measurements for reporting professional performance, a controlled translation process in the Canadian case resulted in medical professionals being unable to reinterpret the model. Instead, BSC came to represent the private company's way of acting, declaring disciplinary accountability and shifting interest from public administration and towards the business firm. Based on the findings, this study stresses that a model can materialize both in the forms of practical use and talk, and that different translations can result in disputes and negotiations among actors with different interests. This study also analyses and develops the concept of transparency, and suggests that actors will use different performance measurements depending on what type of transparency (openness, visibility or hyaline) is requested. Finally, it is suggested that disciplinary accountability may result in actors focusing on finding the perfect measurements, whereas socializing form of accountability may create a greater focus on reciprocal accountability for improvements.
|
|
| 3. |
- Jansson, Andreas, 1978-
(författare)
-
Collective Action Among Shareholder Activists
- 2007
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study addresses the problem of explaining the emergence and viability of coalitions among shareholder activists. The formation of coalitions for purposes of shareholder activism is generally unexpected from a theoretical perspective. Potential shareholder activists typically rely on the exit mechanism rather than becoming actively involved in the governance of corporations, and they tend to be in a prisoner’s dilemma type of situation, which has a non-co-operative outcome. Moreover, unless co-operation can be expected from others, no individual shareholder will make costly contributions to a coalition. Still, minority shareholder coalitions exist. The purpose of this study is to develop a model that accounts for the emergence and viability of minority shareholder coalitions. Two ideal-typical minority shareholder coalitions are developed: the offensive minority shareholder coalition, and the defensive minority shareholder coalition. These are based primarily on contractual theory (transaction cost economics, agency theory and property rights theory) and take form under the assumption that economic ends alone motivate actors. The offensive minority shareholder coalition emerges to seize an opportunity to increase share price by means of voice; it is led by a coalitional entrepreneur who carries all costs, thereby inducing co-operation from passive shareholders. The defensive minority shareholder coalition emerges to safeguard the members’ investments from risks of expropriation, which arise from increasing costs of using the exit mechanism; it is characterised by widespread active participation, since free riding further increases the risk of being expropriated. The model integrates the ideal types with results from three case studies of minority shareholder coalitions. These case studies show that under certain conditions, coalition members act as if they consider the effects of their actions on their reputation within networks of shareholders; this has implications for a coalition’s emergence and viability. The case studies further show that controlling shareholders, under certain circumstances, will tend to act as if they consider the effects of their actions on their public image as perceived by relevant (present or future) stakeholders; this places a shareholder coalition in a different bargaining position.
|
|
| 4. |
-
När den professionella autonomin blir ett problem
- 2008
-
Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Denna antologi bygger på tio kapitel som belyler frågeställningar kring när den professionella autonomin blir problem. Teoretiskt och empiriskt material hämtas från flera olika professioners områden och ger tillsammans en översikt över den forskning som bedrivs fivd Forum för Professionsforskning (FPF) vid Växjö UniversitetBoken vänder sig i första hand till studerande på avancerad nivå inom ämnesområdena arbetsvetenskap, företagsekonomi, pedagogik, polisvetenskap, socialt arbete, sociologi, statsvetenskap och vårdvetenskap. Boken är relevant såväl för utbildningar, vidareutbildningar, forkare och yrkesversamma som är nyfikna på forskningen inom området.
|
|
