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- Adenfelt, Maria, 1972-, et al.
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Communication in global development projects: objectives, mechanisms and interpretations
- 2010
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Ingår i: Organizational communication and sustainable development : ICTs for mobility. - Hershey PA : Information Science Reference. - 9781605668222 - 9781605668239 ; , s. 153-169
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Globalization trends make the task of revisiting the nature of the organization of global development projects (GDPs) within MNCs imperative. In this study, GDPs are viewed as contemporary ventures that seek scale economies in response to opportunities and threats posed by globalization trends. Our focus is to obtain a better understanding of how communication is managed and organized in GDPs. The study is of a GDP with the aim of developing a common global product to be used by all subsidiaries in an MNC, but with openings for local market adaptations. The empirical findings show that: (1) the management had two goals with the project, which were conveyed and understood differently depending on organizational level and organizational belonging, (2) the administrative heritage of the MNC influenced the use of information communication technology for sharing information and knowledge, and (3) the impact of frequency and structure of communication for information processing.
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- Forsberg, Per, 1972-, et al.
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The need for accounting in dialects : Making the special competitive culture in family-run companies sustainable
- 2010
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Ingår i: Organizational communication and sustainable development: ICTs for mobility. - : IGI Global. - 9781605668222 - 9781605668239 ; , s. 189-204
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter deals with the challenge of ensuring and sustaining cultural competitiveness in a globalised world where control and management tend to be made at a distance. The authors illustrate this by arguing that family-run businesses have a special culture that makes them good at creating and taking part in innovative networks. Today this culture is however threatened. Implementation of technologies for controlling and governing at a distance destroy this special family-run business culture. As a solution to this problem the authors suggest that new technologies of communication have the potential to strengthen the ability to create innovative networks. New technologies of communication do this when they give rise to alternative forms of communication and thus complement management based on “controlling and acting at a distance”.
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- Jacobsson, Mattias, 1976-, et al.
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The Relation Between ICT and Environmental Management Practice in a Construction Company
- 2010
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Ingår i: Organizational Communication and Sustainable Development. - Hershey, PA : IGI Global. - 9781605668222 - 1605668222 - 9781616923891 - 9781605668239 ; , s. 170-188
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this chapter is to draw attention to the use of ICT in the buildning and construction industry with a special interest in the dag-to-day activities of those companies that are working to develop more environmentally friendly and sustainable production processes. The chapter is based on a comprehensive survey of ICT use and attitudes to environmental related issues in in middle and large sized construction companies in Sweden and two case studies: One of ICT use in a larger Swedish building and construction company and one of communication, coordination, and decision making processes in a construction project. Based on the empirical data we argue that in order to enhance a more environmentally friendly building and construction industry there is a need for a more genuine cooperation and knowledge sharing between different actors both in crossing project boundaries as well as overriding contractual limitations. Decisions in a construction project must be taken earlier in the process and construction companies need to focus more on those processes over which they actually do have power.
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- Cozza, Michela
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Gender and Technology: Mind the Gap!
- 2009
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Ingår i: Organizational Communication and Sustainable Development: ICTs for Mobility. - Hershey PA : IGI Publishing-Information Science Reference. - 9781605668222
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- Henriksson, G, et al.
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ICT:s substituting travel?
- 2010
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Ingår i: Organizational communication and sustainable development. - Hershey PA : Information Science Reference. - 9781605668222 ; , s. 19-
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- Henriksson, Greger, et al.
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Workplace location and ICTs substituting travel
- 2009
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Ingår i: Organizational communication and sustainable development. - : IGI Global. - 9781605668222 ; , s. 205-225
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter is based on the assumption that keeping the number and length of business and commuting trips at reasonable levels could contribute to reaching targets of environmental sustainability. The authors highlight a couple of options for reducing or avoiding business trips and commuting through workplace location or improved use of communications. They present case studies concerning travel and communications, carried out by using diaries and interviews. They also present relevant literature on social practices and sustainability goals in relation to use of ICT. The aim is to shed light on variation in the use of travel and communications on an individual level in work life. The case studies illustrate that such variation is mainly due to the concrete practices involved in execution of professional duties and roles. Duties that involve a clearly defined end result or product being delivered regularly by the member of staff are correlated to clearly defined needs for communications. Less clearly defined end results of the work duties seem to make it harder for the individual to plan and perform communication and travel in a more energy saving way. The difference in professional duties can thus be expressed in terms of clarity and maturity. Another factor that affect who can replace travel with ICTs is relations of power, e.g., when a purchaser dictates the terms for a subcontractor concerning how and where to "deliver" his working time, service or product. The importance of clarity, maturity and power aspects means that professional practices need to be studied at a detailed level to find out who could substitute ICTs for travel and how this could be done.
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