Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Management Theories"”.
-
A Metaconceptually Referenced Comparative Analysis of Organization Management Theories
Theories of organization management have evolved in such great numbers and diversity that management theoreticians and practitioners are confronted with a problem commonly characterized as a management theory jungle. Existing taxonomies of management theories have been of limited use in ordering …
-
Financial crisis management: application to SMEs in Australia
… been applied in relation to corporate crisis management. The approach employed in this thesis is developed using a new theoretical framework based on the elements of (i) financial management theories and policies such as risk management, financial engineering, portfolio theory, CAPM, capital …
-
Tourism in polar environments - with special reference to Greenland and Antarctica
This thesis is concerned with the impact and the management of tourism in polar environments. A perspective is given on the environmental hazards that may arise from tourist activities in polar regions, through documented examples from the impact on alpine and similar environments in other parts of …
-
L’utilizzo dei grafici nei bilanci delle aziende europee durante la recente crisi finanziaria
… recent financial crisis. In line with impression management theories, firms are more likely to distort KPIs graphs favourably than unfavourably. Finally, the number of financial analysts is found to positively affect both KPIs graphs’ usage and selectivity. This dissertation provides both …
-
Towards understanding as-lived experiences in information systems projects : an actor-network theory perspective
… began with a literature review of IS project management theories which aimed to explore and describe the as-lived experience of practitioners in an IS project network. The study builds on this body of knowledge by providing a narrative of as-lived experiences of IS project participants. The …
-
Employee motivation, satisfaction and productivity: A study of the workplace
… and "hygiene factors" between employees and management. Also, the analyses were conducted to assess if there were differences in perception of the same motivational variables and "hygiene factors" between male and female employees. Motivation and management theories were used as historical …
-
An assessment of a motivational environment as viewed by dealers in the casino industry
… working environment. Content and process theories of motivation, management theories, and previous studies on motivational environments are reviewed; The results of three casino surveys are presented. Dealers' attitudes were assessed through a motivational-hygiene survey questionnaire. The …
-
An examination, planning and control & the management process, to better performance and profitability or: The management process to improve performance for better profitability
… course of action by surveying paradigms of management theories and concepts. The study began with an exposition on research methodologies and focused on the M2 research mode. It continued on with considering operations topics (micro concerns), extending to general issues (macro concerns) in …
-
Values in Leadership: Approaches of Victorian Local Government Managers
… has been imbued with the language of business management. In part, this has occurred because other levels of government have brought changes to the operation of local government and also because public sector managers have accepted the conventional wisdom that the private sector provides the …
-
An empirical study on the effect of age, education, and rank on managerial attitudes
… the emphasis on the human relations aspects of management has greatly increased. As a result, new management theories have been advanced, acclaimed and criticized. The purpose of this empirical study was to determine what effect, if any, the biographical factors of age, education and rank had on …
-
Douglas MacArthur- An Administrative Biography
… approaches to Public Administration and General Management Theories will be made. The analysis of MacArthur's performance in his administrative positions will be made against a backdrop of contemporary Public Administration Theory.
-
Pasidalytosios lyderystės kaip organizacinio pokyčio įgyvendinimas švietimo įstaigose /
… of distributed leadership has been proven in management theory and practice. The dynamics of change brings up the question which is raised in the dissertation, i.e. how distributed leadership has been or could be implemented in education institutions. The research is based on a social …
-
Get Lit: An analysis of the framing of party schools in the U.S.
… through a lens of framing and relationship management theories. Through a quantitative content analysis of news frames used in local news coverage of universities or colleges with noted "party school" reputations in the 2016 to 2017 academic school year, as well as frames represented in the …
-
Conceptualising Online Operations to Transition Student Governance in Higher Education Amid Covid-19: A Turbulent Experience
… scholarship, using both (complexity and change management theories). In addition, this paper highlights that some student movements are detached from their own constituencies and have no mandate to govern in the institutions they were elected to lead. The paper remains qualitative and intends to …
-
Change Management's Role in the Evolution of Financial Institutions in Kazakhstan and Hungary
This dissertation examines the role of change management in the banking sectors of Kazakhstan and Hungary, focusing on how institutional, cultural, and historical contexts influence the implementation and outcomes of change management strategies. The study explores the intersection of global …
-
An analysis of South Africa's health policy performance to the COVID-19 pandemic during the period March 2020 and June 2022
… aims to establish this by, relating public management theories such as Social Contract Theory, Quality of Government Theory, and the Theory of Public Value. Analysis of these elements ensures the research objectives were met. These public management theories are relevant in the public policy …
-
A study of the relationship between customer satisfaction and styles of leadership in Kuwaiti banks
… for investigating the application of western management theories in a different culture. Although Kuwaiti banks have been operating since 1952, no study to the best of this author’s knowledge, has tackled the issue of customer satisfaction and leadership styles in those banks. Therefore, …
-
Finding The Sweet Spot Of Cause-Related Marketing: Consumer Response To Campaign Tactics
… marketing expenditures and customer relationship management. Theories related to ethical behavior, like motivated reasoning and defensive denial, are used to explain when and why consumers respond negatively to these effort demands. The first study finds that consumers rationalize not …
-
Museum & gallery management
This thesis examines management and organization theories and their relevance to the Museum and gallery context. In Part One management theories are examined to ascertain the development of management thinking and to establish the principles under which museums and galleries operate. This theme is …
-
Study of management decision making by ward sisters in a hospital and the effects on decision making after the implementation of a decision support sytem
This thesis considers management decision making at the ward level in hospitals especially by ward sisters, and the effectiveness of the intervention of a decision support system. Nursing practice theories were related to organisation and management theories in order to conceptualise a decision …
Page 1 of 3