Strategy and strategic management have always been on the radar in academia. A few years back, some scholars studied strategic management further and concluded that the terms strategic planning and strategic thinking as part of strategic management should be spoken of seperately. As academia has evolved, few scholars have embraced this. However, there is a clear distinction between the two terms, where a separation is necessary in order to fully comprehend the differences between them. In this study, a line between strategic planning and thinking has been drawn. What was further realised in the first phase of the study is that strategic thinking as an individual concept lacks integration into crisis management in academia. This presented a fruitful opportunity to explore the topic. The purpose of this research thereby became to identify how strategic thinking may occur within organisations, particularly during a crisis. Specifically, it is the aim to find out how strategic thinking manifests itself in private organisations during times of crisis. This has been done in a timely manner where the world currently is experiencing a pandemic caused by the virus Covid-19, which has presented difficulties for organisations all around the world. The study has chosen to look into private organisations operating in Sweden, with a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews. Primary data was as a result gathered based on respondents' own experiences and thoughts regarding strategic thinking as the concept is of a complex nature. The data gathered was later analysed in a manner where the connection between strategic thinking and crisis management was looked at. Our findings show that strategic thinking is manifested in crisis management in different ways, where it was determined that the manifestation is highly dependent upon an organisation's strategy, environment in which it operates in and its overall business model. Strategic thinking has additionally been concluded to manifest differently in terms of opportunities and threats, where it was found that some respondents used it more for the long-term benefit of the organisations rather than as a short-term solution to obstacles.

Kriser drabbar samhället med jämna mellanrum och uppstår av olika anledningar, hur stor påverkan krisen kommer att ha är svårt att avgöra innan den väl är ett faktum. För att bemöta och mildra kriser krävs i många fall krishantering, vilket föranleder att många organisationer tar fram planer att förhålla sig till under krissituationer. Kommunal krishantering utgör ett intressant studieobjekt då deras organisation är byråkratiskt präglad och designad för att verka i en förutsägbar miljö, vilket är raka motsatsen till vad de tvingas att göra under en krissituation. Denna studie har undersökt två svenska kommuners hantering av krisen som utlöstes av viruspandemin covid-19 utifrån ett teoretiskt ramverk som bygger på olika aspekter av krishantering. För att studera detta har kommunernas styrdokument analyserats och individer med olika koppling till dessa har intervjuats. Studien visar att de studerade kommunerna – Södertälje kommun och Enköpings kommun – i relativt stor utsträckning tycks följa styrdokumenten i sitt agerande, men att de även har visat prov på viss improvisation med hänsyn till krisens omfattning och natur. Södertälje kommun tycks följa krisplanen i största möjliga mån, medan Enköpings kommun å andra sidan verkar ha större benägenhet att agera fritt utifrån krisplanen.

Denna studie presenterar krishanteringen i ett flertal fotbollsklubbar och hur de agerat under pandemin i förhållande till intressenter. Studiens frågeställningar bygger på syftet att undersöka hur allsvenska fotbollsklubbar hanterat pandemin och hur intressenter bidragit till deras överlevnad. Vi valde att intervjua ekonomiansvariga för respektive fotbollsklubb för att få så bra information som möjligt. Studiens empiri är kvalitativt och kvantitativt insamlat i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer och statistik från SCB. Genom att undersöka fotbollsklubbarnas krishantering från ett ekonomiskt perspektiv har studien belyst intressenternas påverkan i fotbollsklubbarna. Tillämpade teorier i studien är intressentmodellen och Mitroffs modell för krishantering som vi använt som verktyg i vår analys. Det visade sig att klubbarna agerat olika i deras organisationer utifrån teorierna. Krishantering och samarbetet med intressenter har sett olika ut för olika fotbollsklubbar.  Studien kommer fram till att fotbollsklubbarna hanterat ekonomiska påfrestningar i organisationen på olika sätt baserat på förhållandet mellan deras ekonomiska stabilitet och relationen till intressenter. / This study presents the crisis management of several football clubs and how they acted during the pandemic in relation to stakeholders. The study’s questions are based on the purpose of investigating how football clubs in Sweden's highest division have handled the pandemic and how stakeholders have contributed to their survival. We chose to interview the finance managers for each football club to get as good information as possible. The empirical study is collected qualitatively and quantitatively in the form of semi-structured interviews and statistics from SCB. By examining the football club’s crisis management from an economic perspective, the study has highlighted the stakeholder’s impact in the football clubs. Applied theories in the study are the Stakeholder theory and Mitroff’s model for crisis management, which we used as tools in our analysis. It turned out that the clubs all acted differently in their organizations based on the theories. The crisis management and cooperation with stakeholders have looked different for different football clubs. The conclusion of this study is that the football clubs have handled financial strains in the organization in different ways based on the relationship between their financial stability and the relationship with stakeholders.

The Covid-19 pandemic has made an impact on the tourism industry which has caused a myriad of businesses to change in order to combat the crisis. The purpose of this study was to investigate companies’ decision-making processes behind innovation of business models to create value during Covid-19 pandemic. It is also to understand requirements for business success. The study focused on companies within the tourism industry operating in Gothenburg. The study was conducted with a qualitative research method through interviewing four companies in the tourism industry representing accommodation, activities, transport, and dining. From the study’s findings, business model innovation, or innovation in general, is critically important when the company has been affected by a crisis. The study showed that it helps a company to gain benefits such as insight about its capabilities, vulnerabilities, customers, and competence in order to combat a crisis and get competitive advantage. Moreover, the study also found a connection between businesses using business model innovation to create value for customers when the business is pull-oriented and focuses on assisting in the value co-creation process. It was evident that the Covid-19 pandemic had a huge impact on decision-making which resulted in additional business opportunities. Lastly, the study contributed to a new finding in which business success was associated with forced motivation and motivational force.

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Background: Globalization has resulted in a more interconnected world than ever before. Global supply chains are a phenomenon which has led corporations to rely on a network of suppliers in various parts of the world. Such global reliance brings benefits but also exposes organizations to an elevated level of risks. The covid 19 pandemic boosted the digital transformation in societies which put a lot of stress on the already strained semiconductor supply chain. Markets are currently facing supply shortages of semiconductors which leads to adverse impacts on company's operations. Purpose: The purpose is to develop the knowledge and develop patterns and trends regarding how Swedish companies handle disruptions stemming from the semiconductor crisis. Method: By engaging in a comprehensive analysis and gathering of previous literature in the field it will provide a theoretical ground for the research. Thereafter, an empirical data collection in the form of interviews with representatives from the industries in question, has been conducted to provide insights and knowledge regarding the issue. The interview data has then been synthesized and analysed to spot patterns. Conclusion: The results show that the issue is complex, companies may have different abilities and possibilities to impact the situation. Although closer communication with the supply chain,Isac Pihl, Jonathan Lind & Simon Henkow Ulf Linnman2022-05-19shortage”, “SCRM process”, “Crisis management”.Date:Key terms: “Supply chain risk management”, “Global supply chains”, “Semiconductor2engaging in supplier development, stockpiling inventory, utilizing the open market to acquire semiconductors (SPOT market), and quickly adapt to the changing conditions can be concluded to be the most common patterns spotted

Change management is an area that is widely researched by practitioners and researchers. Despite the extensive number of frameworks and approaches of how to manage change, most of all change initiatives still fail. Since external crises often imply some form of organizational change, this thesis aims to investigate the questions: How do managers communicate change to their employees during a crisis & what do they communicate? To answer these questions, we conducted semi-structured interviews with six different managers with varying backgrounds. Prior to this, a review of relevant literature was conducted, and a theoretical summary was framed consisting of six different themes. These were, communicating a vision, sensemaking in communication, communication with honesty, communication frequency, communication channels, and communication models. The conclusion showed that communication frequency was one of the most influential factors together with honesty, whereas vision and models were considered less important.

Background: Crisis management has become a highly relevant topic due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, restaurants have been forced to implement new business strategies and tactics to mitigate its impact. For restaurants, it quickly became important to adapt and apply the right strategy to survive which created a unique opportunity to form an understanding of what actual strategic choices restaurants have applied during a pandemic.  Purpose: The purpose of this study aims at creating an understanding of how Swedish restaurants in the city of Jönköping have been able to survive the pandemic, more specifically, identify what crisis strategies and tactics restaurant owners have utilized.   Method: The aim of this paper was pursued by a qualitative research method with an inductive approach. In order to investigate the research question, a multiple case study has been conducted. Data have been collected through semi-structured interviews from seven different restaurant owners that form the basis of the empirical data.  Conclusions: The conclusions revealed that the Covid-19 pandemic had a negative effect on the restaurants and that they had to make changes in their activities in order to stay in business. The empirical findings demonstrated these changes as three core strategies utilized through different tactics in order to cope with the pandemic. Given that unexpected events can happen in the future at any time, it is crucial for managers to learn from the past and implement different strategies in their business and thereby successfully adjust to the diverse external environment.

It has been clear for decades that climate change will lead to devastating consequences, and how these challenges should be addressed is being discussed on all levels of society. One example is the new EU Forest Strategy for 2030 which is a part of the European Union’s work to cope with the climate crisis. However, many of today’s transboundary and creeping crises are subject to challenges when agreeing on common strategies forward, such as the climate crisis. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the theories of sense making and meaning making can help in better understanding these challenges. By studying the disagreements between four Swedish actors and the European Commission on the new EU forest strategy for 2030, this thesis demonstrates a practical example of the challenges to address, in a coordinated fashion, climate change. The research is based on a case study approach with the theoretical framework including sense making and meaning making. The theoretical background is complemented by qualitative content analysis and qualitative semi-structured interviews. The results show that the perspectives from sense making and meaning making help better understand the difficulties in agreeing on common strategies to cope with the climate crisis, with the new EU Forest Strategy for 2030 as the example.

Background: Covid -19 pandemic affects how organizations and people operate. This crisisdiffers from previous ones due to its radical change. Organizations are threatened and strugglingto cope with the pandemic and making right decisions. This has put more attention on managementteam to address the issue at hand. This thesis explores how individuals experience crisis andmanaging it by decisions. Problem: Insufficient literature on how to make appropriate decisions in management team tocope with Covid-19 crisis. Purpose: This thesis purpose is to explore how crisis management team experience and cope withdecisions in the context of Covid-19. How individuals in a team overcome obstacles and makeappropriate decisions. Risks, uncertainty, stress, and time are previously known challenges formanagement teams. We aim to explore how these aspects affect the decision-making process. Research Question: How does crisis management team cope with Covid pandemic throughdecision-making? Method: This thesis has a qualitative research design and method of semi-structured interviewscarried out in a virtual environment due to Covid-19. Six informants have contributed to theempirical study. The empirical findings are presented in chapter 4 and analyzed by themes. Chapter5 provides discussion on the theoretical background and thesis findings, and finally conclusion inchapter 6. Conclusion: Crisis management encounters challenges with appropriate decisions for coping withCovid-19. However, our findings suggest that risk, ambiguity, and time factors are not majorchallenge and contradict this. This is due to the process of having an established crisis and makingdecisions collectively on all stages of a crisis. The most important stage of a crisis is the pre-stagewhere information is limited and guides the outcome of the whole process.