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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Management Control Systems as a Package and its role of enabling Organizational Ambidexterity in SMEs : An exploratory study

Lind, Richard, Åberg, Hanna January 2020 (has links)
Background – A firm that achieves organizational ambidexterity is managing the balancing act of refining existing capabilities while also discovering new opportunities in the marketplace. It has shown that the achievement of organizational ambidexterity will lead to better perfor- mance but also long-term survival. The challenge that comes with achieving organizational ambidexterity is present within all firms regardless of size. Yet, extant literature has focused on the research of larger firms. The characteristics may differ significantly between a larger enter- prise and a small-to-medium-sized enterprise. For instance, the amount of available resources appears to differ relative to firm size. As a result, it is reasonable to assume that the way organ- izational ambidexterity is achieved may also differ depending on the size of the firm. It is argued that management control systems play an important role with respect to organiza- tional ambidexterity. Further, these control systems may be viewed as a package of controls which through occurring dynamic tensions, provide the complexity needed for a firm to be ambidextrous. Yet, the role of these interrelated control systems and how they enable ambidex- terity is understudied among SMEs. Purpose – This thesis aims to explore management control systems as a package and its ena- bling role in achieving organizational ambidexterity within SMEs. Method – The empirical data was collected by interviewing members of the top management team within three different SMEs. The empirics were gathered through semi-structured inter- views and then analyzed in relation to reviewed theory within the package approach of man- agement control systems, by conducting a thematic analysis. Findings – The findings from this thesis suggest that SMEs need to find ways to allocate their finite resources in order to meet the current strategic challenge at hand. SMEs have a firm spe- cific focus on either refinement of existing capabilities or discovery of new opportunities de- pending on the current state of the marketplace. While both focuses may be present simultane- ously, the SMEs still need to prioritize one side over the other due to resource limitations. Hence, the findings suggest a hybrid between contextual- and sequential ambidexterity as the most appropriate narrative for the studied SMEs. Management control systems as a package fits into this narrative as tensions occur between the systems which triggers ambidextrous activities. A well-integrated package approach work as a navigation system and may thus facilitate the achievement of current strategic challenges. The finalized framework in this thesis comple- ments existing theory by suggesting two different scenarios occurring within SMEs. In order for SMEs to achieve organizational ambidexterity, a shift between these two scenarios occurs in the long run.
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Verksamhetsstyrning vid en kris: En studie av hur Region Kronoberg hanterade Covid-19 / Management Control in a crisis: A study of how Region Kronoberg handled Covid-19

Bjälevik, Sofia, Tvildiani, Mariam January 2023 (has links)
Bakgrund och problem: Verksamhetsstyrningen i Region Kronoberg betraktas ske på rutin och med en tydlig struktur vilket är väsentliga principer i Malmi och Browns styrpaket. När en kris inträffar väcks det frågor om hur verksamhetsstyrningen ska gå till då den rutinmässiga processen sätts i obalans. Att studera Covid-19 och de förändringar som krisen har medfört i verksamhetsstyrningen är intressant eftersom det aldrig tidigare har inträffat en kris med dessa dramatiska egenskaper. Egenskaperna har ökat behovet av en effektiv verksamhetsstyrning. Styrpaketet som är en del av verksamhetsstyrningen har kritiserats av forskare som menar att för mycket fokus läggs på det finansiella perspektivet. Covid-19 har bevisat att om störst fokus riktas mot den finansiella biten kommer krishanteringen inte kunna vara tillräckligt effektiv. Därmed behöver paketet vara mer socialt fokuserat. Eftersom att endast styrpaketet inte är tillräcklig i krissituationer brukar ledningen under kriser även utveckla en krishanteringsmodell som också blir en del av verksamhetsstyrningen. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att skapa en djupare förståelse för verksamhetsstyrningens roll i Region Kronoberg under Covid-19 och hur den har förändrats i en organisation som drabbas av en chockartad kris samt vilka lärdomar som krisen har gett upphov till. Metod: Studien som är en enfallsstudie har genomförts med medarbetare från högre och lägre positioner i Region Kronoberg. Uppsatsen har en kvalitativ forskningsdesign med semistrukturerade intervjuer. Insamlingen av det empiriska materialet beskrivs djupare i metodkapitlet. Utöver semistrukturerade intervjuer har även dokument används i syfte att komplettera intervjuerna. Slutsats: Studien visar på att styrpaket och krishantering, som är delar av verksamhetsstyrningen, har misslyckats i rollen som krishanterare under Covid-19. Den främsta anledningen till det är krisens långvarighet och modellernas brist på förmågan att vara   situationsanpassade. Eftersom pandemin inte var lik någon tidigare kris har drastiska förändringar i verksamhetsstyrningen förekommit. Ändringarna har bland annat identifierats i prioriteringar och planeringsprocesser. Uppsatsen för även diskussioner kring vilka lärdomar som finns av Covid-19, som i sin tur kan vara användbara inför en framtida kris. De främsta lärdomarna är att krisen kräver en god organisationsstruktur med tydliga roller. Detta gör att det behövs en högre grad av inkludering av personal, vilket i sin tur kräver en god kommunikation. Just de icke-finansiella aspekterna kommunikation och personal behöver få mer fokus i en långdragen kris. En ytterligare lärdom är att beredskapen för kriser måste vara högre för att minimera de negativa konsekvenserna. / Background and problem: Management Control in Region Kronoberg is characterized by routines and clear structures, which are crucial principles of Malmi and Brown's Management Control Systems as a package. However, when a crisis occurs, all the routines and structures of an organisation get disturbed. Thus, questions about how management control should be executed in a crisis arise. Studying Covid-19 and the changes it has brought in management control is fascinating since there has never before been a crisis with such dramatic characteristics. These exceptional characteristics have in turn increased the need for an effective Management Control. Management Control Systems as a package, which is a part of management control, has been criticised by some researchers who claim that too much focus is placed on the financial part of an organisation. Covid-19 pandemic has proven that managing a crisis by putting the major focus on the financial state of an organisation is insufficient. Management Control Systems as a package thus needs to be more socially oriented. Since Management Control Systems as a package only is not enough in managing a crisis situation, the management of an organisation usually develops a Crisis Management model, which also becomes a part of Management Control. Purpose: The study aims to generate a deeper understanding of the role of Management Control in Region Kronoberg during Covid-19 and how it has changed in an organisation which has been affected by a shock-like crisis as well as the lessons learned, which the crisis has given rise to. Method: The study is of type one-case and has been carried out with employees from both higher and lower positions at Region Kronoberg. The paper has a qualitative research design with semi-structured interviews. The collection of the empirical material is described in more depth in the method chapter. In addition to semi-structured interviews, documents have also been utilized in order to supplement the interviews. Master thesis, Master of Science in Business and Economics, School of Business and Economics at Linnaeus University in Växjö, Spring 2023.    Conclusion: The study has concluded that both the Management Control Systems package, as well as Crisis Management, which are parts of Management Control, have failed in their role as crisis managers during Covid-19. The main reason for this is the duration of the crisis and the models' lack of ability to be adaptive to current situations. Due to the fact that the pandemic was unlike any previous crisis, drastic changes in Management Control have occurred. The changes have been identified in priorities and planning processes, among other things. The essay also discusses the lessons that can be learned from Covid-19, which in turn may be useful for a future crisis. The main lessons learned are that the crisis requires a good organizational structure with clear roles. For this to be possible a higher degree of inclusion of personnel is needed, which in turn is achieved by clear communication. It is precisely the non-financial aspects such as communication and personnel that need to receive more focus during a long-term crisis. Another lesson learned is that preparedness for a crisis must be higher in order to dampen the unfavorable consequences of it.
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”Fallerar den ena, fallerar den andra” : En studie av relationen mellan kulturell- och cybernetisk verksamhetsstyrning i Sparbanken Eken / ”If one fails, the other fails” : A study about the relationship between cultural- and cybernetic management controlsin Sparbanken Eken

Grönvall, Rasmus, Ek, Joakim January 2023 (has links)
Examensarbete (4FE18E), Civilekonomprogrammet – Controller, Ekonomihögskolan vid Linnéuniversitetet i Växjö, VT 2023. Titel: ”Fallerar den ena, fallerar den andra” - En studie av relationen mellan kulturell- och cybernetisk verksamhetsstyrning i Sparbanken Eken Bakgrund och problem: Tidigare forskning har riktat fokus mot enskilda styrsystem och studerat dessa isolerade från varandra, något som bidragit till att ”antingen-eller-förhållanden” satt sin prägel och begränsat studiernas resultat. Kulturell styrning har i flera av dessa studier porträtterats som det nav vilket binder samman organisationer och skapar regler eller normerför att förklara och vägleda. Samtidigt går det att ställa sig frågande till om cybernetisk styrning fungerar utan hänsyn till andra system, eller om de är beroende av en specifik tolkning baserad på värderingar, antaganden och normer, för att fungera. Med utgångspunkten att cybernetiska kontroller är starkt beroende av tolkning, finns det en klar fördel av att studera verksamhetsstyrsystem i relation till varandra, inte var för sig. Förvånansvärt nog är det få studier som faktiskt lyckats precisera betydelsen av relationen mellan kulturell- och cybernetisk styrning. Tidigare studier har fångat relationen genom begreppen samspel och balans men inte beskrivit systemens relation på djupet. Med anledning av att system ofta studerats isolerade från varandra krävs studier som fördjupar förståelsen för relationen mellan kulturell- och cybernetisk styrning. Syfte och frågeställningar: Syftet med studien är att fördjupa förståelsen för relationen mellan kulturell- och cybernetisk styrning. Frågeställningarna som väglett undersökningen är hur kulturell styrning kommer till uttryck i cybernetiska styrmedel samt hur cybernetisk styrning kommer till uttryck i kulturella styrmedel. Metod och genomförande: Studien präglades av en kvalitativ forskningsansats med ett deduktivt angreppssätt. För att besvara frågeställningarna var Sparbanken Eken fallföretag, en bank med andra incitament för styrning än de som genomsyrar större banker. Insamlingen av empiriskt material utgick från semi-strukturerade intervjuer på olika hierarkiska nivåer, från ledning till medarbetare, dokument samt deltagande observationer. Det empiriska materialet bidrog till en förståelse för hur kulturell- och cybernetisk styrning kan tänka sig relatera till varandra och hur de bidrar till varandras utfall. I analysen sammanstrålades referensramen meddet empiriska materialet vilka det genom senare kunde dras slutsatser utifrån. Detta mynnade ut i ett nytt synsätt för hur relationen mellan kulturell- och cybernetisk styrning kan bli sedd. Slutsats: Relationen mellan systemen kommer till uttryck genom symbios. Därmed är systemen beroende av varandra och påverkas, på ett eller annat sätt, mer eller mindre, utav händelser i respektive system. Det som binder samman systemen är företags arbetssätt. På så vis kan arbetssättet för framställning av budget eller mål inom cybernetisk styrning, få inverkan på värderingar inom kulturell styrning. Värderingar kan sedan bli grunden för subkulturer vilka på ett gynnsamt eller missgynnsamt sätt kan påverka utfall inom cybernetisk styrning. Subkulturer med stort engagemang för styrning och de mål som satts upp inom cybernetisk styrning, påverkar sedermera utfallen av dessa genom arbetssättet. Därmed går det inte att se vart den ena styrningen börjar och slutar, de arbetar ständigt i symbios med varandra och är i starka beroendeställningar till varandras framgångar. Fallerar den ena, fallerar den andra. / Master thesis (4FE18E), Master of Science in Business and Economics, School of Business and Economics at Linnaeus University in Växjö, Spring 2023. Title: ”If one fails, the other fails” - A study about the relationship between cultural- and cybernetic management controls in Sparbanken Eken Background and problem: Previous research have focused on single control systems and studied these isolated from each other which has contributed to that “either-or-relationships” has left its’ mark and limited the studies’ results. Cultural controls have in many of these studies been portrayed as the hub that ties organizations together and creates rules or norms to explain and guide. At the same time, it is possible to raise questions about whether cybernetic controls function without consideration to other systems, or if they are dependent on a specific mode of interpretation based on values, convictions, and norms, to work. With the premise that cybernetic controls are strongly dependent on interpretations, there is a clear advantage of studying management controls systems in relation to each other, not one by one. Surprisingly enough, few studies have managed to pinpoint the importance of the relationship between cultural- and cybernetic controls. Previous studies have captured the relationship by using the concepts interplay and balance but have not been able to describe the systems’ relationship in depth. Since systems is usually studied isolated from each other, there is a need for studies that deepens the understanding for the relationship between cultural- and cybernetic controls. Purpose and research questions: The purpose of the study is to deepen the understanding of the relationship between cultural- and cybernetic controls. The research questions that have guided the study are how cultural controls is expressed through cybernetic means of control and how cybernetic controls is expressed through cultural means of controls. Method and implementation: The implementation of the study was characterized by a qualitative research approach with a deductive nearing. To answer the research questions, Sparbanken Eken acted case company, a bank with other incentives regarding control than those permeating bigger banks. The collection of empirical material was based on semi-structured interviews on different hierarchical levels ranging from corporate management to co-workers, documents, and participatory observations. The empirical material contributed to an understanding for how cultural- and cybernetic control systems could relate to each other and how they contribute to each other’s results. In the analysis section, the frame of reference and the empirical material converged, through which conclusions later could be drawn from. This resulted in a new outlook for how the relationship between cultural- and cybernetic controls can be seen. Conclusion: The relationship between the systems is expressed through symbiosis. Hence, the systems are dependent on each other and are affected by, in one way or another, more or less, events in the respective systems. What ties the systems together is the company’s way of working. Thus, the way of working when constructing budget or goals within the cybernetic control system, will influence values in the cultural control system. Further, values may become the ground for subcultures which in a favourable or non-favourable way can affect outcomes in the cybernetic control system. Subcultures with great commitment to controls and goals set within the cybernetic control system, further affects the outcomes of these through the way of working. Thus, it is not possible to declare where one control system starts or ends, they work simultaneously in symbiosis with each other and are in strong dependency positions for eachother’s success. If one fails, the other fails.

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