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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.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Part-time employment within the Swedish retail business : – A study of part-time employment from a management perspective

Dahlman, Johanna, Engberg, Anna January 2015 (has links)
Research question: How has the presence of PT employees affected the role of managers in the Swedish food retail business? Research purpose: The purpose of this paper was to describe the change that accompanies part-time employment from a management perspective, and particularly, describe how the presence of part-time employment has influenced the role of the manager within the Swedish food retail business. Conceptual framework: The main focused in this chapter is directed towards the role of managers. The basis of the conceptual framework consist of the model developed by Mintzberg including the ten managerial roles and Quinn's eight leadership roles and how the presence of PT employments might affect these roles. Methodology: In this paper, the authors adopted a qualitative design and used narrative inquiry as a research strategy in order to gain a deep understanding of the context. Semi- structured interviews have been collected through a self-selection sampling and the total number of participants was ten. Conclusions: Based on the findings of this paper the presence of PT employees have not influenced and changed the role of managers. The changes that have influenced and caused the change of the role of the managers constitutes of the increased workload, the delegations of tasks and responsibilities, changed positions, the change of the organisational structure of the individual store, and the increased workforce.
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Vadovų vadybinės kompetencijos: būklė ir perspektyvos / Leaders‘ managerial competencies: evidence and perspectives

Danuta, Diskienė 08 April 2009 (has links)
Habilitacijos procedūrai teikiamų mokslo darbų apžvalgoje nagrinėjami svarbiausi Danutos Diskienės atliktų 1997–2008 m. mokslinių tyrimų rezultatai. Autorės tyrimai yra susiję su vadovų vaidmens šiuolaikinėje organizacijoje pokyčiais bei verslo ir viešojo sektoriaus skirtingo lygio vadovų vadybinėmis nuostatomis, įgyvendinant valdymo funkcijas. Pagrindinis tyrimų tikslas - įvertinti vadovų vadybines kompetencijas pagal pagrindines valdymo funkcijas bei atskleisti kompetencijų pokyčių turinį ir kryptis, atsižvelgiant į besikeičiančios aplinkos iššūkius. Tikslui atskleisti buvo iškelti tokie uždaviniai: • atlikti, remiantis teoriniu vadovų kompetencijų modeliu, verslo ir viešojo sektorių skirtingo lygio vadovų kompetencijų lyginamąją analizę ir identifikuoti kritines pozicijas; • nustatyti, atsižvelgiant į kultūros orientacijos modelį, Lietuvos kultūros vertybių orientacijas ir atskleisti jų įtaką vadybinės elgsenos raiškai organizacijose; • išnagrinėti ir apibendrinti teorines valdymo funkcijų turinį atskleidžiančias koncepcijas vadovų kompetencijų ugdymo kontekste, pabrėžiant jų pritaikomumo lygį skirtinguose veiklos sektoriuose (verslo ir viešajame sektoriuje); • įvertinti skirtingo lygio vadovų vadybinių kompetencijų būklę, įgyvendinant pagrindines valdymo funkcijas ir atskleisti galimas kompetencijų pokyčių kryptis. Savo darbuose autorė remiasi teorinės minties ir vadybinės praktikos integravimu. Empiriniai iškeltų vadybinių problemų tyrimai buvo atliekami dviem etapais: I... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This overview of research work done by Danuta Diskiene includes the most important research issues and results obtained in the period of 1997–2008. The principal research points and issues are summarized below. Author’s research is related to the changes of leader’s role in the modern organization, as well as with different managerial attitudes of business and public sector leaders needed in the realization of managerial functions. The main aim of this research is to evaluate the managerial competencies of leaders according to the main managerial functions and to reveal the contents and directions of the competencies’ changes in respect to the challenges of the changing environment. The following tasks were formed to disclose the aim: • To perform a comparative analysis and indentify critical positions of the managers representing different levels in business and public sectors, invoking theoretical module of managerial competencies; • To determine Lithuanian cultural values and to reveal their influence on the managerial behavior in the organizations in consideration of cultural orientation model; • To analyze and summarize theoretical concepts which reveal the content of managerial functions in the context of managerial competencies’ cultivation, stressing their adaptability level for different sectors (business and public sector); • To evaluate the condition of leaders’ managerial competencies on different levels, through implementation of main managerial functions and to... [to full text]

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