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The Social Construction of Crisis: Constructed realities of employees at Scandinavian Airlines in they face of organizational change

Al Mukit, Abdul and Donham, Andrew (2008)
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
Abstract
Title: The Social Construction of Crisis: constructed realities of employees at Scandinavian Airlines as they face organizational change
Seminar Date: 3 June 2008
Course: (BUSM18) Thesis Degree Project, Managing People, Knowledge and Change
Authors: Andrew Donham and Abdul Al Mukit
Advisor: Tony Huzzard
Company: SAS Ground Service of SAS Group AB
Five key words: Social Construction, Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, Organizational Development, Change Management
Purpose: Explore the socially constructed reality found among employees of SGS at Malmö Airport with respect to the preparatory stage of Strategy 2011 Change Program
Methodology: Abductive approach is taken following a postmodernist, poststructuralist meta-theoretical frame of... (More)
Abstract
Title: The Social Construction of Crisis: constructed realities of employees at Scandinavian Airlines as they face organizational change
Seminar Date: 3 June 2008
Course: (BUSM18) Thesis Degree Project, Managing People, Knowledge and Change
Authors: Andrew Donham and Abdul Al Mukit
Advisor: Tony Huzzard
Company: SAS Ground Service of SAS Group AB
Five key words: Social Construction, Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, Organizational Development, Change Management
Purpose: Explore the socially constructed reality found among employees of SGS at Malmö Airport with respect to the preparatory stage of Strategy 2011 Change Program
Methodology: Abductive approach is taken following a postmodernist, poststructuralist meta-theoretical frame of reference
Theoretical perspective: Social construction is explored as a process interconnecting discourse, understanding and identity. Empirical foundation: Empirical sources include internal corporate text communications as well as print media. Face-to-face interviews with organizational members from management, union and worker levels of the organization were also conducted. Conclusion: Though the value is apparent in managing through an interpretive sense, findings illustrate the difficulty in doing so, based on the ambiguous nature of meaning making in management. (Less)
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Al Mukit, Abdul and Donham, Andrew
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organization
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H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Social Construction, Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, Organizational Development, Change Management, Management of enterprises, Företagsledning, management
language
Swedish
id
1474580
date added to LUP
2008-06-03 00:00:00
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2012-04-02 17:13:15
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  abstract     = {{Abstract
Title:	The Social Construction of Crisis: constructed realities of employees at Scandinavian Airlines as they face organizational change
Seminar Date: 3 June 2008
Course:	(BUSM18) Thesis Degree Project, Managing People, Knowledge and Change
Authors:	Andrew Donham and Abdul Al Mukit
Advisor:	Tony Huzzard
Company:	SAS Ground Service of SAS Group AB
Five key words:	Social Construction, Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, Organizational Development, Change Management
Purpose:	Explore the socially constructed reality found among employees of SGS at Malmö Airport with respect to the preparatory stage of Strategy 2011 Change Program
Methodology:	Abductive approach is taken following a postmodernist, poststructuralist meta-theoretical frame of reference
Theoretical perspective:	Social construction is explored as a process interconnecting discourse, understanding and identity. Empirical foundation:	Empirical sources include internal corporate text communications as well as print media. Face-to-face interviews with organizational members from management, union and worker levels of the organization were also conducted. Conclusion:	Though the value is apparent in managing through an interpretive sense, findings illustrate the difficulty in doing so, based on the ambiguous nature of meaning making in management.}},
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  title        = {{The Social Construction of Crisis: Constructed realities of employees at Scandinavian Airlines in they face of organizational change}},
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