Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Rolfsen, Monica"
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A blueprint paradox: Successful but unintended cross-national translation of total productive maintenance
Rolfsen, Monica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate if a manufacturing concept such as total productive maintenance (TPM) can be copied from one location to another. Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative data ... -
Communication and Experienced Change in Relation to Employees' Post-Merger Perceptions: A Case Study of the EDB ErgoGroup Merger
Aass, Ulrik Nikolai; Oppen, Endre (Master thesis, 2012)While mergers and acquisitions continue to be a popular path for companies in the 21st century, research suggests that they frequently fail to deliver the expected value, and that this often is due to complex human-related ... -
Implementation of Management Concepts within Multinational Corporations: A Case Study of Communities of Practice in a Norwegian Automobile Subsidiary Facing a Management Concept
Kilskar, Stine Skaufel; Valle, Nina (Master thesis, 2014)Due to increased competition and fluctuations in the highly globalized business environments, managing change has become a key to organizational success. However, changing organizations is difficult. As a consequence, the ... -
Kunnskapsoverføring og Lean Production: Casebedrift: Hydro Primary Metal Sunndal
Smenes, Ellen Oddrun (Master thesis, 2013)Problemstillingen for denne masteroppgaven er: Hva er de mest framtredende utfordringene for kunnskapsoverføring på tvers av de norske verkene i Hydro Primary Metal? Hva er de mest framtredende utfordringene for ... -
Lar endring i sykehus seg programmere?: Sammenhengen mellom lean og IKT i sykehus
Karlsen, Katrine Baastad; Haugland, Silje Tolo (Master thesis, 2014)Hovedtemaene for denne oppgaven er innføring av lean og bruk av IKT i sykehus. Oppgaven bidrar med innsikt i hvordan IKT kan utvikles for å støtte standardiserte pasientforløp på norske sykehus. Vi argumenterer for at ... -
Lean i tjenesteytende virksomhet: Hvordan lykkes?
Einarsen, Jennifer Foldnes; Aune, Kristin (Master thesis, 2013)Denne studien omhandler innføring av lean i tjenesteytende virksomhet. En gjennomgang av relevant litteratur samt empiriske undersøkelser i to tjenesteytende organisasjoner danner grunnlaget for å svare på studiets ... -
Lean implementation in Norwegian public service sector
Holmemo, Marte Daae-Qvale (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2017:102, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Summary of the thesis Norwegian public service organizations (PSOs) are under political pressure to deliver more and better services for less cost. At a time when the public sector is open to ideas and solutions from ... -
Lean organisering i norsk arbeidsliv: slutten på medvirkning?
Ingvaldsen, Jonas A; Rolfsen, Monica; Finsrud, Henrik D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Den norske samarbeidsmodellen blir bejublet og utforsket for tiden, vanligvis definert som samspillet mellom velferdsstat, makroøkonomiske styringsmodeller og trepartssamarbeidet. Vi ser i denne artikkelen mer spesifikt ... -
Lean thinking: outside-in, bottom-up? The paradox of contemporary soft lean and consultant-driven lean implementation
Holmemo, Marte Daae-Qvale; Rolfsen, Monica; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Lean has evolved from an operational tool to a complete management concept that incorporates softer aspects such as participation, learning and leadership. This evolution challenges the traditional way in which large ... -
Technological Step-Change in Industrial Production Systems
Odegaard, Leiv Erik (Master thesis, 2014)One of the most enduring issues in research on business strategy and organization is how firms can survive and achieve prosperity in the long run. A recurring answer to it is that firms must be ambidextrous: efficient in ... -
The significance of trust in project teams : Exploring context-dependent antecedents and consequences of trust in a project team setting
Buvik, Marte Pettersen (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:102, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Summary of the thesis In today's working life, a large part of the work is organized in projects carried out by project teams. The work is often associated with high uncertainty, time pressure and risk and the project ... -
The silent practice: Sustainable self-managing teams in a Norwegian context
Rolfsen, Monica; Johansen, Tobias Strand (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Purpose - The purpose is to provide explanations for why some self-managing teams survive and develop over a long period of time. Design/methodology/approach - The research design is longitudinal, having worked with several ... -
Transfer of labour-management partnership in multinational companies
Rolfsen, Monica (Journal article, 2013)There has been a growing interest in how multinational corporations transfer various management practices from one country to another. The positions vary from an extreme where all practices will become globally standardised; ... -
Virtual teams across organizational boundaries: A case study of an inter-organizational relationship in the oil and gas industry
Hosøy, Lars Henrik (Master thesis, 2011)Over the last years, rapid technological development has made it possible for organizations to increase their use of virtual teams. Unlike traditional face-to-face teams, virtual teams enable people to collaborate across ... -
"We are at day one of a new life": translation of a management concept from headquarter to a production team
Rolfsen, Monica; Kilskar, Stine Skaufel; Valle, Nina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze how implementation of a management concept is interpreted by a team within a multinational company. The headquarter “rolls out” a standardized version of teamwork within a ... -
"We put teamwork back on the agenda again and again". The role of support systems in autonomous teamwork
Rolfsen, Monica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on teamwork by focusing on the influence support systems, like industrial relations, have on teamwork. Teamwork is conceptualized through three ... -
Å samhandle om samhandling: Etablering av et standardisert pasientforløp på tvers av spesialist- og kommunehelsetjenesten
Neverdal, Marte Nilssen; Rystad, Kristina Edvardsen (Master thesis, 2014)Denne studien omhandler lean i helsevesenet, nærmere bestemt etablering av standardiserte pasientforløp på tvers av spesialist- og kommunehelsetjenesten. Ved hjelp av teori og empiri har det blitt søkt å svare på oppgavens ...