Search for dissertations about: "organizational reform"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the words organizational reform.

2. 1. Influence in sensemaking during change : a study of the Swedish police reform and subsequent change work

   Author : Robert Kihlberg; Malin Näsholm; Ola Lindberg; Oscar Rantatalo; Markus Hällgren; Johan Alvehus; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; police reform; organizational change; employee influence; sensemaking; sensegiving; employee-driven development; episodic power; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

   Abstract : This dissertation is based on four articles, and examines efforts of influence in processes of sensemaking during, and subsequent to, the Swedish police reform. Sensemaking – a process where individuals work to understand what is going on when they encounter confusing events – is of central importance for how organizational change unfolds. READ MORE

4. 2. Organizing for efficiency : Essays on merger policies, independence of authorities, and technology diffusion

   Author : Anh Mai; Mats Bergman; Lars Hultkrantz; Ranjula Bali Swain; Lars Persson; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; merger; regulation; reform; authority; corruption; broadband; diffusion; policy; industrial organization; accountability; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society;

   Abstract : Institutions are fundamentally sets of rules in a society that help create stability. Organizations are groups of people who may share the same goal. Changes in organizations and institutions will have large effects on the performance of economies. READ MORE

5. 3. Modernisation and marketisation : The Chinese kindergarten in the 1990s

   Author : Limin Gu; Inger M. Andersson; Gunilla Halldén; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Chinese kindergarten; early childhood education; reform; modernisation; marketisation; structure; ideology; change; continuity; progress; conflict; differentiation; Education;

   Abstract : This is a study of changes in Chinese kindergarten education in the era of the post-Mao four modernisations. Based on fieldwork carried out in China in 1997, this thesis examined the changes of Chinese kindergarten education at two levels — changes in system (structural change) and changes in educational activities (curriculum and ideological change), especially for the period of the 1990s. READ MORE

6. 4. What happened with the leviathan of the Public Sector? : The challenges of vertical coordination in regional public organizations and its effect on public value

   Author : Sara Davoudi; Mikael Johnson; Martin Löfgren; Anders Fundin; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Coordination; Citizen Needs; Organizational Learning; Public Reform; Public Value; Regional Public Organizations; Business Administration; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Putting the capability to satisfy citizens’ needs at the heart of public organizations, public value has been argued to be the ultimate goal of public sector programs and policies. However, the contemporary public sector’s complex and multilevel structures has led to limited information processing between the various levels within organizations. READ MORE

7. 5. Icons of New Public Management : four studies on competition, contracts and control

   Author : Roland M Almqvist; Ernst Jonsson; Björn Brorström; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; competition; decentralization; management by contract; management control system; mechanisms of change; new public management; organizational reform; threat of competition; transformation; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Public organizations have undergone major changes over the past few decades. The umbrella term used to characterize these changes in the style of public administration is ‘New Public Management’ (NPM). READ MORE