Tjänstemannen som utvecklingsresurs - en fallstudie om tjänstemannens handlingsutrymme i organisatoriska utvecklingsprocesser

• Main Author: Eriksson, Johanna
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS) 2013
• Subjects: Case study; Development; Employee capacity; Government employees; Sense Of Coherence; New Public Management; Ogranization; Social Sciences; Samhällsvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-26068

This essay is the result of a case study. The aim of this study has been to gain an understanding of government employee’s opportunity to be involved in and contribute to the processes tied to organizational development. The case study is based on the perspective of the government employees and their experience and thoughts regarding their opportunity to be a part of the organizational development. The empirical data that was generated by the case study has been analysed with New Public Management and Sense Of Coherence as a theoretical point of view. The case study has shown that government employee’s experience of being a part of the organizational development is very shifting depending on several influencing factors such as political control, governing within the organization and the employee’s own will and capacity to contribute to the organizational development. The case study has also shown the need to adapt the structure and governing of the organisation in order to be able use the full capacity of the government employees connected to organizational development.