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- Höglund, Linda, 1972-, et al.
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Entrepreneurship a Managerial Tool for Renewal : The Case of the Swedish Public Employment Service
- 2018
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Ingår i: IRSPM Conference in Edinburgh 11-14 of April. Panel 38. Strategic management and public service performance in the New Public Governance Era. - : IRSPM - International Research Society in Public Management.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to study how strategic and entrepreneurial processes develop in a public-sector organization. We do this through the theoretical lens of Strategic Entrepreneurship (SE). Previous literature on SE practices have identified a number of organizational aspects – such as culture, structure, and leadership – that are important to manage in order to benefit from new opportunities and strategic actions. So far, there is little knowledge about SE practices in the public sector and its possible consequences. There are also few qualitative studies within SE. When more qualitative features of SE are attained, it can provide a better understanding of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship in established organizations and SE. In line with this, our study is based on a longitudinal and qualitative process approach focusing on the work of the Swedish Public Employment Services (SPES) efforts to realize its new strategy through entrepreneurial processes. The results showed that there are several tensions between previous culture, leadership and structure in relation to entrepreneurial processes. We have contributed to previous literature by focusing on the organizational aspects of these tensions and the SE practices of balancing strategic management and entrepreneurship. Our results also show how entrepreneurial processes become the solution to strategic management problems in the public sector and a managerial tool for renewal.
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- Höglund, Linda, 1972-, et al.
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Hur utmanar styrningen det strategiska arbetet? : En studie av strategisk ledning och styrning i Region Stockholm åren 2017 – 2019
- 2020
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Denna studie utgör slutrapporten av ett treårigt forskningsprojekt som genomförts i Region Stockholm under åren 2017 – 2019. Projektet är finansierat inom ramen för ett strategiskt samarbete mellan Region Stockholm och Stockholms universitet. Syftet med studien är att bidra med ökad förståelse om strategisk ledning och styrning i offentlig verksamhet utifrån teorier om hur långsiktiga samhällsvärden skapas. För att undersöka detta empiriskt har följande forskningsfrågor varit vägledande:· Hur styrs Region Stockholm?· Hur utmanar styrningen det strategiska arbetet i Region Stockholm?Den första forskningsfrågan handlar om hur Region Stockholm styrs i praktiken och den andra de utmaningar som kan uppstå när styrning och strategiskt arbete möter varandra i praktiken. Vi vet från tidigare forskning att all styrning kommer med konsekvenser som på olika sätt utmanar det strategiska arbetet. Det är detta vi har intresserat oss för i denna rapport. Det empiriska materialet är omfattande och består av två huvudsakliga delar – en dokumentstudie och en intervjustudie. För att tolka och analysera de empiriska resultaten har vi gått igenom tidigare forskning om strategisk ledning och styrning i offentlig verksamhet med fokus på teorier om hur långsiktiga samhällsvärden skapas. Teorigenomgången avslutas med att ett analytiskt ramverk formuleras vilket tar avstamp i den strategiska triangeln som är uppbyggd utifrån tre noder – samhällsvärde och mål, den auktoriserande instansen och den operativa verksamheten. Dessa tre noder behöver förstås i relation till varandra för att den offentliga organisationen ska kunna uppnå en god strategisk position som bidrar till och skapar hållbara samhällsvärden. Detta betyder att om det finns en välfungerande strategi ska det finnas ett flöde mellan de tre noderna eftersom alla noder är ömsesidigt beroende av varandra. Våra resultat visar att den allt mer standardiserade styrningen i regionen, det ökade fokuset på kvantitativa resultatmått och den allt tydligare politiska styrningen utmanar flödet mellan de tre noderna och därmed också möjligheterna till att skapa långsiktiga samhällsvärden. Våra resultat visar därtill att styrningen på flera sätt utmanar det strategiska arbetet till exempel genom otydlighet i hur verksamheten är organiserad och otydlig ansvarsfördelning, men också genom den stora mängden av styrdokument och styrformer, inkonsekventa målformuleringar, avsaknaden av indikatorer och bristande tillit mellan tjänstemän på olika nivåer, samt mellan politiker och tjänstemän.Avslutningsvis presenterar vi några frågor som Region Stockholm, och andra offentliga verksamheter, kan behöva ställa sig i relation till strategisk ledning och styrning i offentliga verksamheter. Vi berör bland annat frågan om vilken nivå den strategiska ledningen och styrningen ska läggas på? Om "one size fits all” är rätt väg att gå? Om det finns ett ökat behov av att styra samverkan? Samt om långsiktighet i det strategiska arbetet är en (o)möjlighet i offentlig sektor?
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- Höglund, Linda, 1972-, et al.
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The impact of types of trust in the public sector : a case study approach
- 2019
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Ingår i: International Journal of Public Sector Management. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0951-3558 .- 1758-6666. ; :2, s. 247-263
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study how different types of trust develop and change over time in the collaboration between an organization and its board.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is a response to a recent call to apply the concept of trust in understanding the collaboration between a public organization, its board, and other stakeholders. Here, the authors study a single case, and based on a longitudinal in-depth case study method covering the period of 2003–2015, the authors have conducted 27 interviews, including the CEO and all the board members.FindingsThe authors introduce and advance the concept of trust in the public sector literature on board work. This paper shows that trust is complex and multidimensional at different units of analysis. The types of trust discussed in this paper are cognitive, affective, contractual, competence, and goodwill. Different types of trust are developed to make the collaboration between a governed organization and its board to work.Research limitations/implicationsBecause this paper uses the case study method and only studies one single case, the findings of this paper might be questioned on the issue of generalization.Originality/valueThe authors conceptualize and adopt trust as a multidimensional, dynamic concept, and with different units of analyses, capture the nature of the collaboration between a public organization and its board, and its complexity.
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- Sundström, Angelina, et al.
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To be accepted or rejected? : A discourse analysis of the prevailing accounting discourse
- 2019
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study is to contribute to the debate on publish and perish, which is a phenomenon that, for a long time, has been a theme of discussion. This phenomenon has affected many academic disciplines (Miller et al. 2011), including accounting. It is described to be the result of the increased competition that has developed based on the desire to identify the productiveness of universities, departments and faculties. It has created the pressure on scholars to produce quality outputs in the form of publications in high-ranked international refereed journals.This study adopts the idea that high-ranked academic journals are setting the context for what is valid and not valid in accounting scholarship, i.e. high-ranked international refereed journals becomes the prevalent discourse for how researchers supposed to write and think about research in accounting scholarship.The purpose of this paper is through a discourse analysis study if the same phenomena that are apparent in the prevalent discourse of accounting set by top journals also can be seen in the less prestigious and lower-ranked journals of accounting.
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- Axelsson, Karin, PhD, 1969-, et al.
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Strategic management in the public sector - the case of the Swedish transport administration
- 2024
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Ingår i: International Public Management Journal. - 1096-7494 .- 1559-3169. ; 27:4, s. 609-632
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Strategic management in the public sector has become quite popular in practice and several studies have shown that it has an impact on organizational performance. However, we still know little of how strategic management unfolds in practice. Overall, our message is that there are specific challenges that appear when applying strategic management in a public sector context that need to be handled to enhance the possibility of succeeding with strategy work. We present these challenges in terms of four tensions emerging in strategy work: planned versus emergent strategies, legitimacy versus practicality, administrative management versus innovative approach, and accessibility versus security. Based on these identified tensions, we suggest four propositions that not only have implications for further research, but also practical implications.
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- Eriksson, Kim, 1990-, et al.
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Strategic management accounting for change and flexibility
- 2024
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Ingår i: The Routledge Handbook of Public Sector Accounting. - : Routledge. - 9781032282510 - 9781003295945 ; , s. 111-123
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In public sector organizations, strategies and management accounting are often developed with the ambition of providing a combination of long-term objectives and short-term evaluations. This combination is sometimes labelled Strategic Management Accounting (SMA). The purpose of this chapter is to enhance our knowledge about SMA in the public sector context. We do this through a qualitative study of the Swedish Public Employment Service, which in 2020 launched a new strategic direction to manage changes in the agency’s environment, along with a balance scorecard (BSC). The research question for this case was: How is the BSC used by a public sector agency as an SMA tool? Our results show that the agency’s operational managers and controllers use the BSC as an SMA tool to create active management and control, while at the same time being reactive with a short-term focus. We address these results in relation to an idea of flexibilization, more specifically the desire to become a flexible agency that can change and adapt to short-term changes.
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- Hasche, Nina, 1974-, et al.
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Intra-organizational trust in public organizations - the study of interpersonal trust in both vertical and horizontal relationships from a bidirectional perspective
- 2021
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Ingår i: Public Management Review. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 1471-9037 .- 1471-9045. ; 23:12, s. 1768-1788
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to enhance our understanding of intra-organizational trust in public organizations by studying interpersonal trust in both vertical and horizontal relationships from a bidirectional perspective. Previous research has focused on trust at a single level of analysis, ignoring influences from other organizational levels, which has led to gaps in our understanding of trust. In addition, few studies take a bidirectional perspective where a trustor is simultaneously a trustee and vice versa. Through a case study, we contributed to filling this gap by studying the antecedents of trust - ability, benevolence and integrity.
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- Hasche, Nina, 1974-, et al.
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Quadruple helix as a network of relationships : creating value within a Swedish regional innovation system
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. - : Routledge. - 0827-6331 .- 2169-2610. ; 32:6, s. 523-544
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A regional smart specialization initiative is investigated from a quadruple helix framework (industry, government, academia, and users/civil society). Based on a qualitative case study, we examine the interdependencies of actors, resources, and activities from a micro perspective. The aim is to understand the relationships and the value created between the different actors. From the results we conclude that the fourth helix should be viewed as a whole – an arena where triple helix actors in different value adding relationships take on different roles – where they create value to civil society, for example, new jobs or products for improved elderly care. In line with this, we state that the fourth helix is far more complex than limiting it to simply become a fourth separate helix of users or civil society. There is a complexity in that the fourth helix consists of both different users (including triple helix actors) as well as civil society. Users in the quadruple helix framework can also be defined in several ways depending on the context of the arena (the fourth helix) and what value adding activities they bring to civil society. Thus, users can be businesses, organizations, citizens, society, and many more things.
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