Pengars roll i enhetschefers arbete: Om enhetschefers upplevelse av arbetet organisationsmässigt och attityder gentemot sparkrav och budgetstyrning inom LSS
(2022) SOPA63 20212School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Research shows that due to the influence of New Public Management reforms in the public sector in Sweden, financial means in the care of people with disabilities has grown scarcer, while budgetary and administrative workload of managers in the field has become bigger. The aim of this study has been to examine how middle managers experience that downsizing and economic work affect their professional role, as well as their attitude towards said phenomena. To gather data, qualitative interviews were performed with six managers in the field. The theoretical framework in which the study has been carried out, has mainly relied upon domain theory and theories on leadership and management. Although results show some variation in how big a part of... (More)
- Research shows that due to the influence of New Public Management reforms in the public sector in Sweden, financial means in the care of people with disabilities has grown scarcer, while budgetary and administrative workload of managers in the field has become bigger. The aim of this study has been to examine how middle managers experience that downsizing and economic work affect their professional role, as well as their attitude towards said phenomena. To gather data, qualitative interviews were performed with six managers in the field. The theoretical framework in which the study has been carried out, has mainly relied upon domain theory and theories on leadership and management. Although results show some variation in how big a part of the managers´ workload that consists of economic tasks, they all agree upon that it is an important and time consuming component of their professional role. In contrast to what much of the literature on the subject says, the managers in this study don’t find that the large amount of work taken up by economic tasks is illegitimate or something negative, but rather seem to take a neutral standpoint towards it and find it to be an inherent part of the occupation. (Less)
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- author
- Ekelund, Gustav LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20212
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Middle Managers, LSS, Disability, Leadership, Management, Social Work
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9072231
- date added to LUP
- 2022-01-19 10:24:40
- date last changed
- 2022-01-19 10:24:40
@misc{9072231, abstract = {{Research shows that due to the influence of New Public Management reforms in the public sector in Sweden, financial means in the care of people with disabilities has grown scarcer, while budgetary and administrative workload of managers in the field has become bigger. The aim of this study has been to examine how middle managers experience that downsizing and economic work affect their professional role, as well as their attitude towards said phenomena. To gather data, qualitative interviews were performed with six managers in the field. The theoretical framework in which the study has been carried out, has mainly relied upon domain theory and theories on leadership and management. Although results show some variation in how big a part of the managers´ workload that consists of economic tasks, they all agree upon that it is an important and time consuming component of their professional role. In contrast to what much of the literature on the subject says, the managers in this study don’t find that the large amount of work taken up by economic tasks is illegitimate or something negative, but rather seem to take a neutral standpoint towards it and find it to be an inherent part of the occupation.}}, author = {{Ekelund, Gustav}}, language = {{swe}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Pengars roll i enhetschefers arbete: Om enhetschefers upplevelse av arbetet organisationsmässigt och attityder gentemot sparkrav och budgetstyrning inom LSS}}, year = {{2022}}, }