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Pengars roll i enhetschefers arbete: Om enhetschefers upplevelse av arbetet organisationsmässigt och attityder gentemot sparkrav och budgetstyrning inom LSS

Ekelund, Gustav LU (2022) SOPA63 20212
School 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
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organization
course
SOPA63 20212
year
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
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2022-01-19 10:24:40
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  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}},
}