firm performance and ceo turnover in private family firms: evidence from norway
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Abstract
Public organizations may change gradually through continuous small evolutionary
changes or adjustments, through conscious changes made by political and
administrative leaders, as a result of external shocks - or through a combination of
all three. The attack at Utøya on the 22nd of July 2011 constituted such a shock
and triggered a change process of the Norwegian Police Service. This led to the
implementation of the Police Reform (“Nærpolitireformen”) and the
implementation process has been characterized by different values, goals,
expectations and results.
The purpose of the present study is to explore how organizational culture
and leadership has influenced the implementation of the Police Reform. The study
investigates the existing culture in several police districts, and reveals how this
culture has been affected by the changes. The organizational culture within the
Norwegian Police Service is highly complex, and studies, analysis and reports has
revealed some very positive sides of the culture, that is important to protect, but
also some unfortunate sides, that need to be improved in order to become and
effective and well-functioning organization. In particular, leaders in the
Norwegian Police Service have a major responsibility when it comes to inform,
delegate and commend the changes occurring within the organization. In a
changing environment where the organizational culture, the work methods and the
dynamics of the organization changes the leaders have a difficult job in fulfilling
these demands.
The study illuminates the aspects of the change process, and by reflections
and thoughts from important leaders within the Norwegian Police Service, the
reader will get a broad insight of the positive and negative sides of the
implementation of the Police Reform. Surprisingly, most leaders that were
interviewed seem to be positive towards the changes. Their reflections however,
reveals that the major structural and qualitative changes that has occurred within
the Norwegian Police Service the last years, have had an effect on the
organizational culture, which in accordance with the different ways of leading the
organization has led to a laborious and exhausting process.
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Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Leadership and Organizational Psychology - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2019