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firm performance and ceo turnover in private family firms: evidence from norway

Brynildsen, Ane Aurora; Thi Nguyen, Duyen Phuong
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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
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