The Growing Organisation
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Quality and operations management (MPQOM), MSc
Publicerad
2021
Författare
Jansson Ramér, Erika
Lygner, Emelie
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When an organisation is growing there are things that should be considered in order
for the organisation to grow and change in a successful way and still reach the organisational
goals. One aspect of organisational growth is how it affects the employees
of the organisation. The aim of this report has been to identify what employees view
as positive aspects of being a small organisation, and what concerns the employees
might have as the organisation is growing. With this information gathered the study
has aimed to answer the question of whether or not it is possible to grow without
losing the positive aspects of the smaller organisation. The main research question
with the purpose of fulfilling the aim of this report has been Is there a way to keep
the positive aspects of being a smaller organisation when the organisation is growing?
The study is a case study based on a biotech company within the pharmaceutical
business that at the moment is going through an organisational change and at
the same time is growing globally. In order for the researchers of this study to in
the end be able to propose recommendations on how the case study organisation
should manage this change with regards to how their employees are affected, internal
interviews with fifteen employees at the company was held. These were analysed
and compared in parallel with eleven external interviews that was held with people
outside the organisation in order to validate and find common features with the
internal interviews to make sure that the result of the study is also applicable on
other organisations.
The most commonly mentioned positive aspect of the smaller organisation is in
this study shown to be aspects deriving from the fact that there are not so many
people within the organisation. Aspects such as: the ability to know the people you
work with, having a great overview of the organisation and having the ability to
have an impact is according to this study highly valued when working in a smaller
organisation. Supported by literature and the information gathered in the interviews
the researchers of this study has gained knowledge about the fact that when an
organisation is growing it will create concerns amongst the employees from the fact
that there will be more people inside the organisation that will affect the way the
organisation is working. Growth is change, and it is self-contradictory to stay small
when you are large. However, there might be compensatory measures that that
could be taken, although not without costs, to make some selected aspects of the
organisation behave more like before. We will suggest a number of such measures
in our Discussion.