The Growing Organisation
| dc.contributor.author | Jansson Ramér, Erika | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lygner, Emelie | |
| dc.contributor.department | Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för teknikens ekonomi och organisation | sv |
| dc.contributor.examiner | Wickenberg, Jan | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Wickenberg, Jan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-09T08:42:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-06-09T08:42:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | sv |
| dc.date.submitted | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | sv |
| dc.identifier.coursecode | TEKX08 | sv |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/302426 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | sv |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | E2021:080 | sv |
| dc.setspec.uppsok | Technology | |
| dc.title | The Growing Organisation | sv |
| dc.type.degree | Examensarbete för masterexamen | sv |
| dc.type.uppsok | H | |
| local.programme | Quality and operations management (MPQOM), MSc |