The purpose of this thesis is to describe and to increase the understanding of the negotiation process between the public- and the private sector in a Public-Private Partnership (PPP). I have chosen to explore the first ?real? PPP project in Denmark, the construction of Vildbjerg compulsory school in the municipality of TrehĂžje.This case study is based upon a qualitative method consisting of interviews with the leading negotiators from both sectors. Two different theoretical perspectives are used to construct the basis of the analysis - The Theory of Public-Private Partnership and Negotiation theory - and serve as a concept instrument.The result of the analysis indicates that the negotiators from the different sectors have problems to get out of their traditional roles as purchaser and contractor ? in PPP they should act like partners.

Vad det Àr som hÀnder inom hÀlso- och sjukvÄrdssektorn Àr ett frÄgetecken, dÄ vissa chefer blir ut- och inrullade i landstingens verksamheter. En vÄrdcentral har fÄtt anlita konsultbolag för att kunna rekrytera en ny chef till sin verksamhet, dÄ de misslyckat med rekryteringen sjÀlva. Idéer om New public management har börjat implementeras i landstingen, vilket betecknar den offentliga sektorns omvandling till att arbeta med företagiserade metoder gÀllande dess organisering och styrsÀtt. De nya arbetsmetoderna inom hÀlso- och sjukvÄrdssektorn har setts orsaka attitydproblem. Syftet med studien Àr att skapa en förstÄelse för hur ledningsarbetet inom offentliga hÀlso- och sjukvÄrdsorganisationer har kommit att pÄverkas av idéer om New public management.

Bakgrund Sedan efterkrigstiden har det skett en ökning av modernaorganisationsidéer. En av dessa idéer Àr employer branding som utgörvarumÀrket för företaget som arbetsgivare och som syftar till att lockatill sig och behÄlla rÀtt personal. Offentlig verksamhet har börjat arbetamed detta begrepp som en följd av new public management menstudier pÄ detta omrÄde saknas.Syfte Syftet med studien Àr att skapa förstÄelse för de svÄrigheter som finns iatt utforma ett employer brand i en offentlig verksamhet somkaraktÀriseras av new public management-idéer. Vi vill bidra till denföretagsekonomiska diskussionen om employer branding genom attbidra med ett kritiskt förhÄllningssÀtt till begreppet inom offentligverksamhet.Metod Studien Àr hermeneutisk med en abduktiv ansats. Fallstudier haranvÀnts för att samla in det empiriska materialet.

Det har gjorts studier om den privata sektorn som visar pÄ att svenska chefer anammar globala managementmodeller utan att reflektera över vad detta kan ha för konsekvenser. Det har visat sig att effekterna av detta har varit att vi rört oss bort frÄn den svenska ledarskapsmodellen trots att den framstÄtt som framgÄngsrik.I denna uppsats har vi identifierat centrala drag i det svenska ledarskapet, dessa Àr maktdistans, delaktighet och konsensus. Vidare har vi undersökt vad som har hÀnt med den svenska ledarskapsmodellen i den offentliga sektorn och om den har förÀndrats efter införandet av New public management med hjÀlp av de centrala dragen. Vi har valt att begrÀnsa oss till förskoleverksamheten och förskolecheferna i Stockholms kommun. Teorierna vi har utgÄtt ifrÄn Àr den svenska modellen, den svenska ledarskapsmodellen och New public management.Vi har utfört en kvalitativ tvÀrsnittsanalys dÀr vi intervjuat fem förskolechefer som leder och samordnar arbetet pÄ förskolan.

The aim of this study is to examine and analyze how management control mechanisms evolve within an organization when a requirement of return on equity is imposed, as well as why the mechanisms evolve the way they do. A case study was performed on Samhall, a Swedish state-owned company, which has the aim to help people with disabilities develop by providing meaningful work. The framework provided by Samuelsson, defining five means of control in organizations was used to structure the study. Further, theories within New Public Management have been used to provide the reader with a proper background to the research area. Theories from the institutional field of organizational research have also been used to provide further depth to our analysis.

The Swedish National Heritage Board (RAÄ) is the agency of the Swedish government responsible for heritage and historic environment issues. During the last couple of years the agency has implemented a new management control system, the balanced scorecard, originally developed for profit driven organizations. Organizations within the public sector have other objectives than profit seeking organizations, and there have been difficulties in applying the balanced scorecard model in the public sector. Therefore we find it interesting to examine the reasons behind these difficulties and believe that some answers can be found in the identification process of the balanced scorecard. Therefore we aim to perform a case study of RAÄ and explain how the identification process of the components of their balanced scorecard can affect further usage of the model as a management control tool.

I den hÀr uppsatsen har jag valt att göra en jÀmförelse mellan de tvÄ kommunerna PiteÄ och SkellefteÄ och hur de har anvÀnt sig utav implementeringen av New Public Management inom respektive kommunal organisation. Jag har Àven studerat mer i detalj vad New Public Management innebÀr. Till min hjÀlp hade jag fyra stycken informanter frÄn de tvÄ kommunerna. Jag gjorde djupintervjuer med de pÄ deras respektive kontor och varje intervju tog mellan 30 till 40 minuter. Jag anvÀnde mig utav en intervjuguide till varje intervju och den innehöll sammanlagt arton frÄgor.

Den offentliga sektorn anses som ineffektiv av föresprÄkarna för New Public Management (NPM) som hÀvdar att den offentliga sektorns verksamheter ska bedrivas mer resultatinriktat, likt den privata sektorn. Detta för att skattebetalarnas pengar ska komma tillbaka till medborgarna. Ett sÀtt att lösa vad de framhÄller som ett ineffektivitetsproblem har lett till konkurrensutsÀttning, dÀr privata aktörer fÄr en möjlighet att genom upphandling utföra offentliga tjÀnster. Syftet var att undersöka hur det strategiskt arbetas med stöd och vÀgledning till chefer i konkurrensutsatt verksamhet, samt hur chefer upplever att de fÄr det stöd som behövs för att fullgöra sitt arbete. Vi ville Àven förklara de bakomliggande motiven för konkurrensutsÀttning.

The position of middle-management is a role where the manager is at risk of being caught between its management and its employees. Elderly care is an industry that has been discussed a lot, to a large extent on how businesses should be managed and by whom it should be conducted. Middle-management in the business of elderly care thereby possess a vulnerable position in a controversial industry. In this study the aim is to investigate the managers' roles and tasks in both the public sector and the private sector in elderly care. It also aims to examine whether there are differences between the roles and how they in such cases is manifested.

The values politicians relate with public administration are likely to affect the way that they want the public administration to be organised. The purpose of this study is therefore to examine which values Swedish parliamentary parties relate with public administration and more particularly how they emphasise these values.The study is conducted as an analysis of theoretically relevant bills that the government party and the parliamentary parties have introduced to the Riksdag, and reports and statements of opinion from the parliamentary committees. The documents are from the RiksdagÂŽs sessions from 2000/01 to 2005/06. After examining the documents the conclusion can be drawn that the value that is most emphasised during the period is legal security. This might mean that legal security will have more influence on the decisions taken about the organisation of Swedish public administration..

The purpose with this essay is to understand how the tenants association, management ? and administrator in the public housing sector in an average city. What are the affects going to be when they take away the ?stopplag? and will the segregation change? And also to understand how the public housing sector works with handle segregation and to prevent it..

Kritik har riktats mot hur landstingen anvÀnder sina resurser. Kritiken har gjort att landstingen pressats till att förÀndra sin styrning. Studien undersöker utifrÄn ett New Public Management perspektiv vilka ÄtgÀrder landstingen har vidtagit gÀllande vÄrdens inköpsprocess för att möta de ökade kraven. Studien sammanlÀnkar teorier om stordriftsfördelar med New Public Management för att undersöka om landstingets resursanvÀndning kan pÄverkas genom gemensam upphandling. Den empiriska studien bygger pÄ intervjuer frÄn tvÄ olika landsting.

The education sector can be seen as a cornerstone of today's society, an organization that is under constant change and evolve as society. The compulsory school system is of significant role in society that places high demands on its management. The following study investigates the requirements for documentation in primary school organization and operations, and how these requirements are perceived and affect the school's organization and activities of the study carried out at different levels of the organization so as to get an overall picture of its impact. In order to analyze and create understanding of the results, the study applies the theory of New Public Management and various reforms that can be linked to the increased documentation requirements and its influence in the public administration. Study results show that there is a mixed picture of the documentation impact on the school system. Shown are both positive and negative effects of the documentation requirements.

Problem. With the Swedish public sectors problem with efficiency in mind, several reforms have beeninitiated during the last decades. These reforms go, in academic contexts, under the name?New public management?. The reforms have resulted in, among other things, an increasedcompetition, privatization and goal-orientation in the public sector.

My purpose is to describe and analyse how care managers experience their position as middle managers in the public sector. I have used a qualitative interview method to answer this question and also to capture my six interview persons opinion and understanding of their own position as middle managers. From my six interviews I noticed some difference in their opinions about how it is being a care manger. The results show that the role as care managers have challenges such as to intertwine their own notion how the caring of the elder should be with strict politic decisions. Other challenges are the limitation of economic recourses and reorganisations.