Browsing by Author "Nordell, Emma"

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Motivation in a fast-growing firm - challenges in an environment constantly changing
(2011-08-30) Gottfridsson, Anna; Nordell, Emma; University of Gothenburg/Department of Business Administration; Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen
In a world where the competition grows stronger firms are pressured to continuously develop. Fast-growing firms are important to the economy, both by creating jobs and contributing to GDP. These firms meet challenges in the industrial environment, but also internal challenges in the firm, caused by the rapid growth. The case firm was a small firm with 20 employees and started a period of strong growth in 2006 to increase the workforce by approximately 200 people in only four years. This strong growth leads to changes in the firm, which affect all individuals in the firm as well. Changed structures and more focus on administrative tasks as well as external pressures means less focus on the organisational culture and values. By interviewing the CEO, one from the management, one with human resources responsibilities, one middle manager, and two subordinates, we tried to investigate what motivates in this fast-growing firm. The result is that focus on intrinsic motivation is the most important. The fast growth of the firm means hard work from the management and the CEO to strengthen both the leadership and the organisational culture, and to improve the communication, which we think is the key.
The Ambiguity of Idea Bearers - A Study of a Translation Process within the Swedish Health Care System
(2013-07-05) Nordell, Emma; University of Gothenburg/Graduate School; Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School
The journey of ideas has fascinated researchers within the management field with different beliefs concerning its stability or unpredictability. Hitherto, studies have been made to explore the journeys’ complexity with focus on their different phases and results. However, it is argued that the role of the actor responsible for spreading an idea has been disregarded. In this article, by using a descriptive approach, an idea’s travel from an international context to local care units in Sweden is followed, with the aim to illuminate how organisations act when spreading an idea and the effects they may have on the development of the original idea. The findings display ambiguities in the organisations’ roles as one of the actors takes part in the implementation process. This diverges from the traditional actions of an idea bearer, hence, the organisation’s status as an idea bearer can be questioned. As an implementer at the care units, the organisation’s role is shaped by different factors, which in the end influence the development of the idea being spread, and especially the degree of freedom in the terms of translation.