Styrning i en mindre kommun : Hur politiska beslut når ut i verksamheterna

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study is to examine how an organization works with adjusting to a problem from the top to the bottom in solving of the problem. The study is being done during a period of 10 weeks within a local government authority in Sweden. An audit that was carried out some years ago criticized the organization regarding the lack of coordination between the different levels of management, both the political and administrative. The organization attempted to change the way it manages its planning and monitoring has not been successful. This study investigates how these changes have been implemented throughout all levels of the organization. This study concludes that changes in organizations within a government need time when implementing changes. Local governments are regulated by laws that will have an impact on when changes might be needed or possible. Other conclusions are that managing by objectives may not lead to a better coordination between different levels of management. In fact it might lead to less coordination.