Styrningen av den svenska förskolan

Sammanfattning: In this study we have focused on the operational management of the public pre-school in Sweden. We have studied how the governance system is designed, why it is designed this way and what impact it has on the operational management. This has been analyzed from a theory stating that there are two types of organizations: pay-driven and function-driven. Through a case and document study we came to the conclusion that the pre-school is a function-driven organization but is nowadays acting on a market and have adopted characteristics of a pay-driven organization. We connect this change to the phenomenon New Public Management. The consequence of this change, together with the fact that the pre-school has two principals, is an untenable situation for the pre-school director who does not have time to develop her pre-schools.