From a rough to a fair way of organizing : En analys av genomförandeorganisationen i Svenska Golfförbundet

Sammanfattning: Aim The aim of this study has been to inquire into how the Swedish Golf Federation can make their implementation organization more efficient. The intention with the essay has also been to conclude with a proposal for organization structure for the Swedish Golf Federation. The questions of issue have been: How does today’s implementation organization look like? At which level and within which areas do the interviewees consider that the major problems are found today? How do the interviewees consider that the implementation organization should look like? Method Through a strategic selection in cooperation with the assigner the Swedish Golf Federation 15 interviewees have been chosen. The data collection has been executed in form of semi structured interviews. Results Today’s organization for implementation consists of one central function in Golfens hus with approximately 75 salaried employees, 21 district federations and 485 clubs. The data has shown that Golfens hus has the responsibility for the implementation, but the district federations are in most cases involved in the process. The size of the districts varies from 5 to 69 member clubs and the membership fee from each member to the district federation varies between 5 and 24 Swedish crowns in the different districts. Because of that, the different district federations have very different resources and therefore widely varying conditions to run their activity in the district. This results in an inefficient implementation process and an inefficient communication through the organization. The mid level in the organization should instead consist of 7 to 9 equally sized regions with salaried employees which should serve as an efficient implementation- and communication-channel. Conclusions The Swedish Golf Federation should change the structure in the organization for implementation. It should create a number of bigger regions on mid level between Golfens hus and the clubs. This level which today consists of 21 district federations should assemble the resources into a smaller number of regions. These would get more economic resources to be able to run a more efficient activity and can serve as a better link between central- and local level.