A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Adopting a Municipal Enterprise Form: Expectations and Outcomes – Three Cases and Dilemmas
Authors: Kuoppakangas Päivikki
Publisher: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Publication year: 2014
Journal: Journal of Change Management
Journal acronym: Journal of Change Management
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
First page : 126
Last page: 145
Number of pages: 20
eISSN: 1469-7017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2013.778895(external)
Abstract
Using the tenets of institutional and dilemma theory, this paper identifies the core
dilemmas underlying the decision making in the transformation into a municipal enterprise form
in the three case organizations. The focus is on the expectations and outcomes of the change
processes. The results show that the dilemmas as well as the isomorphic forces affect the
institutional process in diminishing or enhancing the isomorphism. The paper thus illustrates how dilemmas, together with isomorphic forces, are connected to decision making. It further
highlights the need to investigate strategic dilemma management as a tool for resolving
contradictory aims in the management of change in the public healthcare sector.
Using the tenets of institutional and dilemma theory, this paper identifies the core
dilemmas underlying the decision making in the transformation into a municipal enterprise form
in the three case organizations. The focus is on the expectations and outcomes of the change
processes. The results show that the dilemmas as well as the isomorphic forces affect the
institutional process in diminishing or enhancing the isomorphism. The paper thus illustrates how dilemmas, together with isomorphic forces, are connected to decision making. It further
highlights the need to investigate strategic dilemma management as a tool for resolving
contradictory aims in the management of change in the public healthcare sector.
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