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Adopting a Municipal Enterprise Form: Expectations and Outcomes – Three Cases and Dilemmas
Tekijät: Kuoppakangas Päivikki
Kustantaja: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Julkaisuvuosi: 2014
Journal: Journal of Change Management
Lehden akronyymi: Journal of Change Management
Vuosikerta: 14
Numero: 1
Aloitussivu: 126
Lopetussivu: 145
Sivujen määrä: 20
eISSN: 1469-7017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2013.778895
Tiivistelmä
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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