The phenomenon of strategy implementation is crucial to the improvement of learner performance, and to the effectiveness of schools. Literature reveals that research on strategy implementation has received much attention in business studies. However, little attention has been given to it in schools. It is this gap which this study endeavours to fill. The key research questions for this study aimed at garnering evidence on factors that influence strategic plan implementation. In the empirical study, two secondary schools and three education offices were purposively selected. A mixed methods research design was adopted, and in this regard, data was collected using interviews, focus group discussions, document analysis, participant observation and questionnaires. Data was analysed by means of organising, coding and categorising. The main findings of the study are that the factors that affect School Strategic Plans (SSPs) implementation are largely related to education management at all levels. There is also anecdotal evidence that teacher, learner and external stakeholder factors affect the implementation of SSPs. In all these factors, monitoring was the major factor. One recommendation proposes that the education managers at provincial and district levels and implementers at school levels should all be empowered with skills and knowledge on effective strategy implementation. / Educational Management and Leadership / M. Ed (Education Management)

Cette thèse applique et développe le paradigme de l’ergonomie constructive à la conception de l’organisation. Le développement de l’individu et des organisations est présenté à travers l’approche des capabilités et plus spécifiquement par l’approche des capabilités collectives, qui ne sont pas la seule juxtaposition ou agrégation de capabilités individuelles mais supposent l’émergence d’une possibilité nouvelle et collective d’agir et de créer.Dans cette dynamique développementale et constructive, la recherche s’appuie sur une intervention de (re)conception d’un processus de soin innovant - la chirurgie ambulatoire - et définit et met en oeuvre une méthodologie de l’intervention qui pose le développement comme le moyen et la finalité de l’action. La méthodologie repose sur la mise en place d’un environnement qui (au moins le temps de l’intervention) soit capacitant et sur une démarche ergonomique qui serve le développement des capabilités des opérateurs au travers de l’activité collective conjointe. Le résultat de ce processus est la mise en oeuvre d’une agencéité collective qui permet au groupe d’atteindre un objectif commun de transformation des règles de travail. Cette volonté partagée entre les membres du groupe et les possibilités effectives ont facilité la conception d’une organisation du travail collectif.Deux étapes ont guidé l’intervention ergonomique : la construction du diagnostic de la situation à transformer et la conduite du changement de l’organisation à améliorer. La première étape a consisté à analyser le travail et ses contradictions : en quoi l’organisation constitue-t-elle un frein ou un moteur au développement de l’activité collective conjointe, ressource au développement des capabilités collectives ? Les résultats du diagnostic ont mis en évidence le bouleversement des standards professionnels des soignants engendré par la chirurgie ambulatoire et la difficulté des soignants à construire une organisation qui favorise le collectif transverse et l’activité collective conjointe. Au regard de ces résultats, la seconde étape a favorisé et soutenu la participation active des opérateurs aux démarches de changement et de conception. Dans un premier temps l’ergonome a mis en place une dynamique encourageant la confrontation des représentations du travail de chacun et leur mise en débat. Cette dynamique a permis la construction d’une représentation partagée de l’existant, nécessaire à la conception d’une situation future. Dans un second temps, une méthodologie de conception participative de l’organisation a été mise en oeuvre, aboutissant à un projet d’organisation de la chirurgie ambulatoire.Cette recherche interroge enfin la compréhension du rôle de l’ergonome comme facteur de conversion dans ce processus de transformation de l’organisation et la modélisation de l’action ergonomique de transformation. / This thesis develops and applies the paradigm of constructive ergonomics to organizational design. The development of individuals and organizations is presented through the capability approach, and more specifically through the approach of collective capabilities. These are not the mere juxtaposition or aggregation of individual capabilities but involve the emergence of a new and collective possibility to act and create.In this constructive and developmental perspective, the research is based on a redesign intervention regarding an innovative care process - outpatient surgery. It defines and implements an intervention methodology that considers development as the means and the end of the action. The methodology rests on setting up an enabling environment (at least during the intervention) and an ergonomic approach which supports the development of operators' capabilities through the joint collective activity. This process promotes a collective agency which allows the group to fulfil a common goal of transforming work rules. This shared commitment within the group and the actual opportunities for change have facilitated the design of an organization of collective work.The ergonomic intervention has proceeded in 2 steps: the construction of a diagnosis regarding the situation to be transformed and the management of the organizational change. The first step consisted in analyzing work and its contradictions: is the organization impeding or encouraging the joint collective activity development? Is it a resource for the development of collective capabilities? The diagnosis has highlighted the disruption of professional standards of care staff generated by outpatient surgery and the difficulty of the care staff in building an organization that promotes a transverse team and a collective joint activity. In view of these results, the second step has fostered and supported the active participation of operators in processes of change and design. At first, the ergonomist has implemented a dynamics encouraging the debate about the representations of work. This has led to a shared representation of the current situation, required for the design of a future situation. Then, a participatory methodology of organizational design has been implemented leading to an organization project of ambulatory surgery.Finally, this research questions the role of the ergonomist as a conversion factor in this process of organizational transformation and proposes a model of ergonomic transformation action.

Cette thèse applique et développe le paradigme de l’ergonomie constructive à la conception de l’organisation. Le développement de l’individu et des organisations est présenté à travers l’approche des capabilités et plus spécifiquement par l’approche des capabilités collectives, qui ne sont pas la seule juxtaposition ou agrégation de capabilités individuelles mais supposent l’émergence d’une possibilité nouvelle et collective d’agir et de créer.Dans cette dynamique développementale et constructive, la recherche s’appuie sur une intervention de (re)conception d’un processus de soin innovant - la chirurgie ambulatoire - et définit et met en oeuvre une méthodologie de l’intervention qui pose le développement comme le moyen et la finalité de l’action. La méthodologie repose sur la mise en place d’un environnement qui (au moins le temps de l’intervention) soit capacitant et sur une démarche ergonomique qui serve le développement des capabilités des opérateurs au travers de l’activité collective conjointe. Le résultat de ce processus est la mise en oeuvre d’une agencéité collective qui permet au groupe d’atteindre un objectif commun de transformation des règles de travail. Cette volonté partagée entre les membres du groupe et les possibilités effectives ont facilité la conception d’une organisation du travail collectif.Deux étapes ont guidé l’intervention ergonomique : la construction du diagnostic de la situation à transformer et la conduite du changement de l’organisation à améliorer. La première étape a consisté à analyser le travail et ses contradictions : en quoi l’organisation constitue-t-elle un frein ou un moteur au développement de l’activité collective conjointe, ressource au développement des capabilités collectives ? Les résultats du diagnostic ont mis en évidence le bouleversement des standards professionnels des soignants engendré par la chirurgie ambulatoire et la difficulté des soignants à construire une organisation qui favorise le collectif transverse et l’activité collective conjointe. Au regard de ces résultats, la seconde étape a favorisé et soutenu la participation active des opérateurs aux démarches de changement et de conception. Dans un premier temps l’ergonome a mis en place une dynamique encourageant la confrontation des représentations du travail de chacun et leur mise en débat. Cette dynamique a permis la construction d’une représentation partagée de l’existant, nécessaire à la conception d’une situation future. Dans un second temps, une méthodologie de conception participative de l’organisation a été mise en oeuvre, aboutissant à un projet d’organisation de la chirurgie ambulatoire.Cette recherche interroge enfin la compréhension du rôle de l’ergonome comme facteur de conversion dans ce processus de transformation de l’organisation et la modélisation de l’action ergonomique de transformation. / This thesis develops and applies the paradigm of constructive ergonomics to organizational design. The development of individuals and organizations is presented through the capability approach, and more specifically through the approach of collective capabilities. These are not the mere juxtaposition or aggregation of individual capabilities but involve the emergence of a new and collective possibility to act and create.In this constructive and developmental perspective, the research is based on a redesign intervention regarding an innovative care process - outpatient surgery. It defines and implements an intervention methodology that considers development as the means and the end of the action. The methodology rests on setting up an enabling environment (at least during the intervention) and an ergonomic approach which supports the development of operators' capabilities through the joint collective activity. This process promotes a collective agency which allows the group to fulfil a common goal of transforming work rules. This shared commitment within the group and the actual opportunities for change have facilitated the design of an organization of collective work.The ergonomic intervention has proceeded in 2 steps: the construction of a diagnosis regarding the situation to be transformed and the management of the organizational change. The first step consisted in analyzing work and its contradictions: is the organization impeding or encouraging the joint collective activity development? Is it a resource for the development of collective capabilities? The diagnosis has highlighted the disruption of professional standards of care staff generated by outpatient surgery and the difficulty of the care staff in building an organization that promotes a transverse team and a collective joint activity. In view of these results, the second step has fostered and supported the active participation of operators in processes of change and design. At first, the ergonomist has implemented a dynamics encouraging the debate about the representations of work. This has led to a shared representation of the current situation, required for the design of a future situation. Then, a participatory methodology of organizational design has been implemented leading to an organization project of ambulatory surgery.Finally, this research questions the role of the ergonomist as a conversion factor in this process of organizational transformation and proposes a model of ergonomic transformation action.

The objective of the study was to examine the marketing strategies of Ethiopian medium and large textile companies. The textile sector became the focus of this study because it has performed far below expectation, despite the government‘s unreserved support to the sector and the country‘s comparative advantage in the sector. To attain the stated objective, qualitative research approach with case study design was employed. The cases were selected based on two criteria; production of finished textile products and operation in both local and global markets. Accordingly, nine companies qualified these criteria and all of them were used as cases. The RBV was the theory employed to explain the differences in performances among firms‘ in similar environment. Furthermore, within and cross case analyses were employed to get in-depth understanding and to explain about the marketing strategies of the firms. The major findings of the study indicate that the emphasis given to marketing strategy and the marketing resources and capabilities commitment thereof were found to be so low that the companies seemed to equate marketing strategy with selling strategy. Furthermore, the companies failed to link their marketing enabling environment with their marketing strategy. Similarly, such weak link was reflected between the firms‘ marketing strategy and their market performances. Hence, the marketing strategies of the case companies are so weak that with their current marketing strategy, it is difficult for them to be competent in the local market, let alone in the international markets. Generally, both empirical and conceptual conclusions were drawn from the findings. As a result, the cross-case findings indicate that marketing resources commitment is linearly linked to marketing strategy which in turn is linked to export performances. Therefore, it can be understood that the link between enabling environment and marketing strategy is direct and the link between marketing strategy and marketing performances is linear. Hence, it can be understood from this transitivity that there exists a link between firms‘ enabling environment and their marketing performances. / Business Management / D.B.L.

The phenomenon of strategy implementation is crucial to the improvement of learner performance, and to the effectiveness of schools. Literature reveals that research on strategy implementation has received much attention in business studies. However, little attention has been given to it in schools. It is this gap which this study endeavours to fill. The key research questions for this study aimed at garnering evidence on factors that influence strategic plan implementation. In the empirical study, two secondary schools and three education offices were purposively selected. A mixed methods research design was adopted, and in this regard, data was collected using interviews, focus group discussions, document analysis, participant observation and questionnaires. Data was analysed by means of organising, coding and categorising. The main findings of the study are that the factors that affect School Strategic Plans (SSPs) implementation are largely related to education management at all levels. There is also anecdotal evidence that teacher, learner and external stakeholder factors affect the implementation of SSPs. In all these factors, monitoring was the major factor. One recommendation proposes that the education managers at provincial and district levels and implementers at school levels should all be empowered with skills and knowledge on effective strategy implementation. / Educational Leadership and Management / M. Ed. (Education Management)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:26:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jorge Tenorio Fernando.pdf: 544179 bytes, checksum: a07e6ce74f644e85cced599765c1c65c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-03 / This paper bears upon the quest and interest to deepen the comprehension of the myriad of concepts emerging from the field of knowledge creation and management by cutting them in such a way as to allow for verification of its practical results when applied to an organization s day-to-day activities. First, a brief description of the organizational knowledge is done, aiming to identify some of its meanings and perspectives in the literature for the management of an existing knowledge, as well as for the creation of a new knowledge, be it individual or organizational. Next, to illustrate the theoretical findings, providing it with concrete legitimacy, a field research is presented, in format of a case study of a consumer goods industry, seeking to analyze the organization knowledge creation standpoint in terms of its enabling conditions and the SECI process as developed by Nonaka (1994) and Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995), in order to highlight its main elements, circumstances and effects on the operational level, namely, the product development team. Thus, at the end, hoped is to have detached some of the multiple facets of the knowledge management, its difficulties and possibilities as an strategic resource, and, above all, pointed out real creation and use dimensions for that knowledge by examining its application to the product development process in a consumer goods company in Brazil. / Este trabalho se pauta pela inquietude em aprofundar a compreensão dos inúmeros conceitos que emergiram no campo da criação e gestão do conhecimento, dando-lhes um recorte que permita verificar seus resultados práticos quando aplicados no dia-a-dia de uma organização. Neste estudo será realizada, em primeiro lugar, uma breve descrição da taxonomia do conhecimento nas organizações, visando identificar algumas de suas perspectivas e acepções descritas pela literatura não só para a gestão do conhecimento existente, mas também para a criação de um novo conhecimento, quer individual, quer organizacional. Para ilustrar o estudo teórico, conferindo-lhe concretude, é apresentada pesquisa de campo, em forma de estudo de caso, de uma indústria de bens de consumo, objetivando analisar a etapa da criação do conhecimento na organização do ponto de vista de suas condições capacitadoras e do processo SECI desenvolvidos por Nonaka (1994) e Nonaka e Takeuchi (1995), para então observar seus principais elementos, circunstâncias e efeitos no nível operacional, isto é, nos grupos de desenvolvimento de produto. Ao final, espera-se haver depreendido algumas das múltiplas facetas do conhecimento organizacional, suas dificuldades e possibilidades de uso enquanto recurso estratégico, e, sobretudo, assinalado dimensões de criação e emprego real desse conhecimento, mediante o exame de sua aplicação ao processo de desenvolvimento de produtos em uma indústria de bens de consumo no Brasil.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 Conexão entre estratégia e conhecimento na criação de valor adicional para stakelholders expressivos - uma nova forma de organizar os contextos capacitantes.pdf: 1795661 bytes, checksum: 358d23b2871d911179a45d1df402614b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-12-19 / This work deals on strategy and knowledge, asking why organizations fail to leverage the knowledge assets that go beyond those defined by the organizational strategy and can generate additional value for its stakeholders expressive. These knowledge assets that are beyond those required by the roles and functions, here called 'cognitive surplus', could induce strategic flexibility, create distinctive intangible assets and generate additional value. However, the logic of the traditional strategy based on efficiency and rationality defines the demanded knowledge and creates a rule, a strategic rigidity that limits the space for contributions arising from the cognitive surplus that may not be directly related to the goals and targets established in the strategic plan. Another logic based in the cultures of participation, abundance and generosity is brought to account , in which the following boundary conditions can be observed: (i) cognitive surplus can be identified as rare, valuable, non substitutable, difficult to imitate and derived from long processes of development, therefore, they can distinguish the organization from the others of the sector; (ii) the cognitive surplus can induce new dynamics of operation for enabling contexts, and (iii) enabling contexts can act as potential places for disclosure, mobilizing and use of these surpluses. The research used, predominantly, the method, procedures, and qualitative techniques. Specialists who work as researchers and consultants with recognized projection in Strategy, Knowledge Management and People Management were interviewed. The results showed how organizations deal with the cognitive surplus; what organizations could do with the cognitive surplus; barriers that rise to the disclosure, mobilization and use of these surpluses; which governs the creation of current contexts; the existence or no interaction spaces intentionally constructed by organizations; the attitudes of members of organizations in relation to cognitive surplus; and, the perceived benefits which cognitive surplus can bring to the significant stakeholders of the organization. / Este trabalho tratar sobre estratégia e conhecimento, questionando o porquê das organizações deixarem de aproveitar os ativos de conhecimentos que transcendem aos definidos pela estratégia organizacional e que podem gerar valor adicional para seus stakeholders expressivos. Esses ativos de conhecimentos que estão além dos exigidos pelos cargos e funções, aqui denominados de 'excedentes cognitivos', permitiriam induzir flexibilidade estratégica, criar recursos intangíveis distintivos e gerar valor adicional. Entretanto, a lógica da estratégia tradicional, baseada na eficiência e na racionalidade, define os conhecimentos demandados e cria, via de regra, uma rigidez estratégica que limita o espaço para as contribuições decorrentes dos excedentes cognitivos que poderão não estar relacionados diretamente aos objetivos e metas estabelecidas no plano estratégico. Outra lógica baseada nas culturas da participação, abundância e generosidade é trazida à consideração, na qual as seguintes condições de contorno podem ser observadas: (i) os excedentes cognitivos podem ser identificados como raros, valiosos, não substituíveis, de difícil imitação e decorrentes de longos processos de desenvolvimento, logo, podem distinguir a organização das demais do setor; (ii) os excedentes cognitivos podem induzir novas dinâmicas de funcionamentos para os contextos capacitantes; e, (iii) os contextos capacitantes podem atuar como locais propícios à evidenciação, mobilização e uso desses excedentes. A pesquisa valeu-se, predominantemente, do método, procedimentos e técnicas qualitativas. Foram entrevistados especialistas que atuam como pesquisadores e consultores, com reconhecida projeção nas áreas de Estratégia, Gestão do Conhecimento e Gestão de Pessoas. Os resultados evidenciaram como as organizações lidam com os excedentes cognitivos; o que as organizações poderiam fazer com os excedentes cognitivos; as barreiras que se erguem à evidenciação, mobilização e uso desses excedentes; o que rege a criação dos atuais contextos capacitantes; a existência ou não de espaços de interação construídos intencionalmente pelas organizações; as atitudes dos integrantes das organizações em relação aos excedentes cognitivos; e a percepção dos benefícios que os excedentes cognitivos podem trazer para os stakeholders expressivos da organização.

Det finns ett stort intresse för hur styrningen av de svenska myndigheterna är utformad och hur den påverkar deras medarbetare. De svenska myndigheterna anses i världen vara välfungerande och har som offentlig verksamhet många utmaningar inför utformningen av styrningen. Försäkringskassan är en svensk myndighet som en stor del av Sveriges befolkning kommer i kontakt med. Den här studien har som avsikt att visa hur styrningen kan vara utformad på lokal nivå. Vi har gjort en fallstudie på Försäkringskassan i Luleå baserad på möjliggörande och tvingande styrning. Vi upptäcker att Försäkringskassan har inslag av både möjliggörande och tvingande styrning. Handläggare styrs av kvantitativa mått, men ges även möjlighet både att påverka hur styrningen är utformad samt att få insyn i hur styrningen är framarbetad. Handläggarna känner även i viss utsträckning att ett fokus ligger på de kvantitativa måtten och att de i huvudsak förväntas hinna med att utföra ett visst antal ärenden per dag. / There is a great deal of interest in how the management of the Swedish public sector works and how it affects its employees. The Swedish public sector is considered well-functioning in the world and, as public sector, it has many challenges in the design of management system. Försäkringskassan is a Swedish authority that a large part of Sweden’s populations comes into contact with. This study aims to show how the management control can work on a local level. We have conducted a case study on Försäkringskassan in Luleå based on enabling and coercive control. We find that Försäkringskassan has elements of both enabling and coercive control. Case workers are guided by quantitative measures, but they are also given the opportunity to influence how the control system is designed as well as to gain insight into how the control system is designed and why. The case workers also feel to some extent that the focus is in the quantitative measurements and that they are largely expected to do a certain number of cases per day.

The adoption of digital transformation can be seen as the companies opportunity for increased competitiveness. The possibilities of digital transformation are many as it allows, among other things, a connection between workers and machines or between machines. However, companies are facing difficulties to implement digital transformation effectively. Implementing digital transformation is a slow process for companies and most companies are in the early stages of it. Also, the technologies that are associated with digital transformation are still unclear. Companies still lack a systematic approach to implementing digital transformation. Understanding critical factors that affect digital transformation in manufacturing companies could help to develop a systematic approach for implementing digital transformation. Therefore, in this research the authors have carefully reviewed and identified factors that affect digital transformation within the manufacturing industry. This thesis research aims to identify the factors that will lead to the success of digital transformation in manufacturing companies and to also find out the factors that when being ignored will lead to unsuccessfulness. The research has been guided by three research questions: 1) Which factors are stated in the literature that is affecting the implementation of digital transformation in manufacturing companies, 2) How are these factors related to each other in the literature, and 3) How can practitioners and academics use factors for the successful implementation of digital transformation? In this research, a systematic literature review (SLR) has been carried out which has led to identifying 11 key factors. Based on the identified factors, a model has been developed to support the implementation of digital transformation in manufacturing companies. The model consists of four different categories of factors, namely, “Awareness related factors, Readiness related factors, Technology, Selection, and Integration related factors (so-called ARTO-model. Furthermore, a survey has been developed to get experts´ perspectives on the identified factors and the model.  Based on the input from the survey, a final compiled ARTO model is proposed as a guiding tool for the successful implementation of digital transformation. Further, a model to show the relationship between the factors is created. Keywords: Digital transformation, Digitalization, Industry 4.0, Enabling technologies, Key factors, Critical factors, Manufacturing industry, Guiding framework / Implementeringen av digital transformation kan ses som företags möjlighet till ökad konkurrenskraft. Möjligheterna med digital transformation är många, då det bland annat tillåter uppkoppling mellan arbetare och maskiner. Dock, står företagen inför svårigheter med implementeringen av det. Implementeringen av digital transformation är en långsam process för företagen och många företag befinner sig i tidigt skede. Även teknologier som associeras med digital transformation är fortfarande oklara och det saknas kunskap gällande detta. Dessutom finns det inte mycket handlingskraft när det kommer till faktorer som påverkar digital transformation. Företag saknar fortfarande tillvägagångssätt för implementering av digital transformation. Därför har författarna till den här undersökningen noga granskat och identifierat faktorer som påverkar digital transformation inom tillverkande företag.  Syftet med den här undersökningen är att ta reda på faktorer som ska leda till framgång av digital transformation i tillverkande företag, och vidare ta reda på faktorer som när de ignoreras kommer leda till misslyckande. Forskningsfråga 1: Vilka är faktorerna som nämns i litteraturen och som påverkar digital transformation i tillverkande företag?  Forskningsfråga 2: Hur är dessa faktorer relaterade till varandra inom litteraturen?  Forskningsfråga 3: Hur kan praktiker och akademiker använda faktorer för ett framgångsrikt genomförande av digital transformation? I den här undersökningen har det gjorts en systematisk litteraturstudie som ledde till utvecklingen av ett ramverk. Vidare skapades en enkät för att få experters perspektiv på den systematiska litteraturstudien och ramverket.  Det skapades en modell som bygger på fyra olika kategorier ”Awareness related factors, Readiness related factors, Technology, Selection and integration related factors (så kallad ARTO-modell) utifrån den systematiska litteraturstudien och därefter gjordes en liknande modell baserad på inputen från enkäten. Slutligen sammanställdes resultaten i en gemensam ARTO- modell och en modell för att visa relationen mellan de olika modellerna skapades  Nyckelord: Digital Transformation, Digitalisering, Industri 4.0, Möjliggörande teknik, Nyckel faktorer, Kritiska faktorer, Tillverkande företag, Vägledande ram

Examensarbete (4FE18E) i controller för Civilekonomprogrammet, 30 högskolepoäng, Ekonomihögskolan vid Linneuniversitetet i Växjö, vårterminen 2021.  Bakgrund och problem: Under senare år har förändrade kundbehov och globalisering blivit ett faktum i olika typer av verksamheter och branscher vilket ökat pressen på att organisationer behöver fokusera mer på förnyelse och utveckling. Därför har kreativitet bland organisationernas anställda blivit en viktig prioritet i organisationer samtidigt som de behöver nyttja kontroll för att skapa samordning för att de organisatoriska målsättningarna ska kunna uppnås. Kontroll har dock under lång tid utgjort verktyg för standardisering i verksamheter vilket konstaterats utgöra hinder för kreativitet eftersom medarbetarna är i behov av exempelvis handlingsfrihet och självbestämmande. Begreppet kontroll har därför allt mer blivit omdiskuterat i kreativitetssammanhang där frågan om hur mycket av den som ska förekomma i organisationer belysts. Numera kretsar dock inte diskussionen till lika stor del kring hur man ska minimera förekomsten av kontroll till fördel för ökad kreativitet, utan snarare hur dessa faktorer ska utformas för att kunna främja kreativitet. Eftersom det de anställdas kreativa beteenden som bidrar till utveckling i organisationerna är därför deras uppfattningar ytterligare viktiga att lyfta i diskussionen för att förstå hur ett samspel kan skapas mellan kontroll och kreativitet. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att skapa en förståelse för samspelet mellan kontroll och kreativitet och hur dessa faktorer hanteras i olika typer av organisationer genom att utgå från medarbetares och chefers perspektiv och uppfattning. Studien avser därmed inte att konstatera det bästa sättet att styra en verksamhet eller hantera samspelet, utan snarare försöka ge goda exempel på hur ett samspel kan skapas genom styrningen. Metod: För att kunna uppfylla studiens syfte nyttjades en kvalitativ forskningsmetod och en induktiv ansats. Studien har utförts som en flerfallstudie med två fallföretag: en svensk storbanks innovationsavdelning och fordonstillverkaren Scania CV AB. Studien inleds med en litteraturgenomgång där tidigare forskning kring ämnet presenteras. Därefter följer en teoretisk referensram utifrån Adler och Borys (1996) ramverk kring möjliggörande och tvingande kontroll. Den empiriska materialinsamlingen har insamlats genom sexton semistrukturerade intervjuer och därefter har materialet analyserats genom en tematisk analys.  Slutsats: De slutsatser som kan erhållas utifrån studien är att ett samspel mellan kontroll och kreativitet kan skapas genom att organisationer låter medarbetarna vara delaktiga genom hög inkludering, att ständiga dialoger förs regelbundet och att företag vågar tilldela medarbetarna frihet under ansvar. Kontrollen i fallföretagen kan också tänkas ha antagit dubbla roller genom att vara både möjliggörande och tvingande beroende på medarbetare och chefers attityder. Det är därför också viktigt att belysa de anställdas uppfattning av kontrollsystemet eftersom att deras förståelse för kontrollen och för sitt eget värde i organisationen kommer ha betydelse för samspelet.