Organizations benefit from the knowledge held by individual members as well as knowledge that is shared among those members. In order for knowledge to co-develop between members, and to spread, organizations must provide opportunities for members to collaborate. Organizational teams sometimes require assistance with interpersonal communication, establishing consensus, and sharing knowledge when collaborating. Group facilitators can offer guidance and intervene when teams need support. In addition, teams can find support through the use of visual representation boundary objects (VRBOs) to build trust, improve communication, increase cooperation, and share ideas. This study explores how knowledge is shared between team members and uncovers the importance of social interaction during the co-development of shared knowledge. The role that group facilitators play in team collaboration is highlighted. The results of the study indicate that a positive relationship exists between the use of a VRBO and the development of shared knowledge amongst a team. Patterns emerged from the findings that reveal a structure to the team’s collective meaning making that constitutes an underlying theory of action. The author examines the benefits of using VRBOs for teams and organizations including improved collaboration and communication.

None of the company, including small businesses, if they want to survive in the current dynamic environment and growth, can not remain static, so some level of adjustment, improvement or change becomes an essential part of operating a business. In order for organizations to grow and survive in the current environment, they must respond to external and internal stimuli and develop systematically. Over time, organizations have developed a strong and persistent pattern of behavior. The aim of the dissertation thesis is to identify and explain the development approaches of small enterprises from the chosen service sector in the Czech Republic through strategic and other internally realized organizational changes and capturing the overall patterns of behavior in the form of the interactive effect of the attributes of the development of these enterprises. The thesis is based on the literature on corporate behavior in organizational theory and the subcategory of organizational changes due to the focus on aspects of decision making in organizations in a changing environment that deals with issues related to the different nature, context and process of change and their proactive or reactive character. The thesis is based on the researcher's pragmatic attitude in the form of a mixed research strategy implemented by a combination of quantitative and qualitative research on a sample of small firms falling under the category of knowledge intensive services. Based on the triangulation of the empirical data obtained from the questionnaire survey and the outputs in the form of a comparative case study on the two most represented in this category representatives (IT services and architectural activities), the results are presented with a view to answering the research questions and objectives stated in this work . The outputs of the dissertation identify specific developmental approaches in the behavior of the Czech population of knowledge intensive services as subsets of SMEs and also reveal the content of the context between the individual attributes of the development of these companies. The results of the research bring practical and theoretical benefits, which are discussed in the conclusion of this work.

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Syftet med studien är att förstå de upplevda förutsättningarna för att utöva ledarskap och ledning som individer på mellanchefsnivå i armén har att hantera i sin vardag. Studien är en kvalitativ, induktiv studie där empirin inhämtats genom intervjuer och respondenterna utgörs av ett antal individer på mellanchefsnivå i Armén. Resultatet av studien visar att Försvarsmakten har ett flertal organisatoriska utmaningar som skapar en upplevd känsla av tidsbrist hos respondenterna. Vilket i sin tur påverkar deras möjligheter att utöva det ledarskap och den ledning de önskar. Studiens övergripande slutsats är att kraftkampen mellan Försvarsmaktens maskinbyråkratiska styrning och viljan av att leda genom professionen och uppdragstaktiken, ger en otydlig ram för chefernas arbete. De tvingas, i sitt chefskap, in i en kontrollerande roll där de i stället vill vara mer i agerande eller ledande roller. Därmed uppstår en upplevd känsla av tidsbrist när de inte har möjlighet att utöva ledning på det sätt de önskar. Genom att i stället låta den professonella adhokratin utgöra den styrande kraften skulle det leda till en större balans i chefernas vardag. / The purpose of this study is to understand the perceived conditions for exercising leadership and command that middle line commanders in the Swedish army faces in their daily work. This is a qualitative, inductive study that has collected data from a number of middle line commanders in the Swedish army through the use of interviews. The results show that the Swedish Armed Forces has a number of organizational challenges that creates a perceived lack of time in the respondents. This in turn affect their possibilities to exercise the type of leadership and command style the wish. The study’s overall conclusion is that the power struggle between the Swedish Armed Forces machine-bureaucratic control and the will to lead by profession and mission-based tactics, creates a vague frame for the commanders’ jobs. They are forced into a controlling role when their wish is to work in a leading or acting role. Hence a perceived sense of lack of time is created when they are unable to exercise command in the way they wish. By instead letting the professional adhocracy be the governing force, commanders will experience a more balance in their everyday work.

Employee job satisfaction of public sector professionals: The roles of public safety work and public service motivation

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In this companion dissertation findings are reported of applied case study research on four community college organizational units that consistently meet or exceed standard performance measures. Ample prior evidence confirmed that performance extended significantly beyond what might be explained by available tangible resources alone. The case study contexts are common in higher education in general: a) an external partnership, (b) an ad hoc team, (c) a traditional, cross-divisional service unit, and (d) a grant-funded student service unit. Emerging positive organizational theory and research shows promise for revealing performance-influencing phenomena and behaviors that are not adequately represented in standard measures. Therefore, this collaborative case study research was designed to explore positive influences on the success of the four community college units. The companion dissertation consists of three manuscripts. Chapter 2, a technical report, is a collaboratively-written synthesis of findings from the four individual case studies. Key findings across the units suggest the influence on performance of: (a) a people-first culture, (b) authentic, trusting, inclusive leadership, and (c) resource richness beyond constrained tangible resources. In Chapter 3, the author presents in journal article format one of the case studies that contributed to the findings reported in Chapter 2. The academic library chosen for this research serves an urban community college campus near the geographic center of its city. The research asks how the library consistently performs well despite severe budget and staffing constraints and a series of disruptive events. Key findings in Chapter 3 include the following influences on performance: (a) valuing people and building relationships; (b) a culture of service that shares duties, resources, and expertise; and (c) leadership that effectively translates formal goals into an enabling matrix of behaviors and phenomena. In Chapter 4, a scholarly narrative, the author reflects on transformative aspects of the doctoral experience on learning and life. Practical recommendations are offered. Additional research is needed to explore causal relationships, how to influence greater resource amplification, and how to increase awareness of positive organizational dynamics.

現今的社會所面臨的是一個快速變遷和注重效率的時代。我國近年來更由於政治、經 濟、社會、文化等各方面的蓬勃發展，社會結構及環境爭劇變遷，傳統農業社會已逐 漸蛻變為現代工商社會，民眾對於政府服務的品質要求愈趨提高，分務人員生活品質 亦要求再加提升，其中行政機關工作時間( 辨公時間 )的設計，關係公務人員的生活 作息、政府的絕對運作、民眾接洽公務以及各行各業的營運，其間之關係密切而重要 ，因此行政機關對於工作時間之安排與設計日漸受到各方的關切與重視。 因此，我國政府對於行政機關工作時間的設計乃不遺余力，尤其是彈性工作時間制 ( Flexible Working Hours )的試行，此一組織發展(Organization Development OD ) 之干預技術(Intervention)，在別的國家創辨或試行時，效果頗佳，民眾稱便。一旦 搬到國內來，尤其是行政機關，卻往往不是窒礙難行，便是全然走樣，給人. 「橘逾 淮而變枳」的印象。其間之原因何在？是因行政生態環境不同呢？或是使用方法錯誤 ？或是對於此制之真正涵義并未了解而誤用？亦或是另有其他之問題？等等。為了了 解上述的問題，筆者乃以理論和實際并重的研究途徑，對此論題作深入的研究探討。 全文計分五章，凡二十節，共約十萬言。第一章緒論對研究問題、目的、方法、架構 和限制作一說明。第二章則是對本文所需的理論和文獻做詳細的介紹與分析。除以組 織發展之觀點來探計「彈性工作時間制」之各個面向及其真正的意涵外，并說明其源 起與演進、理論基楚、及在國外實行之情錶，并對其類型、優缺點等與其他相關之工 作時間制度做一綜合分析說明。第三章則透過個案探討組織實行此干預技術之成敗因 素為何？并加以評析。第四章則是透過實證研究以驗證本文之研究假設。最後，筆者 在第五章結論，對研究所得提出報告，并試擬我國行政機關進行「彈性工作時間制」 之策略與步驟，以為參考。最後并論述行政組織應用此制之趨勢及未來應用之展望， 作為本文的總結。