This has been a practical innovation graduation project with the focus of studying the impacts of downsizing on a learning organization. The study took place at Karlsson Spools in Sala. This has been a part of an ongoing EU project funded by the European Social Fund, ESF. We have, with the help of interviews and surveys, gathered information on the present situation and with the help of theoretical studies built a framework on how a learning organization is viewed in theory. During our study we found that there are many components to a learning organization. The company in question has displayed some qualities that characterize a learning organization such as a plan to train and further develop their employees. The problem we found was lack of communication and how this has resulted in a less successful outcome of the ongoing courses. The reason for this has been primarily due to major cuts in personnel. In that aspect we have found that the downsizing has hurt the organization. It was, however, unavoidable to make those cutbacks and we hope they can move forward from this point. Luckily the project has just begun and we hope that our suggestions will bring a more cohesive structure to the project in the end.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mdh-9607 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Samuelsson, Mia, Kumpula, Katja |
| Publisher | Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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