This is a case study, within the field of Education and Human Resource Development. The subject is handover in a non-profit organization. The organization studied is the Uppsala Student Union (US). US is a politically run Non-profit organization (NGO), with the objective to work for better study- and living conditions of the 35 000 students at Uppsala University, Sweden, who are its members. Four people active within US have been interviewed, and the empiric material has been analyzed mainly based on the theories of Organizational Learning and Continuity Management. Some other theories are presented as well, as an orientation with relation to handover in organizations and organizational development. The questions asked are: 1. How is transfer of knowledge perceived in US – as a significant problem, a small problem or no problem at all? 2. If transfer of knowledge is perceived as a problem, what are thought to be the causes? 3. In US, as a NGO, how is handover managed? Which problems arise with respect to handover? 4. What else of interest and relevance can be found? The answers are: 1. A small problem. Transfer of knowledge is much thought of, but there are problems which are viewed as more important. 2. The causes for problems with handover are mainly referred to a heavy workload for the actives, high turnover and insufficient handover routines. 3. Routines for handover is a well integrated part of the work at US. And the conditions in terms of resources are good compared to other student unions. Some problems still arise, and a selection of these are presented in the study. 4. Additional findings have been defined under the following headlines: Representation on Boards – an area for improvement Changing the roles On Actives-mentality (Swe. föreningsmänniskor) Effective policy making Students as actives
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-207959 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Gustafsson, Lovisa |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | Examensarbete vid Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier ; 2010002 |
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