Organizational change and change management : a case study of the process of the merger between Å and Berge secondary schools

2016

Master's thesis Public Policy and Management ME502 - University of Agder 2016 This master thesis is a qualitative case study research aimed at assessing and interpreting the process of merger between two public organizations, located within the Norwegian educational sector. The focus of the thesis is to study the process of merger by analysing the key aspects that could, most likely, affect the process flow and outcomes. The aim of the thesis is to address the knowledge gaps, in the literature on mergers, by studying the process of merger as a whole, not just its separate phases. More specifically the thesis investigates key procedural aspects of the merger process. The selected case for th…