Att agera "spjutspets" : - en analys av en funktion knuten till en kompetensutveckling inom äldreomsorgen

The purpose of my study was to examine a competence-development in care of older people in which some of the personnel have been “spjutspetsar”. More specifically my aim was to investigate how the personnel managed to supervise others in the organization. My main research questions were: How do the care-managers and the care-workers persecute their functions as “spjutspetsar”? What form has the internal meeting between the competence-development and the organization ideology taken? What possibilities and obstacles have the care-managers and care-workers been confronted? In my study my research method is based on eight qualitative interviews. My study is built on interviews with three care-managers and four care-workers. My result shows that the personnel had because of several reasons difficulties in supporting each other, due to that competence-development did not include all members of the working team. Yet the personnel found the competence-development useful and meaningful. The personnel had also noticed changes in the way of working and thinking