4. The studied school organization
This article is built on a study of upper secondary teachers in a Swedish public school which has been subject to extensive restructuring. The school explicitly claims to be a learning organization and the organizational changes can be seen as an example of a public sector organization subject to NPM-related governance reform processes that focus on flexibility, quality and efficiency ([44] Svensson, 2004). Simultaneously, and possibly as part of broader NPM trends, the school studied can be seen as an example of a public sector organization influenced by changed pedagogy, which in turn can be traced to the rhetoric that emphasis efficiency of learning.
It should be noted that concepts such as "learning organization" seldom are implemented verbatim in work organizations, rather the organizations apply parts they think fit their specific organizations ([34] Røvik, 2000). In this paper we have focused on three such selected parts, the studied school organization's three key restructuring issues:
First, in order to meet with the changed ideas of how to best run the upper secondary school, four separate upper secondary schools in town were replaced with one campus that offers all study programs provided by the four replaced schools. This reorganization is aimed to integrate and mix students from different education programs (for example, girls and boys, theoretical and vocational, natural science and social science) and to create better learning conditions for students as well as teachers. In addition, this restructuring aimed to make the education more financially efficient.
Second, the teachers' work was reorganized to address the changed ideas of how to best run the upper secondary school. The former subject affiliation, which traditionally has been strong at the upper secondary level, was replaced by an interdisciplinary approach. This means that the teachers in a team have different subject specialties. Instead of a common subject, the teams are based on a common group of students. Not only were the teachers to share office space in this new formation, but they were also to work together by creating joint projects for their students that integrated various subjects. The aim of this reorganization was to promote better conditions for learning as it was assumed that subject integration would lead to better understanding and more holistic views.