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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
This essay addresses how the Norwegian government has handled the coronavirus pandemic. Compared with many other countries, Norway has performed well in handling the crisis. This must be understood in the context of competent ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Organizational theories can be classified into three types—structural, cultural, and mythical. The structural perspective is based in “bounded rationality” and focuses on how formal structures influence the thoughts and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
This paper looks beyond more traditional evaluation activities to focus primarily on evaluation up front. It suggests that the early appraisal of an investment case or a project should apply essentially the same evaluation ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Academic freedom and the autonomy of academic institutions (their freedom from outside interference) are core values in contemporary academic life. This article outlines changes that have taken place in the last few decades ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
When responding to crises, a joint approach is often used, which requires coordination among government agencies and other institutions. In this article we combine the vertical and horizontal dimensions to develop a ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
In this chapter the focus is on governance capacity as seen from the civil servants at central level in ministries and central agencies. This means that the strategic level is more up front than the operational level. Civil ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Human society can be roughly divided into three spheres and each has different public values. While public values should be at the heart of public administration and social development, they are often significantly weakened ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This article examines China’s government reforms over the past 40 years from an instrumental–structural and a cultural–value perspective with the aim of exploring the supposed shift from New Public Management (NPM) to ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
This article focuses on perceived coordination quality among Norwegian civil servants. It explains how they assess the quality of coordination in their own field of work along different dimensions. To what degree have such ...