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Collaborative Management in Norwegian Municipalities: Do Middle Managers Make a Difference?

2022

Norway is an example of the Nordic model in which the local level is of fundamental importance. However, the municipalities are relatively small and increasingly subject to decentralisation of their activities. To compensate for scale disadvantages, a mixture of collaborative activities is pursued in order to build system capacity. Paradoxically, little is known about collaboration among key stakeholders. This article makes a contribution to reducing this knowledge gap by focusing on mid-level managers and municipal departments. This research is empirically underpinned by a cross sectional survey of middle managers in 64 municipalities in Norway (N = 1354) and presents, for the first time, …

MinicipalityInnovasjonsledelseCollaborative managementVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200NettverksteoriTheory of NetworkKommuneSamhandlingsledelseInnovation managementVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration
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The Importance of Engaging Local People in Landscape Management – Experiences from an EU Project

2018

“Bull by the Horns” -project initiated landscape management and promoted biodiversity associated with diminishing High Nature Value farmland habitats in Finland. A specific focus was on grazed semi-natural grasslands and wood-pastures which are collectively referred to as traditional rural biotopes (TRBs). Collaboration among project workers, non-farming landowners, and cattle owners reintroduced grazing to abandoned pastures, and management was financed through agri-environmental payments. Using adaptive co-management principles, the project enabled collective definition of integrated site-specific management objectives. A better understanding of contemporary challenges and opportunities t…

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