Search results for "Organizational theory"
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Turkish foreign and security policy in the current era
2007
The many faces of EU committee governance
2003
Committees linking national administrations and the EU level play a crucial role at all stages of the EU policy process. The literature tends to portray this group system as a coherent mass, characterised by expert-oriented ‘deliberative supranationalism’, a term developed through studies of comitology (implementation) committees. This article builds on survey data on 218 national officials in 14 Member States who have attended EU committee meetings. We show that these groups do indeed exhibit important common features. Firstly, expert knowledge rather than country size plays a pivotal role in the decision making process. Secondly, across types of committee, participants evoke multiple alle…
The Rise of a European Public Administration. European capacity building by stealth
2012
Presentation on department page: http://www.uia.no/no/portaler/om_universitetet/oekonomi_og_samfunnsvitenskap/statsvitenskap_og_ledelsesfag/ forskning_isl/isl_working_papers_series This paper reports the European integration of the inherent state prerogative to formulate and implement public policy. It is suggested that the European integration of core state powers necessitates the supply of independent and integrated bureaucratic capacities at a ‘European level’. The rise of a genuinely European public administration is conceived of as executive centre formation. The paper suggests that the integration of public administration may be explained by organizational capacity building by stealth.
Governance processes in the nuclear safety sector How organizational history and organizational structures matter
2022
To obey or not to obey...? : en kvalitativ studie av læreres avvik fra organisatoriske beslutninger
2013
Masteroppgave i offentlig politikk og ledelse - Universitetet i Agder 2013 Oppgavens fokus er avvikende organisasjonsatferd blant lærere. Studien retter seg mot avvik fra formelle organisatoriske beslutninger. Tradisjonelt sett har avvikende organisasjonsatferd blitt sett på som noe negativt og ødeleggende for organisasjoner og/eller dens medlemmer. Imidlertid viser nyere forskning at avvikende atferd i noen tilfeller også kan være positiv og nyttebringende for en organisasjon. Selv om lærere i stor grad er autonome og selvstendige i arbeidsutførelsen, har de mange regler og instrukser de må følge. I dette spennet mellom autonomi og selvstendighet på den ene siden, og omfattende regler og i…
Tensions of governance in the European Commission
2007
This article analyses tensions of governance within the core-executive of the European Union – the Commission. The applied test-bed is seconded national civil servants (SNEs) hired on short-term contracts in the Commission. The analysis benefits from a rich body of surveys and interview data among current and former SNEs. The data demonstrate that the decision-making behaviour evoked by SNEs contains a mix of departmental, epistemic and supranational behaviour. Intergovernmental dynamics are shown to be much less significant. The study also demonstrates that the secondment system scarcely creates enduring supranational loyalties among SNEs. The socialising powers of the Commission is condit…
Images of Agency Governance in the European Union : Community institutions, autonomous administrative spaces, or multilevel network administrations?
2006
Diagnosis of the transformation of executive governance in Europe must incorporate the diverse dynamics of EU-level agencies. This paper conceptualises theoretically and explores empirically multiple images of governance of EU-level agencies. Based on a rich body of survey (N=265) and interview (N=29) data among three regulatory and four non-regulatory EU level agencies, the paper demonstrates that EU-level agencies primarily combine the roles as autonomous administrative spaces and multilevel network administrations. Hence, EU-level regulatory and non-regulatory agencies blend two models of governance. Moreover, the most important role observed among EU-level agencies is indeed as multilev…
How Europe shapes the nature of the Belgian Federation. Differentiated EU impact triggers both cooperation and decentralization
2012
Presentation on department page: http://www.uia.no/no/portaler/om_universitetet/oekonomi_og_samfunnsvitenskap/statsvitenskap_og_ledelsesfag/ forskning_isl/isl_working_papers_series Abstract. European integration triggers contrasting views from Belgian political elites. Proponents of con-federalism, further decentralization and separatism point to the decreasing importance of the central government level within a more integrated Europe as well as to the growing relevance of regions within contemporary Europe. Opponents of separatism generally favor a strong central government arguing that Europe will not easily accept separatism and that further decentralization may substantially weaken the …