Johnsen, Åge (2014):
Strategic management thinking and practice in the public sector: A strategic planning for all seasons?
Wiley
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Type of publication:
Tidsskriftsartikkel
Link to publication:
https://oda.oslomet.no/oda-xmlui/bitstream/handle/10642/2233/1075026.pdf
Link to review:
https://hdl.handle.net/10642/2233
Comment:
Originalversjon
Johnsen, Å. (2014). Strategic Management Thinking and Practice in the Public Sector: A Strategic Planning for All Seasons?. Forthcoming in Financial Accountability and Management.
Number of pages:
44
ISSN:
1468-0408
Language of publication:
Engelsk
Country of publication:
Norge
NSD-reference:
4805
This page was last updated:
2/11 2021
State units related to this publication:
- Kommunalbanken AS
- Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat
- Helsedirektoratet sentralt
- Direktoratet for arbeidstilsynet
- Vegdirektoratet
- Utlendingsdirektoratet
- Departementenes sikkerhets- og serviceorganisasjon
- Statens kartverk
- Norges forskningsråd
- Høgskolen i Oslo
- Riksrevisjonen
- Utdanningsdirektoratet – direktoratet for barnehage, grunnopplæring og IKT
- Helsedirektoratet
- Arbeids- og velferdsetaten
- Arbeids- og velferdsdirektoratet
- Digitaliseringsdirektoratet
- Arbeidstilsynet
- Utlendingsdirektoratet
- Statens kartverk
- Norges vassdrags- og energiverk
- Statens vegvesen
- Utdanningsdirektoratet
- Klima- og skoginitiativet
- Forsvarets militære organisasjon
Summary:
This paper explores how strategic management thinking manifests itself in strategic management practice in the public sector. Mintzberg’s framework of 10 strategic management schools of thought is chosen for mapping strategic management thinking. The paper analyses a convenience sample of 35 strategic management processes, observation of an agency’s strategy reformulation process and interviews of managers in the public sector in Norway for informing the discussion. Strategic planning is heavily criticized in some of the business strategy literature. The analysis indicates that strategic management in the public sector extensively uses strategic planning, bundled with certain other schools of thought, despite tendencies to downplay formal, mechanistic planning in contemporary strategic management theory.
Keywords: Central government, local government, public management, schools of thought, strategy theory