Chapter 16 Military Samhandling
"The chapter describes and discusses interaction within the Norwegian Armed Forces. Military interaction is understood as the dynamic and sometimes unpredictable action undertaken when two or more services interact. The chapter explores why interaction between military services, such as land, sea...
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Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing)
2021
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| author | Heier, Tormod |
| author_browse | Heier, Tormod |
| author_facet | Heier, Tormod |
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| description | "The chapter describes and discusses interaction within the Norwegian
Armed Forces. Military interaction is understood as the dynamic and sometimes unpredictable
action undertaken when two or more services interact. The chapter explores
why interaction between military services, such as land, sea and air forces, is
difficult – and, in some circumstances, completely absent. How can inadequate interaction
between the military branches be explained? As Europe’s armed forces become
increasingly complex and sophisticated, two perspectives from organisational theory
are applied. First, an instrumental perspective is used to comprehend the problem.
Particular attention is paid to the tension between hierarchical authority and the division
of labour. Thereafter, a cultural perspective is used to comprehend inter-service
rivalry. Here, attention is paid to informal rules and regulations, or habitual ‘rules of
thumb’ that have become institutionalised over time. These ‘the behavioural patterns’
affect the way military services perceive themselves in contrast to others. The main
finding is that Norway’s Armed Forces suffer from ‘limited rationality’. This is because
Norway’s military units operate within a fragmented command structure that consists
of many different sub-organisations; individually, in times of peace in Norway, they
pursue their own myopic agendas rather than a comprehensive national objective. In
this process, the branches are also forced to compromise with each other to reach their
individual objectives. A form of limited rationality therefore arises because the Army,
Navy and Air Force act rationally. This is, however, not on the basis of what serves
Norwegian security best, but on the basis of what is rational for their specific branch." |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-291612025-07-21T15:57:10Z Chapter 16 Military Samhandling Heier, Tormod Samhandling interaction subcultures military organisational learning leadership unforeseen thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy "The chapter describes and discusses interaction within the Norwegian Armed Forces. Military interaction is understood as the dynamic and sometimes unpredictable action undertaken when two or more services interact. The chapter explores why interaction between military services, such as land, sea and air forces, is difficult – and, in some circumstances, completely absent. How can inadequate interaction between the military branches be explained? As Europe’s armed forces become increasingly complex and sophisticated, two perspectives from organisational theory are applied. First, an instrumental perspective is used to comprehend the problem. Particular attention is paid to the tension between hierarchical authority and the division of labour. Thereafter, a cultural perspective is used to comprehend inter-service rivalry. Here, attention is paid to informal rules and regulations, or habitual ‘rules of thumb’ that have become institutionalised over time. These ‘the behavioural patterns’ affect the way military services perceive themselves in contrast to others. The main finding is that Norway’s Armed Forces suffer from ‘limited rationality’. This is because Norway’s military units operate within a fragmented command structure that consists of many different sub-organisations; individually, in times of peace in Norway, they pursue their own myopic agendas rather than a comprehensive national objective. In this process, the branches are also forced to compromise with each other to reach their individual objectives. A form of limited rationality therefore arises because the Army, Navy and Air Force act rationally. This is, however, not on the basis of what serves Norwegian security best, but on the basis of what is rational for their specific branch." 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-10-08 13:13:20 2020-04-01T12:20:20Z 2018 chapter 1001657 OCN: 1076751277 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28305 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/29161 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28305/1/Interaction_ch16.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28305/1/Interaction_ch16.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28305/1/Interaction_ch16.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28305/1/Interaction_ch16.pdf Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing) 10.23865/noasp.36.ch16 10.23865/noasp.36.ch16 9266f8a8-a49e-4697-9bd1-69645f9037c2 Interaction: 'Samhandling' Under Risk 18 Oslo open access |
| spellingShingle | Samhandling interaction subcultures military organisational learning leadership unforeseen thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy Heier, Tormod Chapter 16 Military Samhandling |
| title | Chapter 16 Military Samhandling |
| title_full | Chapter 16 Military Samhandling |
| title_fullStr | Chapter 16 Military Samhandling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chapter 16 Military Samhandling |
| title_short | Chapter 16 Military Samhandling |
| title_sort | chapter 16 military samhandling |
| topic | Samhandling interaction subcultures military organisational learning leadership unforeseen thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy |
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