TY  - CHAP
AU  - Heier, Tormod
AB  - "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."
DO  - 10.23865/noasp.36.ch16
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1001657
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1076751277
KW  - Samhandling
KW  - interaction
KW  - subcultures
KW  - military
KW  - organisational learning
KW  - leadership
KW  - unforeseen
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/cef19e9e-bb5a-4084-8e2d-a06c7e4920df/Interaction_ch16.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28305
PB  - Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing)
PP  - Oslo
PY  - 2018
TI  - Chapter 16 Military Samhandling : Formal and Informal Behaviour in Norway’s Armed Forces
ER  - 
