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Chapter 28 Basic Structures for a New Theory of Samhandling Under Risk (SUR)
(2018)
"This final chapter aggregates experiences and findings from the other
chapters of the book. The book’s overall research question is as follows: What are
the basic structures of the concept of samhandling under risk and ...
Chapter 26 Interaction in Aerial Warfare
(2018)
"This chapter explores the leadership practices of Mission Commanders.
The major focus is on key features in leadership practices that contribute to effective
samhandling in the execution of Composite Air Operations and ...
Chapter 25 Military Strategies for Samhandling in Unforeseen Situations
(2018)
"The purpose of this chapter is twofold. Firstly, a rather paradoxical situation
will be discussed. Even though most military practitioners seem to agree
on the characteristics of war, two almost diametrically-opposed ...
Chapter 27 Samhandling, Preparedness and Supply Chains
(2018)
"Supply-chain preparedness means to design inter-organisational structures,
to organise supply-chain resources, and to plan and train to ensure efficient
response if this is called for. Acknowledging that supply chains ...
Chapter 14 Samhandling Under Risk
(2018)
"This chapter aims to examine how samhandling and concurrent learning
work together. “Concurrent learning” is a form of simultaneous learning, where
many learning processes related to samhandling take place at the same ...
Chapter 22 Learning from Sports
(2018)
"This study shows some generic characteristics from sports that are of relevance to
samhandling structures under risk. The findings are based on a case study of the
concept of “Total Football” and the Rosenborg Football ...
Chapter 7 Leading and Managing Interaction Under Risk in the Police
(2018)
"Leading interaction under risk is one of the aspects of being a leader in
the police. After the 22nd of July 2011 Norwegian terror attacks it has been pointed
out that the main explanatory factors as to why interaction ...
Chapter 24 Working Together in the Aftermath of an Unforeseen Event
(2018)
"The frame of this chapter is how clinicians and leaders employed in psychiatric
departments in hospitals experience and cope with patients who commit
suicide while undergoing treatment. The major focus is the phenomenon ...
Chapter 19 Samhandling During Crisis Work
(2018)
"Samhandling is considered as a key solution when asymmetry occurs. An
expectation of seamless samhandling can be a special challenge to High Reliability
Organizations
which have mechanistic traditions in common, i.e. ...
Chapter 13 Interaction and Risk Management in Shared Leadership
(2018)
"The chapter presents a case from a government agency in Norway, where
two assistant directors share a leadership position and must interact extensively. The
main purpose is to highlight some benefits and challenges ...
Chapter 21 Effective Cooperation Between Strangers in Unexpected and Dangerous Situations
(2018)
"This chapter aims to discuss what it takes to make people or groups that
do not know each other previously establish effective cooperation during unforeseen
events. The focus is on the formation process of “swift trust”, ...
Chapter 11 The Triad of Uncertainty
(2018)
"This chapter sheds light on interaction (samhandling) between scientists
and politicians. What happens when the latter gives the former a role in an effort to
ensure that society is not exposed to an unforeseen calamity? ...
Chapter 18 Didactics and Innovation in Collaboration for the Unforeseen in Training Practice Preparation
(2018)
"The objective of this chapter is to improve collaborative practices and exercises,
taking the unforeseen into account. The major focus is on the process of making
collaboration exercises and the planning phase of these ...
Chapter 10 Weltbürger Perspectives and Samhandling
(2018)
"The chapter starts with a criticism of management and control concepts
that have been rooted in economic or psychological theories and models, although
society’s complexity and the pace of change will demand a broader ...
Chapter 16 Military Samhandling
(2018)
"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 9 Digital Samhandling in Education for the Unforeseen Future
(2018)
"This chapter aims to discuss whether digital interaction (samhandling) in
education requires a new pedagogy, which, to a greater extent than before, takes into
account risks and unforeseen events. The major focus is on ...
Chapter 1 Samhandling Under Risk (SUR)
(2018)
"The main objective of this chapter is to clarify some key and overall theoretical
and conceptual frameworks underlying the research project “Samhandling
Under Risk” (SUR), as discussed in the various chapters of this ...
Chapter 3 Is It Possible to Prevent Unforeseen Events?
(2018)
"An unforeseen event may be defined as something that happens suddenly
and unexpectedly. Such events are seldom the result of an organisation’s operational
planning, but they can be side-effects of such planning. An ...
Chapter 4 Workshop-Didaktik for Cooperation in a Contingent World
(2018)
"Based on the idea that contingency frames people’s view of the world, the
text examines how cooperation is still possible. It is argued that cooperation is a human
constant (Tomsello), as well as a skill and craft to ...
Chapter 5 Human Interaction
(2018)
"During military exercises, crisis situations give the participants mood experiences.
By exploring the concept of “mood”, our aim is to contribute to the development
of new interaction theory. We will explore three ...
Chapter 2 Defining the Term Samhandling
(2018)
"In this chapter we will demonstrate that samhandling has a different
qualitative meaning from other similar concepts. The term “samhandling” is used
by many organizations, researchers and textbook authors without ...
Chapter 23 Care Coordination, Samhandling and Patient Safety
(2018)
"This chapter focus on Norwegian healthcare policies and regulations for
care coordination and patient safety. The Norwegian Coordination Reform implemented
in 2012 emphasizes patient engagement, care pathways, and ...
Chapter 17 Samhandling and Trust in Military Leadership Structures
(2018)
"The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the importance of trust in military
samhandling. Trust serves as one of the main prerequisites for effective collaboration
(Kouzes & Posner, 2003). The Norwegian Armed Forces’ ...
Chapter 6 Apprenticeship Learning in Preparation for Meeting the Unforeseen
(2018)
"The chapter analyzes teaching where the goal is to enable students at the
Armed Forces Staff College to master unforeseen events. The students are all participants
in a program for joint operations in which different ...
Chapter 15 Competence for the Unforeseen
(2018)
"This study examines self-assessment of preparedness for unforeseen events
and how it varies between groups and individuals according to roles and functions
within an organization. The study has two objectives. The first ...
Chapter 20 The Relationship Between Stress and Samhandling
(2018)
"Military operations are very often accompanied by various levels of stress.
This chapter aims to discuss the concepts and factors of stress and samhandling. The
main factors are social support, self-efficacy, resilience ...
Chapter 8 The Relevance of Samhandling in Military Doctrines
(2018)
"Military leaders are faced with high expectations when it comes to handling
unforeseen situations in joint military operations. This chapter aims to present
a nuanced professional and pedagogical discussion of how an ...
Chapter 12 Social Innovation and Collaboration
(2018)
"This chapter explores the link between social innovation and collaboration
among change agents and stakeholders. Social innovation is a field on the rise,
both practically and theoretically (Cajaiba-Santana, 2014), and ...
Kunstens betydning?
(2022)
Why do children and young people need art? How do we rationalize the significance of art in society? This anthology is based on research carried out by members of the multidisciplinary research group Art and Young People ...
Stemma og stilla i musikk og litteratur
(2022)
This book is in commemoration of the composer, educator, conductor and social worker Magnar Åm’s 70th birthday. Right from the start of work as a composer, music as a form of recognition has been central, along with an ...
Makt, motmakt og praksis
(2022)
Which voices, bodies and practices have expressed critical powerlessness in the face of institutional power, and who is expressing this today? What is at play, and what is the root of this powerlessness? These questions ...
Medication Safety in Municipal Health and Care Services
(2022)
Medicines constitute an essential part of healthcare delivery and help to prevent or treat illness, influence quality of life, and generally increase life expectancy. However, medications can also cause harm if prescribed ...
Form og formidling knytt til nynorsken
(2022)
The starting point for this issue of Skriftkultur is the 150th anniversary of Ivar Aasen’s launch of a national language, which at the time lacked freedom of choice in form and conjugation, but has since developed, for ...
Klagens ABC
(2022)
The ABCs of Complaint: The Book of Lamentations Through the Ages analyzes the biblical Book of Lamentations. Central to the book are the questions: How can we translate the Hebrew text while at the same time taking into ...
Et voldsfelt i bevegelse
(2025)
Domestic violence and sexual assault have gradually become prioritized policy areas in Norway. This book examines the legal and institutional aspects of what has also gradually emerged as a separate action area, the field ...
Praksisorientert og studentaktiv læring
(2025)
There are today demands from various stakeholders that higher education should approach practice. All kinds of practical elements are introduced, such as internships, various practical exercises, lecturers from practice ...
Chapter 3 Mestrer jeg trenerrollen?
(2018)
"The purpose of this study was to examine factorial, convergent, discriminant, and criteria
validity of a multi-dimensional scale measuring coaching efficacy (Feltz, Chase, Moritz, &
Sullivan, 1999). The sample consisted ...
Chapter 8 Felles mentale modeller i elitelagballspill
(2018)
"The purpose of this inquiry is to explore team member knowledge among elite players
in team ballgames – theoretically anchored in shared mental models. Team member knowledge
is team specific and not a type of knowledge ...
Chapter 6 Idrætspsykologi med et community psykologisk afsæt
(2018)
"The overall purpose of this study was to examine how a transformative and community
psychological approach could affect a socially challenged neighbourhood and participants´
perceptions of involvement (young boys, 12–16 ...
Chapter 10 Når dommeren i fotball dømmer feil …
(2018)
"The aim of this study was to investigate characteristics of situations when top referees
in soccer make an incorrect decision. Two expert panels, consisting of four top referees and
four top players respectively, assessed ...
Chapter 9 Sammenhengen mellom mindfulness og eksekutiv funksjon hos profesjonelle fotballspillere
(2018)
"Mindfulness has become a popular tool for athletes, but the knowledge about the
exact associations between trait mindfulness and key performance variables are lacking. This
is especially problematic for athletes competing ...
Chapter 7 Hva sier de til seg selv?
(2018)
"The purpose of this study was to examine the self-talk of elite triathletes during a
competition. Furthermore, we wanted to investigate possible differences in content and frequency
in self-talk during a triathlon ...
Chapter 5 Miljøets betydning i elitesport
(2018)
"In recent years there has been an increased focus on the importance of the environment
for the development of elite athletes. In order to understand the factors that contribute
to or limit an athlete’s sporting development, ...
Chapter 12 Effekt av feedback på kollektiv mestringstro og sosial loffing i et sykkeleksperiment
(2018)
"The aim of the study was to examine the extent in which verbal feedback (positive
and negative) affected the collective efficacy, and to what extent an increase in collective efficacy
would affect the propensity to ...
Chapter 11 Prinsipper ved test–retest-reliabilitet
(2018)
"The study aim was twofold: 1) Review basic principles of test-retest reliability,
and 2) investigate the reliability of a test procedure of a one-minute time trial on an ergometer
bicycle in relatively well-trained young ...
Chapter 4 Profesjonelle fotballtreneres interaksjon med sine overordnede og assistenter
(2018)
"Research on coaching in sports has long been concerned with how coaches interact
with their players. In recent years, more research in sports psychology has been conducted on
the coach’s role. However, research on ...
Chapter 2 Med det danske U20 ishockeylandshold til VM
(2018)
"The present case study investigates stress and recovery of the Danish national under-
20 ice hockey players during a training camp and the following World Championship. The aims
were to track their stress-recovery states ...
Chapter 1 Allvarliga idrottsskador hos svenska manliga akademifotbollsspelare
(2018)
Sporting and sport psychological accomplishments are an important part of Scandinavian culture. Psychological factors have been demonstrated to have a major impact on both participation and achievements in sport. Sport ...
Putting a Face on It
(2017)
"Putting a Face on It analyses and discusses how subjectivity and exposure of individuals now affect most journalistic topics and genres: from politics to sports journalism, from science journalism to journalism about ...
Principled Pragmatism: VOC Interaction with Makassar 1637-68 and the Nature of Company Diplomacy
(2017)
In this study of the Dutch East India Company the author uses the Company’s seventeenth century diplomatic interaction with the trading Sultanate of Macassar, on the southwestern tip of present day Sulawesi, as a case in ...
Manipulating practices
(2018)
"Manipulating practices is the first ever collection of critical physiotherapy studies and comes at a time of unprecedented change in the profession. Written as a collaboration between 20 authors, many members of the ...
NLA Høgskolen
(2020)
NLA University College celebrated their 50-year jubilee in the 2018. As a part of the occation they hosted a seminar which in turn produced many of the contributions in this antology. This book seeks to discuss the place ...
Religion og etikk i skole og barnehage
(2019)
School and kindergarten are central arenas for issues concerning values and ethics. The authors ask: What does students in junior high school learn about the relationship between science and religion? How do students in ...
Oppvekst og livstolkning
(2020)
What is the meaning of friendship? Can the meaning of life be found in football fan culture? What do pupils learn about the environment in ethics classes in schools and what does a young refugee girl think about God? This ...
Vilkår for nynorsk mellom barn og unge
(2020)
"Any scholarly conversation about literacy as a cultural phenomenon connected to specific written languages ought not overlook the issue of intergenerational transmission. That is, how and to what extent the written language ...
Tru på Vestlandet
(2020)
Religious faith is big part of every day life in Western Norway, both historically and in present time. This book seeks to convey a new understanding of the religious traditions of the region in a time of big cultural change.
Trender for idrettspsykologisk forskning i Skandinavia
(2018)
Sporting and sport psychological accomplishments are an important part of Scandinavian culture. Psychological factors have been demonstrated to have a major impact on both participation and achievements in sport. Sport ...
Prioritering, styring og likebehandling. Utfordringer i norsk helsetjeneste
(2018)
"Prioritization is a necessity in healthcare, in the allocation of limited resources. Which criteria and considerations prove decisive, however, when it comes to prioritization in practice? The dominant political objective ...
The Institutional Practice
(2017)
The nursing home resident of today is old and frail. Despite such a frailty, many residents are hospitalized, often with the intention of life-extension. Furthermore, rates of hospitalization varies considerably between ...
Recovering from a disaster
(2017)
On 26 December 2004 at 6.58 hours (Sri Lanka Time), a massive earthquake with its epicentre outside the coast of Sumatra generated a series of gigantic waves, tsunamis. At 8.35 hours the waves reached the eastern and ...
På vei mot læreryrket
(2024)
The Road to Becoming a Teacher demonstrates how student activities become part of the formative processes towards becoming a teacher. The various contributions describe the ways in which preservice teachers reflect over ...
Norskhet i bevegelse
(2024)
What does it mean to be Norwegian, and who can call themselves Norwegian in today's globalized and multicultural Norway? These questions are increasingly being discussed in public discourse and social media channels. The ...
Spesialprest i livssynsåpent samfunn
(2023)
Society’s openness to a variety of life stances has had an impact on the fundamental conditions of chaplaincy services within public institutions such as the healthcare system, correctional facilities, the military, and ...
Utenforskap, stigmatisering og fremmedfrykt på Agder: 1860 til i dag
(2023)
The title of this anthology – Outsiders, Stimatization and Xenophobia in Agder: From 1860 to the Present – conveys a critical perspective on society’s treatment of those who deviate from accepted norms and expectations in ...
Hvordan skape vekst?
(2024)
Some places experience population growth and increasing job opportunities, while others undergo a decline in population and the number of workplaces. What are the driving forces behind the developments we have seen in ...
Morsmålsdidaktisk forskning og profesjonalisert lærerutdanning
(2023)
In this book, five experienced Nordic L1-didactitians and teacher educators search for their professional roots as pupils, students, teachers, teacher educators, managers and researchers over a period of fifty years.
In ...
Fagdidaktiske temaer i helsefagene
(2023)
The aim of this anthology is to present current educational research that draws attention to didactics, more specifically to the need for didactic research in health-related subject areas. The anthology is the result of ...
Theatre and Performing Arts, Disability Citizenship and Community Development
(2024)
How might inclusive arts practices strengthen active citizenship and community participation? This is the main question that inspired the global collegial networks that led to this book project. The authors of the introductory ...
Barn, unge og straffegjennomføring
(2025)
Children, Youth and Penal Sentencing is about the ways in which children and young people have been punished throughout the history of our penal system, and why and how we punish them today.
This book provides the latest ...
Sted og identitet
(2024)
2023 marked 300 years since Arendal and Risør were officially granted city status, an occasion duly celebrated in both of them. Mandal and Grimstad have also recently marked anniversaries related to their city status, and ...
Offentlige eller private velferdstjenester?
(2025)
Few issues in Norwegian politics are more controversial than the privatization of social services. While some argue that standards of quality increase with a combination of public and private services, others argue that ...
Herre og drott – konge og sjøkonge
(2023)
Avaldsnes on Karmøy in Rogaland, which according to Snorre was King Harald Fairhair's royal estate, has been the center of a major research effort since 2007. Extensive excavations have, among other things, uncovered the ...
Child Welfare and the Significance of Family
(2023)
This book focuses on the significance of family in child welfare (CW) services from multidisciplinary perspectives. The authors are concerned with how families experience encounters with CW workers, how professional CW ...
PISA 2022
(2023)
PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) is an international, comparative survey of 15-year-olds' competence in mathematics, science and reading. The purpose of the PISA survey is to assess how well students ...
Akademisk kunnskap og pedagogisk faglighet i barnehagen
(2023)
An increasing number of preschool teachers have a master's degree, and in Norway, employing preschool teachers with a master’s-level education is a stated political objective. In both Norway and Denmark, there is growing ...
Nynorsk samtidslitteratur og skriftkultur. Festskrift til Geir Hjorthol
(2023)
This issue of Skriftkultur stems from our desire to honor our good colleague Geir Hjorthol with a festschrift on the occasion of his 70th birthday. As the recipient is a professor of literature and also interested in ...
Virtuell virkelighet i undervisning
(2025)
Virtual reality (VR) was once science fiction, but now it is on its way to becoming commonplace. VR has great potential for realistic visualization, so what are the obstacles we encounter when using this technology in ...
Fengslende sosiologi
(2018)
"Prison has always been an attractive object for study in the field of sociology. Few other areas of modern society demonstrate social reality’s fundamental ideas so clearly and obviously than prison. Social deviance and ...
Informed Play
(2018)
Informed Play presents a conceptual understanding of tone production based on extensive historical research on primary sources, modern literature and handbook reviews, physical and psychological perspectives as well as on ...
Det åpne bibliotek
(2017)
The stereotypical image of quiet, dusty rooms with hushing librarians does not ring true for contemporary research libraries. On the contrary, libraries are often at the forefront of technological development. As they open ...
Aksjonsforskning i Norge: Teoretisk og empirisk mangfold
(2017)
Action Research in Norway. Theoretical and empirical diversity is an anthology consisting of twenty scientific articles from the fields of education, health, science centers, arts and working life. The anthology provides ...
De berørte etter 22. juli
(2016)
Research following the terrorist attacks July 22nd 2011 has been especially challenging, due to the extreme nature of the events and the trauma for those involved; both directly as victims and indirectly as family, relatives ...
Teaterproduksjon
(2018)
This anthology presents research in theatre studies developed by a group of colleagues at the Department of Arts and Media Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The research is conducted through ...
På vandring og på flukt: Migrasjon i historisk perspektiv
(2017)
Not since the 1940s have more people been on the move than today – across borders or in their own country. People flee from rebellion and war, but many also emigrate because they are looking for work and because they dream ...
Rom og sted
(2020)
"Within the humanities, the concepts space and place have been the subject of renewed interest as theoretical resources over the last years, inspired by recent developments within the social sciences, and in particular ...
Ledelse av mennesker i det nye arbeidslivet
(2020)
"This book is the first in a series of publications from the Department of Leadership and Organization at Høyskolen Kristiania. Through 12 chapters, we highlight leadership-related issues concerning, among other things, ...
Skandinavisk kobber
(2020)
Copper is an ancient product that has persisted into the advanced industrial age. Its production methods and uses have been radically transformed several times, and it has played a central role in the building of the modern ...
Presse, profesjon og politikk
(2022)
Press, Profession and Politics is a festschrift in honor of Paul Bjerke, who celebrated his 70th birthday on 2 October 2022. Bjerke has had a far-reaching career in journalism, research and as a social commentator. This ...
Utdanning for bærekraft
(2023)
In 2020, Norway’s national curriculum for primary and secondary school eduction, known as Kunnskapsløftet, came into effect. The plan is marked by increased emphasis on education for sustainability, and a notable example ...
Erfaringer med institusjonell etnografi
(2023)
Originally developed by the Canadian sociologist Dorothy E. Smith, institutional ethnography is an approach to research that aims to explore and challenge power relations in society. In Norway and the other Nordic countries, ...
HR i møte med det nye arbeidslivet
(2023)
This anthology is the second in a series of books from the Department of Management and Organization at Kristiania University College. HR in Today’s Working Life builds on the book Leading People in Today’s Working Life ...
Kulturskolen som inkluderende kraft
(2023)
Accessibility to art and cultural activities is a topic with increasing attention. Most municipalities in the Scandinavian countries have kulturskoler (extra curricular schools of music and performing arts) that offer ...
Effective Houses
(2023)
This book examines property rights, settlement structure and social organization in Norway’s Østlandet in the Iron age (500 BC–AD 1050). Inspired by ethnographical and anthropological studies, a model of a stateless, ...
Rom og etikk
(2017)
Space and Ethics. Ambiguous Narratives interprets encounters with people in various contexts from a spatial perspective. What are the ethical implications when people often labelled “strangers” are situated in the same ...
Forskning og utvikling i kulturskolefeltet
(2017)
What is going on in Kulturskolen – the Norwegian municipal school of music and performing arts? And what is the relation between the activities in the practice field and research? Kulturskolen is a type of school dependent ...
Internet Research Ethics
(2015)
This anthology addresses ethical challenges that arise within the field of Internet research. Among the issues discussed in the book are the following: When is voluntary informed consent from research subjects required in ...
Moving English Language Teaching Forward
(2022)
The title of this Festschrift, Moving English Language Teaching Forward, is a tribute to Ragnhild E. Lund’s lifelong devotion to English language pedagogy and teaching. She is – in the words of Juliet Munden – “a Dame of ...
Samfunn og samhandling under press
(2024)
Society is changing. The unforeseen leaves its mark; crises, threats, surveillance, pandemics, war, ideological conflicts, technological development, management by objectives, economic inequity, and environmental and ...
Den komplekse jernalderbosetningen på Dilling
(2024)
Dilling, a few kilometers from the coastal town of Moss in Eastern Norway, is a site where archaeologists from the Cultural History Museum of the University of Oslo have examined c. 60,000 square meters of land and discovered ...
