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Skriveren og teksten
(2020)
"More and more people have to write in their jobs, and some need to write for publication. Students must learn to write in new genres, and their teachers not only need to write but also help others develop their own writing. ...
Det usikre sangerlivet
(2021)
Uncertainty at many levels in classical singers’ career trajectories and professional practice is a fulcrum in this book. Produced through life history interviews with 14 professional Scandinavian singers, born between ...
Hva kan vi lære av TALIS 2018?
(2021)
" What are the specific challenges that teachers and school leaders face, and how do they feel about their working conditions? These are among the themes of the international TALIS study. The authors of this book take a ...
Kirkelig organisering og ledelse
(2021)
" What is unique about leadership and leadership roles in the Church of Norway? In what ways does the Church’s organization reflect its mission? These are among the questions raised by the transition from state church to ...
De gamle stier
(2021)
"This book takes the reader on a historical and theological journey through intense awakenings, decisive church foundations and dramatic schisms in southwestern Norway from the 1820s to the present. Based on extensive ...
Å kjøpe for Norge
(2021)
"How does the public sector manage the vast sums spent annually on goods and services? For individual municipalities, counties, and state agencies it is, in practical terms, about obtaining resources that enable them to ...
Ung Uro
(2021)
"How can the unsettling climates of our times be understood? How can art, architecture, and design that engages with the complexities of our current age be analysed and criticised?
Etymologically, the Norwegian word uro ...
The Language of Jewellery
(2021)
"In the 5th–7th centuries AD, members of the female population in Scandinavia frequently wore a costume adorned with conspicuous items of jewellery. Many of the items, such as brooches and clasps, were dress-accessories ...
Harpe og sverd
(2020)
" This is a collection of essays about the Norwegian ballade, but it also includes ballads from the other Nordic countries. Many perceive the Norwegian ballad as something very close to what is considered the Norwegian ...
Lokalvalget 2019
(2021)
"This anthology concerns the many local elections held throughout Norway on 9 September 2019. Based on voter surveys carried out after every local election since 1995, the ten chapters in this book explore a variety of ...
Sametingsvalg
(2021)
"This book is a study of elections to the representative organ of Norway's indigenous people, the Sámi. Based on quantitative and qualitative research, the anthology examines various aspects of elections to the Sámi ...
Interaction: 'Samhandling' Under Risk
(2018)
The authors of Interaction: ‘Samhandling’ Under Risk. A Step Ahead of the Unforeseen elucidate new views on emergency-preparedness management and understanding the unforeseen in society and learning processes by introducing ...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ...
Døden i livet
(2018)
"There is a widely held notion that death is not particularly visible in our culture; death is something we do not talk about. The premise for Døden i livet has been to challenge this preconception from a variety of ...
Fra kollektiv til konnektiv handling?
(2018)
"Volunteering and political activism are two key forms of civic engagement. There is a broad consensus that civic engagement, which often involves participation in various forms of collective action, is a cornerstone of a ...
Dealing with Expectations and Traditions in Research
(2018)
"When considering societal expectations and traditions in research, assumptions are often an integral aspect – particularly in the disciplines pertaining to organization studies. The objective of this anthology is to ...
Opprør og opposisjon under enevelde og demokrati
(2018)
"This book addresses political conflicts in Norway through an extended time span, from the late autocracy of the 18th century until the democratic challenges of today. The book holds eight articles focusing on historical ...
Myter om velferd og velferdsstaten
(2018)
"Post-war expansion of the welfare state is one of the most central changes in Norwegian society
today and is often a topic in public debate. When certain conceptions about the welfare state
are developed and they are ...
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 ...
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 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 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 ...
Ingen vei utenom
(2020)
"In 2015, the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo carried out excavations in Løten and Elverum municipalities, Innlandet County. Al together, 79 cultural heritage sites, spanning in date from the Neolithic ...
Verdier i konflikt
(2020)
"We live in a diverse society characterized by different and to some extent contradictory values. Sometimes they create community. Other times they generate value conflicts. In this book, twelve Norwegian researchers write ...
Praksisnær undervisning
(2020)
"Our students in higher education want their studies to be useful and relevant to their future work career, personal development and social life. The authorities want students' achievements and completion of degrees to ...
Mot bedre vitende i norsk matsektor
(2020)
"The Norwegian food market engenders strong opinions and substantial media attention, with questions regarding agricultural regulations, competition between retail food chains, and the relationship between chains and their ...
Studenten skal bli lærer
(2020)
"The student is becoming a teacher is presenting the first Norwegian study made on the sense of belonging in higher education. Central themes are comprehension and knowledge development, and the students’ process of formation ...
Menneskeverd
(2019)
"Human Worth – A Challenge for School and Society addresses the question of whether all human beings’ lives have equal value. To answer, the authors examine how we should understand the value of human life. Human worth and ...
Melvillean Parasites
(2022)
Melvillean Parasites addresses an aspect of Herman Melville’s authorship largely overlooked by previous scholars: the abundance of narrators and characters in his writings in search of food—an aim they typically pursue ...
Musikk og religion
(2022)
Music plays an important role in many religions and in a variety of religious contexts. Music and Religion: Texts on Music in Religion and Religion in Music takes a look at the intersections between music and religion.
We ...
Snøens formler
(2023)
In her well-known song, ‘Når himmelen faller ned’ (‘When the Sky Falls Down’), the Norwegian musician Anne Grete Preus described snow as ‘celestial tipp-ex’ and a mighty ‘wonder’. But what exactly is it that snow corrects? ...
Bekymringsarbeidet
(2023)
Local police departments receive a vast number of calls annually from the healthcare sector, the education sector, the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration, other social service agencies, families, friends, neighbors ...
Ice Blocks from Norway
(2023)
For over fifty years, between around 1870 and 1914, there was a thriving trade that saw translucent block ice exported to Great Britain from the fjords and lakes of Norway. By 1899, the volume of ice landed in Britain had ...
Jerusalem in Viken
(2023)
St Olav’s Church in Tønsberg in Viken (the area surrounding the Oslo Fjord in south-eastern Norway) burned along with most of the medieval town in 1536, the same year the Reformation was introduced to Norway. The church ...
Den russiske togmyten
(2018)
"How are languages and cultures affected not only by the landscapes we live in, but also by the ways in which we make our way through them? Can railway fiction contribute to illuminating questions related to a nation’s ...
Vann, juss og samfunn
(2022)
Society’s use and management of water relies on professional expertise spanning diverse fields: from biology and technology to economics and law. This book examines current issues related to regulating water through chapters ...
Migrasjon og mobilitet – handlinger, mønstre og forståelser i norsk sammenheng
(2023)
Migration and mobility transform the daily lives and surroundings of those who travel and relocate, as well as the places they move from and to. This anthology presents some of the disparate perspectives, theories and ...
Læring gennem mad og måltider i grundskolen
(2023)
How are school meals organized in the Scandinavian countries? And in what ways can new pedagogical practice lead to better school meal programs for students and a better understanding of the importance, for health and ...
Sikkerhetspolitikk og militærmakt i Arktis
(2023)
Security Policy and Military Strength in the Arctic presents new Norwegian research in High North defence and security policy topics. Against the backdrop of today’s security situation, the book provides a unique introduction ...
Kompetanse for inkluderende praksis
(2023)
This anthology constitutes the primary report resulting from a three-year innovation project in which the main focus has been on collaboration between preschools and primary schools, and the ‘PP-tjeneste’ (pedagogisk-psykologisk ...
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 ...
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 ...
Strategic Communication – Contemporary Perspectives
(2024)
Strategic communication is emerging as a widespread professional field. When communication is strategic, the aim is purposeful impact. In society, politics, civil society and markets, new techniques and practices are being ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...