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    Chapter 16 Military Samhandling

    Formal and Informal Behaviour in Norway’s Armed Forces

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    Heier, Tormod
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    English
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    Abstract
    "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."
    Book
    Interaction: 'Samhandling' Under Risk
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28305
    Keywords
    Samhandling; interaction; subcultures; military; organisational learning; leadership; unforeseen
    DOI
    10.23865/noasp.36.ch16
    OCN
    1076751277
    Publisher
    Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing)
    Publisher website
    https://www.cappelendamm.no/
    Publication date and place
    Oslo, 2018
    Classification
    Society and Social Sciences
    Warfare and defence
    Military and defence strategy
    Pages
    18
    Rights
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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