• Auditors' understanding of evidence: A performance audit of an urban development programme 

      Reichborn-Kjennerud, Kristin; Johnsen, Åge (Evaluation;17 (3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-07)
      This article uses a case study to analyse two main dilemmas that performance auditors face when auditing complex interventions in governance. The first dilemma, concerning the performance auditors’ roles as improvement ...
    • Den nye vannforvaltningen. Nettverksstyring i skyggen av hierarki 

      Hanssen, Gro Sandkjær; Hovik, Sissel; Hundere, Gunn Cecilie (Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift;30(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Den nye vannforvaltningen som Norge har innført i henhold til EUs vanndirektiv, legger et økosystem basert prinsipp (nedbørsfelt) til grunne. Med utgangspunkt i et teoretisk perspektiv om institusjonell lagdeling diskuterer ...
    • Good governance in Norway 

      Koht, Harald (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2009)
    • The impact of network management and complexity on multi-level coordination 

      Hovik, Sissel; Hanssen, Gro Sandkjær (Public Administration;93(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-12-10)
      In order to meet the challenges of an increasingly fragmented public sector and severe wicked problems, network structures have become an important part of contemporary public administration. Thus, managing networks is a ...
    • Implementing the EU Water Framework Directive in Norway: Bridging the gap between water management networks and elected councils? 

      Hovik, Sissel; Hanssen, Gro Sandkjær (Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-25)
      To handle the challenge of complex cross-sector and multilevel coordination in the implementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive, Norway has established multilevel governance networks. Observers have pointed ...
    • Ledelse, styring og verdier 

      Ladegård, Gro; Vabo, Signy Irene (Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse;7 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Ledere som i praksis står overfor valget mellom styring og ledelse som virkemidler for koordinering i konkrete saker, vil i prinsippet først og fremst vurdere det økonomisk rasjonelle i dette valget. Men i praksis reises ...
    • Ledelsesidealer i Forsvaret 

      Johnsen, Åge; Lunde, Stig (Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse;14 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Ledelsesfaget trenger empiriske studier av ulike teoriers nedslagsfelt i praksis. Denne artikkelen analyserer ledelsesidealene i Forsvaret etter 1945 i forhold til teoriutviklingen i ledelsesfaget. Forsvaret er interessant ...
    • The life cycle approach to performance management: Implications for public management and evaluation 

      van Helden, G. Jan; Johnsen, Åge; Vakkuri, Jarmo (Evaluation;18(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-04-22)
      This article discusses how performance-management systems may be conceptualized as tools with a life cycle consisting of several stages. Studies on public-sector performance management generally concern the question of how ...
    • Performance management and evaluation in Norwegian local government: Complementary or competing tools of management? 

      Johnsen, Åge (New directions for evaluation;2013(137), Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2013-03-06)
      Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) has been associated with adverse cardiopulmonary effects where inflammation seems to play an important role. Cellular release of inflammatory mediators is therefore commonly ...
    • Reforming central government: An evaluation of an accounting innovation 

      Ezzamel, Mahmoud; Hyndman, Noel; Johnsen, Åge; Lapsley, Irvine (Critical Perspectives on Accounting;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-05-25)
      This paper examines a significant accounting innovation in central government accounting – the introduction of Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) in the UK. This innovation is studied through the lens of Rogers diffusion ...
    • Resultatstyringens mytologi : hvorfor bruker forvaltningen mål- og resultatstyring når dette er så omstridt? 

      Johnsen, Åge (Nordiske organisasjonsstudier;12 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      Mål- og resultatstyring i offentlig sektor har vært omspunnet av mange myter. Denne artikkelen analyserer åtte slike myter og argumenterer for at mange av disse mytene nå står for fall. Til tross for utbredt kritikk og ...
    • Strategic management thinking and practice in the public sector: A strategic planning for all seasons? 

      Johnsen, Åge (Financial Accountability and Management;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-12-08)
      This paper explores how strategic management thinking manifests itself in strategic management practice in the public sector. Mintzberg’s framework of 10 strategic management schools of thought is chosen for mapping strategic ...