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Papers by Lise H. Rykkja
Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, Mar 1, 2009
Page 1. stein rokkan senter for flerfaglige samfunnsstudier «Øvelse gjør mester?» Øvelser som vir... more Page 1. stein rokkan senter for flerfaglige samfunnsstudier «Øvelse gjør mester?» Øvelser som virkemiddel for bedre krisehåndtering og samfunnssikkerhet LISE HELLEBØ RYKKJA Notat 2 - 2009 Rokkansenteret Page 2. Stein ...
Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-aas-10.1177_00953997211004606 for Conflictual Accountability: Be... more Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-aas-10.1177_00953997211004606 for Conflictual Accountability: Behavioral Responses to Conflictual Accountability of Agencies by Thomas Schillemans, Sjors Overman, Paul Fawcett, Matthew Flinders, Magnus Fredriksson, Per Laegreid, Martino Maggetti, Yannis Papadopoulos, Kristin Rubecksen, Lise H. Rykkja, Heidi H. Salomonsen, Amanda Smullen, Koen Verhoest and Matthew Wood in Administration & Society
This paper examines the main coordination arrangements for handling 'wicked issues' in the area o... more This paper examines the main coordination arrangements for handling 'wicked issues' in the area of societal security and welfare administration in Norway and ask whether network arrangements have replaced hierarchy. In both cases reforms have addressed major coordination problems related to both the vertical dimension and the horizontal dimension. Empirically we draw on data collected in four different research projects. Theoretically we apply a structural-instrumental perspective and a cultural perspective. We describe two new organizational arrangements: the lead agency approach and the one-stop-shop and show how they develop as hybrid forms in the tension between the principles of ministerial responsibility and the principle of local self-government. A main finding is that the horizontal inter-organizational coordinating arrangements seem to supplement rather than replace traditional hierarchical coordination producing more complex organizational arrangements.
93, 2018
Uni Research Rokkansenteret har hatt oppdrag fra Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet om å gj... more Uni Research Rokkansenteret har hatt oppdrag fra Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet om å gjennomføre en følgeevaluering av nytt styringsrammeverk for fylkesmannen. Oppdraget hadde oppstart i april 2016 og ble avsluttet i februar 2018
This paper uses a survey to analyse how administrative executives perceive coordination following... more This paper uses a survey to analyse how administrative executives perceive coordination following the reform of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration. Applying a structural and cultural perspective, it examines the relationship between coordination mechanisms, cultural features and perceived coordination quality. The executives identify strongly with finding joint solutions and getting public organizations to work together. Coordination by hierarchy and networks co-exist, but the hierarchical dimension dominates. Vertical coordination is regarded as quite good, while horizontal coordination is seen as rather poor. The relationship between coordination mechanisms, cultural features and coordination quality are rather ambiguous and loose, however.
Comparative Social Research, 2018
The chapter summarises findings from a study on administrative reforms covering all central gover... more The chapter summarises findings from a study on administrative reforms covering all central government ministries and agencies in 19 countries, examining reform trajectories seen from the top of the central administrative apparatus. Core structural features of the central bureaucracy are described, along with role perceptions, values and motivation of administrative executives. Reform processes, trends, content and management tools are addressed, leading up to similarities and differences between the Nordic countries and between them and other European families of countries. A main finding is that the Nordic bureaucracy represents a layered, complex and hybrid system combining different reform trends and that there is a clear North–South divide in Europe when it comes to administrative reforms.
Societal Security and Crisis Management, 2018
In this book, we have argued for the need to address both governance capacity and governance legi... more In this book, we have argued for the need to address both governance capacity and governance legitimacy in order to understand crisis management. The closing chapter summarizes and discusses the main findings, and outlines lessons learned and topics for further research.
Societal Security and Crisis Management, 2018
The chapter addresses government arrangements for societal security and crisis management in Germ... more The chapter addresses government arrangements for societal security and crisis management in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK. It gives an overview of organizational arrangements in central government, describes central changes since 11 September 2001 and outlines the motivations for change. The chapter reveals a fragmented, complex and varied administrative landscape characterized by sectorization and decentralization. There is a drive towards increased focus on coordination and centralization over time but there is no convergence towards one unified model across countries. Major crises are major triggers for changes in the administrative apparatus. Over time, the ‘hybridity’ have increased due to the emergence of more network arrangements. It is a layered system in which new arrangements are added to the existing through incremental and pragmatic reforms.
Governance, 2020
The literature on autonomous public agencies often adopts a top-down approach, focusing on the me... more The literature on autonomous public agencies often adopts a top-down approach, focusing on the means with which those agencies can be steered and controlled. This article opens up the black box of the agencies and zooms in on their CEO's and their perceptions of hierarchical accountability. The article focuses on felt accountability, denoting the manager's (a) expectation to have to explain substantive decisions to a parent department perceived to be (b) legitimate and (c) to have the expertise to evaluate those decisions. We explore felt accountability of agency-CEO's and its institutional antecedents with a survey in seven countries combining insights from public administration and psychology. Our bottom-up perspective reveals close connections between de facto control practices rather than formal institutional characteristics and felt accountability of CEO's of agencies. We contend that felt accountability is a crucial cog aligning accountability holders' expectations and behaviors by CEO's.
This article explores food safety regulation in five European countries by comparing their main l... more This article explores food safety regulation in five European countries by comparing their main legislation and organizational characteristics. The aim is to gain insight into the particular characteristics of food safety regulation, understand major differences and similarities, and reach a firmer understanding of how regulation evolves. Food safety regulation concerns vital questions, and is a field with a long history. Food scandals-in particular the 1996 BSE crisisand European integration have prompted major changes. The BSE scandal revealed important underlying conflicts of interest and dilemmas concerning the twin objectives of ensuring safe food while also ensuring honest trade in food. This led to a questioning of existing structures and paved the way for new regulation. The authors' main finding is that food safety regulation has similar origins, addresses similar tasks, and raises similar problems and conflicts in all five countries. A tension between protecting public health and paying heed to business interests, and a struggle for control over this policy field between the administrations of health and agriculture, are common features. However, the configuration of food safety regulation in legislative and organizational terms varies. The comparative focus reveals that national context and history are important for understanding change. This leads to the conclusion that the framing and reframing of the field depend largely on how it is structured and regulated initially, as well as on the constellations of interests and values that are operative and legitimate in each context.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 2016
The article examines the failed implementation of a Security Project initiated by the Norwegian g... more The article examines the failed implementation of a Security Project initiated by the Norwegian government prior to the terrorist attacks in 2011. It analyzes interviews with central government actors and uses two perspectives from organization theory to explain why the project failed. From an instrumental perspective, the failure might be explained by a conscious lack of attention or commitment. From a ‘garbage can’ perspective, the failure might be explained by a lack of collective instrumental rationality. Taking both perspectives into account, inherent ambiguities in horizontal and vertical accountability and a lack of attention influenced both by formal rules and informal practices are the main explanations. The prevalence of local democratic values, a lack of central political involvement and a generally slow administrative process contributed considerably to this.
International Public Management Review, 2019
This paper analyzes structures and behavior instigated to achieve coordination within the area of... more This paper analyzes structures and behavior instigated to achieve coordination within the area of societal security in six European countries: Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. We distinguish between two modes of coordination: hierarchy and networks. A structural-instrumental and a cultural organizational perspective are applied to explain the main approaches present in the different countries. The theoretical argument is assessed by examining data on formal organizational structures and survey-data gathered among relevant top level administrative executives on coordination behavior and quality. The findings indicate the emergence of hybrid coordination structures combining both hierarchical and network features, thus lending support to a view of societal safety organizations as composite systems combining seemingly contradictory organizational principles developing through institutional layering. In terms of coordination behavior our findings...
This paper examines the main coordination arrangements for handling ‘wicked issues’ in the area o... more This paper examines the main coordination arrangements for handling ‘wicked issues’ in the area of societal security and welfare administratio n in Norway and ask whether network arrangements have replaced hierarchy. In both cases reforms have addressed major coordination problems related to both the vertical dimension and the horizontal dimension. Empirically we draw on data collected in four diffe rent research projects. Theoretically we apply a structural-instrumental perspective and a c ultural perspective. We describe two new organizational arrangements: the lead agency approa ch and the one-stop-shop and show how they develop as hybrid forms in the tension between the principles of ministerial responsibility and the principle of local self-gove rnment. A main finding is that the horizontal inter-organizational coordinating arrangements seem to supplement rather than replace traditional hierarchical coordination producing mor e complex organizational arrangements. Paper to be p...
Dette notatet er utarbeidet pa bakgrunn av forfatterens proveforelesning for dr. polit. graden ve... more Dette notatet er utarbeidet pa bakgrunn av forfatterens proveforelesning for dr. polit. graden ved Universitetet i Bergen, Institutt for administrasjon og organisasjonsvitenskap, som ble avholdt 8. mai 2008. Oppgitt tekst til proveforelesningen var: «Diskuter hvor velegnet flernivaperspektivet er til a analysere krisehandtering. Bruk gjerne eksempler». Lise Hellebo Rykkja disputerte 9. mai 2008 med avhandlingen «Matkontroll i Europa – en studie av regulering i fem europeiske land og EU». Notatet er utgitt i tilknytning til prosjektet «Flernivastyring i spenningen mellom horisontal og vertikal spesialisering» finansiert av Norges Forskningsrad.
Public Administration Review, 2014
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Politics and Governance, 2020
This article examines whether Nordic administrative collaboration is still ‘alive and kicking,’ o... more This article examines whether Nordic administrative collaboration is still ‘alive and kicking,’ or whether it has been marginalized by increased integration into Europe and strong international reform trajectories. We analyse the scope and intensity of Nordic administrative collaboration from a structural perspective based on the perceptions of civil servants in the Norwegian central government. We also address the implications of Nordic collaboration for policy design and reform measures. The main conclusion is that Nordic administrative collaboration can best be described as differentiated integration. The scope of Nordic administrative collaboration is rather broad, and its internal structural features vary significantly. Nordic collaboration is perceived to have more of an effect on policy design than on specific administrative reform means and measures. However, structural features also matter.
Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, Mar 1, 2009
Page 1. stein rokkan senter for flerfaglige samfunnsstudier «Øvelse gjør mester?» Øvelser som vir... more Page 1. stein rokkan senter for flerfaglige samfunnsstudier «Øvelse gjør mester?» Øvelser som virkemiddel for bedre krisehåndtering og samfunnssikkerhet LISE HELLEBØ RYKKJA Notat 2 - 2009 Rokkansenteret Page 2. Stein ...
Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-aas-10.1177_00953997211004606 for Conflictual Accountability: Be... more Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-aas-10.1177_00953997211004606 for Conflictual Accountability: Behavioral Responses to Conflictual Accountability of Agencies by Thomas Schillemans, Sjors Overman, Paul Fawcett, Matthew Flinders, Magnus Fredriksson, Per Laegreid, Martino Maggetti, Yannis Papadopoulos, Kristin Rubecksen, Lise H. Rykkja, Heidi H. Salomonsen, Amanda Smullen, Koen Verhoest and Matthew Wood in Administration & Society
This paper examines the main coordination arrangements for handling 'wicked issues' in the area o... more This paper examines the main coordination arrangements for handling 'wicked issues' in the area of societal security and welfare administration in Norway and ask whether network arrangements have replaced hierarchy. In both cases reforms have addressed major coordination problems related to both the vertical dimension and the horizontal dimension. Empirically we draw on data collected in four different research projects. Theoretically we apply a structural-instrumental perspective and a cultural perspective. We describe two new organizational arrangements: the lead agency approach and the one-stop-shop and show how they develop as hybrid forms in the tension between the principles of ministerial responsibility and the principle of local self-government. A main finding is that the horizontal inter-organizational coordinating arrangements seem to supplement rather than replace traditional hierarchical coordination producing more complex organizational arrangements.
93, 2018
Uni Research Rokkansenteret har hatt oppdrag fra Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet om å gj... more Uni Research Rokkansenteret har hatt oppdrag fra Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet om å gjennomføre en følgeevaluering av nytt styringsrammeverk for fylkesmannen. Oppdraget hadde oppstart i april 2016 og ble avsluttet i februar 2018
This paper uses a survey to analyse how administrative executives perceive coordination following... more This paper uses a survey to analyse how administrative executives perceive coordination following the reform of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration. Applying a structural and cultural perspective, it examines the relationship between coordination mechanisms, cultural features and perceived coordination quality. The executives identify strongly with finding joint solutions and getting public organizations to work together. Coordination by hierarchy and networks co-exist, but the hierarchical dimension dominates. Vertical coordination is regarded as quite good, while horizontal coordination is seen as rather poor. The relationship between coordination mechanisms, cultural features and coordination quality are rather ambiguous and loose, however.
Comparative Social Research, 2018
The chapter summarises findings from a study on administrative reforms covering all central gover... more The chapter summarises findings from a study on administrative reforms covering all central government ministries and agencies in 19 countries, examining reform trajectories seen from the top of the central administrative apparatus. Core structural features of the central bureaucracy are described, along with role perceptions, values and motivation of administrative executives. Reform processes, trends, content and management tools are addressed, leading up to similarities and differences between the Nordic countries and between them and other European families of countries. A main finding is that the Nordic bureaucracy represents a layered, complex and hybrid system combining different reform trends and that there is a clear North–South divide in Europe when it comes to administrative reforms.
Societal Security and Crisis Management, 2018
In this book, we have argued for the need to address both governance capacity and governance legi... more In this book, we have argued for the need to address both governance capacity and governance legitimacy in order to understand crisis management. The closing chapter summarizes and discusses the main findings, and outlines lessons learned and topics for further research.
Societal Security and Crisis Management, 2018
The chapter addresses government arrangements for societal security and crisis management in Germ... more The chapter addresses government arrangements for societal security and crisis management in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK. It gives an overview of organizational arrangements in central government, describes central changes since 11 September 2001 and outlines the motivations for change. The chapter reveals a fragmented, complex and varied administrative landscape characterized by sectorization and decentralization. There is a drive towards increased focus on coordination and centralization over time but there is no convergence towards one unified model across countries. Major crises are major triggers for changes in the administrative apparatus. Over time, the ‘hybridity’ have increased due to the emergence of more network arrangements. It is a layered system in which new arrangements are added to the existing through incremental and pragmatic reforms.
Governance, 2020
The literature on autonomous public agencies often adopts a top-down approach, focusing on the me... more The literature on autonomous public agencies often adopts a top-down approach, focusing on the means with which those agencies can be steered and controlled. This article opens up the black box of the agencies and zooms in on their CEO's and their perceptions of hierarchical accountability. The article focuses on felt accountability, denoting the manager's (a) expectation to have to explain substantive decisions to a parent department perceived to be (b) legitimate and (c) to have the expertise to evaluate those decisions. We explore felt accountability of agency-CEO's and its institutional antecedents with a survey in seven countries combining insights from public administration and psychology. Our bottom-up perspective reveals close connections between de facto control practices rather than formal institutional characteristics and felt accountability of CEO's of agencies. We contend that felt accountability is a crucial cog aligning accountability holders' expectations and behaviors by CEO's.
This article explores food safety regulation in five European countries by comparing their main l... more This article explores food safety regulation in five European countries by comparing their main legislation and organizational characteristics. The aim is to gain insight into the particular characteristics of food safety regulation, understand major differences and similarities, and reach a firmer understanding of how regulation evolves. Food safety regulation concerns vital questions, and is a field with a long history. Food scandals-in particular the 1996 BSE crisisand European integration have prompted major changes. The BSE scandal revealed important underlying conflicts of interest and dilemmas concerning the twin objectives of ensuring safe food while also ensuring honest trade in food. This led to a questioning of existing structures and paved the way for new regulation. The authors' main finding is that food safety regulation has similar origins, addresses similar tasks, and raises similar problems and conflicts in all five countries. A tension between protecting public health and paying heed to business interests, and a struggle for control over this policy field between the administrations of health and agriculture, are common features. However, the configuration of food safety regulation in legislative and organizational terms varies. The comparative focus reveals that national context and history are important for understanding change. This leads to the conclusion that the framing and reframing of the field depend largely on how it is structured and regulated initially, as well as on the constellations of interests and values that are operative and legitimate in each context.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 2016
The article examines the failed implementation of a Security Project initiated by the Norwegian g... more The article examines the failed implementation of a Security Project initiated by the Norwegian government prior to the terrorist attacks in 2011. It analyzes interviews with central government actors and uses two perspectives from organization theory to explain why the project failed. From an instrumental perspective, the failure might be explained by a conscious lack of attention or commitment. From a ‘garbage can’ perspective, the failure might be explained by a lack of collective instrumental rationality. Taking both perspectives into account, inherent ambiguities in horizontal and vertical accountability and a lack of attention influenced both by formal rules and informal practices are the main explanations. The prevalence of local democratic values, a lack of central political involvement and a generally slow administrative process contributed considerably to this.
International Public Management Review, 2019
This paper analyzes structures and behavior instigated to achieve coordination within the area of... more This paper analyzes structures and behavior instigated to achieve coordination within the area of societal security in six European countries: Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. We distinguish between two modes of coordination: hierarchy and networks. A structural-instrumental and a cultural organizational perspective are applied to explain the main approaches present in the different countries. The theoretical argument is assessed by examining data on formal organizational structures and survey-data gathered among relevant top level administrative executives on coordination behavior and quality. The findings indicate the emergence of hybrid coordination structures combining both hierarchical and network features, thus lending support to a view of societal safety organizations as composite systems combining seemingly contradictory organizational principles developing through institutional layering. In terms of coordination behavior our findings...
This paper examines the main coordination arrangements for handling ‘wicked issues’ in the area o... more This paper examines the main coordination arrangements for handling ‘wicked issues’ in the area of societal security and welfare administratio n in Norway and ask whether network arrangements have replaced hierarchy. In both cases reforms have addressed major coordination problems related to both the vertical dimension and the horizontal dimension. Empirically we draw on data collected in four diffe rent research projects. Theoretically we apply a structural-instrumental perspective and a c ultural perspective. We describe two new organizational arrangements: the lead agency approa ch and the one-stop-shop and show how they develop as hybrid forms in the tension between the principles of ministerial responsibility and the principle of local self-gove rnment. A main finding is that the horizontal inter-organizational coordinating arrangements seem to supplement rather than replace traditional hierarchical coordination producing mor e complex organizational arrangements. Paper to be p...
Dette notatet er utarbeidet pa bakgrunn av forfatterens proveforelesning for dr. polit. graden ve... more Dette notatet er utarbeidet pa bakgrunn av forfatterens proveforelesning for dr. polit. graden ved Universitetet i Bergen, Institutt for administrasjon og organisasjonsvitenskap, som ble avholdt 8. mai 2008. Oppgitt tekst til proveforelesningen var: «Diskuter hvor velegnet flernivaperspektivet er til a analysere krisehandtering. Bruk gjerne eksempler». Lise Hellebo Rykkja disputerte 9. mai 2008 med avhandlingen «Matkontroll i Europa – en studie av regulering i fem europeiske land og EU». Notatet er utgitt i tilknytning til prosjektet «Flernivastyring i spenningen mellom horisontal og vertikal spesialisering» finansiert av Norges Forskningsrad.
Public Administration Review, 2014
4
Politics and Governance, 2020
This article examines whether Nordic administrative collaboration is still ‘alive and kicking,’ o... more This article examines whether Nordic administrative collaboration is still ‘alive and kicking,’ or whether it has been marginalized by increased integration into Europe and strong international reform trajectories. We analyse the scope and intensity of Nordic administrative collaboration from a structural perspective based on the perceptions of civil servants in the Norwegian central government. We also address the implications of Nordic collaboration for policy design and reform measures. The main conclusion is that Nordic administrative collaboration can best be described as differentiated integration. The scope of Nordic administrative collaboration is rather broad, and its internal structural features vary significantly. Nordic collaboration is perceived to have more of an effect on policy design than on specific administrative reform means and measures. However, structural features also matter.