Alignment of strategy and structure in local government |
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Authors: | Dag Ingvar Jacobsen Åge Johnsen |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Agder, Norway;2. Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTStrategic positioning and structural alignment in the public sector is a neglected area of research. This paper analyses the strategic positions of prospectors, defenders and reactors and structural alignment in Norwegian municipalities. Top managers responding to a survey perceived that the municipalities did align their organizational structures to the strategic positions for prospectors and defenders, but not for reactors, as hypothesized, but these relationships were modest. The top managers often found it difficult to provide consistent responses on their organizations’ choices of strategic positions. |
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Keywords: | Environmental fit municipalities Norway organizational design organizational performance strategic choice strategic position |
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