Browsing by Author "Jensen, Christian"

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    Forskningsanvändning bland symbolproducenter Om villkoren för kommunala ledares användning av forskning
    (Kommunforskning i Västsverige, 1998) Jensen, Christian; Johansson, Staffan
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    Ideella organisationer i välfärdsystemet - exemplet ICK
    (2003) Löfström, Mikael; Jensen, Christian; Department of Business Administration
    This paper analyzes the consequences of an increasing non-profit sector and its impact on the municipalities and other local authorities. We discuss different forms of cooperation between non-governmental organizations and local authorities’ organizations. The basis for the dis-cussion is the Integration centre for women – children and youths (ICK) which is an association for women with different nationalities. A conclusion is that the local authority can support non-governmental organizations by financing there activities in two ways: either for what they do or for their existence. Beyond this choice is a question if non-profit organiza-tions should be independent agents or subcontractors for the local authorities.
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    Projects as policy tools in implementing metropolitan policy – a case from Sweden
    (2008-12-18T13:44:33Z) Jensen, Christian
    Implementing public policy is a complicated task. Aside from almost self- applying public policy, for instance new duties on gasoline, spirits and tobacco which resound through society via price signals, policy implementation needs institutions on different levels to transform general policy intent into action. The ‘complexity of joint action’ is persuasively described by Pressman and Wildawsky (1973) and other researchers afterward. Public Administration theories of implementing policies stress that implementation are the result of the interaction of different strategies by various actors who struggle with the problem definition, possible solutions and choice moments. Mutual dependencies are also one of the core assumptions within organizational theory and implementation often involves complex intra-organizational interaction. Mutual dependencies and negotiation emerge because actors do not themselves possess enough resources for achievement of interesting goals. Thus they have to interact with other organizations in order to exchange resources. These complexities need to be seen as contained within different governance structures or political systems on international, national, regional and local level which influence the games played and the legitimacies claimed. One way to handle this complexity is to secure the realization of the intentions from interference with the surrounding stakeholders by organize the activities in a projects management manner. Pressman and Wildavsky also demonstrated that failures are not only caused by bad implementation but also by bad policy instruments. The implementation of public policy occurs in highly varied setting, but it is clear that, quite often, multi-project organization is called for achieve successful results. In this paper I highlight project as a policy tool in implementing metropolitan policy and my claim is the importance of organizational processes; that it is important that there is a fit between the temporary policy organization and the governance structure in which it is implemented.
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    Streta emot eller sträva tillsammans? Om samverkan, brukarmedverkan och komplexitet i Miltonprojekten i Västra Götalands län
    (2008-12-18T14:03:58Z) Jensen, Christian; Kuosmanen, Jari
    Regeringen tillsatte hösten 2003 en nationell psykiatrisamordnare med det breda strategiska uppdraget att se över frågor som rör arbetsformer, samverkan, samordning, resurser, personal och kompetens inom vård, social omsorg och rehabilitering av psykiskt sjuka och psykiskt funktionshindrade. Parallellt med att den nationella psykiatrisamordningen bedrev sitt arbete beslutades om en nationell satsning inom psykiatrin och socialtjänsten, om totalt 700 miljoner kronor för åren 2005 och 2006. Den här studien behandlar de så kallade länsmedlen och hur de har använts i Västra Götalands län, drygt 100 mkr för båda åren.
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    Towards a Future-oriented Interactive Research. The need for deliberating about future states and power consequences.
    (2003) Trägårdh, Björn; Jensen, Christian; Department of Business Administration