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- Title
Strategy in Local Government.
- Authors
Nylehn, Børre
- Abstract
One aspect of the study of local government organization is the role of consultants and the models they have introduced in order to help the local government reorganize. One of these models is "strategy", and .this article sets out to consider the implication for these organizations if "the logic of strategy" were to be implemented. A common denominator of all the local governments studied is that "strategy" does not function, and the question is why this is so. Two distinctly different explanations can be considered. One states that "strategy" is difficult and that the politicians and administrators will need time to adjust to new ways of working. The other explanation, which is applied here, focuses on whether local government as an institution can be reconciled with the demands and premises inherent in "strategic thinking". My conclusions are negative. "Strategy" is a model from the private sector and more specifically from the competitive sector of society and it is not appropriate for wider use. In this article the arguments are restricted to local government. and do not necessarily apply to other types of public organization.
- Subjects
LOCAL government; PUBLIC administration; POLITICAL science; GOVERNMENT policy; COMMUNITY organization; PRACTICAL politics; POLITICAL participation; SOCIAL participation; POLITICIANS
- Publication
Scandinavian Political Studies, 1996, Vol 19, Issue 4, p359
- ISSN
0080-6757
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9477.1996.tb00399.x