Crises Management as Strategic Coping

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.2023.12580

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bureaucracy, crisis management, strategic coping, governance paradigms, strategic arenas

Abstract

To which extent bureaucracies are inflexible and strategic planning is incompatible with emerging coping strategies are empirical questions. Based on a longitudinal case study of neo-Weberian state type local governments responses to different types of crises, this article argues that bureaucracies are at the heart of local coping strategies and indeed capable of adjusting to changing environments. They demonstrate capacious variation. The study adds the strategic perspective, falsifies the theoretical claims of the New Public Government (NPG) and confirms the ones of the neo- Weberian state (NWS). Strategic planning is far from dead. Crisis management was left to the CEOs and the administrative system, and it was top-down driven. Strategic plans had a life alongside strategic manoeuvring, and a variety in the hybrid mix of governance paradigms - as well as clear patterns of isomorphic structures - are interpreted as functional and symbolic adjustments.

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Author Biography

Kurt Klaudi Klausen, Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Kurt Klaudi Klausen is professor in public organization theory and management at the Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark. He has specialized in local government research and strategic management in the public sector.

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Published

2024-03-15

How to Cite

Klausen, K. K. (2024). Crises Management as Strategic Coping. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 28(1), 25–42. https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.2023.12580

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