Alignment of strategy and structure in local government
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Jacobsen, D. I. & Johnsen, Å. (2020). Alignment of strategy and structure in local government. Public Money & Management, 40(4), 276-284. doi: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1715093Abstract
This article analyses the strategic positions of prospectors, defenders and reactors and structural alignment in Norwegian municipalities. The top-management respondents 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-management respondents, however, often found it difficult to provide consistent responses on their organizations’ choices of strategic positions.