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Dag Olaf Torjesen

Dag Olaf Torjesen

Professor

Department of Political Science and Management >

 

+47 38 14 15 53

+47 901 29 948

Office:
HU077 ( Universitetsveien 25, Kristiansand )

Research listed in Cristin, is available here:

https://app.cristin.no/persons/show.jsf?id=46494

Projects

Sustainable communities in the Kattegat-Skagerak region – Wdelfare reforms, collaborative governance and changing managerial roles. (NOS-funding: 01.01. 2020 – 30.06 2023)

Themes:

1) Key agents and their changing roles. Comparative analysis of the effects of reform processes in the two last decades of the roles of managers at the level of local government

2) Coordinators and boundary spanners. Shed light on the growing numbers of boundary-spanning positions or coordinators working within and across local goverment agencies.

3) Digital transformation and changing managerial and coordinative roles

Partners:

Aalborg University, Chrsitian Lindholst https://vbn.aau.dk/en/persons/andrej-christian-lindholst

University in Borås, Anna Cregård https://www.hb.se/en/shortcuts/contact/employee/ANCR/

UCL, Morten Balle Hansen https://www.ucviden.dk/da/persons/morten-balle-hansen

 

Scientific publications

  • Janousek, Christian; Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Blair, Robert (2024). Policy mechanisms for interlocal service delivery: management perspectives in the USA and Norway. International Journal of Public Sector Management. ISSN: 0951-3558. 37 (2). s 215 - 231. doi:10.1108/IJPSM-03-2023-0092.
  • Lindholst, Anrdrej Christian; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2024). Special Issue Introduction: Boundary Spanning in the Age of Collaborative Governance – Insights From Nordic Local Governments. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration (SPJA). ISSN: 2001-7405. 28 (1). s 1 - 10. doi:10.58235/sjpa.2024.22522.
  • Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Torsteinsen, Harald Henning; Saxi, Hans Petter; Kiland, Charlotte; Karlsen, Tor-Ivar (2024). The Contemporary Norwegian Municipal CEO. Managing Nordic Local Governments Paradoxes and Challenges of the Municipal Chief Executive Officer. ISBN: 978-3-031-60069-2. Palgrave Macmillan. 7. s 161 - 188.
  • Hansen, Morten Balle; Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Torsteinsen, Harald Henning (2024). The Municipal CEO in The Nordic Welfare State. Managing Nordic Local Governments Paradoxes and Challenges of the Municipal Chief Executive Officer. ISBN: 978-3-031-60069-2. Palgrave Macmillan. 1. s 1 - 28.
  • Hlynsdóttir, Eva Marín; Cregård, Anna; Hansen, Morten Balle; Sandberg, Siv; Solli, Rolf; Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Torsteinsen, Harald Henning (2024). The Nordic Municipal CEO Model: Stability in Change. Managing Nordic Local Governments Paradoxes and Challenges of the Municipal Chief Executive Officer. ISBN: 978-3-031-60069-2. Palgrave Macmillan. 9. s 213 - 238.
  • Hansen, Morten Balle; Thomassen, Anja Overggaard; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2023). Guest editorial: Historical trends and emerging issues in public management education. International Journal of Public Sector Management. ISSN: 0951-3558. 36 (4-5). s 289 - 299. doi:10.1108/IJPSM-07-2023-352.
  • Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2022). Den dansk-norske enevoldsstatens styringsstruktur og byadministrasjonen i Krisiansand. Henrik Arnold Thaulow – en verdensmann i Christiansand. ISBN: 978-82-91178-90-5. Vest-Agder-museet IKS. kapittel 2. s 86 - 110.
  • Karlsen, Tor-Ivar; Kiland, Charlotte; Kvåle, Gro; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2022). ‘Health in All Policies’ and the Urge for Coordination: The Work of Public Health Coordinators and Their Impact and Influence in Local Public Health Policies: A Cross-Sectional Study. Societies. ISSN: 2075-4698. 12 (1). doi:10.3390/soc12010011.
  • Arntsen, Bjørnulf; Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Karlsen, Tor-Ivar (2021). Asymmetry in inter-municipal cooperation in health services – how does it affect service quality and autonomy?. Social Science and Medicine. ISSN: 0277-9536. 273doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113744.
  • Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Karlsen, Tor-Ivar; Kiland, Charlotte; Balle Hansen, Morten (2021). Public service motivation among Danish and Norwegian local government administrative managers. Organizing and Governing Governmental Institutions. ISBN: 978-82-450-3532-2. Fagbokforlaget. Chapter 4. s 88 - 107.
  • Arntsen, Bjørnulf; Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Karlsen, Tor-Ivar (2020). Associations between structures, processes and outcomes in inter-municipal cooperation in out-of-hours services in Norway: A survey study. Social Science and Medicine. ISSN: 0277-9536. 258doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113067.
  • Kvåle, Gro; Kiland, Charlotte; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2020). Public Health Policy to Tackle Social Health Inequalities: A Balancing Act Between Competing Institutional Logics. Transitions and Boundaries in the Coordination and Reform of Health Services : Building Knowledge, Strategy and Leadership. ISBN: 978-3-030-26683-7. Palgrave Macmillan. chapter. s 149 - 165.
  • Kvåle, Gro; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2020). Social movements and the contested institutional identity of the hospital. Social Science and Medicine. ISSN: 0277-9536. 269doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113588.
  • Fredriksson, Mio; Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Liina-Kaisa, Tynkkynen; Vrangbæk, Karsten (2019). Pasientinvolvering i den nordiske helsetjenesten: Policyutvikling og nåværende praksis. Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift. ISSN: 0029-1285. 96 (3). s 9 - 29.
  • Arntsen, Bjørnulf; Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Karlsen, Tor-Ivar (2018). Drivers and Barriers of Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Health Services – The Norwegian Case. Local Government Studies. ISSN: 0300-3930. 44 (3). s 371 - 390. doi:10.1080/03003930.2018.1427071.
  • Pinheiro, Romulo; Aarrevaara, Timo; Berg, Laila Nordstrand; Geschwind, Lars; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2017). Strategic Mergers in the Public Sector: Comparing Universities and Hospitals. Mergers and Acquisitions in Practice. ISBN: 9781138787780. Routledge. Chapter 4. s 44 - 68.
  • Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Foss Hansen, Hanne; Pinheiro, Romulo; Vrangbæk, Karsten (2017). The Scandinavian Model in Healthcare and Higher Education: Recentralising, Decentralising or Both?. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration (SPJA). ISSN: 2001-7405. 21 (1). s 103 - 122.
  • Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Aarrevaara, Timo; Time, Martin Stangborli; Tynkkynen, Liina-Kaisa (2017). The Users' Role in Primary and Secondary Healthcare in Finland and Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration (SPJA). ISSN: 2001-7405. 21 (1). s 103 - 122.
  • Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Kvåle, Gro; Kiland, Charlotte (2016). The Quest for Promoting Integrated Care in the Scandinavian Countries – Recent Reforms, Possibilities and Problems. Towards A Comparative Institutionalism: Forms, Dynamics And Logics Across The Organizational Fields Of Health Care And Higher Education. ISBN: 978-1-78560-275-7. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. chapter. s 195 - 213.
  • Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Vabo, Signy Irene (2014). Samhandlingsreformen – virkemidler for koordinering. Velferdens organisering. ISBN: 9788215023755. Universitetsforlaget. Kapittel 9. s 138 - 157.
  • Kvåle, Gro; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2014). Sjukehusrørsla : kampen for tryggleiken til individ og stader. Samhandling og kvalitet i helseorganisasjonar. ISBN: 978-82-15-02341-0. Universitetsforlaget. Kapittel 9. s 151 - 166.
  • Kjekshus, Lars Erik; Byrkjeflot, Haldor; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2013). Organisering og ledelse av sykehus etter NPM – legenes tilbaketrekning?. Samhandling for helse: Kunnskap, kommunikasjon og teknologi i helsetjenesten. ISBN: 9788205425521. Gyldendal Akademisk. Kapittel 5. s 105 - 119.
  • Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Byrkjeflot, Haldor; Kjekshus, Lars Erik (2011). Ledelse i helseforetakene - en gjennomgang av norske studier av ledelse i sykehus. Kunnskap om ledelse - Festskrift for Torodd Strand. ISBN: 978-82-450-1187-6. Fagbokforlaget. Kapittel 5. s 89 - 108.
  • Romøren, Tor Inge; Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Landmark, Brynjar Fowels (2011). Promoting coordination in Norwegian health care. International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC). ISSN: 1568-4156. 11doi:10.5334/ijic.581.
  • Byrkjeflot, Haldor; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2010). Managerial Innovation in Health Care : The Introduction, Translation and Use of the American DRG System in the Hospital Sectors in Norway and Denmark. Mysterion, strategike og kainotomia : et festskrift til ære for Jonny Holbek. ISBN: 978-82-7099-585-1. Novus Forlag. s 130 - 148.
  • Byrkjeflot, Haldor; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2010). Managerial innovation in Health Care. The introduction, translation and use of the American DRG system in the hospital sectors in Norway and Denmark. Mysterion, strategike og kainotomia : et festskrift til ære for Jonny Holbek. ISBN: 978-82-7099-585-1. Novus Forlag. III Strategi og endring. s 130 - 148.
  • Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2007). Kunnskap, profesjoner og ledelse. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. ISSN: 0040-716X. 48 (2). s 275 - 287.
  • Gammelsæter, Hallgeir; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2005). Ledelse mellom autonomi og innsyn i helseforetaket. Nordiske organisasjonsstudier. ISSN: 1501-8237. 7 (2). s 77 - 94.
  • Stigen, Inger M; Finstad, Nils; Gjernes, Trude; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2005). Regional styring av lokale helseforetak - fri dressur eller samspill?. Helse-Norge i støpeskjeen. Søkelys på sykehusreformen. ISBN: 82-450-0255-0. Fagbokforlaget. s 19.
  • Vrangbæk, Karsten; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2005). Sygehuslederes opfattelse af ledelsesvilkår i Danmark og Norge Sygehuslederes opfattelse af ledelsesvilkår i Danmark og Norge. Nordiske organisasjonsstudier. ISSN: 1501-8237. feb.05 (Årg. 7, nr 2). s 37 - 57.
  • Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2003). Ledelse mellem autonomi og gennemsigtighed i norske sundhedsvirksomheter. ?.
  • Hlynsdóttir, Eva Marín; Hansen, Morten Balle; Cregård, Anna; Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Sandberg, Siv (2024). Managing Nordic Local Governments Paradoxes and Challenges of the Municipal Chief Executive Officer. ISBN: 978-3-031-60069-2. Palgrave Macmillan. s 265.
  • Markussen, Bjarne; Quidding, Helge; Torjesen, Dag Olaf; Tronstad, Roger (2022). Henrik Arnold Thaulow – en verdensmann i Christiansand. ISBN: 978-82-91178-90-5. Vest-Agder-museet IKS. s 265.
  • Kiland, Charlotte; Kvåle, Gro; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2015). The Ideas and Implementation of Public Health Policies: The Norwegian Case. ISBN: 9781137518156. Palgrave Macmillan. s 262.
  • Torjesen, Dag Olaf (1993). Ingen etat kommanderer arbeidsmarkedet. Den problematiske samordningen av attføringsarbeidet i Repstad, P. (red.): Dugnadsånd og forsvarsverker. Tverretatlig samarbeid i teori og praksis. ISBN: 8251831121. Tano A/S. s 17.
  • Kvåle, Gro; Kiland, Charlotte; Karlsen, Tor-Ivar; Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2023). Implementing intersectoral agency in local public health work.
  • Torjesen, Dag Olaf (2022). Bruk Brukeren- demokratisering av helsetjenesten Innledning til debatt – Arendalsuka.

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