Ledning och styrning i uppbyggandet av Sveriges Totalförsvar : Collaborative governance som myndighetsöverskridande ledningsmetod

Sammanfattning: Due to a changing situation around the world, Sweden like many other countries has chosen to rebuild their armed forces and prioritize their defensive capabilities. On behalf of the government, around thirty authorities that are responsible for surveillance need to grow in parallel. Within these organization’s the employees are one of the most important components. A large number of these employees have been or will be deployed to a wartime placement to prepare them to join the service if an event occurs where they are needed to defend the country. The question is what happens to those who have two societal jobs when it is only possible to have one wartime placement? For example, someone could be a part-time fireman who is also a preschool teacher, an official at the county administrative board who has previously done military service or as in this thesis; a reserve officer who also works as a police officer. The statement from the government to each authority is that if uncertainty arises about where a person should be stationed at war, the authorities shall cooperate. In a case study of the collaborative governance management model, this study intends to investigate the collaboration that has taken place in connection with war placements containing conflicts of interest. The empirical data has been collected through in-depth interviews from the Swedish Armed Forces, the Police and the Duty and Trials Agency, and argues that collaboration is made, that certain ambiguities apply in which management levels collaboration is or should be carried out. Success with collaborative governance can be explained on the basis of seven different categories, and the respondents to this survey emphasize certain categories are more important than others for successful collaboration. Collaboration is considered to be essential and is a well-functioning management method for solving complex problems. The main criticism presented is that collaboration should be implemented earlier, at a different management level or to a greater extent. Success factors for the collaboration that is carried out are that the Police and the Armed Forces have a similar organizational structure, in other contexts joint activities carried out and above all that the authorities share a common goal with the collaboration; to build a strong Total Defense together.