The Organizer Dilemma: Outcomes from a Collaboration Exercise

Jarle L&#248;we S&#248;rensen; Eric D. Carlstr&#246;m; Glenn-Egil Torgersen; Atle M. Christiansen; Tae-Eun Kim; Stig Wahlstr&#248;m; Leif Inge Magnussen

doi:10.1007/s13753-019-0220-2

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Jarle Løwe Sørensen, Eric D. Carlström, Glenn-Egil Torgersen, Atle M. Christiansen, Tae-Eun Kim, Stig Wahlstrøm, Leif Inge Magnussen. The Organizer Dilemma: Outcomes from a Collaboration Exercise[J]. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2019, 10(2): 261-269. doi: 10.1007/s13753-019-0220-2

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Jarle Løwe Sørensen, Eric D. Carlström, Glenn-Egil Torgersen, Atle M. Christiansen, Tae-Eun Kim, Stig Wahlstrøm, Leif Inge Magnussen. The Organizer Dilemma: Outcomes from a Collaboration Exercise[J]. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2019, 10(2): 261-269. doi: 10.1007/s13753-019-0220-2

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Jarle Løwe Sørensen, Eric D. Carlström, Glenn-Egil Torgersen, Atle M. Christiansen, Tae-Eun Kim, Stig Wahlstrøm, Leif Inge Magnussen. The Organizer Dilemma: Outcomes from a Collaboration Exercise[J]. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2019, 10(2): 261-269. doi: 10.1007/s13753-019-0220-2

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The Organizer Dilemma: Outcomes from a Collaboration Exercise

doi: 10.1007/s13753-019-0220-2

1 Department of Business, History and Social Sciences, School of Business, University of South-Eastern Norway, Campus Vestfold, 3199 Borre, Norway;
2 Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30 Goteborg, Sweden;
3 Department of Military Leadership and Management, The Norwegian Defence University College, N-0151 Oslo, Norway;
4 Department of Maritime Operations, Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, Campus Vestfold, 3199 Borre, Norway;
5 Norwegian Coastal Administration, N-6025 Ålesund, Norway

Available Online: 2021-04-26

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In crisis management, cross-sector collaboration exercises are perceived as improving preparedness and develop team-integration efforts. However, studies show that exercises may tend to produce results with limited learning and usefulness. The purpose of this nonexperimental, survey-based study was to measure the difference in perceived exercise effect between participants belonging to the exercise planning organizations and participants belonging to other participating groups. Surveys were distributed and collected from participants in a 2017 chemical oil-spill exercise set off the southern coast of Norway. The target population was operational staff, excluding exercise management and directing staff. The sample population consisted of operatives associated with the exercise organizer organization and others belonging to external public and nongovernmental emergency organizations. The data collection instrument was the “Collaboration, Learning, and Utility Scale” (CLU-scale). Findings indicated that the levels of CLU were higher among external participants than among those individuals who belong to the exercise planning organizations. This study recommends the development and adoption of a national maritime collaboration exercise framework. A practical implication is a recommendation to evaluate exercises to secure the outcome regarding collaboration skill using the same instrument.
- Collaboration exercise,
- Collaboration, Learning, and Utility Scale,
- Crisis management,
- Maritime emergencies and crises,
- Norway

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