Organizing for Homeland Security

Leading public sector networks: An empirical examination of integrative leadership behaviors

“…Certainly the assumption in the research is that integrative leadership exists in collaborative structures, but seldom do researchers empirically document the actual competencies, skills, and behaviors that constitute such leadership. Indeed, "the literature on collaborationincluding that on private sector alliances-has had little to say about leadership" (Huxham & Vangen, 2000), even though, as Wise suggests, leadership is critical to developing inter-organizational collaborative capacity (Wise, 2006). There are notable exceptions.…”

Through a glass darkly: Expertise, evidence, and the management of uncertainty

“…In no small measure, this impetus has been generated by the terrorist attacks on the United States on 11 September and the subsequent wars and insurgencies in Afghanistan, Iraq and more recently in Syria. These events have led to the emergence of homeland security as a major branch of government (Waugh and Sylves, 2002;Wise, 2002;Wise and Nader, 2002) and, within that setting, risk analysis as a process has been called upon by government agencies to deal with the increasing threats associated with hostile actors (Haimes and Longstaff, 2002;Bier, 2007;Keeney and von Winterfeldt, 2010). This has generated methodological questions for risk analysis, especially in terms of dealing with the intentions of hostile actors (Gleason, 1988;Ezell et al, 2010;Brown and Cox, 2011a, b) and it has also highlighted the need for a holisitic approach to dealing with such threats.…”

Pressured to learn? Swedish police experiences of curbing organized crime

“…Even when current practices are widely criticised, it is not simply a matter of course to do new things to turn the tide. It has been observed that organisational learning under external pressure is indeed a difficult proposition (Wise, 2002). Bureaucracies are presented with a paradoxical situation: the need to learn is greatest when it is hardest to achieve.…”