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Åge Johnsen

Åge Johnsen

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 35, 0166 Oslo
  • Office number: PI645
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 481 06 940
  • Office: +47 672 38 227
E-mail
  • aage.johnsen@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Åge Johnsen is Professor of Public Policy at the Department of Public Management, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences. He has previously worked as Researcher at Agder Research in Kristiansand, Research Fellow at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen, Senior Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh, and Associate Professor at Oslo University College. His research interests are public policy and public administration, in particular public management reforms, strategic planning, performance management (management by objectives and performance measurement, change management, trust-based management, and performance audit and evaluation in the public sector.

He currently lectures in the following courses:

BAL3000 Digital transformation, organisational change and change management
MSL4000 Governance – forms and reforms
MSLV4400 Strategy in the public sector

Field of study

Public administration   Evaluation   School management   Administration reforms   Leadership   Strategy   Management by objectives and result   Intergovernmental relations   Organizational theory   Public sector accounting   Control and audit   Municipal amalgamation   Contracting out   Public sector management control   Performance audit   Strategic leadership   Military Administration   Innovation in public management   Change management   Målstyring   Strategic planning   Performance measurement   Trust-based management

Research groups

Research projects

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Publications and research

Scientific publications

Wittrock, Christian ; Slartmann, Karl Iver Sørpebøl; Johnsen, Åge (2025). Tillitsbasert styring og ledelse som en innovasjon: Aktører og holdninger i det diskursive rom. Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift. Vol. 102.
https://doi.org/10.7577/nat.6213

Wittrock, Christian ; Danielsen, Tonje Helen; Johnsen, Åge (2025). Tillit og kontroll i Osloskolen: En studie av oversettelse og iverksetting på ulike organisasjonsnivå. Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift. Vol. 102.
https://doi.org/10.7577/nat.6218

Johnsen, Åge (2025). Trust reforms in Scandinavia: assessments of adoption and impacts of trust-based mangement in public sector organizations. Pekkola, Elias; Johanson, Jan-Erik; Mikkonen, Marjukka; Stenvall, Jari; Siirtola, Emmi (Ed.). Future Public Governance and Global Crises: Nordic Perspectives. p. 73-87. Edward Elgar Publishing.
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035318674.00014

Johnsen, Åge ; Svare, Helge ; Wittrock, Christian (2024). Virkninger av tillitsreformer. Johnsen, Åge; Svare, Helge (Ed.). Tillitsreformer og tillitsbasert styring og ledelse. Fagbokforlaget.

Johnsen, Åge ; Svare, Helge (2024). Tillitsreformene i de skandinaviske landene. Johnsen, Åge; Svare, Helge (Ed.). Tillitsreformer og tillitsbasert styring og ledelse. Fagbokforlaget.

Johnsen, Åge ; Svare, Helge (2024). Innledning: Styring, ledelse, kontroll og tillit. Johnsen, Åge; Svare, Helge (Ed.). Tillitsreformer og tillitsbasert styring og ledelse. Fagbokforlaget.

Johnsen, Åge ; Vatn, Guri (2024). Problemforståelser, oversettelser og politikk: Tillitsreformen i Oslo kommune 2015–2017. Johnsen, Åge; Svare, Helge (Ed.). Tillitsreformer og tillitsbasert styring og ledelse. Fagbokforlaget.

George, Bert; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Johanson, Jan-Erik; Johnsen, Åge ; Pekkola, Elias (2024). User acceptance of strategic planning: Evidence from Northern European municipalities. Public Administration Review. Vol. 85.
https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13874

Norkin, Svetlana; Johnsen, Åge ; Byström, Katriina (2024). The role of information flows in trust-based management. International Journal of Public Sector Management. Vol. 38.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-03-2024-0087

Johnsen, Åge ; Solholm, Kerstin; Tufte, Per Arne (2024). Performance Measurement System Design as Link Between Strategy Formulation and Performance Information Use in Public Sector Organizations. Public Performance and Management Review. Vol. 47.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2024.2360158



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Textbooks

Johnsen, Åge (2024). Peter Drucker: Styrings- og ledelsestenkeren. ISBN: 9788202683245. 200 p. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://utdanning.cappelendamm.no/_peter-drucker-a



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Research reports

Johnsen, Åge ; Desmidt, Sebastian; George, Bert; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Johanson, Jan-Erik (2017). Using Strategic Planning in Local Government. EGPA Policy Paper No. 3. 12 p. European Group of Public Adminstration (EGPA).

Johnsen, Åge (2013). Målstyring, medvirkning og muligheter. 38 p. Unio.

Døving, Erik ; Johnsen, Åge (2005). Åge Johnsen og Erik Døving (eds.) Organisasjonsteori på norsk? Oversikt og fremtidsmuligheter. ISBN: 9788245003819. 355 p. Fagbokforlaget.

Ezzamel, Mahmoud; Hyndman, Noel; Johnsen, Åge ; Lapsley, Irvine; Pallot, June; Scarparo, Simona (2005). Management Accounting, Devolution and Democratic Accountability. ISBN: 9781859715734. 46 p. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
http://www.cimaglobal.com/cps/rde/xbcr/SID-0AAAC56

Jenssen, Jan Inge; Johnsen, Åge ; Åsland, Dag Y. (1989). Resultatvurderinger i teknisk etat. Forslag til årsrapport med resultatvurderinger for vei, vann og avløp. FOU-rapp. nr. 60. NORCE Research AS.



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Dissemination

Johnsen, Åge (2024). Forskerintervju - Aktivt tillitsarbeid er nødvendig.
https://www.regjeringen.no/no/tema/statlig-forvalt

Johnsen, Åge ; Svare, Helge (2024). Tillitsreformene – Hva skjer nå?. Arendalsuka.

Johnsen, Åge (2024). Tillitsreformer – erfaringer fra Skandinavia. kontroll & revisjon. Vol. 79.
https://www.nkrf.no/nyheter/2024/05/01/tillitsrefo

Johnsen, Åge (2024). Trust-based management: observations and experiences from Scandinavia. The resilience of new public management. Edinburgh Business School, The University of Edinburgh.

Johnsen, Åge ; Svare, Helge (2024). Tillitsreformen. Tillitsreformen. Handelshøyskolen OsloMet.

Johnsen, Åge ; Wittrock, Christian (2024). Crafting trust between professions: are we educating future managers and employees for trust-based management?. NEON-dagene 2024 - Brobygging mellom teori og praksis: mulig, ønskelig og nyttig?. NEON Nettverket.

Johnsen, Åge ; Svare, Helge (2024). Tillitsreformene – hva skjer nå?. Tillitsreformuka 2024. Digitaliserings- og forvaltningsdepartementet.
https://tillitsreformuka.dfo.no/program/tillitsref

Johnsen, Åge (2024). Tillitsreformen – erfaringer fra Skandinavia og mulige følger for Forsvaret. Departementsseminar. Forsvarsdepartementet.

Johnsen, Åge (2023). Styrings- og ledelsestrender i offentlig og privat sektor. Seminar for tillitsvalgte. Samfunnsviterne.

Johnsen, Åge (2023). Tillitsreformen – erfaringer fra Skandinavia. NKRF ledersamling. NKRF.



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