01588pab a2200157 454500008004000000100002100040245011900061260000900180300001500189362000800204520109800212650002601310700001801336700002401354773005201378180718b2007   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aChristensen, Tom  aReform of the employment and welfare administrations - the challenges of coordinating diverse public organizations  c2007  ap.389-408.  aSep  aThis article addresses one of the most comprehensive structural reforms in recent Norwegian administrative history: a merger of the employment and national insurance administrations, combined with more formal collaboration with the local government social services administration. The reform can be seen as a `whole-of-government' initiative intended to increase the coordinative capacity of government to address `wicked problems' cutting across existing policy areas and government levels in a multi-level governance system. This article examines the following questions: First, what characterizes the organizational thinking related to this reform? Second, how can we understand the reform process in terms of a transformative perspective combining instrumental, cultural and environmental features? Third, what are the potential effects and implications of the new structure for political control and institutional autonomy, for relations between central and local administrations, and for the main goals stated? The theory base for the analyses is a transformative approach. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration  aLaegreid, Per  aFimreite, Anne Lise  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences