期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
卷 49, 期 4, 页码 776-787出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9816-7
关键词
Metaphors; Social representations; Environmental objectives; Management by objectives (MBO); Sustainable development
资金
- Swedish Environmental Protection Agency [I-37-03]
In managing environmental problems, several countries have chosen the management by objectives (MBO) approach. This paper investigates how focus group participants from the Swedish environmental administration used metaphors to describe the mode of organization needed to attain environmental objectives. Such analysis can shed light on how an MBO system is perceived by actors and how it works in practice. Although the Swedish government intended to stimulate broad-based cooperation among many actors, participants often saw themselves as located at a certain level, i.e., higher or lower, in the MBO system-that is, their conceptions corresponded to a traditional, hierarchical interpretation of MBO. Prepositions such as in and out contributed to feelings of inclusion and exclusion on the part of MBO actors. However, horizontal metaphors merged with vertical ones, indicating ongoing competition for the right to interpret how the system of environmental objectives should best be managed. The paper concludes that any organization applying MBO could benefit from discussing alternate ways of talking and thinking about its constituent levels..
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