“Share Your Tools”—A Utility Study of a Norwegian Wildland-Fire Collaboration Exercise

Jarle Løwe Sørensen, Carina Halvorsen, Jens Petter W. Aas and Eric Carlström
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Jarle Løwe Sørensen: USN School of Business, University of South-Eastern Norway, P.O. Box 235, 3603 Kongsberg, Norway
Carina Halvorsen: USN School of Business, University of South-Eastern Norway, P.O. Box 235, 3603 Kongsberg, Norway
Jens Petter W. Aas: USN School of Business, University of South-Eastern Norway, P.O. Box 235, 3603 Kongsberg, Norway
Eric Carlström: USN School of Business, University of South-Eastern Norway, P.O. Box 235, 3603 Kongsberg, Norway

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 16, 1-12

Abstract: Based on the assumption that crisis collaboration exercises lead to better team-integration and more efficient problem solving, the aim of this study is to test whether there is a relationship between exercise participation and perceived levels of learning and utility. Online survey data was collected from participants in a 2018 two-day, full-scale, wildland-fire collaboration exercise in southeastern Norway. The instrument of choice was the collaboration, learning, and utility (CLU) scale. Findings indicate a strong covariation between participation in Norwegian wildland-fire collaboration exercises and the perceived level of learning, with a medium to small covariation between perceived learning and utility. The results indicate the importance of giving clear instructions, focus on collaboration, and sufficient forms of discussion during and after the exercise in order to gain learning. However, learning had a limited impact on utility. The study indicates joint evaluations, improvising, and testing of new and alternative strategies across sectors are important when exercises are constructed. The data was retrieved from a questionnaire, observations and interviews can add more and comprehensive insight into the studied phenomenon.

Keywords: crisis management; collaboration; exercises; learning; utility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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