Tactics, command, leadership

must also be able to manage in detail. An example can be when
the person in charge has detailed knowledge of a certain aspect
or if the situation is especially perilous. In some situations, this
can demand that various tasks are coordinated with a high degree
of detail and that the decisions that are made must be adapted
thereafter (Swedish Rescue Service Agency, 1998a). Management
by objectives provides the prerequisites for the command system,
when necessary, to establish speed in making and carrying out
decisions. By having local authority to make certain types of deci-
sions, one avoids decisions being transferred to higher levels and
the ensuing delays that this produces.