@article{Wenzel2017, author = {Wenzel, Bertolt}, title = {Organizing coordination for an ecosystem approach to marine research and management advice}, series = {Marine policy}, volume = {82}, journal = {Marine policy}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0308-597X}, doi = {10.1016/j.marpol.2017.05.009}, pages = {138 -- 146}, year = {2017}, abstract = {This study examines the reorganization of formal coordination structures of a unique international public organization involved in marine governance in Europe, namely the structural reorganizations of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) between 1999 and 2009. The findings indicate that the reorganizations of ICES' formal coordination structures were not driven primarily for reasons of efficiency, by clear and consistent goals, and by clear means-ends considerations for organizational design as proposed by rational perspectives in organization theory. Instead, the formal coordination structures have also been adapted to live up to changing expectations in the institutional environment, to modern management concepts in marine governance such as the Ecosystem Approach to Management (EAM), and to ensure the legitimacy of the organization. However, it is also found that institutional explanations alone are insufficient to comprehensively understand why the formal organizational structures of ICES were reorganized. Instrumental and cultural perspectives in organization theory as well as resource-dependence theory additionally add to understand how ICES responded to external demands and why organizational structures have been changed.}, language = {en} } @article{Wenzel2016, author = {Wenzel, Bertolt}, title = {Organizing coordination in a public marine research and management advice organization: The case of the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research}, series = {Marine policy}, volume = {64}, journal = {Marine policy}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0308-597X}, doi = {10.1016/j.marpol.2015.11.017}, pages = {159 -- 167}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Public organizations involved in marine management are increasingly confronted with coordination challenges in marine governance. This study examines why and how the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) reorganized its formal coordination structures between the areas of fisheries management and marine environmental management The findings indicate that organizing efficient and, at the same time, legitimate coordination structures between different areas of marine governance is a "wicked" organizational problem with no ultimate and single optimal solution. In contrast to the assumptions of classical organization and management theory, the study finds that the reorganization of formal coordination structures is not necessarily driven for reasons of efficiency and perceived coordination problems. Instead, public marine management organizations also change their organizational structures to live up to external expectations to adopt modern management concepts, such as the Ecosystem Approach to Management (EAM). However, the study indicates that the adoption of the EAM has stimulated coordination and integration efforts in the research and advisory activities of the IMR. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} }