Oil spill emergency response in the Barents Sea : issues of interorganizational coordination.
Papers 2, 3 and 4 of this thesis are not available in Munin: 2. Ivanova, M. and Sydnes, A.K.: 'Interorganizational coordination in oil spill emergency response: a case study of the Murmansk region of Northwest Russia', Geography (2010), 33 (3), pp. 139‒164. Available at http://dx.doi.org/1...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/4180 2023-05-15T15:19:09+02:00 Oil spill emergency response in the Barents Sea : issues of interorganizational coordination. Sydnes, Maria 2012-05-29 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4180 eng eng Universitetet i Tromsø University of Tromsø https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4180 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_3898 openAccess Copyright 2012 The Author(s) VDP::Social science: 200::Political science and organizational theory: 240 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240 DOKTOR-001 Doctoral thesis Doktorgradsavhandling 2012 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-06-25T17:53:18Z Papers 2, 3 and 4 of this thesis are not available in Munin: 2. Ivanova, M. and Sydnes, A.K.: 'Interorganizational coordination in oil spill emergency response: a case study of the Murmansk region of Northwest Russia', Geography (2010), 33 (3), pp. 139‒164. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2010.545755 3. Sydnes, M. and Sydnes, A.K.: 'Oil spill emergency response in Norway: coordinating interorganizational complexity', Polar Geography (2011), 34 (4), pp. 299-329. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2011.620721 4. Sydnes, M. and Sydnes, A.K.: 'The Norwegian‒Russian oil spill response regime in the Barents Sea: an untold story of success', In: E. Røsæg & A. Proelss, eds. Safety in the North. Studies in international law of the sea and maritime law series. Baden-Baden : Nomos (forthcomming manuscript) Following the substantial increase in maritime transport and offshore industrial developments in the Arctic areas, accidental discharge of oil from ships in the Barents Sea has become recognized as a significant threat in Norway and northwest Russia. This study examines how oil spill emergency response (OSER) is organized on the Norwegian and Russian sides of the Barents Sea and how cooperation between the two states has been established. In focus here is the problem of interorganizational coordination. The analysis is based on the premise that the effectiveness of an OSER system is a function of the ability of the actors to coordinate their activities. The study outlines the main actors and formal organizational structure of the Norwegian and Russian OSER system. It further examines patterns of interorganizational coordination and shows how such formal and informal mechanisms as various aspects of coordination interact to provide effective functioning of the system. It studies how interdependence is created among organizations in OSER systems and how this affects organizational behaviour in terms of interorganizational coordination. Finally, it discusses the key characteristics of the organizational structure of OSER system and their determinants. The study is inspired by the systems theory and further builds on analytical approaches to interorganizational coordination. Mintzberg’s understanding of the structuring of organizations is applied to illustrate the OSER systems and to reflect on the empirical findings in terms of organizational theory. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Arctic Barents Sea Law of the Sea Northwest Russia University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Barents Sea Murmansk Norway Ivanova ENVELOPE(44.808,44.808,65.793,65.793) |
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Papers 2, 3 and 4 of this thesis are not available in Munin: 2. Ivanova, M. and Sydnes, A.K.: 'Interorganizational coordination in oil spill emergency response: a case study of the Murmansk region of Northwest Russia', Geography (2010), 33 (3), pp. 139‒164. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2010.545755 3. Sydnes, M. and Sydnes, A.K.: 'Oil spill emergency response in Norway: coordinating interorganizational complexity', Polar Geography (2011), 34 (4), pp. 299-329. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2011.620721 4. Sydnes, M. and Sydnes, A.K.: 'The Norwegian‒Russian oil spill response regime in the Barents Sea: an untold story of success', In: E. Røsæg & A. Proelss, eds. Safety in the North. Studies in international law of the sea and maritime law series. Baden-Baden : Nomos (forthcomming manuscript) Following the substantial increase in maritime transport and offshore industrial developments in the Arctic areas, accidental discharge of oil from ships in the Barents Sea has become recognized as a significant threat in Norway and northwest Russia. This study examines how oil spill emergency response (OSER) is organized on the Norwegian and Russian sides of the Barents Sea and how cooperation between the two states has been established. In focus here is the problem of interorganizational coordination. The analysis is based on the premise that the effectiveness of an OSER system is a function of the ability of the actors to coordinate their activities. The study outlines the main actors and formal organizational structure of the Norwegian and Russian OSER system. It further examines patterns of interorganizational coordination and shows how such formal and informal mechanisms as various aspects of coordination interact to provide effective functioning of the system. It studies how interdependence is created among organizations in OSER systems and how this affects organizational behaviour in terms of interorganizational coordination. Finally, it discusses the key characteristics of the organizational structure of OSER system and their determinants. The study is inspired by the systems theory and further builds on analytical approaches to interorganizational coordination. Mintzberg’s understanding of the structuring of organizations is applied to illustrate the OSER systems and to reflect on the empirical findings in terms of organizational theory. |
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Oil spill emergency response in the Barents Sea : issues of interorganizational coordination. |
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