PhD defence: Hallur Tor Sigurdarson

The thesis is developed around an ethnographically inspired study in a ministerial department. The study enquires into encounters and processes in the Department pertaining to the development of new initiatives. In this regard, special attention is paid to how two different Ministers affect the Department’s ‘mood’, a concept used to describe desire-driven organisational movements (i.e. desires to secure and serve).
Methodologically, the thesis experiments with process philosophy, especially for analysis and narration. In terms of theory and contribution, the thesis is framed as a study of organisational entrepreneurship and theorises a productive ‘relationality’ between entrepreneurship, public bureaucracy and leadership.

Supervisor:
Professor Daniel Hjorth
Department of Management Politics and Philosophy
Copenhagen Business School
 
Secondary supervisors:
Professor Christina Garsten
Department of Intercultural Communication and Management
Copenhagen Business School
 
Assessment Committee:
Professor Robin Holt
Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy
Copenhagen Business School
 
Professor Mollie Painter-Morland
Nottingham Business School
Nottingham University
 
Professor Tommy Jensen
Stockholm Business School
Stockholm University
 
Thesis:
The thesis is available here
 
Reception:
The Doctoral School of Organisation and Management Studies will host a reception, which will take place immediately after the defence in the lobby outside Rs.20.