2 PhD scholarships in Organizational Architecture in Denmark

Interdisciplinary Centre for Organizational Architecture - ICOA at Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences is advertising two PhD scholarships available as at 1 September 2011 or as soon as possible thereafter.

ICOA is an interdisciplinary center designing organizations of the future.

ICOA is a collaboration between individuals, research groups at Aarhus University, and a broad range of international universities and scholars. The center serves to support the implementation of inter- and cross disciplinary research and close cooperation with business and society at large.

ICOA’s approach is holistic – as a strategic one-stop-shop for executives facing the challenge of designing their organization to match the turbulent surroundings.

ICOA research the design of intra-firm architectures and their integration into a holistic management system. Intra-firm architectures may include organizational design, quality architectures (such as the study of dynamic capabilities), data architectures, analytical architectures, and the requirements needed for a successful integration.

Two PhD scholarships are advertised.

• One is within the relationship between Organizational Architecture and Sustainability. This PhD scholarship will be associated the research project GOLDEN see: http://www.goldenforsustainability.org/.
• The second PhD scholarship is generally advertised within the center's research in Organizational Architecture.

Questions about the preparation of the project description may be directed to (Børge Obel, Center Director, +45 20207355, bo@asb.dk)