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Morten Thanning Vendelø

Morten Thanning Vendelø
Associate professor , Ph.D.
Morten Thanning Vendelø

Department of Organization

Kilevej 14A
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark
Tel.: +45 3815 2990
Cell phone: +45 2615 3887
Fax:+45 3815 2828
E-mail: mtv@cbs.dk



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Organizational learning and adaptation are running themes in my research, which in more recent years has focused on; a) sense-making and sense-giving in organizations, as exemplified in my research with Claus Rerup on crowd safety management at Roskilde Festival, and b) organizational improvisation. Previously I studied innovation and knowledge processes in organizations, a research interest which also materialized in my role as co-founder of the Master Program in Leadership and Innovation in Complex Systems (LAICS), which took off in 2006
From September 1. to June 30 my office hours are wednesday from 2 pm. to 4 pm. This will usually also be the hours where I answer incoming mails regarding administrative issues and handled inquiries about supervision.

Primary research areas

  • Breakdown and recreation of meaning in organizations
  • Crowd Management
  • Improvisation in Organizations
  • Organizational Learning and Adaptation
  • Reputation Management
  • Sensemaking and sensegiving in Organizations


Selected publications

Rerup, C., and Vendelø, M. T. (2012) Organizing to Preclude Tragedy: Cross-Level Attention to Threats with Asymmetric Salience Before, During and After the Pearl Jam Accident. Paper accepted for presentation at the symposium: Exploring the Role of heterogeneity in Organizational Change, at Annual Academy of Management Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 3. - 7., pp. 1-72.
Vendelø, M. T., and Constantiou, I. (2012) Varying Interpretations of Technology as a Problem in Markets for Customized High-Tech Products: Towards an Inquiring Dialogue Approach. International Journal Technology Management, vol. 59, no. 1/2, pp. 45-62.
Vendelø, M. T. (2011) Styregruppens rolle - belyst i det løst koblede perspektiv. I: P. Melander (red.) Projektstyringens problemer og værktøjer - fra kaos til resultat. 4. udgave. København: Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag, pp. 215-250.
Vendelø, M. T., and Rerup, C. (2011) Sensegiving and Crowd Safety after the Pearl Jam Concert Accident. Paper presented at the Annual Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, August 12. – 16., pp. 1-37.
Dehler, G. E., and Vendelø, M. T. (2010) Harvesting the Fruits Nurtured in a Research Community: Introducing the 2008 Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Issue. Management Learning, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 259-263.
Vendelø, M. T. (2009) Improvisation and Learning in Organizations – an opportunity for future empirical research. Management Learning, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 449-456.
Kjærgaard, A., and Vendelø, M. T. (2008) What Makes a Reference Discipline? Investigating the Role of Theory Adaptation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim-California, August 8. – 13., pp. 1-37.
Andersen, K. V., and Vendelø, M. T. (eds.) (2004) The Past and Future of Information Systems . Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann.
Jensen, H. S., Richter, L. M., and Vendelø, M. T. (eds.) (2003) The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge . Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Christiansen, J. K., and Vendelø, M. T. (2003) The Role of Reputation Building in International R&D Project Collaboration. Corporate Reputation Review, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 304-329. (Cited in 10 journal papers and in 2 books)
Augier, M., Shariq, S. Z., and Vendelø, M. T. (2001) Understanding Context: Its Emergence, Transformation and Role in Tacit Knowledge Sharing. Journal of Knowledge Management, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 125-136. (Received Highly Commended Paper Award from Emerald Literati Club in 2002) (Cited in 55 journal papers and in 20 books)
Augier, M., and Vendelø, M. T. (1999) Networks, Cognition and Management of Tacit Knowledge. Journal of Knowledge Management, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 252-261. (Received Outstanding Paper Award from Emerald Literati Club in 2000) (Cited in 61 journal papers and in 29 books)
Vendelø, M. T. (1998) Narrating Corporate Reputation: Becoming Legitimate Through Storytelling. International Studies of Management & Organization, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 120-137. (Cited in 41 journal papers and in 20 books)


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