Kenneth Nymand Pedersen

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E-mail

knp.ioa@cbs.dk

Departments

Department of Organization

Subjects

Decision-making Management Leadership Organisation Strategy Automatisation

Primary research areas

Digitalized Military Decision-Making in the Warfighting Brigade

This PhD project examines how decision-making in the Danish Army, specifically within 1 Brigade, evolves as advanced digital technologies further permeate the organization. Through a qualitative study of the warfighting Brigade, the project explores how and why digital technologies transform military decision-making

Through a qualitative study of the Danish Army’s key warfighting unit, 1 Brigade, the project seeks to understand explicitly how and why digitalization transforms decision- making and how this can be leveraged to combat power.

I have a background in the Danish Army with 20 years of experience, including three operational deployments to the Middle East and the Baltic. As Head of Research and Development for Land Military Operations at the Royal Danish Defence College, I have, to name a few, participated in both Danish and NATO working groups, doctrine writing, and educated all levels of enlisted personnel.

My current PhD project focuses on understanding how a complex technology-saturated decision-making system (such as 1 Brigade) can leverage technology to fight and win against a peer adversary. As such, starting from the principle that embracing digital technologies does not necessarily guarantee improved combat power if other factors are not considered, this project aims to understand what enables military forces to utilize digitalization in order to improve combat power.

Effective and efficient exploitation of smart, innovative digital technologies is essential for the planning and conduct of military operations in an increasingly digitalized and data-driven world. Thus, this project will support the digital transformation of the Danish armed forces by guiding digitalization to good decision-making and enhance operational performance.

Kenneth Nymand Pedersen

About

Primary research areas

Through a qualitative study of the Danish Army’s key warfighting unit, 1 Brigade, the project seeks to understand explicitly how and why digitalization transforms decision- making and how this can be leveraged to combat power.

Outside activities

Currently, I have no outside employment or activities

About

Primary research areas

Through a qual­it­at­ive study of the Dan­ish Army’s key warfight­ing unit, 1 Bri­gade, the pro­ject seeks to un­der­stand ex­pli­citly how and why di­git­al­iz­a­tion trans­forms de­cision- mak­ing and how this can be lever­aged to com­bat power.

Outside activities

Currently, I have no outside employment or activities

Through a qualitative study of the Danish Army’s key warfighting unit, 1 Brigade, the project seeks to understand explicitly how and why digitalization transforms decision- making and how this can be leveraged to combat power.