PhD defence: Vibeke Kristine Scheller

Same-day discharge is a recent trend and a challenge for hospital managers both in Denmark and internationally. This dissertation investigates the intersection between time and organizing in a specific Cardiac Day Unit and shows how the tensions, that professionals and patients face, relate to different representations of time. The papers in the dissertation present how a multiplicity of temporal perspectives coexist in the cardiac Day Unit and affects day-to-day organizing, i.e. managing patient trajectories, conducting temporal work and utilizing temporal boundary objects.

Primary Supervisor:
Professor mso Anne Reff Pedersen
Department of Organization
Copenhagen Business School

Secondary Supervisor:
Professor Tor Hernes
Department of Organization
Copenhagen Business School

Assessment Committee:
Professor Silviya Svejenova Velikova (Chair)
Department of Organization
Copenhagen Business School

Professor Gerry McGivern
Innovation, Knowledge and Organisational Networks Research Unit
Warwick Business School

Senior Researcher Dr Katja Maria Hydle
IRIS – Samfunns- og næringsutvikling
NORCE Norwegian Research Center

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 open area of the Department of Organization at Kilevej 14A, 4th floor.