Dorthe Døjbak Håkonsson

Dorthe Døjbak Håkonsson is Professor of Management at the Department of Management, Aarhus University, where she also serves as center leader for ICOA (Interdisciplinary Center for Organizational Architecture). She holds a PhD from University of Southern Denmark, and a MA in International Business and Languages (Cand. Negot.), also from University of Southern Denmark (then Odense University).

Dorthe’s research interests relate to organization design, including formal and informal organizing. Her research has appeared in international journals including Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Organization Design, Long Range Planning, California Management Review, and many others. She is currently principal investigator (together with Erik Larsen) on the project: Patterns of Interaction: Emergence and Consequences, funded by the Danish Independent Research Council. She serves as associate editor on the Journal of Organization Design and is member of the board of Organization Design Community.

Education

• Ph.D. in Business Administration (4 February, 2003)
• MA, Int. Business and Languages (August, 1999)

Current and previous positions held

• 2009-> MindLab Associate Professor, Aarhus University
• 2007: Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, Interdisciplinary Center for Organizational Architecture, ICOA, and AU Herning. All at Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University.
• 2008-: Board Member of NOCA (Network of Corporate Academies)
• 2008: Docente at USI, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
• June 2006- October 2006: Part time (10%) Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Aarhus School of Business
• 2002-May 2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Management, University of Southern Denmark
• 1998-1999; 2000-2002: Doctoral student, Odense University
• 1999-2000: Lecturer, Odense University, Department of Management
• 1997-1998: Research Assistant, Odense University, Department of Management

Research area:

My research interest revolves around organization design and collaborative structures, including both formal and informal structures