Ole Thyssen (born November 3, 1944) is a Danish

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and sociologist, and Professor at the

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Biography

Thyssen is a MA from the

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from 1971, and he became a

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from that same university in 1976. He started out as a marxist philosopher, writing about

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and

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. Beginning in the mid-1980s, however, his focus has gradually shifted towards the

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, and much less political themes. In the mid-1990s he was appointed

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at the

, where he was also one of the initiators of the combination MA degree in Business Administration and Philosophy in 1995. Recent works by Thyssen have focused on

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and values-based management (not to be confused with

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), as well as on a number of sociological themes. Most are based on Luhmann's systems theory.

Publications

Books: * Thyssen, Ole. Værdiledelse. Gyldendal A/S, 2007. Articles, a selection: * Pruzan, Peter, and Ole Thyssen. "Conflict and consensus: Ethics as a shared value horizon for strategic planning." Human Systems Management 9.3 (1990): 135-151. * Thyssen, Ole. "Luhmann and epistemology." Cybernetics & human knowing 11.1 (2004): 7-22. * Christensen, Lars Thøger, Mette Morsing, and Ole Thyssen. "The polyphony of corporate social responsibility: deconstructing transparency and accountability and opening for identity and hypocrisy." (2011): 457-474.

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Ole Thyssen
Copenhagen Business School {{DEFAULTSORT:Thyssen, Ole 1944 births Living people Danish business theorists Danish philosophers Danish sociologists Academic staff of Copenhagen Business School