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Company values guiding the recruitment of employees with a foreign background

2019

Purpose In this paper, the following research question is addressed: Why do business organisations recruit employees with a foreign background? This was examined in terms of the values that guide organisations and their management. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach The study focused on two businesses in Finland that are pioneers in the recruitment of immigrants. A case study approach was adopted. The research data consist of interviews and documentary data. The data were analysed using content analysis in accordance with grounded theory. Findings Companies can act as an enabling force in the integration of immigrants into the local labour market, especially …

Six Facets of Ethical Leadership : An Executive's Guide to the New Ethics in Business

2001

Emerging Ethical Challenges of Leadership in the Digital Era: A Multi-Vocal Literature Review.

2021

The purpose of this study is to undertake a multi-vocal literature review (MLR) regarding how leadership work has transformed as a result of digitalization and what kinds of ethical challenges organizational leaders are facing in the digital era, particularly from 1985 to 2020. Hence, a total of 83 literature are reviewed, drawing up on the method of MLR. The findings of this study suggest that the digitalization of leadership work, i.e., delegation of personal (leadership) responsibilities to digital systems, is being accelerated by the ever increasing use of technologies based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in organizational governance and operation, particularly during the last two deca…

Hyvä työhyvinvoinnin johtaja varhaiserityiskasvatuksessa : lastentarhanopettajien ja erityislastentarhanopettajien käsityksiä työhyvinvoinnin johtami…

2013

Management and academic profession : comparing the Finnish professors with and without management positions

2017

ABSTRACTManagement is one of the most studied phenomena in higher education. Most of these studies are conducted in the framework of higher education policy, academic work and quality of education and research. The management is often seen as an independent variable explaining the changes in higher education in the context of New Public Management and managerialism. In many studies, it is often forgotten that, the managers of academic organisations are academicians, not actors working for the government and funding bodies for implementing their agendas. Typically, management positions are employed by the professors. In our paper, we are interested in (1) who the managing professors are and …

Double Objective in Mind: Translating American Management Ideas in the Context of Cold War Finland

2021

The transfer of American management ideas was a central part of the Cold War struggle over ideologies. A key mediator was the European Recovery Program, which conveyed American influences to European management specialists. However, a direct influence was not always possible, as in Finland, which officially blocked assistance because of foreign policy considerations. Still, it was among the first countries to follow Harvard University’s lead in launching advanced management training. We examine how and why the focal actors adopted the American model of executive education, and how they managed to translate foreign ideas persuasively to the local business elite. The translation of executive …

Antenarratives in Ongoing Strategic Change : Using the Story Index to Capture Daunting and Optimistic Futures

2018

Strategic organizational change is a complex, future-oriented phenomenon that is critical for any organization. Traditional means of inquiry have struggled with the difficulty of capturing the future; thus, the methods for managing things to come remain scarce. In this chapter, we contribute to managing strategic change, and thereby the future of the organization, by developing the Story Index (SIX) method. The method facilitates a better understanding of how organizational change takes shape in the discursive reality before materializing in concrete terms. SIX is an analytical process combining antenarratives and narrative rationality to reveal the emerging meanings and rationales of chang…

Controllers’ role in managerial sensemaking and information trust building in a business intelligence environment

2023

This study explores how an organization’s controllers (management accountants) give sense to the information provided by its business intelligence (BI) system, and thus shape the construction of information trust. A qualitative case study was conducted within a Finnish food manufacturing company, building on the notion of trust related to management accounting information and sensemaking theory. The study was informed through open-ended interviews and an examination of internal accounting and management reports. The authors found that the company used an integrated BI system that enabled the production of information in a timely and perceivably standardized manner. Controllers managed this …

Valtava muutos : poliisin hallintorakenneuudistus poliisimiesten valtatarinoissa

2013

Aikuissosiaalityön organisaatiomuutos : kvantitatiivinen tutkimus Jyväskylän kaupungin aikuissosiaalityön organisaatiomuutoksesta työntekijöiden näkö…

2012

TIIVISTELMÄ Aikuissosiaalityön organisaatiomuutos: Kvantitatiivinen tutkimus Jyväsky- län kaupungin aikuissosiaalityön organisaatiomuutoksesta työntekijöiden näkökulmasta Janne Pitkänen Jyväskylän yliopisto Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos Sosiaalityö Ohjaaja: Mikko Mäntysaari ja Sirpa Kannasoja Kevät 2012 83 sivua, liitteet 10 sivua Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää Jyväskylän kaupungin aikuissosiaalityön parissa toimivien työntekijöiden kokemuksia organisaatiomuutoksesta johtamisen, organisaation ja työyhteisön osa-alueilla. Lisäksi työntekijöiden työmotivaatiota muutoksessa tarkastellaan Herzbergin kahden faktorin teorian avulla. Näitä asioita voidaan myös pitää tutkimuksen…