Musiikkia näytelmään "Kiinan muuri"

Digitoitu 8. 5. 2008.

Ylirajainen kulttuuri - mitä se on?

Kirjallisuusarvostelu

Sukupuoli, melankolia ja eurooppalainen kulttuuri

Kirjallisuusarvostelu

Uuden ikääntymisen kulttuuri muotoutumassa : lectio praecursoria

Sirpa Kärnän väitöskirja Hyvinvoinnin pysyvyyttä ja muutosta kolmannessa iässä : ikääntyvien henkilöiden elämänkulun seuranta vuosina 1991 ja 2004 Varkauden kaupungissa (Kuopion yliopisto 2009).

Role of culture in knowledge transfer and sharing - case ERP implementation

The main objective of this study was to examine how culture influences knowledge transfer and sharing within multicultural ERP project implementation in China. The main interest was to explain how national culture and knowledge are linked by understanding how culture influences knowledge transfer and sharing in a project organization. The other objective of this work was to discuss what Chinese cultural characteristic inhibit and en-hance knowledge sharing in ERP project. The perspective of this study was qualitative and the empirical material was collected from theme interviews among Stora Enso employees. Conclusion of this thesis is that Finns have a very direct style of communication and sharing knowledge whereas Chinese respect face shaving and indirect communication. Another conclusion is that knowledge sharing does not “just happen”, it is needed that project members understand national culture to get all project members commitment to project. In China most important is understand local business processes and understand role of trust and guanxi.