993 resultados para Company Culture


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The purpose of the thesis is to study innovativeness in a context of the construction industry especially the front-end of the innovation process. The construction industry is often considered an old-fashioned manufacturing industry. Innovations and innovativeness are rarely linked to the industry. The construction industry, as well as other industries in Finland, is facing challenges such as productivity, the climate change and internationalization. The meaning of innovations is greater than ever in continuously changing markets, for standing out from competitors or increasing the competitiveness. Traditional production methods, tight building regulations, unique buildings, one-of-a-kind project organizations and highlighting the cheapest price in building contracts are particular challenges in the construction industry. The research questions of the thesis were: - What kind of factors shift the existing company culture towards innovativeness? - What are the phases of the front-end of the innovation process? - What kind of tools and methods enable managing the front-end of the innovation process? The theoretical part of the thesis bases on the literature review. The research methodology of the empirical part was the action research and qualitative approach. Empirical data was collected by the theme interviews from three companies. The results were practical methods and experiences from innovation activities of the companies. The results of the thesis can be clarified as follows: enhancement of the innovation activities requires support and commitment of the top management, innovative culture and innovation strategy. Innovativeness can be promoted by systematical methods for example collecting ideas from employees. Controlling and managing the front-end phase is essential to succeeding. Despite that managing the front-end is the most challenging part of the innovation process, development and management of that save companies’ money, resources and prevents useless investments. Further clarification and studies are needed to find out furthermore functional tools and methods to manage innovations and implementing them to the culture of the companies.

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The objective of the research was to identify knowledge conversion states in consultancy sales and delivery processes for the company’s one business unit, to know where to store certain types of information and knowledge, and to create best practices for the company’s knowledge management activities in the selected business processes. The used research methodology was action research. The current business processes were analyzed by interviewing people involved in them. The results were documented and catego- rized, and based on them the target states of the processes were developed. Knowledge man- agement activities were integrated to the business processes. The main findings of the research were that roles and responsibilities in the processes were not clear to people, information systems did not fully support individuals and time was wasted searching for information and knowledge. There were also many variations of how the processes actually realized, which affected the overall quality of the process. The conclusions of the research were that knowledge management activities should be high- lighted in businesses where knowledge workers are the main assets of the company. Knowledge management practices can be supported by company culture, leadership and in- formation systems. However, one main factor is each individual’s willingness to share knowledge. By integrating knowledge management activities to business processes and hav- ing information systems supporting knowledge management, individual productivity can be improved.

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Relatório de estágio apresentado à Escola Superior de Comunicação Social como parte dos requisitos para obtenção de grau de mestre em Publicidade e Marketing.

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É sabido da importância que a cultura organizacional tem na competitividade das empresas e o papel que os líderes têm na definição e manutenção dessa cultura. O estudo de caso que aqui se apresenta pretende identificar a cultura organizacional e a congruência com as competências de gestão no contexto específico da Dorel Portugal, empresa do setor têxtil, de produção e fabrico de artigos para criança e bebé. Como referenciais teóricos, foram abordados os conceitos de cultura organizacional, de competências e de liderança, na perspetiva de autores como Schein (1999, 2004), Cameron (2004, 2011) e Quinn (1990, 2011). Participaram neste estudo de caso 43 colaboradores da Dorel Portugal, 6 deles são gestores de topo da organização. Em termos de metodologia foi seguida uma metodologia de estudo de caso e a recolha de dados para a sua análise efetivou-se através de uma pesquisa de campo in loco, com aplicação de questionários a todos os indivíduos sobre a cultura organizacional e as competências de gestão dos líderes, instrumentos baseados no Modelo dos Valores Contrastantes de Quinn e Rohrbaugh (1983) e entrevistas semi-estruturadas aos indivíduos com cargos de direção. Os resultados indicam que a perceção da cultura na organização estudada é predominantemente baseada na orientação para o Mercado, para o Clã e para a Hierarquia, existindo no entanto diferentes perceções de cultura (subculturas) por departamentos. Os resultados demonstraram que embora os líderes organizacionais mobilizem as suas competências de gestão de acordo com a cultura de empresa, segundo a auto avaliação e a perceção dos subordinados existem papéis nos quais devem alargar o seu leque de competências, essencialmente aqueles relativos às culturas de Clã e de Adocracia.

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Dissertação de mestrado em Estudos de Gestão

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This paper explores the integration process that firms follow to implementSupply Chain Management (SCM) and the main barriers and benefits relatedto this strategy. This study has been inspired in the SCM literature,especially in the logistics integration model by Stevens [1]. Due to theexploratory nature of this paper and the need to obtain an in depthknowledge of the SCM development in the Spanish grocery sector, we used thecase study methodology. A multiple case study analysis based on interviewswith leading manufacturers and retailers was conducted.The results of this analysis suggest that firms seem to follow the integration process proposed by Stevens, integrating internally first, andthen, extending this integration to other supply chain members. The casesalso show that Spanish manufacturers, in general, seem to have a higherlevel of SCM development than Spanish retailers. Regarding the benefitsthat SCM can bring, most of the companies identify the general objectivesof cost and stock reductions and service improvements. However, withrespect to the barriers found in its implementation, retailers andmanufacturers are not coincident: manufacturers seem to see more barrierswith respect to aspects related to the other party, such as distrust and alack of culture of sharing information, while retailers find as mainbarriers the need of a know-how , the company culture and the historyand habits.

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Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selvittää, miten kansainvälisen pankkikonsernin arvoihin perustuva toimintatapa näkyy päivittäisessä pankkityössä Suomen aluepankin alueella. Handelsbankenin toiminta-ajatus perustuu vahvaan yrityskulttuuriin ja arvoihin. Yrityskulttuuri ja arvot ovat yli 30 vuotta vanhoja ja niiden mukaan toimitaan edelleen. Tutkimus sisältää henkilökunnan, asiakkaiden ja pankin johtoryhmään kuuluvan henkilön näkökulmat siitä, mitkä arvot ovat ryhmille tärkeitä ja miten arvoihin perustuva toiminta näkyy päivittäisessä pankkityössä. Rahoitusmarkkinoiden muutos Suomessa mahdollisti ulkomaisten pankkien tulon Suomen pankkimarkkinoille. Handelsbanken tuli markkinoille omalla, kotimaisten pankkien toimintatavasta poikkeavalla toimintamallilla. Paikallisuuteen ja kustannustehokkuuteen perustuva malli on toiminut Ruotsissa jo 1970-luvulta lähtien. 1990-luvulla pankki laajensi toimintaansa muihin pohjoismaihin ja 2000-luvulla ympäri maailman.

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Useat ”uuden” talouden piirteet, kuten ympäristön ennustamattomuus, globalisaatio, vapaa kauppa ja teknologian leviäminen, ovat lisänneet organisaatioiden muutospaineita. Yritysostoista on tullut resurssien ja markkinavoiman hankkimistyökalu, jonka avulla yritykset voivat kohdata ympäristön niille asettamat haasteet sekä hyödyntää markkinoiden tarjoamat mahdollisuudet. Yritysostojen onnistumisprosentit ovat kuitenkin olleet alhaiset, mahdollisesti siitä syystä, että yritysostoissa on keskitytty taloudellisiin ja oikeudellisiin asioihin henkilöstöprosessien kustannuksella. Tästä syystä henkilöstöjohtamista ja erityisesti integraatiojohtamista on enenevässä määrin pidetty tärkeänä yritysostojen onnistumisen kannalta. Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkasteltiin yritysostojen vaikutuksia yritysten henkilöstöön ja yrityskulttuureihin. Tutkimuksessa verrattiin kolmen eri yrityksen kohdalla suoritettuja yritysostoprojekteja, ja niissä esiin tulleita ongelmakohtia. Vertailut osoittivat yritysostojen merkitsevän henkilöstölle suurta epävarmuutta, jota voitiin vähentää muun muassa toimivalla sisäisellä viestinnällä ja suunnitelmallisella muutosjohtamisella. Suurimmiksi ongelmiksi koettiin ostokohteen maantieteellinen etäisyys ostavasta yrityksestä, pienen ja ison yrityksen kulttuurien yhteensovittaminen sekä henkilöstön huomiointi yritysostotilanteessa ja sen jälkeen.

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Työn tavoitteen oli selvittää mitä erityspiirteitä suomalaisissa listaamattomissa osakeyhtiöissä on ja niiden pohjalta ymmärtää minkälainen hallituksen ja toimitusjohtajan välinen suhde on. Tutkimusmetodologia oli empiirinen eksploratiivinen tutkimus ja tutkimusmenetelmä oli kvalitatiivinen perustuen seitsemään teemahaastatteluun. Tutkimuksen tuloksena oli, että osakeyhtiöt ovat erilaisia perustuen yhtiön omistajamäärään, omistuksen hajaantumiseen ja omistajien aktiivisuuteen. Pääsääntöisesti omistajat ovat lähellä yhtiön toimin- taa. Omistajat rakentavat yrityskulttuuria palkkaamalla hallituksen jäseniksi kulloiseenkin tilanteeseen sopivimmat henkilöt. Suomalaisia toimitusjohtajia pidetään ihmiskäsitykseltään pääsääntöisesti stewardeina ja ihmiskäsitykseen vaikuttaa olennaisesti kulttuurimme. Luottamus on hallituksen ja toimitusjohtajan välisen suh- teen kulmakiviä.

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The purpose of the study was to describe the experiences of received support of aging employees and their work related self-image in changing working environments. Firstly, theaim was to discover how the support from organisations and leaders was verified. Secondly, the aim was to get answers how employees experienced themselves as workers and as learners in the current work context. Thirdly, the aim was to compare different knowledge information stages and company cultures and how they have influenced the experiences of professional competence development among aging employees. In addition the education- and career backgrounds were investigated to gain more understanding of their role in experiencing support and relation to the occupational self-image. The theoretical frame of reference of this researchis multidisciplinary. The theoretical part focuses on the meaning of work for human being from a sociological, late-modern perspective. On the other hand it examines the ageing process from a physiological and also from a perspective of age discrimination and life control. The occupational selfimage and the strength of motivation has an effect on learning in working life which is crucial and firmpart individual trajectories. According to the theoretical review company culture, leadership and especially the managers' role as a creator of a learning atmosphere are increasingly critical for aging adults' learning when the role of informal work-based learning is increasing. The empirical data was collected with aquestionnaire and interviews, which were carried out in May to October 2001. The data consists of 263 respondents of which further eight persons were interviewed. All respondents were over the age of 45 and represented all levels of their organisations in an IT-technology firm and a chemical industry plant. The central findings in this research show that the aging adults have experienced that theemployers do care about the development of their occupational skills. On the other hand there are fewer concrete activities to reveal this support. There is anobvious disproportion between the expressed aims and the realisation of the activities. Signs of age discrimination are few. The style of management has becomemore supporting for self directed activities which are seen to support adults learning. Higher education and individual activity to seek possibilities to learnwere encouraging the development of occupational skills. Age itself was not a crucial aspect when comparing the experiences among younger (45-54 years) and older (55-64 years) groups. Job satisfaction and professional self esteem seemed tobe considerably strong. The individual characteristics were more important elements in developing occupational skills than the age. The degree of anxiety at work was low. In addition among the older group the strong feeling of coherence and the occupational self image were significant for supporting the professional competence. The motivation to learn was also stable. Among the seniors there was some slight evidence of declining motivation. In the IT-firm the support was experienced stronger for aging employees than in the chemical industry plant. Thosewho had experienced support in the chemical industry plant had higher educational background than the others. In IT-firm they also experienced more support from the manager than in the chemical industry plant. The results show that it is more likely that the differences are caused mostly by the stage of information intensity and the character of company culture which is determined by the activities. IT-business demands constantly accommodation to changes and the chemical industry plant which is representing more traditional business field, where the atmosphere of learning is determined by the traditions of company culture, the changes are carried out slowly.

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Cleaner technologies include products, services, technologies, processes and systems that in use create less environmental hazard than the existing alternatives. Rapidly growing cleantech sector possesses an essential competitive advantage in the future. However, no profound research has been conducted on the characteristics of cleaner technologies and their effect on the commercialization process. This thesis aims at synthesizing scattered information and creating a basis for accelerating cleaner technology commercialization in Finnish context. Two research questions are defined: 1. What are the key challenges and success factors in the commercialization of cleaner technologies based on the existing literature? 2. What kind of lessons can be learned from the Finnish success stories of cleantech commercialization? The research was conducted as a literature review and supported with three case interviews. The results suggest that literature-based challenges are mostly related to, for example, difficulty in gathering customer information, unrealistic customer expectations, lack of resources, networks and proper success indicators, legislation, and unstructured strategy planning stemming from company culture. Handling the barriers require, above all, open communication from all stakeholders, management commitment and accurate goal setting, government-driven funding and incentives, and cooperation with educational facilities. Finnish success cases emphasize especially customer attention: listening to customers and receiving feedback from them during the whole commercialization process to correct the errors early and save resources, visionary in fulfilling customer needs, ability to question company’s own business performance, not being afraid of making mistakes but learning from them, and continuously observing and evaluating the commercialization process.

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Tulevaisuutta ei voi ennustaa, mutta siihen voi varautua ja pyrkiä vaikuttamaan. Toimintaympäristön muutokset ovat tänä päivänä entistä nopeampia. Yritysten on kyettävä varautumaan näihin yllättäviin tilanteisiin ja rakennettava toimintansa tulevaisuuden haasteiden voittamiseksi. Tämä diplomityö pyrkii selvittämään, miten suomalaiset yritykset osaavat hyödyntää ennakointimenetelmiä strategiasuunnitte-lussa. Tutkimuksen kohderyhmäksi on valittu Messujärjestäjien Union ry:n jäsenyritykset. Ko. yritykset ovat pääsääntöisesti pk-yrityksiä, joilla on rajalliset resurssit strategiseen suunnitteluun ja ennakointiin. Työn tavoitteena on myös laatia messu-yhtiöille ehdotus niille parhaiten soveltuvista ennakointimenetelmistä. Tämän diplomityön teoriaosuus perustuu laajaan kirjallisuustutkimukseen. Työn empiiristä osaa varten on tutkittu Lahden Messut Oy:n strategia- ja suunnitteluaineistoja sekä toteutettu ko. aiheisiin liittyvä Survey-kyselytutkimus. Tutkimukseen osallistuivat Messujärjestäjien Unionin jäsenyritykset sekä 25 muuta yritystä. Ympäristö on täynnä heikkoja signaaleja. Niiden aikainen tunnistaminen ja analysointi antavat yrityksille lisäaikaa reagoida niiden tuomiin muutoksiin. Ennakoinnin ja ennakointimenetelmien integrointi yritysten strategiseen suunnitteluun antaa merkittävää kilpailuetua ja luo samalla yrityksiin tulevaisuusajattelukulttuurin. Strategisessa suunnittelussa ja tulevaisuuden ennakoinnissa henkilöstön ja asiakkaiden osaamista tulee hyödyntää entistä enemmän. Tämän diplomityön kirjallisuusselvitysten ja empiirisen kyselytutkimuksen perusteella voidaan todeta, että suomalaisten yritysten strategia-ja ennakointiosaaminen ei ole hyvällä tasolla. Jatkossa yritysten on panostettava näihin osaamisalueisiin, jotta maamme kilpailukyky paranisi nykyisestään.

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Pro gradu -tutkielmassa selvitettiin organisaatiokulttuurin vaikutusta tiedon jakamiseen sekä tiedon jakamisen edistämistä asiantuntijaorganisaatiossa. Tavoitteena oli kehittää toimeksiannosta Fingrid Oyj:n tiedon jakamisen käytäntöjä sekä määrittää yhtiölle tavoitekulttuurin piirteet, joihin johto voi sitoutua ja jota kohti organisaatio voi kehittyä. Tutkimus toteutettiin pääosiltaan kvalitatiivisena tutkimuksena ja tutkimusotteena oli toimintatutkimus. Tutkimuksessa perehdyttiin aikaisempiin tiedon jakamista ja organisaatiokulttuurin yhteyttä selvittäneisiin tutkimuksiin. Case-yrityksen henkilöstön näkemykset nykyisestä organisaatiokulttuurista kartoitettiin hyödyntäen Cameron & Quinnin kilpailevien arvojen mallia. Pöytätutkimuksena tutustuttiin organisaation eri dokumentteihin, strategiaan, arvoihin ja ohjeisiin. Lisäksi toteutettiin 10 kpl teemahaastatteluita yhtiön organisaatiokulttuurista ja tiedon jakamisen edistämisen keinoista. Tulosten mukaan organisaatiokulttuurilla ja tiedon jakamisella on yhteys toisiinsa. Tälle löydettiin vahvistusta aikaisempien tutkimusten lisäksi myös case-yrityksen käytänteistä. Kulttuurit, joissa vuorovaikutus on avointa ja valtasuhteet matalia ja joissa kannustetaan kollektiiviseen tekemiseen yksilösuoritusten sijasta, suosivat tiedon jakamista tiedon panttaamisen sijasta. Case-yrityksen organisaatiokulttuurin dominoiviksi piirteiksi muodostuivat hierarkinen ja ryhmäkulttuuri: hierarkisuus näkyy yrityksen toiminnan ohjauksessa runsaina ohjeina ja sääntöinä, silti yrityksen ilmapiiri on epämuodollinen, organisaatiomalli on matala ja päätöksentekojärjestelmässä valtaa on jalkautettu alaspäin. Yrityksen kulttuurin todettiin tukevan tiedon jakamisen käytänteitä. Toimintatutkimuksessa Fingrid Oyj:lle määriteltiin yhdessä ylimmän johdon kanssa tavoitekulttuurin piirteet, linjattiin miten kulttuurin tulee näkyä esimiestyössä sekä laadittiin ehdotuksia tiedon jakamisen kehittämiseksi yhtiössä.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the employer brand image and its formation of a Finnish (yet international) service company in B2B sector. In the research qualitative case study method was used to explore the most preferred attributes in employer attraction, the employer brand perceptions towards the case company, and the effectors behind these brand perceptions among the prospective group of employees. The research was conducted through in-depth semistructured interviews among 23-30 undergraduate or graduate business students in Finnish universities close to their graduation. After deriving the attributes of an attractive employer, and exploring their relation to the case company, the employer brand image of the case company was determined and its attractiveness level evaluated. Moreover, the formation of the employer brand image was investigated and its sources detected. The most important factors for the target group in employer attractiveness were found to be company reputation and company culture/work atmosphere. Also career opportunities and international opportunities were seen important. The case company was found to hold a positive, attractive image on company culture and international opportunities, but failing to hold a good reputation as a fair employer. The main and most impactful source of employer brand image was former and current employees - directly or indirectly. Company’s own actions played only small part in employer brand formation as credibility is a critical factor in brand image formation and corporate communication found not to be perceived genuine. Based on the findings, suggestions for further employer branding were made.