This study contributes to research on Quality in Education and examines what possibilities now ex... more This study contributes to research on Quality in Education and examines what possibilities now exist for schools to reinvent and transform using technology-based systems as part of the equation. It is speculated that the pandemic has changed the future of work emphasizing hybrid solutions and networking. The purpose of this article is to present findings from phase two of the qualitative case study to examine what happened to a private school when it went “hybrid on a dime” to maintain attractive quality education.
Leadership, Education, Personality: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Networking is promoted as vital for contemporary organizational development, yet little research ... more Networking is promoted as vital for contemporary organizational development, yet little research exists on how networks can be designed within organizations to strengthen the infrastructure toward agility and responsiveness. In this article, we examine findings from an ethnographic study to explore the application of networking as a management strategy to foster adaptability and responsiveness to both emerging internal and external needs.
This book is an elegy of education in the industrial civilization and a prelude of educational in... more This book is an elegy of education in the industrial civilization and a prelude of educational innovation in an information age. It is written by authors with multi-disciplinary background and years of experiences in educational reform and exploration. The authors explore the shift and innovation of educational paradigms in the 21st century, an age of information and globalization. Guided by the theories and methods of systems science (chaos), this book critically reviews the mechanical view of change, presents some exploratory research and practices with an insight into organization management, and proposes an organic emergent methodology of change. This casts light on school reinvention on the edge of chaos and paves a way for creating global learning centers in the 21st century while unfolding the mission and future of schools as global learning centers. This book is a necessity for 21st century education reformers who want to broaden their horizons and knowledge. It will bring t...
The use of systems thinking to shape organizations is opening new doors for schools to address th... more The use of systems thinking to shape organizations is opening new doors for schools to address the complex challenges of learning and work. Today's schools continue to seek ways to transform systems of work to prepare our young people for the twenty-first century. To accomplish this will require altering work culture patterns.
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the concept of long-term thinking in a non-busines... more PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the concept of long-term thinking in a non-business context to gain deeper insights into bridging the gap between the theory of long-term thinking and its application as a management strategy.Design/methodology/approachTo explore the concept of long-thinking further in a non-business setting, a grounded theory study was conducted with preschool leaders in a municipality in Sweden to examine how the leaders describe, define and apply the concept of long-term thinking in their schools. Interviews with school leaders, both written and oral, were used for data collection.FindingsThis study illustrates that the concept of long-term thinking can be twofold. First, the description can be as an anchor that reflects a mission. Second, the description can be a steering mechanism that guides decision-making. The findings also reinforce the importance of organisations developing an organisational culture that connect their vision and goals with the...
In 2015, a project was initiated to explore how quality can be enhanced in Swedish businesses by ... more In 2015, a project was initiated to explore how quality can be enhanced in Swedish businesses by developing an internal coaching process to support value-based leadership development. The three–yea ...
There is a strong relationship between employee satisfaction and organizational results and using... more There is a strong relationship between employee satisfaction and organizational results and using an employee surveys effectively could support quality improvements and organizational culture. The ...
International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences, 2016
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and synthesize approaches to studying Lean trans... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and synthesize approaches to studying Lean transformation to further develop a comprehensive approach that integrates organizational culture analysis and performance measurement systems from a systems perspective. Design/methodology/approach This paper is conceptual in nature and based on a review of the literature in the areas of measuring Lean transformation and studying organizational culture. Three questions guide this conceptual analysis: “What approaches have been used to examine Lean transformation in business and public sector organizations?”; “Is there evidence of a focus on organizational culture in the measurement practices in Lean transformation and, if so, how?”; and “What can we learn from organizational cultural theorists about developing a more comprehensive framework to study Lean transformation?”. The analysis was conducted in two phases: In Phase 1, a database search was conducted using the key words Lean transforma...
Schools and communities in partnership to foster entrepreneurship education. : European Education... more Schools and communities in partnership to foster entrepreneurship education. : European Educational Research Conference 2004
What is education in entrepreneurship education? : Paper presented at NFPF/NERA-conference in Osl... more What is education in entrepreneurship education? : Paper presented at NFPF/NERA-conference in Oslo, March 10-12, 2005.
Entrepreneurship Education: A Model for Stimulating Learning and School Development in the Knowle... more Entrepreneurship Education: A Model for Stimulating Learning and School Development in the Knowledge Age?
Many researchers, and policy makers, across Europe emphasise entrepreneurship education as the wa... more Many researchers, and policy makers, across Europe emphasise entrepreneurship education as the way to a future new welfare society. Why? The aim of this paper is to discuss critically entrepreneurship education, starting in contemporary European research on entrepreneurship. Earlier research defines entrepreneurship as a temporary process of innovation, only possible in capitalistic societies. In more recent research entrepreneurship is located within the entrepreneur, to a limited number of traits typical for the entrepreneurial personality despite its surroundings. Environmental or cultural factors are treated as either to promote or inhibit entrepreneurial behaviour/personality. The locus to specific traits of the individual is the logic behind the, normative and quite naive, favouring of entrepreneurship education. Entrepreneurship education, characterised by learning by doing, practice-orientation, and so on, is viewed as the way to foster the right kind of individuals; individuals with the specific traits who form a kind of inner resources that can be profitable on the global market. In this perspective, entrepreneurship education seems to be a part of the ongoing neo liberal oriented restructuring process, which is sweeping through Europe, and the writings on entrepreneurship education can be understood as a specific political/ideological activity.
This study contributes to research on Quality in Education and examines what possibilities now ex... more This study contributes to research on Quality in Education and examines what possibilities now exist for schools to reinvent and transform using technology-based systems as part of the equation. It is speculated that the pandemic has changed the future of work emphasizing hybrid solutions and networking. The purpose of this article is to present findings from phase two of the qualitative case study to examine what happened to a private school when it went “hybrid on a dime” to maintain attractive quality education.
Leadership, Education, Personality: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Networking is promoted as vital for contemporary organizational development, yet little research ... more Networking is promoted as vital for contemporary organizational development, yet little research exists on how networks can be designed within organizations to strengthen the infrastructure toward agility and responsiveness. In this article, we examine findings from an ethnographic study to explore the application of networking as a management strategy to foster adaptability and responsiveness to both emerging internal and external needs.
This book is an elegy of education in the industrial civilization and a prelude of educational in... more This book is an elegy of education in the industrial civilization and a prelude of educational innovation in an information age. It is written by authors with multi-disciplinary background and years of experiences in educational reform and exploration. The authors explore the shift and innovation of educational paradigms in the 21st century, an age of information and globalization. Guided by the theories and methods of systems science (chaos), this book critically reviews the mechanical view of change, presents some exploratory research and practices with an insight into organization management, and proposes an organic emergent methodology of change. This casts light on school reinvention on the edge of chaos and paves a way for creating global learning centers in the 21st century while unfolding the mission and future of schools as global learning centers. This book is a necessity for 21st century education reformers who want to broaden their horizons and knowledge. It will bring t...
The use of systems thinking to shape organizations is opening new doors for schools to address th... more The use of systems thinking to shape organizations is opening new doors for schools to address the complex challenges of learning and work. Today's schools continue to seek ways to transform systems of work to prepare our young people for the twenty-first century. To accomplish this will require altering work culture patterns.
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the concept of long-term thinking in a non-busines... more PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the concept of long-term thinking in a non-business context to gain deeper insights into bridging the gap between the theory of long-term thinking and its application as a management strategy.Design/methodology/approachTo explore the concept of long-thinking further in a non-business setting, a grounded theory study was conducted with preschool leaders in a municipality in Sweden to examine how the leaders describe, define and apply the concept of long-term thinking in their schools. Interviews with school leaders, both written and oral, were used for data collection.FindingsThis study illustrates that the concept of long-term thinking can be twofold. First, the description can be as an anchor that reflects a mission. Second, the description can be a steering mechanism that guides decision-making. The findings also reinforce the importance of organisations developing an organisational culture that connect their vision and goals with the...
In 2015, a project was initiated to explore how quality can be enhanced in Swedish businesses by ... more In 2015, a project was initiated to explore how quality can be enhanced in Swedish businesses by developing an internal coaching process to support value-based leadership development. The three–yea ...
There is a strong relationship between employee satisfaction and organizational results and using... more There is a strong relationship between employee satisfaction and organizational results and using an employee surveys effectively could support quality improvements and organizational culture. The ...
International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences, 2016
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and synthesize approaches to studying Lean trans... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and synthesize approaches to studying Lean transformation to further develop a comprehensive approach that integrates organizational culture analysis and performance measurement systems from a systems perspective. Design/methodology/approach This paper is conceptual in nature and based on a review of the literature in the areas of measuring Lean transformation and studying organizational culture. Three questions guide this conceptual analysis: “What approaches have been used to examine Lean transformation in business and public sector organizations?”; “Is there evidence of a focus on organizational culture in the measurement practices in Lean transformation and, if so, how?”; and “What can we learn from organizational cultural theorists about developing a more comprehensive framework to study Lean transformation?”. The analysis was conducted in two phases: In Phase 1, a database search was conducted using the key words Lean transforma...
Schools and communities in partnership to foster entrepreneurship education. : European Education... more Schools and communities in partnership to foster entrepreneurship education. : European Educational Research Conference 2004
What is education in entrepreneurship education? : Paper presented at NFPF/NERA-conference in Osl... more What is education in entrepreneurship education? : Paper presented at NFPF/NERA-conference in Oslo, March 10-12, 2005.
Entrepreneurship Education: A Model for Stimulating Learning and School Development in the Knowle... more Entrepreneurship Education: A Model for Stimulating Learning and School Development in the Knowledge Age?
Many researchers, and policy makers, across Europe emphasise entrepreneurship education as the wa... more Many researchers, and policy makers, across Europe emphasise entrepreneurship education as the way to a future new welfare society. Why? The aim of this paper is to discuss critically entrepreneurship education, starting in contemporary European research on entrepreneurship. Earlier research defines entrepreneurship as a temporary process of innovation, only possible in capitalistic societies. In more recent research entrepreneurship is located within the entrepreneur, to a limited number of traits typical for the entrepreneurial personality despite its surroundings. Environmental or cultural factors are treated as either to promote or inhibit entrepreneurial behaviour/personality. The locus to specific traits of the individual is the logic behind the, normative and quite naive, favouring of entrepreneurship education. Entrepreneurship education, characterised by learning by doing, practice-orientation, and so on, is viewed as the way to foster the right kind of individuals; individuals with the specific traits who form a kind of inner resources that can be profitable on the global market. In this perspective, entrepreneurship education seems to be a part of the ongoing neo liberal oriented restructuring process, which is sweeping through Europe, and the writings on entrepreneurship education can be understood as a specific political/ideological activity.
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