Management and Organisation

The Department of Management and Organisation

The Department of Management and Organisation is responsible for four major study areas at Hanken:

1. Management and Organisation
2. Entrepreneurship, Management and Organisation
3. Information Systems Science
4. Politics and Business

It arranges a wide range of M.Sc. and Ph.D. courses, covering areas such as strategy, knowledge management, management information systems, human resource management and development, leadership, organisation theory and entrepreneurship in national as well as international settings. Those interested to do so will find details of all available courses in the Study Handbook

The department is represented both in Helsinki and in Vaasa, with around 40 staff in the former location and more than 10 in the latter. It is also very active internationally. The Department's own scholars have taught, studied or done research at well-known schools such as INSEAD and Stanford, and visiting professors from similarly high-level foreign schools are regularly attached to the Department.

The Department offers an innovative and challenging learning environment for students interested in the human side of management.

The Department of Management and Organisation is committed to excellence in gender equality as part of its mission, in accordance with Hanken's Gender Equality Plan. Please read more here: Gender Excellence Group [doc] 41k

Visiting Address: Casa Academica, Perhonkatu 6 B, 4th floor
Postal Address: Hanken School of Economics
Department of Management and Organisation
P.O. BOX 479, FIN-00101 Helsingfors, Finland

Fax: +358-(0)9-43133 275

Head of Department: Professor Ingmar Björkman, Ph.D.
Amanuenses: Tanja Dahlgrén, tel. +358-(0)40 3521 397,Christoffer Slotte tel. +358 - (0)40 3521 496

Helpdesk: floinfo@hanken.fi

Service for students

Please contact the amanuenses in questions concerning: updating study periods, acceptance of courses from other universities, department's study guidance, registration of courses

Please contact the Helpdesk in questions concerning: course material, signing up for groups, other questions related to courses

The Subject Management and Organisation

How do companies function in today's turbulent environment? How can their ways of functioning be developed? These are central issues within the subject of Management and Organisation.

Today, a strong vision and a viable competitive strategy is a basic requirement for business success. Courses in management and international business therefore constitute an important part of this subject's curriculum. Another central tenet within the subject is that a firm's employees should be seen as one of its major strategic resources. The management and development of competences - both individual and collective - accordingly emerges as a central element in the instruction provided by the Department. Finally, the courses within the subject reflect the Department's conviction that a good understanding of individual and group behaviour in organisations is imperative for managerial success in tomorrow's business world.

Contact person in Helsinki:
Professor Ingmar Björkman
Tfn.: +358-(0)40 7040291
Fax: +358-(0)9-431 33 275
E-mail: ingmar.bjorkman (at)hanken.fi

The Subject Entrepreneurship and Management

Studies in Entrepreneurship and Management are an exciting expedition, focusing explicitly on the small company and the challenges and opportunities it offers.

The expedition is an end in itself, guided by the following three principles:

1. Starting your own business after completing your studies in Entrepreneurship and Management is not mandatory. Should you decide to go for it, however, excellent support is available: the department is one of the co-organisers of the international business plan competition Venture Cup.
2. Among the most important aspects within the major Entrepreneurship and Management are capacities for holistic thinking and resource combination, aiming at the creation of new innovative solutions. Since we live as we teach, a student's degree is underpinned by Hanken's broad selection of courses.
3. We strongly believe in the small company and its capability to expand. That, if anything, is the core of the courses we offer: 'Tillväxtföretaget' and 'Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice'.

Contact person in Helsinki:
Professor Martin Lindell
Tfn.: +358-(0)9 431 33 274
Fax: +358-(0)9 431 33 275
E-mail: martin.lindell(at)hanken.fi

Contact person in Vaasa:
Professor Sören Kock
Tfn.: +358-(0)6 - 35 33 722
Fax: +358-(0)6 - 35 33 702
E-mail: soren.kock(at)wasa.shh.fi

The Subject Information Systems Science

Our students learn how to plan, procure and implement IT-systems as well as to understand how these are utilised both operationally and strategically in companies. The different elements of this subject are:

Personal computing. All business students need basic knowledge in personal computing, including how computers and networks function as well as skills in the most common tools such as word processing, spreadsheet calculations, email and and Internet software.

Management information systems. This subject extends the perspective from the individual to how organisations can utilise IT for internal and external (customers, partners) communications and information systems. Subject areas such as marketing, e-commerce, communication in virtual teams, IT-strategies are also covered.

Systems development and programming. This area covers the planning and programming of IT-systems, including modern object-oriented methods. In particular, database techniques and Java programming are taught.

Contact person in Helsinki:
Professor Bo-Christer Björk
Tfn.: +358-(0)9 431 33 475
Fax: +358-(0)9 431 33 275
E-mail: bo-christer.bjork(at)hanken.fi

The Subject Politics and Business

Politics and Business specializes in the interaction between political and economic phenomena in society. The Swedish name of the subject, which includes the word 'economic' (Ekonomisk politologi), suggests Political Economy. Politics and Business at the school differs from Political Economy proper in that it is less connected with classical economics.

Contact person in Helsinki:
Assistant Professor Martin Fougère
Tfn.: +358-(0)40 3521 278
Fax: +358-(0)9 431 33 275
E-mail: martin.fougere@hanken.fi

Research in Management and Organisation

The Department of Management and Organisation provides an arena for national and international co-operative research. Both knowledge and research experience are offered, with relevance for both the international research community and the creation of management knowledge in private and public organisations. This is accomplished in a stimulating research climate with inspiring research and a history of successful postgraduate training.

The importance of international collaboration in all areas of activity is emphasised. Publishing high-quality research in leading international journals and publishing houses is a high priority. Active efforts have also been made to attract visiting scholars, with good results.

More information about the Department's research and its specific projects can be found in our research database Sordino CRIS.

• http://apps1.sordino.fi/db/hanken/crisuk.ns5
• LIIKE Research Programme

Management and Organisation Research Seminar

Seminar program, spring term 2010

The seminar sessions will be held in the FLO seminar room, Casa, 4th floor.

- Christoph Loch, INSEAD, Feb 10 at 14.00: How Top-Down and Bottom Up Strategy Processes are Combined in Manufacturing Organizations

- Henri Schildt, Imperial College (London), Feb 12 at 13.30: Categories as Concepts: Theorizing the Discursive Processes of Organizational Form Emergence

- Karl-Erik Sveiby, Beata Segercrantz and Pernilla Gripenberg, March 10: Unintended and Undesirable Consequences of Innovation. Presentation and discussion of an article submitted to Research Policy.

- Johanna Moisander, Rita Järventie-Thesleff, Aalto School of Economics, March 24 at 14.00. Topic (about strategy and brands) will be announced later.

- Marjut Jyrkinen & Linda McKie. April 7 at 14.00: Careerscapes: Introducing a Conceptual Framework.

- Robin Gustafsson, Aalto University School of Science and Technology, April 21 at 14.00. Topic (on institutions) will be announced later.

- Prof. Morten Huse, Oslo BI, April 28: Women at boards.

- Dr Nina Granqvist, Aalto School of Economics, May 19 at 14.00. Topic will be announced later.

Information about other seminars will be added later.

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Seminars at HSE, Friday 14-16, E-128 (Arkadia building, Lapuankatu 6)

Please consult the HSE website http://www.hse.fi

Doctoral Programme in the Department of Management and Organisation

Department of Management and Organisation has an ambitious doctoral studies programme that aims to provide students with in-depth knowledge of their own research area, the ability to apply research methods, and the ability to create new scholarly knowledge. The focus of the programme is to prepare the graduates for a career as researchers.

Doctoral studies in the Department of Management and Organisation includes a wide and challenging course programme which consists of three elements: 1) 30 ECTS courses taught at Hanken, 2) courses offered by the Finnish graduate school in business studies ( KATAJA), and 3) courses offered by three comprehensive international doctoral programs, in each of which Management and Organisation is the only Finnish participating business school unit:

• The Nordic Research School in International Business ( NORD-IB), a 30 ECTS programme offered collectively by the Aarhus Business School, the Copenhagen Business School, Hanken, the Norwegian School of Management, the Stockholm School of Economics, and Uppsala University.
• The European Doctoral School in Knowledge and Management ( EUDOKMA), an extensive programme consisting of intensive on-site courses offered by a network of European universities.
• The Nordic Research School in Interdisciplinary Gender Research, which offers a range of courses taught in the different Nordic countries

The research focus of Management and Organisation at Hanken is on management and human resources in globalising business organisations, reflecting the double processes of the globalising of and by business organisations; however, other organisations and the increasing interconnections of business and non-business organisations are also within the scope of study. The research focus is international and interdisciplinary, across organisation theory, organisation behaviour, international management, human resource management, knowledge management, strategy, gender studies, transnational studies, critical management studies, and the social sciences more generally. Management and Organisation currently has the following central research programmes:

I. Industrial restructuring in globalising organisations: Uncovering the cultural and political dynamics of international mergers and acquisitions;

II. Knowledge in globalising organisations: Explanatory mechanisms, measurements and performance implications;

III. Human Resource Management and employee wellbeing in globalising organisations: the role of the HR function, HRM practices, employee outcomes, and firm performance;

IV. Gender and diversity in globalising organisations: transnational management, policies and organising.

The doctoral programme includes also a student mentoring system, a PhD programme development committee consisting of professors and doctoral students that meets regularly, and extensive guidelines for the students. Furthermore, the students are strongly encouraged to spend at least one term as visiting student at foreign universities. Hanken is, for example, a member of the Scandinavian Consortium for Organisational Research at Stanford University that offers Hanken's PhD students a possibility to study at Stanford, California.

Venture Cup

Venture Cup Finland is a three-stage business plan competition for aspiring growth companies. The competition is primarily designed for researchers, teachers and students, yet it is open for everyone. Participating teams go through a demanding process of education, coaching and screening, which will develop business ideas into complete business plans.

Venture Cup is organised by universities, polytechnics, business incubators and technology centres.

Main sponsors are Ministry of Trade and Industry, Tekes and McKinsey&Company.

More information about Venture Cup.

Academic Business Consulting

ABC has consulted to the business world since the early 80's, and has been a joint-stock company since 1994. The company is operated by students, of which the majority are studying at the department of management and organisation. With the help of the school and an experienced instructor, members of the ABC carry out high-quality projects for business clients. The projects have to fulfil the requirements for a traditional pro-seminar project.

The Aktia Bank, Ericsson, Nokia and UPM have made use of ABC's services. ABC was in 1998 awarded the "Educational achievement of the year" by SEFE (Suomen Ekonomiliitto).

Contact and personal home pages

• Head of department and amanuensis

Subjects

• Management and Organisation
• Entrepreneurship and Management
• Information system science
• Politics and Business