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Research paper thumbnail of Idea Exchange and Shared Understanding

Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal—Annual Review, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Idea Exchange and Shared Understanding

Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal—Annual Review, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Improvisation - intuition eller vetenskap?: metodiska och pedagogiska konsekvenser av 8 pianisters improvisationer

Research paper thumbnail of The Influence of Mindful Music Experience and Body Movement on Creative Productivity

Research paper thumbnail of Creativity for industrial renewal

Research paper thumbnail of Beskrivningsspråk i och för kreativ praxis :Idéutveckling under gruppsession

Background 235 Methodology 236 Descriptive languages 236 Reconsideration and timing 236 Referense... more Background 235 Methodology 236 Descriptive languages 236 Reconsideration and timing 236 Referenser 239 Appendix 1-Empiri (se bifogad DVD-skiva) 254

Research paper thumbnail of The Managers’ Directing Task

Research paper thumbnail of Ledarskap och relation: beskrivningssprak i kreativ praxis

Research paper thumbnail of Kaikaku - a complement to emergence based development

Research paper thumbnail of Leadership in Creative Environments: a descriptive and prescriptive study of perceived norms in leadership

Research paper thumbnail of Learning at the workplace : a research intervention

Research paper thumbnail of Languages for creative interaction: descriptive language in heteregeneous groups

The 10th European Conference on Creativity and Innovation Ecci X, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Managers in the Post-industrial Work System

Page 225. 215 Chapter 15 The Role of Managers in the Post-industrial Work System Tomas Backström,... more Page 225. 215 Chapter 15 The Role of Managers in the Post-industrial Work System Tomas Backström, Lena Wilhelmson, Mattias Åteg, Bengt Köping Olsson and Marie Moström Åberg This chapter examines the manager's ...

Research paper thumbnail of The language of interaction: creative tension in heterogeneous groups

Research paper thumbnail of Den hållbara och kreativa organisationen

Research paper thumbnail of Culture for Radical Innovation: What can business learn from creative processes of contemporary dancers?

Organizational Aesthetics, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Emergent leadership of creative groups

It is a win-win situation when an organization is able to take advantages of employee´s creativit... more It is a win-win situation when an organization is able to take advantages of employee´s creativity. We argue that creative developmental phases demands other kinds of patterns than production on daily basis, with maintained quality and efficiency. Thus collaborators need ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Manager in the Post-Industrial Work System

Research paper thumbnail of Enabling Transformative Learning in the Workplace: An Educative Research Intervention

Journal of Transformative Education, 2015

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Manager’s Task to Support Integrated Autonomy at the Workplace: Results from An Intervention

International Journal of Business and Management, 2013

A new managerial task arises in today's working life: to provide conditions for and influence int... more A new managerial task arises in today's working life: to provide conditions for and influence interaction between actors and thus to enable the emergence of organizing structure in tune with a changing environment. We call this the enabling managerial task. The goal of this paper is to study whether training first line managers in the enabling managerial task could lead to changes in the work for the subordinates. This paper presents results from questionnaires answered by the subordinates of the managers before and after the training. The training was organized as a learning network and consisted of eight workshops carried out over a period of one year (September 2009-June 2010), where the managers met with each other and the researchers once a month. Each workshop consisted of three parts, during three and a half hours. The first hour was devoted to joint reflection on a task that had been undertaken since the last workshop; some results were presented from the employee pre-assessments, followed by relevant theory and illuminating practices, finally the managers created new tasks for themselves to undertake during the following month. The subordinates' answers show positive change in all of the seventeen scales used to assess it. The improvements are significant in scales measuring the relationship between the manager and the employees, as well as in those measuring interaction between employees. It is concluded that the result was a success for all managers that had the possibility of using the training in their management work.

Research paper thumbnail of Idea Exchange and Shared Understanding

Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal—Annual Review, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Idea Exchange and Shared Understanding

Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal—Annual Review, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Improvisation - intuition eller vetenskap?: metodiska och pedagogiska konsekvenser av 8 pianisters improvisationer

Research paper thumbnail of The Influence of Mindful Music Experience and Body Movement on Creative Productivity

Research paper thumbnail of Creativity for industrial renewal

Research paper thumbnail of Beskrivningsspråk i och för kreativ praxis :Idéutveckling under gruppsession

Background 235 Methodology 236 Descriptive languages 236 Reconsideration and timing 236 Referense... more Background 235 Methodology 236 Descriptive languages 236 Reconsideration and timing 236 Referenser 239 Appendix 1-Empiri (se bifogad DVD-skiva) 254

Research paper thumbnail of The Managers’ Directing Task

Research paper thumbnail of Ledarskap och relation: beskrivningssprak i kreativ praxis

Research paper thumbnail of Kaikaku - a complement to emergence based development

Research paper thumbnail of Leadership in Creative Environments: a descriptive and prescriptive study of perceived norms in leadership

Research paper thumbnail of Learning at the workplace : a research intervention

Research paper thumbnail of Languages for creative interaction: descriptive language in heteregeneous groups

The 10th European Conference on Creativity and Innovation Ecci X, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Managers in the Post-industrial Work System

Page 225. 215 Chapter 15 The Role of Managers in the Post-industrial Work System Tomas Backström,... more Page 225. 215 Chapter 15 The Role of Managers in the Post-industrial Work System Tomas Backström, Lena Wilhelmson, Mattias Åteg, Bengt Köping Olsson and Marie Moström Åberg This chapter examines the manager's ...

Research paper thumbnail of The language of interaction: creative tension in heterogeneous groups

Research paper thumbnail of Den hållbara och kreativa organisationen

Research paper thumbnail of Culture for Radical Innovation: What can business learn from creative processes of contemporary dancers?

Organizational Aesthetics, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Emergent leadership of creative groups

It is a win-win situation when an organization is able to take advantages of employee´s creativit... more It is a win-win situation when an organization is able to take advantages of employee´s creativity. We argue that creative developmental phases demands other kinds of patterns than production on daily basis, with maintained quality and efficiency. Thus collaborators need ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Manager in the Post-Industrial Work System

Research paper thumbnail of Enabling Transformative Learning in the Workplace: An Educative Research Intervention

Journal of Transformative Education, 2015

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Manager’s Task to Support Integrated Autonomy at the Workplace: Results from An Intervention

International Journal of Business and Management, 2013

A new managerial task arises in today's working life: to provide conditions for and influence int... more A new managerial task arises in today's working life: to provide conditions for and influence interaction between actors and thus to enable the emergence of organizing structure in tune with a changing environment. We call this the enabling managerial task. The goal of this paper is to study whether training first line managers in the enabling managerial task could lead to changes in the work for the subordinates. This paper presents results from questionnaires answered by the subordinates of the managers before and after the training. The training was organized as a learning network and consisted of eight workshops carried out over a period of one year (September 2009-June 2010), where the managers met with each other and the researchers once a month. Each workshop consisted of three parts, during three and a half hours. The first hour was devoted to joint reflection on a task that had been undertaken since the last workshop; some results were presented from the employee pre-assessments, followed by relevant theory and illuminating practices, finally the managers created new tasks for themselves to undertake during the following month. The subordinates' answers show positive change in all of the seventeen scales used to assess it. The improvements are significant in scales measuring the relationship between the manager and the employees, as well as in those measuring interaction between employees. It is concluded that the result was a success for all managers that had the possibility of using the training in their management work.

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