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Reform af reformens form i den danske centraladministration fra 1920 til 2019
Full text linkDenne afhandling starter midt i dansk reformpraksis i 2015. Her beskriver Slotsholmens embedsmænd
reformer som ”diskurspåvirkning” og at ”ændre et mindset”. Embedsmændene arbejder
med reformbestræbelserne i en spænding mellem integritet og innovation, der samtidig
gør afbureaukratisering til en permanent modstand i reformarbejdet. Spørgsmålet er, hvordan
reformen er blevet til det, den er i dag. Hvad er reformens historie?
Udgangspunktet for afhandlingen er tre teser om reformer. Den første tese er, at spændingen
mellem integritet og innovation har sin egen semantiske historie. Den anden tese er, at
reformer formes gennem både bureaukratiet, men også som en modstand mod bureaukratiet. Når
betingelserne for at reformere bliver reformeret, har det betydning for den måde, hvorpå centraladministrationen
reformerer uddannelse. Den tredje tese er, at centraladministrationen sætter sig
selv på spil gennem reformer for at skabe sammenhæng og helhed. Reformbegrebets historie
viser baggrunden for reformernes form i dag og mulighedsbetingelserne for fremtidens reformer
31 værktøjer til den værdiskabende leder
Full text linkDenne bog er en praktikerguide og værktøjskasse med 31 værk-tøjer, så der er ét værktøj til hver dag i måneden! Ingen værktøjer præsenteres imidlertid, uden at det bagvedliggende dilemma, som værktøjet skal tjene til at håndtere, er blevet foldet ud. Vi forsøger på den måde at undgå, at læseren med rette kan spørge: ”Svaret er åbenbart værktøj XX eller YY, men hvad var spørgsmålet?”. Værktøjerne suppleres af et antal ”tankevækkere”, der i ordets bedste forstand vækker tankerne, for det er citater, facts og mini-cases, som nogle gange stryger værktøjet med hårene og andre gange giver et kritisk smæk med halen! Det er i samspillet mellem med- og modvind, at værktøjerne og deres dilemmaforståelse kan raffineres og oversættes til praktisk brug.Bogen er et resultat af projektet ”Ledelses-GPS til en ny tid: Fra komfortzone til konkurrencekraft”, som gennemføres i et tæt sam-arbejde mellem Copenhagen Business School, Aalborg Univer-sitet, Syddansk Universitet og NOCA. Projektet, der har modtaget en bevilling på 2,1 mio. kroner i kølvandet på Industriens Fonds temaindkaldelse om nye ledelsesprincipper, indebærer, at der efter en kortlægning af faglitteraturen om ledelsesdilemmaer blev skrevet en hvidbog herom og efterfølgende iværksat udviklings-projekter i elleve virksomheder, der afprøvede og producerede ny viden om dilemmaledelse i praksis. På basis af disse innovative interventionsforløb i virksomhederne er produceret denne praktikerguide og værktøjskasse, der kan skærpe virksomheders kompetence med hensyn til at håndtere vigtige ledelsesdilemmaer – og ultimativt føre til styrket konkur-renceevne i erhvervslivet og den offentlige sektor. Bogen efterføl-ges af en tematiserende debatbog, der sammenfatter projektets forløb og resultater. Den centrale målgruppe for bogen er ledere i private og offent-lige virksomheder. Hensigten er, at bogen kan inspirere ledere, HR-funktioner, ledelseskonsulenter, uddannelsesinstitutioner og reflekterende praktikere i almindelighed – og munde ud i en mere reflekteret håndtering af ledelsesdilemmaer i virksomhederne.Konsortiet bag projektet (CBS, SDU, AAU og NOCA) består af: Signe Vikkelsø, Henrik Holt Larsen, Mette Mogensen, Frans Bévort, Rikke Kr. Nielsen, Thomas Duus Henriksen, Anne-Mette Hjalager, Per Geisler Hansen, Jørgen Andersen og Danielle Bjerre Lyndgaard (associeret, DI Dansk Industri)
Gender, Fertility and Education
Full text linkThis Ph.D. thesis, titled Essays in Labor Markets – Gender, Fertility and Education, analyzes different
economic problems within the field of labor economics. It consists of three independent research
papers that can be read separately. Although the topic in each chapter is different, they have
common ground in the empirical methods applied.
The first chapter of this thesis, Does Early Childbearing Matter? New Approach Using Danish Register
Data, studies how women’s timing of fertility affects their long-term labor market outcomes. This
paper is currently resubmitted to the academic journal Labour Economics
A Comparative Study of the Policies on Inclusion and Equity in the Circumpolar North
Full text linkThis book celebrates the University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity. The Network was established in Ulan Ude, Republic of Buryatia in Russia, in 2015 with six founding member organisations from Finland, Canada, Russia, Scotland and Mongolia. Led by the University of Lapland, the Network is finding its feet and gradually establishing itself. In three years, it has grown quickly and currently hosts 22 organisations that share interest in promoting social justice and resilient societies through teacher education. The Network now includes institutions from all of the eight Arctic countries as well as Scotland, Mongolia and France.
The Network is in line with the Finnish Chairmanship of the Arctic Council’s priority area of education. From 2017 to 2019, the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group hosted the project ‘Teacher Education for Diversity and Equality in the Arctic’, which emphasises that teachers are the key factor in providing a quality education. To promote sustainable communities, teachers who work in the Arctic and in northern communities must be committed to their work and be inspired by the Arctic. The project has strengthened the Network of education specialists in the Arctic in cooperation with the University of the Arctic. This book is part of that project’s outcome and an excellent example of global networking
A Guidebook
Full text linkThis guidebook represents an elaborative study of blockchain technology and its potential in common supply chain management practices. Our aim is to create an easy-to-read handbook with which supply chain management professionals can develop a basic understanding of blockchain and how it can be applied within the industry. This is achieved through a practical approach by which we shed light on some of the key value drivers that blockchain can provide in modern supply chains, while elaborating on how the technology is already being tested in industry. Accordingly, this paper aims at enhancing the reader’s understanding of blockchain and how it can be applied in a supply chain context. While blockchain is still in its early adoption stage, the potential of the technology continues to prove itself through various pilot projects around the world. In particular, the combination of blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT)1 devices have proven particularly promising as it provides an automated and secure way to connect physical assets to the cloud. In multiple pilot projects, blockchain has been successful in facilitating end-to-end supply chain visibility. Blockchain is, however, not necessarily the right solution for all companies when it comes to creating supply chain visibility. Therefore, it is important for managers to thoroughly understand the fit between their supply chain and the desired technology, before considering implementing a blockchain solution. Firstly, the guidebook provides an understanding of the main elements of blockchain and its characteristics. In this section, we describe blockchain from both a technical and a practical point of view. Secondly, the characteristics of blockchain are analyzed in view of supply chain management and an overview of the various benefits it may provide, if implemented successfully, is presented. This part is complemented by other new technologies such as IoT, where we illustrate how blockchain can create synergies with other existing technologies that are used in the transport industry. This section concludes with an outline of challenges that are yet to be resolved regarding blockchain and its adoption in the supply chain industry. Thirdly, the guidebook discusses various real-life business cases to provide an overview of how blockchain is used to improve current processes. Finally, this guidebook provides an analysis of the current adoption stage of blockchain before rounding off with some practical steps for management to consider before commencing their first blockchain project
A Qualitative Exploration of Narrative Ecology in the Discursive Aftermath of Heroic Discourse
Full text linkThe phenomenology of trust and self-trust in narrative leadership identity constructions is a field
less explored within leadership studies. With a critical lens, this study approaches the construction
of leadership identity, offering a broadened perspective on post-heroic leadership identity
constructions. The investigation builds on an empirical inquiry based on qualitative interviews
with 20 leaders. The thesis examines aspects of the narrative ecology of trust and self-trust related
to leadership identity constructions in a post-heroic leadership context.
The investigation concentrates on how a dyadic coexistence of trust and self-trust in leadership
language can be understood to operate as an underlying potency in leadership identity
constructions. The discussion focuses on four main findings related to trust and self-trust in the
leaders’ stories. Based on an interpretative framework and building on a phenomenological and
ethnomethodological perspective, I show how Ladkin’s idea of the leadership moment, together
with Lührmann and Eberl’s identity theory as a model for leadership identity construction,
correspond to the theory of narrative ecology, wherein the leaders operate as creative bricoleurs
constructing their narrative identities by drawing upon resources in a narrative ecosystem.
The discussion attempts to elucidate how trust and self-trust provide agency for post-heroic
leadership mastery, replacing leadership agency associated with formal power and authority that
links to traditional leadership ideas. As part of this, the text examines how the heroic and postheroic
leadership paradigms operate as competing big “D” Discourses, occurring side by side in
the little “d” discursive leadership-as-talk identity context. My main argument is that the tensionfilled
contradiction between heroic and post-heroic leadership Discourse is resolved by metaphors
fuelled by notions of trust and self-trust in discursive leadership practices, which function as
narrative rescue remedies, providing the leader with identity resources that validate and stabilise
the identity construct.
In addition, a potential eclipse in the literature on trust in leadership research is examined, wherein
I point to the absence of risk in the empirical material of this project, and ask how this
nonappearance can be understood in a post-heroic leadership-identity context. Lastly, I look to
how the leadership identity construction project materialised in this study can be understood in
the light of a self-realisation, anti-establishment fashion in popular management
The Cultivation and Propagation of Aesthetic Experience after its Declaration of Independence
Full text linkA spirit has been conjured up and walks about in the Occident: the genie of aestheticism. In our day, a
decisive, overarching and comprehensive, turn to the aesthetic is making itself felt, particularly markedly in
the parts of the world affected by and looking to Western ways of life, but similarly to different extents across
the globe. As a result of this long-standing and sustained aesthetic turn, aesthetic perception and
aesthetically creative activity have become ubiquitously present and momentous. An ongoing and probably
long-lasting aesthetization manifests itself and becomes a matter of vital importance across a number of
traditionally well-established divides; and this testifies to the fact that the aesthetic has begun to assume a
substantial and increasing role and exert a decisive influence upon a number of practices, and in a number
of spheres, where it used to have an essentially subordinate role
Exploring Environmental Factors in the Icelandic Business Ethics Education
Full text linkIn close connection with the last global crisis, public debate on business ethics has intensified worldwide, particularly in apparently ethics-friendly environments such as Iceland because of political and corruption scandals. In this context, concern is increasing for enhancing business ethics in higher education curricula to improve ethical behavior of future business people. In this study, from a sample of 138 students of several Masters in Business Administration in an Icelandic university, the importance of Business Ethics is investigated. The aim of this paper is examining students’ overall perceptions of business ethics in friendly environments and, specifically, their views on the importance and objectives of Business Ethics Education. Our results show no significant (or weak) differences among students depending on individual and organizational factors. In comparison to the academic literature, this particularity can be due to environmental factors. Thus, ethics-friendly environments can be treated as contexts where general trends on students’ ethical attitudes are clearly visible. This fact places ethics-friendly environments as crucial research settings for further inquiring into the nuances that help explain students’ attitudes towards Business Ethics and the role of ethics courses in Masters in Business Administration curricula
