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healthy successful companies: swedish leadership model gives competitive advantage iva’s project healthy successful companies (also called 3f) is a national programme for value-generating personnel development. Practical experience from companies is matched with research expertise in the field. The aim is to provide concrete results that show that personnel development measures are profitable, and to use networks to forge contacts between researchers and companies and among companies. This is done through knowledge exchange at national and regional seminars, in newsletters and reports, and especially through activities to bring people together within the three regional networks that have been formed in mälardalen, west sweden and south sweden. in june a national seminar took place called “swedish management – worth investing in?” The answer was that the swedish leadership model can absolutely provide an advantage in international competition, but that it needs to be marketed more successfully. “universities and the business world need to work together to develop strong and internationally attractive management programmes, and then market them. There is a risk that the swedish leadership model will be threatened and it’s therefore vital leif johansson, President and ceo of volvo group, is chairman of the steering committee of 3f. that we get together to demonstrate its benefits,” said christian Berggren, professor of industrial management at linköping university. he believes that one advantage with the swedish leadership culture is that successful companies have created a culture of openness; people can speak up when a project hits an obstacle. in more hierarchical cultures it is common to hide mistakes and companies therefore fail to learn the reason for a problem. Birgitta Johansson Hedberg, Chairman of Vinnova, was the keynote speaker at the seminar on Swedish management. Other participants included Niclas Adler, President of Jönköping International Business School, Mari-Ann Krantz, Chairman of Unionen, Ann-Charlotte Rosendahl, head of global marketing at AstraZeneca and Niklas Prager, CEO of Pfizer. 26 Birgitta johansson hedberg, chairman of vinnova, who has many years of leadership experience, believes that the strength of swedish management is characterised by sound analysis and a firm foundation among all parties in a company. it promotes participation and efficiency through dedicated employees and a climate of informal interaction. “The swedish management style today is more distinct and systematic than it was 25 years ago – which is a good thing. But it has not been able to attract young women to positions such as managing director or board member,” Birgitta johansson hedberg said. mari-Ann krantz, chairman of unionen, pointed out that in order to attract women and young people to be leaders, we need to develop the leadership role. “we need more research on the leadership role and it’s important to be able to balance work and family,” said mari-Ann krantz. Project director gunn johansson, professor at stockholm university looks forward in 2009 to summarising and passing on the experiences gathered during the course of the 3f project since 2004.
Framsyn för krisberedskap KommuniKations- och inFormationsFlöden Framsyn för krisberedskap När kriseN kommer 27 Framsyn för krisberedskap Ett systEmpErspEktiv på samhällEts krishantEring och krisbErEdskap emergency management foresight wants a clear division of responsibilities a clear division of responsibilities, and a model for decisions before, during and following an emergency are fundamental requirements for emergency management. This was expressed in the concluding report from the ivA project emergency management foresight. The project, aiming to find a new approach to bring about concrete changes in sweden’s management of emergencies, has been under way since 2006 and the concluding report was issued in february 2008. Market orientation – myths and opportunities with the support of iva and others, the mTc foundation (stiftelsen marknadstekniskt centrum) has produced a book on the myths and opportunities of market orientation. Professor lars-gunnar mattsson, stockholm school of economics and member of ivA’s division vi, is the book’s editor. The book’s main thesis is that companies must be market-oriented to be able to grow and be profitable. But market orientation requires an understanding of how markets work and change. in this book, leading swedish market and marketing researchers express their views on market orientation’s myths and opportunities. The book deals with how market orientation is affected by things like globalisation, information and production technology, service development, economic policy and the connection between cooperation and competition. important practical requirements include securing essential infrastructure through agreements with the owners, and developing procedures for emergency logistics, particularly for food and medicines. cooperation between players working with transport systems and within other sectors needs to be improved. Another important conclusion from the project is that sweden should invest in research and education for future emergency preparedness and management. society needs to invest in broad-scale communication initia- Framsyn för krisberedskap SamhällSkritiSka tranSporter tives for emergency management and create the necessary conditions for better evaluation and criticism of processes. in a crisis, public service announcements should be able to communicate independent and credible information, and mobile phones and Pcs should be used as receivers for important messages. At a concluding conference in february 2008, sweden’s minister for defence, sten Tolgfors, announced that the new swedish emergency management Agency (msB) would be formed in 2009. Quality project will highlight Swedish quality sweden’s ability to be competitive is dependent on the constant improvement of goods, services and processes. in 2008 ivA conducted a preliminary study in cooperation with the swedish institute for quality (siq) with chairman svenchrister nilsson taking the reins. The aim is to create a current picture of what quality stands for today, describe where sweden’s quality work stands in the world and what effect quality work can have on swedish competitiveness. The preliminary study consists of interviews, research and meetings.
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