Organisations and the sixth wave: Are ethics transforming our economies in the coming decades?

Kurki, Sofi; Wilenius, Markku

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2014.09.001

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“…The drivers for change from the society of material needs to the society of intangible needs come on one hand from the saturation of the need for material goods for producing wellbeing. This driver is supported by evidence of increasing environmental stress caused by industrial production and unmet spiritual needs of people that together result in wide-spread discontentment [25]. For Malaska, a shift to a new phase means a shift in the primary focus of activities, it does not mean abandoning the previous activities.…”

Section: The Society Of Intangible Needsmentioning

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Wilenius

2016

Eur J Futures Res

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Modes of organising have an indirect relationship with the new key technologies as enablers of new forms of organisation. The effect is twofold: first the emergent technologies bring more efficiency to traditional organising, while at the same time inspiring ideas about new ways to approach the everyday life of organisations. Secondly, the metaphors and models based on new technology are applied to building new forms of organisational interaction. In this article we argue that the metaphors that are currently beginning to affect organisations on a larger scale are derived from networked communication technology. Pentti Malaska, a Finnish Futures Researcher, based his theory of societal change on the idea that societal forms build upon one another as a succession of needs that remain unfulfilled by the previous stage of development. He presents the next stage as society of intangible needs, where the focus of human activities will move to interaction between people. We present the results of an investigation of two case studies: Finnish IT-consultancy firm Reaktor, and Buurtzorg, a Dutch home care organisation. They both have adopted networked practices that question the traditional command and control management structures, and replace them with self-organisation, social control, and trust. In our research we are focusing especially on how technology affects the way these organisations approach their employees and clients. These empirical findings are reflected against the theory of society of intangible needs for contextualising the results, and drawing out their potential implications for the organisations and working life in the coming decades.

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Section: The Society Of Intangible Needsmentioning

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Wilenius

2016

Eur J Futures Res

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“…Traces of this discussion can be seen in some current works at the FFRC, especially the research into the sixth Kondratieff wave (Kurki and Wilenius 2015), future generations (Gáspár and Laurén 2013), technologically oriented future visions, especially robotization (Kaivo-oja et al 2017), social media and internet (Ahlqvist et al 2008, 2010; Heinonen 2016; Linturi et al 2014), and digital meanings society (Heinonen and Ruotsalainen 2012; Ruotsalainen et al 2016).…”

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“…Some earlier studies based on the concept of visionary leadership or visionary management were done in cooperation with metal industry corporations (Malaska and Holstius 1999; Malaska et al 1984). Contemporary work is focused on studying organizational culture and management practices (Kurki and Wilenius 2015; Kurki et al 2016).…”

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Focused Futures from Finland

Tapio

Heinonen

2018

World Futures Review

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The purpose of this article is to review the futures studies activities performed in Finland, focusing especially on Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC). The activities include research, education as well as societal interaction and networking. The FFRC has proceeded from a small unit of three devoted persons in 1992 to one of the key futures research institutes in Europe with about fifty staff members, hundreds of research and developmental projects, and more than a thousand publications. Although acknowledging the variety of futures studies topics and approaches nourished by the researchers, we conclude that facilitating expert-based and stakeholder-based futures studies processes is the key competence of the FFRC. Hybrid methods are continuously developed, meaning combinations of more specific techniques. A proper mix of tools and approaches to gather, analyze, organize, and interpret data is always searched for. At the end of the article, we present four scenarios of the future of the FFRC jointly made by the staff.

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“…La teoría de Kondratieff describe la manera en que las sociedades se desarrollan a través de olas socioeconómicas que duran de cuarenta a sesenta años. De acuerdo con los acontecimientos de la crisis mundial de 2008, en la actualidad se está experimentando el final de la quinta ola -caracterizada por la productividad laboral-y el inicio de una sexta -que se enfoca en la productividad de los recursos naturales-, con nuevos detonantes para el desarrollo social, tecnológico y económico que buscan dar solución al cambio climático, previniendo así la destrucción de los ecosistemas (Kurki & Wilenius, 2014).…”

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Los beneficios de la responsabilidad social empresarial: una revisión literaria

Jaimes-Valdez

Hernández²,

Jiménez³

2021

Tiempo y economía

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La situación mundial actual, caracterizada por problemáticas de tipo social, medio ambiental y económico, plantea la necesidad de nuevas formas de organización. Existen algunos temas que podrían ayudar al respecto, como la responsabilidad social empresarial. Sin embargo, existe confusión en cuanto a los beneficios que esta aporta. Por ello, se realiza una revisión literaria para proporcionar al lector una introducción sobre este tema. Los hallazgos señalan que la responsabilidad social empresarial tiene una relación positiva con temas relevantes como la reputación corporativa, la intención de compra, el voluntarismo, el compromiso, la sostenibilidad y el desempeño organizacional, entre otros. Por ende, es necesario continuar con el desarrollo teórico y práctico de la responsabilidad social por parte de la academia y el sector empresarial, respectivamente.

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Organisations and the sixth wave: Are ethics transforming our economies in the coming decades?

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