The Nordic Model of Work Organization

Gustavsen, Bjørn

doi:10.1007/s13132-011-0064-5

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“…2). The organisation of work in the firms resembles the Nordic model of flat organisations, decentralisation of responsibility, and workers' engagement in frequent, incremental process innovations (Gustavsen 2011). Second, both firms benefit from close customer contact and working with demanding customers.…”

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“…These are characterised by variations in tasks, decentralisation of responsibilities and decisions, opportunities for use of initiative on the shop floor, and integration of learning and changes in work. Gustavsen (2011) refers to this type of organisation as the good work that was largely developed through the Nordic collaborative model and as a response to the previous emphasis on Fordist work organisations. The learning work organisation enables greater use of employees' expertise, experience, and initiative in innovation processes.…”

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Competitive firms in thin regions in Norway: The importance of workplace learning

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Isaksen

Karlsen

2015

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography

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The article departs from empirical studies of two competitive firms in an organisationally thin region in Norway. The main question in the article is how these firms have achieved global competitiveness. The article focuses its inquiry on how the firms organise their innovation activity, giving special attention to the firms' organisational learning and absorptive capacity. It is found that find that workplace learning enables the firms to utilise knowledge in uncommon ways. The learning rests on specific organisational traits in the firms, such as broad participation, long-term on-the-job training, the use of practice-based knowledge in innovation projects, and links to national and global knowledge sources. The characteristics of thin regions indicate that these traits make up a generally applicable strategy in such regions.

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Competitive firms in thin regions in Norway: The importance of workplace learning

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Isaksen

Karlsen

2015

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography

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“…It is also well documented from other fields of research that collaborative work forms are highly conducive to learning, enhancing a wide variety of skills (see, e.g., Johnson and Johnson (1989)). Norway, along with other Nordic countries, has traditionally been characterized as having a well-developed culture for employee participation, which may be explained by a long history of collaboration between the main partners of the working life, along with large-scale action research projects that have actively aimed at creating a culture for such collaboration and participation (Gustavsen 2011;Qvale 2011).…”

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User-Producer Dialogue, Workplace Innovation, and Knowledge in a Regional Innovation System

Svare

2014

J Knowl Econ

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This study aims at creating new knowledge about the connections between regional innovation systems, the enterprises they enclose, and their individual employees in order to better understand the enterprises' innovation processes. A particular focus is directed at the interaction of these employees both within their own enterprises and with individuals and institutions outside them, along with the types of knowledge being involved, and their function in the innovation process. Two research questions are posed: (1) What sort of interaction takes place between individuals inside and outside of an SME when it innovates, within the context of an RIS? and (2) What types of knowledge are involved in this interaction, how are they developed and shared, and what is their function in the innovation process? The study is designed as a qualitative, explorative case study of nine small-and medium-sized enterprises in a Norwegian region. Interaction with customers was identified as the most significant form of interaction driving innovation, and practical knowledge was judged more important than scientific knowledge. This practical knowledge, moreover, was seen as comprising not only production skills but also the practical lifeworld knowledge of customers, and cooperative skills. In addition, a high degree of employee participation in workfloor decisions was judged to promote the innovation process. The paper argues for a revision of the notion of a regional innovation system that takes greater account of these dimensions. Four implications for policy are emphasized: (1) stimulating userproducer interaction within a regional innovation system, (2) involving the right employee groups, (3) utilizing the full potential of various types of practical knowledge, and (4) promoting employee participation within enterprises.

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“…One of the important parameters that determines the radiation loss rate is the emissivity of the material. It has been reported in [39] that the total emissivity of non oxidized polished Al is 0.06 whereas that of heavily oxidized Al is around 0.2. We have carried out two sets of calculations using these two different values of the emissivity in order to assess the suitability of these two types of Al for constructing the stripper.…”

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Two-dimensional thermal simulations of aluminum and carbon ion strippers for experiments at SPIRAL2 using the highest beam intensities

Tahir

Kim

Lamour

et al. 2012

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B:

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The Nordic Model of Work Organization

Abstract: Work organization, Learning organization, Nordic model, Constructivism, Quality of working life movement,

Cited by 61 publications

References 18 publications

Competitive firms in thin regions in Norway: The importance of workplace learning

Competitive firms in thin regions in Norway: The importance of workplace learning

User-Producer Dialogue, Workplace Innovation, and Knowledge in a Regional Innovation System

Two-dimensional thermal simulations of aluminum and carbon ion strippers for experiments at SPIRAL2 using the highest beam intensities

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