Leadership and culture in the context of SMEs : Case company- Finnlumber oy
Sultana, Abeera (2012)
Sultana, Abeera
Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012112015730
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012112015730
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The concept of leadership and culture in most cases are related to bigger organizations or companies. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) which form the basis of such bigger organizations or companies, are somehow in neglect of the concept. However, globalization has changed or changing every business established set up. Therefore effective leadership strategies should also be focus from SMEs level.
The purpose of the thesis was to analyses different kinds of leadership styles in relation to multicultural environment. The objective therefore was to identify effective leadership strategies for SMEs in relation to cluster of cultures.
The theoretical framework was based on meaning of leadership and different leadership styles in organizations. The definition of culture, clusters of culture, and dimensions of cultures were also studied. The main concept of the theory was to acquire understanding of leadership styles from different cultures in relation to international working environment. Qualitative method and inductive approach for the empirical part were used, due to the small size of the case company and the nature of the research problems. Analyses and discussion were done based on GLOBE re-search model.
For the empirical part, own observation and interviews source of information used to make suggestion. The empirical part discovers that autonomous leadership style is used to lead the employees. Internal communication should be more effective and information flow is not enough inside of the company.
Different styles of leadership were investigated to find out what kind of tools there are and how it links to multicultural environment. Leadership is an important figure in any company for employees to reach common goal. All studied theory will be applied to the case study company Finnlumber Oy.
The purpose of the thesis was to analyses different kinds of leadership styles in relation to multicultural environment. The objective therefore was to identify effective leadership strategies for SMEs in relation to cluster of cultures.
The theoretical framework was based on meaning of leadership and different leadership styles in organizations. The definition of culture, clusters of culture, and dimensions of cultures were also studied. The main concept of the theory was to acquire understanding of leadership styles from different cultures in relation to international working environment. Qualitative method and inductive approach for the empirical part were used, due to the small size of the case company and the nature of the research problems. Analyses and discussion were done based on GLOBE re-search model.
For the empirical part, own observation and interviews source of information used to make suggestion. The empirical part discovers that autonomous leadership style is used to lead the employees. Internal communication should be more effective and information flow is not enough inside of the company.
Different styles of leadership were investigated to find out what kind of tools there are and how it links to multicultural environment. Leadership is an important figure in any company for employees to reach common goal. All studied theory will be applied to the case study company Finnlumber Oy.