Self-leadership of Skilled Manual Employees at Vip Juicemaker Oy
Zhang, Liang; Zhao, Yunke (2012)
Zhang, Liang
Zhao, Yunke
Savonia-ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012121819889
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012121819889
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Whereas the automation and Intellectualization of production have been applied in modern indus-try increasingly, the manual workers with adept skills play an indispensable role within production activities of manufacturing industries.
The aim of this study is to sort out the current situation of self-leadership skills at Vip Juicemaker Oy with a concentration on its skilled manual workers. The focus should be interesting and mean-ingful due to the qualitative analysis of such a minority group in human resources study. In partic-ular, the suggestion generated from the final result of the qualitative analysis on the current situa-tion of self-leadership among skilled manual workers at Vip Juicemaker Oy could have a positive impact on the productivity of its operation.
The thesis is started with a theoretical part to clarify the entity of self-leadership and a qualitative analysis is conducted in the practical part to discover the current self-leadership skills of skilled manual workers at Vip Juicemaker Oy. At length, the first part is covered with theories to explain what the entity of self-leadership entails and why it is important for us to stress it. This part exam-ines concept, significance and different conditions of self-leadership.
The second part is a qualitative analysis conducted to figure out the current situation of self-leaderships at our client company. Eight interviews are made with three senior managers and five skilled manual employees by questioning them the opinions and mindset towards self-leadership.
The aim of this study is to sort out the current situation of self-leadership skills at Vip Juicemaker Oy with a concentration on its skilled manual workers. The focus should be interesting and mean-ingful due to the qualitative analysis of such a minority group in human resources study. In partic-ular, the suggestion generated from the final result of the qualitative analysis on the current situa-tion of self-leadership among skilled manual workers at Vip Juicemaker Oy could have a positive impact on the productivity of its operation.
The thesis is started with a theoretical part to clarify the entity of self-leadership and a qualitative analysis is conducted in the practical part to discover the current self-leadership skills of skilled manual workers at Vip Juicemaker Oy. At length, the first part is covered with theories to explain what the entity of self-leadership entails and why it is important for us to stress it. This part exam-ines concept, significance and different conditions of self-leadership.
The second part is a qualitative analysis conducted to figure out the current situation of self-leaderships at our client company. Eight interviews are made with three senior managers and five skilled manual employees by questioning them the opinions and mindset towards self-leadership.