Let out the employees
Christian Braathen: Why do companies easily outsource a string of tasks out of town, while they still force their own employees to be in their offices every day?
Christian Braathen: Why do companies easily outsource a string of tasks out of town, while they still force their own employees to be in their offices every day?
Christian Braathen: So-called internally motivated employees perform best - when they are motivated. What happens when they are not motivated?
Charlotte Berg-Svendsen went from working for a large international corporation with over 120,000 employees to a small start-up. Prior to this decision, she registered for an executive MBA.
Last autumn, the government set a requirement for more practical training in education. NHH has taken steps to meet this requirement and is now sending students abroad to give them relevant work experience.
NHH researchers have been granted around NOK 25 million for the research project ‘How should we manage radical technology-driven changes in established businesses?’
Understanding and controlling your own and your employees’ feelings is the key to efficient management, new research shows.
On Monday 4 June 2018 Monica Rydland will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Informal leaders emerge and take responsibility during crises. They often give the right orders and make the right priorities. What happens in an organisation when a crisis arises suddenly and without warning?
As many as 26 new PhD research scholars from all over the world have taken up their studies at NHH since last winter, the majority of them starting these days.
On Wednesday 24 May 2017 Synnøve Nesse will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Tuesday 28 June 2016 Berit Sund will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Wednesday 8 June 2016 Anita Meidell will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Friday 20 May 2016 Ivan Belik will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Friday 30 October, Ganesh Prasad Neupane will and hold a trial lecture and defend his thesis "Emergence of Supply Chain Risk Management Capability as an Aid to Value Creation: An Empirical Study of Handicrafts Manufacturers of Nepal".
On Friday 11 September 2015 Jarle Bastesen will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Thursday 18 June 2015 Trond Vegard Johannessen will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis "Data presentation formats and decision-making effectiveness: An exploratory study" for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Friday 12 June 2015 Njål Sivertstøl will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis "Online Communities for Customer Support: A Study of Participation and its antecedents".
The consequence of constantly being available is susceptibility to stress from work around the clock. "Technology makes it easier to disturb people. Managers must take this into consideration," according to Anna Mette Fuglseth and Øystein Sørebø.
On Friday 31 October 2015 Irmelin Drake will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Manual distribution of fixture dates and referees leads to suspicions of corruption and match-fixing in football. With Norwegian School of Economics researcher Mario Guajardo's mathematical model the process becomes more transparent.
On Tuesday 17 June 2014 Karl Sæbjørn Kjøllesdal will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Wednesday 11 December 2013 Ghulam Mustafa will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Thursday 20 June 2013 Bjørn Gunnar Hansen will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic, and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Bertil Tungodden was recently appointed associate editor of the reputed journal Management Science.
'Individual rewards are necessary because of considerations of fairness. If employees do not see a connection between effort and rewards, that could be harmful in terms of work motivation,' says Professor Nicolai J Foss.
Customers who have mergers pushed down their throats react with frustration, dissatisfaction and - finally - by changing suppliers. They see it as a 'forced marriage' where their freedom of choice is set aside.
Do we listen to our heads or our hearts when investing? In an extensive field experiment involving 140,000 bank customers, two NHH researchers have investigated what motivates customers to invest in green funds.
Department managers in Norwegian hospitals nowadays have to take care of both the financial aspect of running a hospital and the treatment of patients. NHH researcher Katarina Østergren is concerned with the strong emphasis on financial results.