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School of Management

Innovative management solutions and globally thinking leaders

The School of Management focuses on complex questions from the perspective of public policy, organisational management and human resources. We offer insights based on research for experts and managers.

Adam Smale
Dean
Adam Smale

The School of Management carries out research and education in the fields of business studies and administrative sciences across its seven subject areas: human resource management, international business, strategic management, public law, public management, regional studies, and social and health management.

The school’s research seeks to address the societal, organisational and individual challenges brought about by change, innovation and digital transformation. It focuses on deepening our understanding of the role of organisational management, people leadership and public policy in coping with these drivers both sustainably and responsibly in order to support organisational effectiveness, employee well-being, and citizen welfare.

The school’s research community is organised around four research groups:

Research currently focuses on topics covering servitization, business networks, managerial work, global mobility, leadership and management ethics, wicked problems, deliberative democracy, citizen and customer participation, and regional development and innovation policy.

Education

The school's teaching is based on high-quality research and pedagogical expertise which has been awarded nationally and accredited internationally. We educate enthusiastic candidates, masters and doctors for demanding expert and manager positions in the private, public and third sector.

We offer programmes in Finnish and English, full-day programmes in Vaasa and part-time programmes in Helsinki, Kokkola and Seinäjoki. We actively develop also our offering in executive education, open university and continuing education.

Bachelor's Programmes

Tuition in Finnish

Master's Programmes

Tuition in English

Tuition in Finnish

Doctoral Programmes

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Research projects

Project Duration Actors
Working remotely and hybrid together! A study on loneliness at work and the development of a preventive and remedial approach (LEADIS 2) - Human resource management, Management
VATACO - Governing Transition to a Circular City: Engaging public and private stakeholders in the circular economy - Digital Economy, Public policy and governance, Management
Investigating the distinctive features and resilience of human resource management in the Nordic countries: A longitudinal and cross-national study - Human resource management, Management
Future-oriented strategy work in South-Ostrobothnian SMEs (STRATU) - Strategic business development, Management
Safeguarding Welfare in Times of Pandemics: Towards Collaborative Governance of Syndemics (WELGO) - Public policy and governance, Complexity research, Management
Mastering the Next Industrial Revolution: From product-service solutions to Autonomous Systems (MIDAS) - Strategic business development, Management
DIKO – Developing digital capabilities in South Ostrobothnian SMEs - Strategic business development, Management
Clean Propulsion Technologies - VEBIC, Technology and Innovations, Management, Renewable energy, Strategic business development
Brothers from a different mother? How businesses and public sector organizations develop leadership competencies and change processes for blockchain implementation (BizPub) - InnoLab, Technology and Innovations, Management, Marketing and Communication, Networked value systems NeVS, International business and marketing, Human resource management
GRETA— Green Transformation! A Policy tool for Regional Smart Specialisation in the Baltic Sea Area - Public policy and governance, Management

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