Papers by Peter Österberg
Peter Österberg, PhD blog, Jan 2, 2019
Blogs at HelsinkiUni, Sep 27, 2019
Peter Österberg, PhD blog, Dec 7, 2018
Research in general suggests management style to be an important determinant for organizational a... more Research in general suggests management style to be an important determinant for organizational adaptability in order to learn how to cope with new situations; this is important when major environmental changes encounters an organization, as the organization need to keep pace in order to staying competitive on the market. Other research suggests that this kind learning take place in an implicit communications process. It is also suggests clear and challenging super ordinate goal setting to be a strong determinant to explain individual and organizational commitment and performance in general, and to mediate organizational creativity to be market-based. During the weekend of 8-9 January 2005, a storm, Gudrun, hit south of Sweden with hurricane-force. The impact of the storm was devastating across society as it destroyed large areas of forest. According to the Swedish National Board of Forestry, 75 million cubic meters was destroyed or damages. In this situation, the C.E.O. of Vida AB ...
The purpose of this study was to examine how shifting attention from the experience of music list... more The purpose of this study was to examine how shifting attention from the experience of music listening or body movement can work to overcome functional fixedness, i.e., to make people improve on ideational fluency the ability to combine knowledge objects, or fragments of these, to form new concepts compared to a traditional workplace meeting. The basic assumption was that music and body movement influence emotions to make people improve on ideational fluency compared to traditional meetings. The result, presented in this report, indicated that music listening suppressed functional fixedness to greater extent than a formal meeting, which in turn was a better choice compared to physical activity.
Människan föds med en kombination av social kognition (rytmisk synkronisering av beteende), språk... more Människan föds med en kombination av social kognition (rytmisk synkronisering av beteende), språk & exekutiva funktioner liksom konstruktivt minne. Dessa möjliggör tillsammans entreprenöriellt tänkande. I bakgrunden lurar mentala fallgropar bekräftelse-bias, tribalism och dysrationalia – oförmågan att tänka logiskt trots tillräcklig intelligens. Från min tidigare forskning vet jag att Entreprenöriellt tänkande påverkas av prospektivt ledarskap. Men vi måste också vara rationella. Från detta projekt föreslår jag tre faktorer: (1) epistemisk vaksamhet (2), numeracy (3) och disjunktivt resonerande. På basis av rationellt entreprenöriellt tänkande kan jordbruket och dess kontext. Klimat är ett komplex där spårgaser rör sig cyklist mellan fem sfärer över lång tid. ’Kolcykeln’ är central. Den moderna biosfären började framträda vid den Kambriska explosionen (-541 miljoner år före nutid; CO2 nivå ~5000 ppm). Sedan dess har Jorden genomgått ~100 klimatförändringar; 90 % av koldioxiden har r...
Generative learning management A dual-role model for creativity in organizations Österberg, Peter... more Generative learning management A dual-role model for creativity in organizations Österberg, Peter 2012 Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Österberg, P. (2012). Generative learning management: A dual-role model for creativity in organizations. [Doctoral Thesis (compilation),
The Learning Organization, 2004
It is proposed that to reach a state of generative learning, an organization requires a “generati... more It is proposed that to reach a state of generative learning, an organization requires a “generative learning manager”: a person who understands the importance of development and directing of knowledge. The purpose of this study was, therefore, both to explain mechanisms like knowledge distribution, goal setting and symbolic convergence from a cognitive psychological perspective on organizations, as well as to reach conclusions on a hypothetical model for the function of generative learning management. The study was accomplished by a theoretical analysis. The results suggest that a goal setting manager – who has the ability to help the organization communicate more as a network, where procedural and declarative knowledge, as well as multi‐intelligent aspects of knowledge can move in a more widely distributed procedural fashion between co‐workers – has the potential to become a generative learning manager.
crrconference.org
The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the interaction between a managers Abil... more The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the interaction between a managers Ability on Goal Setting on Environmental Issues (GSEI) and his/hers ability on creating a climate for Parallel Knowledge Distribution within the organization (PKD), also ...
Agribusiness, 2009
This study explores to which extent the members' assessment of their cooperatives' degree of succ... more This study explores to which extent the members' assessment of their cooperatives' degree of success are related to various member attributes, with special reference to the members' perception of their participation in the governance of the cooperatives. Three categories of member attributes are identified: Satisfaction with the profitability of farm operations, Age, and Experience from board work. The cooperatives' degree of success is measured as members' commitment towards cooperatives, and members' trust in the board of directors. The data originates from a mail survey among Swedish farmers. A total of 2,250 farmers received a questionnaire. The response rate was 52%. The results indicate differences in members' cooperative commitment and their trust towards directors to be due to farm operations profitability, age and experience as directors. After adding members' perception of their participation in the governance as a covariate, most of the other differences are explained by this variable. Age is still to some extent associated with trust towards directors, as older farmers have less trust in directors.
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