Interactive Leadership Communication – Space of Information Sharing
Rissanen, Minna (2011)
Rissanen, Minna
Oulun seudun ammattikorkeakoulu
2011
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 1.0 Suomi
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201104154382
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201104154382
Tiivistelmä
The business environment has changed due to globalization, competition and technologies. Thus, the old kind of leadership is not working anymore in a knowledge-based organization. Accordingly, leadership has to change and this has an influence also on communication. In this study the purpose was to examine what the changes mean from the point of view of leadership communication.
There were two basic research questions which directed approaching the study: what the meaning of communication is in organizations and how leaders can use communication for leading. The main goal of the study was to develop a new model for leadership communication.
The study is based on existing literature, researches, journals and articles of communication, leadership and business areas. The method of grounded theory was used for the analysis, which led to find key factors influencing leadership communication: information, actors, sharing, conditions and follow-up. These all factors were connected together with the core factor which was interaction.
As a result of the study, it was proved that communication has a strategic meaning for knowledge-based organizations because business is based on the value of information. Communication moves the information, and leaders are in an essential position when sharing information around the organization. Due to the fact, a space model for interactive communication was created, which was based on the found main factors in leadership communication.
The Space model can be used as a method of leadership communication, and it can be used in all kinds of organizations in spite of their location, structure and size. By following the Space model, leaders can ensure interactive information sharing and involve all employees and stakeholders into communication. The model can be modified and developed further to meet the leaders’ requirement.
There were two basic research questions which directed approaching the study: what the meaning of communication is in organizations and how leaders can use communication for leading. The main goal of the study was to develop a new model for leadership communication.
The study is based on existing literature, researches, journals and articles of communication, leadership and business areas. The method of grounded theory was used for the analysis, which led to find key factors influencing leadership communication: information, actors, sharing, conditions and follow-up. These all factors were connected together with the core factor which was interaction.
As a result of the study, it was proved that communication has a strategic meaning for knowledge-based organizations because business is based on the value of information. Communication moves the information, and leaders are in an essential position when sharing information around the organization. Due to the fact, a space model for interactive communication was created, which was based on the found main factors in leadership communication.
The Space model can be used as a method of leadership communication, and it can be used in all kinds of organizations in spite of their location, structure and size. By following the Space model, leaders can ensure interactive information sharing and involve all employees and stakeholders into communication. The model can be modified and developed further to meet the leaders’ requirement.