Enhancing Staff Mobility, Case: Saimaa University of Applied Sciences
Tuukkanen, Mari (2013)
Tuukkanen, Mari
Saimaan ammattikorkeakoulu
2013
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201305087354
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201305087354
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The purpose of this study was to find out how staff mobility might be enhanced in the Saimaa University of Applied Sciences. Staff mobility is seen as important, because internationalisation is emphasised in European and Finnish strategies for higher education institutions. Also, the new funding structure for Finnish universities of applied sciences stresses staff mobility directly, and also via opportunities staff mobility offers.
The theoretical part of this study discusses the theories of strategy process and staff mobility in higher education institutions. The information in the empirical part was gathered by studying strategy material of the case organisation, its agreement with the Ministry of Education and Culture, faculty performance agreements, action plans with Russian partners, and studying the case organisation’s statistics on staff mobility. Information was gathered also by interviewing international players in the case organisation.
The results of the study show that there are some good practices in some fields that could be taken into use in all faculties. The study also showed some development issues that could be taken into consideration in the organisation. Based on the findings there is more to achieve from staff mobility than first expected, as staff mobility also enables the promotion of international projects, publications and student mobility.
The theoretical part of this study discusses the theories of strategy process and staff mobility in higher education institutions. The information in the empirical part was gathered by studying strategy material of the case organisation, its agreement with the Ministry of Education and Culture, faculty performance agreements, action plans with Russian partners, and studying the case organisation’s statistics on staff mobility. Information was gathered also by interviewing international players in the case organisation.
The results of the study show that there are some good practices in some fields that could be taken into use in all faculties. The study also showed some development issues that could be taken into consideration in the organisation. Based on the findings there is more to achieve from staff mobility than first expected, as staff mobility also enables the promotion of international projects, publications and student mobility.