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FINNISH KNOW-HOW AND COMPETENCE FOR YOUR SUCCESS

Finnish Know-How and Competence for Your Success

Finland is one of the most innovative and competitive countries in the world. At the same time, Finland has been selected as one of the happiest countries in the world. This success is largely due to the country’s excellent education system. Our aim is to share Finnish experience and knowledge with you – and inspire you and your organization to create your own success story!

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Professional Publishing Finland Ltd (Oy) is a unique publishing company with the mission of sharing Finnish know-how and competence with developers and managers around the world. Our focus areas are the following: strategic, competence, innovation and change management as well as pedagogy and learning.

We offer publications and educational and training materials for educators, managers, authorities and developers. Also, we offer consultation and training together with our network. Professional Publishing Finland Ltd is an independent publisher of professional publications.

We work in close partnership with authors, marketing, sales, business development and other parties. If you are interested in cooperation, please contact the founders.

Professional Publishing Finland Oy is an official member of Education Finland programme.

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Education Finland is a governmental cluster programme supporting the best education providers in their growth on the international market. The programme is coordinated by the Finnish National Agency for Education and funded by Ministry of Education and Culture.  To become a member, companies must meet our high standards.

Professional Higher Education Management - Best Practices from Finland (softcover)

Professional Higher Education Management - Best Practices from Finland (softcover)

Dr. Ritva Laakso-Manninen & Dr. Lauri Tuomi
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Filled with inspiring real-life cases, this publication combines theory and practice to offer tools for any manager to improve his or her educational institution’s performance. Its practical orientation encourages managers, board members and experts to put new insights into practice.

The Finnish higher education system underwent fundamental reform some years ago when universities of applied sciences were created as a new form of higher education with the purpose of better taking into account the challenges of working life. International evaluators have deemed Finland’s reform a resounding success. This book compiles the best Finnish professional higher education management practices, allowing the reader to benefit from the experiences and lessons learned.

Professional higher education is responding to the challenges of rapidly changing environments in business and industry. It has already impacted both education and applied research, challenging centuries-old traditions in academic universities. In order to succeed, this novel approach requires that management also adapts.

Our aim, with this book, is to create a framework for the management of profession-based higher education. We want to inspire the reader to renew management practices and structures for increased flexibility and adaptability. 

This book is targeted at higher education managers who are willing to lead their institutions and universities in a future-oriented way. The book also provides new perspectives for higher education board members as well as to administrators in departments and government agencies. Researchers of educational policy and students of higher education management will also benefit.

 “The Finnish success story of universities of applied sciences gives an excellent example of how higher education can add value to business and industry. An indispensable must-read guide for all those who want to enjoy and share best practices in professional higher education.”

 Anneli Pirttila, Doctor of Science (Technology) in Industrial Engineering and Management

 

”Universities have a constant need of ideas regarding internationalization; how to proceed and what kind of approaches seem to work? This book gives valuable guidance to universities’ international efforts. I can warmly recommend it!”

Dr. Teemu Kokko, President and CEO of Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland

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The Authors

Dr. Lauri Tuomi

Dr. Lauri Tuomi has more than 25 years of experience in educational management in both the public and the private sector in Finland. He holds a doctorate in strategic management. He started his career as a teacher and moved on to management and top management duties in educational administration and vocational and higher education. Today he works in the field of lifelong learning. He has written several books and articles in the fields of management, leadership, education and innovation. He is a member of several boards in Finland and in Europe. As a consultant, facilitator and keynote speaker he has been thanked for his focus on concrete cases, transparency and inspiration.

Telephone: +358 405859070

Email: lauri.tuomi@propublishing.fi

Dr. Ritva Laakso-Manninen

Dr. Ritva Laakso-Manninen has 30 years of experience in the management of higher education, IT services and banking. She worked as the President and CEO of Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences for 16 years. She has international experience as a developer and evaluator in higher education quality projects as well as in acquisitions. In Finland, she has participated in several development projects under the Ministry of Education and acted as the Chair of the Universities of Applied Sciences Rectors’ Conference. She is a PhD with specialization in management. Her key interests are strategy, transformation and competence management and she has written books and articles especially on these topics. As a consultant, she works with business and education top managers.

Telephone: +358 503647839

Email: ritva.laaksomanninen@propublishing.fi

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