Juha Kettunen

Turku University of Applied Sciences | TUAS · Chancellor's Office

Purpose – This study seeks to develop and describe the benchmarking approach of enhancement‐led evaluation in higher education and to present a cross‐evaluation process for degree programmes. Design/methodology/approach – The benchmarking approach produces useful information for the development of degree programmes based on self‐evaluation, evalua...

Purpose – This study aims to present a general conceptual framework which can be used to evaluate quality and institutional performance in higher education. Design/methodology/approach – The quality of higher education is at the heart of the setting up of the European Higher Education Area. Strategic management is widely used in higher education i...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide higher education institutions with strategies of continuing education and methods to communicate and implement these strategies. Design/methodology/approach The balanced scorecard approach is used to implement the strategy. It translates the strategy into tangible objectives, measures and targets and...

This study presents an evaluation of the centres of excellence in higher education in Finland. This approach is an example of enhancement‐led evaluation aiming to improve the long‐term development of education. The study presents the Degree Programme in Civil Engineering of the Turku University of Applied Sciences, which was awarded the distinction...

This study presents the concept of innovation pedagogy, which is a pedagogical approach developed for the universities of applied sciences. Innovation pedagogy emphasises efficient learning and the institution's external impact on regional development. It is based on customer-oriented and multi-field needs of working life; inte-grates applied resea...

Tujuan paper ini adalah untuk menyajikan teori sustainable engagement dalam hubungan pemangku kepentingan perusahaan dan mengembangkan peta pemangku kepentingan untuk menemukan bentuk lingkaran keberlanjutan. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan grafi s berdasarkan pendekatan balanced scorecard untuk menyajikan sustainable engagement hubunga...

This study presents a project that tests and adjusts active European learning and teaching methods in Indonesian universities to increase their external impact on enterprises and other organizations; it also assesses the implementation of the Erasmus+ projects funded by the European Union. The project is based on the approach of innovation pedagogy...

Edited by Rómulo Pinheiro, Paul Benneworth and Glen A. Jones London and New York: Routledge, 2014. 265 pp.

This study analyzes collaborative and networked academic authorship in higher education. The literature review shows evidence that single authorship has made a gradual paradigm shift to joint authorship. The empirical evidence from the Turku University of Applied Sciences indicates that collaborative authorship has notably increased in the last few...

The purpose of this study is to analyse the effectiveness of the performance-based funding scheme of the Finnish universities that was adopted at the beginning of 2013. The political decision-makers expect that the funding scheme will create incentives for the universities to improve performance, but these funding schemes have largely failed in man...

This study analyzes the quality and the size of the strategic network of higher education institutions. The study analyses the concept of fitness for purpose in quality assurance. It also analyses the transaction costs of networking that have consequences on the number of members in the network. Empirical evidence is presented of the Consortium on...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the connection of a business’ mission statement to its corporate strategy. The literature review presents the concepts of the core competence, the mission statement, focus strategy and competitive advantage. The findings of the literature review indicate that these concepts have consistent contextual link...

This study presents the taxonomy of innovation types based on the actor and the learning types. The activities of inventors have today been extended to collaborative and networked innovation. This study extends them to crowd innovation, which is a new term based on crowdsourcing. The study illustrates open innovation alliances and communities in hi...

This study develops an extended taxonomy of innovation types by actor and learning type. The concepts of invention and collaborative and networked innovations are extended to crowd innovations, which is a new concept. The study introduces open innovation alliances and communities to promote innovations in higher education and presents a stakeholder...

This study analyses how various management approaches can be integrated in higher education institutions to improve institutional performance. Strategic management is the basis on which quality assurance is built. The purpose of the quality assurance system is to ensure that the strategic and other objectives of the institution can be achieved. Qua...

The Ministry of Education outlined the guidelines of internalisation in the Strategy for the Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions in Finland 2009–2015. Turku University of Applied Sciences included the international strategic partnership in its strategic plan in 2010. The strategic partnership of the European universities of applie...

The emergence and impact of leadership date back to the ancient days of war and conquest. Over time, leadership evolved to accomplish goals. The guiding thoughts of a mission and vision are the essence of new millennium leadership. The modern business companies aim for continuous identification and understanding about the wide array of the global p...

The emergence and impact of leadership date back to the ancient days of war and conquest. Over time, leadership evolved to accomplish goals. The guiding thoughts of a mission and vision are the essence of new millennium leadership. The modern business companies aim for continuous identification and understanding about the wide array of the global p...

The surfacing of the concept of leadership dates back to the ancient days of war and inhabitation. Over time, leadership evolved to accomplish goals. The guiding thoughts of a mission and vision are the essence of new millennium leadership. The modern business companies aim for continuous identification and understanding about the wide array of the...

The study investigates Finnish education policy to develop higher education institutions to create an internationally recognized high profile. The study presents the empirical evidence of the profiles and focal areas of higher education institutions. The profile of higher education institutions is studied using the competitive strategies of focusin...

The purpose of this study is to investigate diversification failures in the energy business. The literature review presents the core competence as the driver for the definition of the mission statement. The mission statement is important in the strategy process, because it defines the scope of the focus strategy. The mission statement also enables...

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The 3rd biennale CARPE conference was hosted by the Turku University of Applied Sciences from the 18th to the 20th of May 2015 with over 220 delegates in attendance, including teachers, other staff and students of the member institutions. Rector and President Vesa Taatila from Turku University of Applied Sciences welcomed the participants to the co...

This study analyses how various management approaches can be integrated in higher education institutions to improve institutional performance. Strategic management is the basis on which quality assurance is built. The purpose of the quality assurance system is to ensure that the strategic and other objectives of the institution can be achieved. Qua...

The purpose of this study is to describe the educational development of the European strategic network of higher education institutions. The Consortium on Applied Research and Professional Education was established to promote the collaboration of five universities of applied sciences. The study analyses the learning and teaching modes using the app...

The purpose of this study is to present the establishment, activities and the results of the Consortium on Applied Research and Professional Education, which is the strategic network of higher education institutions. The study analyses the role of trust in strategic partnerships and the benefits of networking. The concept of trust has been used to...

The purpose of this study is to develop a stakeholder map to describe the most important stakeholders and the process of stakeholder relationships in higher education. According to the perspective of the balanced scorecard, the classification of stakeholders integrates stakeholders into strategic management. Stakeholder maps are essential in qualit...

Aims: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the self-coordination of private regulation and self regulation schemes in food industry to promote sustainability. Study Design: This study uses sustainable development to achieve a common goal for the business and public sectors. Different steering mechanisms and diversification emerge even though the...

This paper describes the establishment, activities, and results of the Consortium on Applied Research and Professional Education (CARPE). The general objectives of the higher education institutions in the agreement between the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, the maintaining organization, and the universities of applied sciences for the p...

This paper describes the establishment, activities, and results of the Consortium on Applied Research and Professional Education (CARPE). The general objectives of the higher education institutions in the agreement between the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, the maintaining organization, and the universities of applied sciences for the p...

The purpose of this study is to present the establishment, activities and the results of the Consortium on Applied Research and Professional Education, which is the strategic network of higher education institutions. The study analyses the role of trust in strategic partnerships and the benefits of networking. The concept of trust has been used to...

The purpose of this study is to describe the educational development of the European strategic network of higher education institutions. The Consortium on Applied Research and Professional Education was established to promote the collaboration of five universities of applied sciences. The study analyses the learning and teaching modes using blended...

The emergence and impact of leadership dates back to the ancient days of war and conquest. Over time, leadership evolved to accomplish goals. The guiding thoughts of a mission and vision are the essence of new millennium leadership. The modern business companies aim for continuous identification and understanding about the wide array of the global...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to describe the desired learning outcomes of innovation pedagogy which supports innovations and regional development in higher education. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on the socio-cultural theory and the constructivist view of learning developed to encompass the social and cultural customs...

Knowledge-based assets, intellectual property, and capital play a fundamental role in an enterprise’s competitiveness, especially in small knowledge intensive enterprises. Small knowledge intensive enterprises need to create new ways of operating in order to manage the intellectual and knowledge-based assets in their organizations more efficiently....

This study presents the different types of learning and knowledge which can be used in professional higher education to promote innovations. The learner moves through different types of learning and knowledge to arrive at expertise capable of development in the workplace. Expertise is achieved as a result of professional growth when students take m...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the maintenance of the process‐based quality assurance system in a higher education institution. Design/methodology/approach – The paper introduces the process management as the essential element of quality assurance in higher education and discusses the external quality audit of the quality assura...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a framework combining the approaches of the innovation pedagogy, strategic planning of higher education and the research, development and innovation (RDI) in order to support the export of higher education. Design/methodology/approach – The export of education can be included in the framework by ta...

This study describes how the Intranet of a higher education institution can be used as a quality manual. The study is based on process management. The process architecture can be used as a structure for the Intranet. This Intranet also includes detailed process descriptions and makes them available for management, personnel, and students. The flow...

This chapter contributes to the literature of knowledge management by providing a conceptual framework to promote organizational change. The chapter demonstrates that knowledge management can be used as a general framework which integrates the approaches of strategic and change management. A business company is an organization that must continually...

The purpose of this study is to present a framework, which can be used to analyze the regional dimension of the institutional performance in higher education. This chapter combines strategic planning and corporate social responsibility reporting. The strategic planning of a higher education institution defines strategic objectives, which take into...

Higher education institutions educate those who are the most talented and best able to secure the future for the next generation. This study examines an efficient strategy process in higher education and emphasises the importance of sufficient dialogue during the process. The study describes the strategy process of the Turku University of Applied S...

The purpose of this study is to present a framework, which can be used to analyze the regional dimension of the institutional performance in higher education. This chapter combines strategic planning and corporate social responsibility reporting. The strategic planning of a higher education institution defines strategic objectives, which take into...

This chapter contributes to the literature of knowledge management by providing a conceptual framework to promote organizational change. The chapter demonstrates that knowledge management can be used as a general framework which integrates the approaches of strategic and change management. A business company is an organization that must continually...

Knowledge-based assets, intellectual property, and capital play a fundamental role in an enterprise's competitiveness, especially in small knowledge intensive enterprises. Small knowledge intensive enterprises need to create new ways of operating in order to manage the intellectual and knowledge-based assets in their organizations more efficiently....

As discussed in chapter 10, knowledge-based assets, intellectual property, and capital play a fundamental role in an enterprise’s competitiveness, especially in small knowledge intensive enterprises. Small knowledge intensive enterprises need to create new ways of operating in order to manage the intellectual and knowledge-based assets in their org...

Strategic management has been widely applied in public and private organizations. Strategic management adapts educational institutions to their environment, which includes the educational policy, local demand for labour and other circumstances. The increased autonomy of educational institutions has emphasised the role of strategic management. Quali...

The thesis consists of the summary and eight refereed articles presenting the national, regional and institutional levels of strategic planning and quality assurance. National or regional networks may have either general or functional strategies. An organisation may have an overall strategy and its support services may have functional strategies. Q...

This study analyses how strategic management is integrated with budgeting in the cities using the Balanced Scorecard approach, which provides a general framework to communicate and implement strategies. The approach is useful in accomplishing the strategic objectives, measures, and targets decided by city councils. It is important to align the stra...

This abstract describes the networked cooperation of the academic libraries and the consortium of the digital libraries of the Finnish universities of applied sciences and their strategic plan for the Web service. It argues that it is reasonable to plan the strategies for the network, because no single library has complete control over all the aspe...

Innovaatiopedagogiikka on artikkelissa esiin nostettava uusi kasvatustieteellinen toimintamalli, joka kuvaa ammattikorkeakoulujen toimintaa ja vaikuttavuutta alueellisissa osaamis- ja innovaatioverkostoissa. Toimintamallin mukaisesti monialaiseen korkeakouluopetukseen yhdistetään soveltava tutkimus- ja kehitystoiminta aluekehityksen sekä työelämäss...

The aims of knowledge management are to create knowledge and stimulate innovation. Knowledge management allows the knowledge of an organization to be located, shared, formalized, enhanced and developed. The challenges of knowledge management lie in creating environments that support knowl-edge sharing, knowledge creation, and innovativeness. This c...