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Value of the Balanced Scorecard for Organizational Communication in Knowledge-Intensive Firms

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This doctoral thesis studies the communication of strategy in knowledgeintensive firms. The research approaches organizational communication in knowledge-intensive work from the perspective of the knowledge worker. The thesis focuses on the management system called the Balanced Scorecard and asks whether or not this management system is an effective model of communicating the strategy in knowledge-intensive firms. As a widely used, modern management system, the Balanced Scorecard has appealed to both practitioners and scholars of strategic management. However, organizational communication research on the Balanced Scorecard remains scant.

This qualitative research is based on semi-structured interviews of knowledge workers in each firm. Research setting consists of four case companies operating in the Finnish ICT sector. Two of the firms are using the Balanced Scorecard as their management system. Using thematic analysis, the data is compared against four value propositions for organizational communication derived from the Balanced Scorecard discourse. A cross-case analysis is done to answer the more generic research question on what the effective communication of strategy actually is in knowledge-intensive firms. The results show that the Balanced Scorecard emphasizes the organizational communication of the company’s vision and mission. However, there are no indications that the Balanced Scorecard supports organizational communication related to learning at work. Thus the communicational value of the Balanced Scorecard for knowledge work remains thin. This study reveals the close and deep connection between the knowledge worker and his or her customer. For the strategic management of the firm, this relationship was not fully operationalized in these studied case companies. Furthermore, a key finding is that in knowledge work, organizational communication that strengthens the strategic management of the firm requires the actions of building trust, enabling learning, and utilizing both soft and hard worker control mechanisms. For organizational communication scholars, this thesis reveals the paradoxical nature of knowledge work and thus points out the need for further study of the management paradigms behind the prevailing communication practices.

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Ketersediaan

E00014

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

658.45 IHA v

Penerbit

Jyväskylä : University of Jyväskylä., 2014

Deskripsi Fisik

254 pages : illustration , cm.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9789513955700

Klasifikasi

658.45

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

other (computer)

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Subjek

Personal Balanced Scorecard
Organizational communication
Communication

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