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Snyder, K., Ingelsson, P. & Bäckström, I. (2024). Developing value-based leadership for sustainable quality development: a meta-analysis from a study of Lean manufacturing. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 15(6), 1245-1264
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Developing value-based leadership for sustainable quality development: a meta-analysis from a study of Lean manufacturing
2024 (English)In: International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, ISSN 2040-4166, E-ISSN 2040-4174, Vol. 15, no 6, p. 1245-1264Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose

This paper aims to explore how leaders can develop value-based leadership for sustainable quality development in Lean manufacturing.

Design/methodology/approach

A qualitative meta-analysis was conducted using data from a three-year study of Lean manufacturing in Sweden using the Shingo business excellence model as an analytical framework.

Findings

This study demonstrates that leaders can develop value-based leadership to support Lean manufacturing by defining and articulating the organization’s values and accompanying behaviors that are needed to support the strategic direction; creating forums and time for leaders to identify the why behind decisions and reflect on their experiences to be able to lead a transformative process; and using storytelling to create a coaching culture to connect values and behaviors, to the processes and systems of work.

Research limitations/implications

This paper contributes insights for developing value-based leadership to support a systemic approach to sustainable quality development in lean manufacturing. Findings are based on a limited case sample size of three manufacturing companies in Sweden.

Originality/value

The findings were derived using a unique methodological approach combining storytelling, appreciative inquiry and coaching with traditional data collection methods including surveys and interviews to identify, define and shape value-based leadership in Lean manufacturing.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Emerald, 2024
National Category
Reliability and Maintenance
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-51197 (URN)10.1108/ijlss-12-2023-0226 (DOI)001201418200001 ()2-s2.0-85190388008 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2024-04-23 Created: 2024-04-23 Last updated: 2024-10-03Bibliographically approved
Bäckström, I., Ingelsson, P., Mårtensson, A. & Snyder, K. M. (2024). Quality in preschools through systematic quality work – a principal’s perspective. Quality Assurance in Education, 32(2), 257-273
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Quality in preschools through systematic quality work – a principal’s perspective
2024 (English)In: Quality Assurance in Education, ISSN 0968-4883, E-ISSN 1758-7662, Vol. 32, no 2, p. 257-273Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore existing and desired methodologies for systematic quality work to promote quality in preschools from the principal’s perspective. Design/methodology/approach: A collaborative approach was used in this research project, and principals were asked to complete portfolio assignments. Their answers to those portfolio assignments were analysed by the research team and subsequently compared to total quality management values. Findings: Existing and desired methodologies for systematic quality work are presented and sorted into 13 and 17 groups, respectively. The principals desire four times more methodologies than they are presently using to promote systematic quality work, and the results show that they must extend their methodologies to support TQM values. Research limitations/implications: This research is based on answers collected from 18 principals in one municipality in Sweden. Practical implications: The use of the cornerstone model provides a framework to illustrate the application of TQM in preschools. Originality/value: Principals struggle to find time for systemic quality work. The presented results can be used to work systematically with quality in preschools and other organizations. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Emerald, 2024
Keywords
Education, Preschools, Quality management, Systematic quality work, Total quality management, TQM values
National Category
Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-50913 (URN)10.1108/QAE-08-2023-0135 (DOI)001180443500001 ()2-s2.0-85187128332 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2024-03-20 Created: 2024-03-20 Last updated: 2024-04-02
Godtman Kling, K., Ankre, R., Fjellström, S., Flygare Wallén, E., Hansen, E., Nordström, A., . . . Zingmark, M. (2024). Tillgängliga samhällen för jämlik hälsa hälsofrämjande aktiviteter för personer med funktionsnedsättning och äldre vuxna. In: Ingela Bäckström, Peter Fredman, Katarina Giritli-Nygren, Kaarlo Niskanen, Anna Olofsson, Hans-Erik Nilsson och Katrin Lindbäck (Ed.), Globala utmaningar - lokala lösningar: Forskning för en hållbar samhällsutveckling i norra Sverige (pp. 144-146). Östersund: Mittuniversitetet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Tillgängliga samhällen för jämlik hälsa hälsofrämjande aktiviteter för personer med funktionsnedsättning och äldre vuxna
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2024 (Swedish)In: Globala utmaningar - lokala lösningar: Forskning för en hållbar samhällsutveckling i norra Sverige / [ed] Ingela Bäckström, Peter Fredman, Katarina Giritli-Nygren, Kaarlo Niskanen, Anna Olofsson, Hans-Erik Nilsson och Katrin Lindbäck, Östersund: Mittuniversitetet , 2024, p. 144-146Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Östersund: Mittuniversitetet, 2024
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-52090 (URN)978-91-89786-75-2 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-08-12 Created: 2024-08-12 Last updated: 2024-08-22Bibliographically approved
Mårtensson, A. & Snyder, K. M. (2023). Approaching system thinking in schools by linking quality and sustainability:: moving from theory to practice. In: KAROLYN J. SNYDER AND KRISTEN M. SNYDER (Ed.), Systems Thinking for Sustainable Schooling: A Mindshift for Educators to Lead and Achieve Quality Schools (pp. 90-105). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Approaching system thinking in schools by linking quality and sustainability:: moving from theory to practice
2023 (English)In: Systems Thinking for Sustainable Schooling: A Mindshift for Educators to Lead and Achieve Quality Schools / [ed] KAROLYN J. SNYDER AND KRISTEN M. SNYDER, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2023, p. 90-105Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

In this chapter, we illustrate how sustainable development, as both a concept and goal, can be integrated into a school’s strategic management systems and operational programming to achieve sustainable quality development. Systems thinking and long-term thinking are two strategic concepts that are highlighted to help educational leaders develop schools that are adaptive and responsive to the changing needs of students and society

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2023
Series
School Leadership
National Category
Social Sciences Other Social Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-46949 (URN)978-1-4758-6639-1 (ISBN)978-1-4758-6640-7 (ISBN)978-1-4758-6641-4 (ISBN)
Available from: 2023-01-18 Created: 2023-01-18 Last updated: 2023-02-08Bibliographically approved
Snyder, K. M. & Turesky, E. F. (2023). Dancing the Data: A Duo-Ethnographic Exploration Toward Dialogic Reflexivity in Qualitative Data Analysis. Qualitative Inquiry, 29(5), 558-570
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Dancing the Data: A Duo-Ethnographic Exploration Toward Dialogic Reflexivity in Qualitative Data Analysis
2023 (English)In: Qualitative Inquiry, ISSN 1077-8004, E-ISSN 1552-7565, Vol. 29, no 5, p. 558-570Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Qualitative researchers continue to push methodological boundaries to study social phenomena using arts-based practices. Research methodologists suggest that the arts open new possibilities in research through the very nature of the arts to stimulate and evoke perspectives. The arts promote dialogue, which yields new insights, highlights multiple meanings, and questions norm-based traditions. This article presents findings from a duo-ethnography to explore the application of the arts as a dialogic-reflexive process during the data analysis phase in qualitative research. Findings contribute with insights into how science and culture are combined methodologically to facilitate dialogic-reflexivity in research and meaning-making.

Keywords
arts-based research, duo-ethnography, feminist qualitative research, feminist methodologies, methodologies
National Category
Other Social Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-46172 (URN)10.1177/10778004221118687 (DOI)000854810800001 ()2-s2.0-85138249282 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2022-09-29 Created: 2022-09-29 Last updated: 2023-04-12Bibliographically approved
Brodén, K., Snyder, K., Sörensen, H. & Zingmark, M. (2023). Determining Value in Welfare-Technology: The Need for a Multi-Perspective Framework. International Journal of Health Economics and Policy, 8(4), 76-88
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Determining Value in Welfare-Technology: The Need for a Multi-Perspective Framework
2023 (English)In: International Journal of Health Economics and Policy, ISSN 2578-9295, Vol. 8, no 4, p. 76-88Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background: Stakeholders in health and social care are implementing digital solutions to facilitate person-centred care for citizens. One problem is choosing which digital solution to implement. Ordinary cost-benefit analysis implicates the measurable parts of the value, leaving the immeasurable without any trace in an analysis. Results: We used design thinking to design a framework that implicates what to add as valuable factors on individual, organisational, and governmental levels. The design is based on empirical material from workshops and literature reviews on systems thinking, quality management, and value factors. The valuable factors at an individual level could include independence, autonomy, and empowerment, and the factors at the organisational level accessibility, competence, and independence. On a central level, the factors are related to person-centred care and its value proposals, such as autonomy and independence. Conclusions: While conducting a cost-benefit analysis, focusing on a standard definition of the value concept is essential. The designed framework needs to be dynamic due to the broad range of welfare technology. The created rubrics cube model, including strategic, organisational-operational and individual levels, should be used by decision-making groups as a flexible foundation. Forthcoming research will test this framework, including the proposed scale for measurement and focusing on welfare technology for older citizens.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Science Publishing Group, 2023
Keywords
Value, Measurements, Person-Centred Care, Welfare Technology, Immeasurable
National Category
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-49583 (URN)10.11648/j.hep.20230804.11 (DOI)
Available from: 2023-10-18 Created: 2023-10-18 Last updated: 2023-10-18Bibliographically approved
Snyder, K. M. & Snyder, K. J. (2023). Developing adaptivity and responsiveness in organisations through human network structures: a management strategy. Leadership, Education, Personality: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 5(1-2), 1-11
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Developing adaptivity and responsiveness in organisations through human network structures: a management strategy
2023 (English)In: Leadership, Education, Personality: An Interdisciplinary Journal, E-ISSN 2524-6178, Vol. 5, no 1-2, p. 1-11Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Networking is promoted as vital for contemporary organizational development, yet little research exists on how networks can be designed within organizations to strengthen the infrastructure toward agility and responsiveness. In this article, we examine findings from an ethnographic study to explore the application of networking as a management strategy to foster adaptability and responsiveness to both emerging internal and external needs. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2023
National Category
Social Sciences Other Engineering and Technologies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-49303 (URN)10.1365/s42681-023-00033-8 (DOI)
Available from: 2023-09-13 Created: 2023-09-13 Last updated: 2023-12-15Bibliographically approved
Snyder, K. M. (2023). Expanding How We Think about Quality in Education. In: Karolyn J. Snyder and Kristen M. Snyder (Ed.), Systems Thinking for Sustainable Schooling: A Mindshift for Educators to Lead and Achieve Quality Schools (pp. 17-32). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Expanding How We Think about Quality in Education
2023 (English)In: Systems Thinking for Sustainable Schooling: A Mindshift for Educators to Lead and Achieve Quality Schools / [ed] Karolyn J. Snyder and Kristen M. Snyder, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2023, p. 17-32Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The purpose of this chapter is to re-examine the concept of quality in education from a contemporary quality management perspective. Since the 1990s quality management has expanded to embrace the principles of chaos and complexity theory which provides new insights into leading in an age of complexity. This expanded perspective of is important for educators to develop and sustain quality in schools to prepare youth with knowledge and skills for living and work in the future.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2023
Series
School Leadership
National Category
Social Sciences Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-46948 (URN)9781475866407 (ISBN)9781475866391 (ISBN)978-1-4758-6641-4 (ISBN)
Available from: 2023-01-18 Created: 2023-01-18 Last updated: 2023-02-08Bibliographically approved
Lilja, J., Snyder, K., Jørgensen, R., Hedlund, C. & Östberg, L. (2023). Exploring an ecosystemic and regenerative approach to quality management: towards new theory and practice for a living world. In: : . Paper presented at EUROMA - A Systems Lens on Operations, Leuven, Belgium, July 3-5, 2023.
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2023 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Quality Management (QM) is currently facing a new landscape that makes the traditional emphasis on internal organizational excellence as well as many of the QM leadership control practices, increasingly insufficient. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to revitalizing and updating QM theory and practice for a living world by exploring an ecosystemic and regenerative approach. The paper presents initial results from a study of the phenomena of developing and improving together, across boundaries of organizations and actors, in two complex ecosystems. The results highlight four enablers and six wishes that could inform further exploration and future QM practice.

Keywords
Dialogic organization development, Regenerative leadership, Open-TQM
National Category
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-49585 (URN)
Conference
EUROMA - A Systems Lens on Operations, Leuven, Belgium, July 3-5, 2023
Funder
The Kamprad Family Foundation, 20220080
Available from: 2023-10-18 Created: 2023-10-18 Last updated: 2023-10-23Bibliographically approved
Snyder, K., Johnson, M. & Snyder, K. (2023). “Going hybrid on a dime”: Insights for transformation in education toward sustainable quality development. Seminar.net: Media, technology and lifelong learning, 19(1)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>“Going hybrid on a dime”: Insights for transformation in education toward sustainable quality development
2023 (English)In: Seminar.net: Media, technology and lifelong learning, E-ISSN 1504-4831, Vol. 19, no 1Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study contributes to research on Quality in Education and examines what possibilities now exist for schools to reinvent and transform using technology-based systems as part of the equation. It is speculated that the pandemic has changed the future of work emphasizing hybrid solutions and networking. The purpose of this article is to present findings from phase two of the qualitative case study to examine what happened to a private school when it went “hybrid on a dime” to maintain attractive quality education.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2023
Keywords
Hybrid schooling, Digital culture, Attractive quality, Transformation in education
National Category
Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-49660 (URN)10.7577/seminar.4762 (DOI)
Available from: 2023-10-25 Created: 2023-10-25 Last updated: 2023-10-30Bibliographically approved
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