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Key issues and strategies for implementing the Lean Methodology in organizations

27.11.2019 ,

Thomas Djupsjö, Media Management MA student, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor: Dr. Owen Kelly Examiner: Dr. Mats Nylund My Master’s Thesis investigates lean principles, application strategies and what organizations are challenged with when implementing lean. An additional objective has been reviewing how lean may benefit teams within various organizations that function in different industries, cultures, and areas. The media industry today is digital,…

A new study module up and running

19.11.2019 ,

Monday morning started in Arcada’s simulation center, where students in the study module My Future Work Life 1 experienced learning in a different environment than usual. The brand new study module is open for all students in all programmes, however it just so happens that the participants this first time are all engineering students. This was one workshop out of five, and the topic was communication, verbal as well as…

Sustainable – Discourse analysis of a fashion/fashionable term

06.11.2019 ,

Nathalie Hyde-Clarke (PhD), Head of the Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Sustainable: Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level; conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources; able to be upheld or defended (Oxford University Dictionary 2019). Since the publication of my last blog, ‘Stranded: a critical discourse analysis’, I have been asked by students in the Kultur och Media Methodology course…

Find open access publications: Ebooks, e-journals and theses freely accessible for you!

18.10.2019 , ,

What is Open Access (OA)? Open access means that research results are made freely accessible in digital form, which promotes the dissemination of research results both within the scientific community and to the public at large. The reader can read free of charge, use, copy, print, and link the OA publications. Read more about Open access in the Libguide for OA. Arcada Library recommends: DOAB (Directory of Open Access…

Our new students are curious and motivated to learn!

10.10.2019 , , ,

During the first week of this semester, all new students (N=678) in our bachelor programmes were invited to participate in a survey called Me and My Knowledge. The students completed the web survey during scheduled sessions, and (most probably) due to this arrangement, we managed to collect 521 responses, out of which the major part is complete. Our sincerest thanks to all participating students! With 71 statements, the web survey…

Managing Eco anxiety: “Who owns your pain?”

30.09.2019 , ,

Tomas Träskman, Degree Programme Director: Cultural Management, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS. Since many of the students of Cultural Management write their thesis immersed in practice I often arrange supervision in the environment where they actually do that practice. At times it can be really inspiring. In connection to one such supervision, I had the opportunity to take part in “Creative Mornings” an event all around the…

The NURED Final Seminar – WELCOME!

30.09.2019 , , ,

Dear readers! We are pleased to, finally, be able to announce that our project final seminar is drawing near! Held at Arcada UAS (Helsinki Finland) 14.11.2019 from 10.00-16.00 local time, there is an option of attending in person OR globally online. So, wherever you may be reading this, you have the possibility to join us! We have chosen to call our seminar “The home-care jigsaw: bridgning the pieces together in…

Stranded: a critical discourse analysis

27.09.2019 ,

Nathalie Hyde-Clarke (PhD), Head of the Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Stranded: “left without the means to move from somewhere” (Oxford University Dictionary, 2019) On Wednesday, while introducing third year Methodology students to Critical Discourse Analysis, it quickly became apparent that the world social order is in shambles. Or at least that is how it is represented in the media – and given that is almost…