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PNew!perkele, management by n.
a Finnish leadership approach that takes required actions in a quick and swift way. This entry suggested by Jarmo Saarikko.
  • "He led by personal example and tenacious persistence that often resulted in maverick behavior, what Kairamo himself called 'management by perkele [Satan].'" Dan Steinbock, The Nokia Revolution: The Story of an Extraordinary Company That Transformed an Industry, 2001, p. 34.
  • "Staffan Bruun and Mosse Wallén, two Finnish journalists (or more precisely, Swedish-speaking Finns), write in their popular book on Nokia: 'It is management by perkele – direct communication between management and employees, and quick, unemotional decisions.'" Anne-Marie Søderberg and Eero Vaara, Merging Across Borders: People, Cultures and Politics, 2003, p. 74.
  • "The public perception of 'one-syllable Hintikka' is one of an archetypal boss of the Finnish school of management by perkele ('perkele', a popular Finnish swear word, is a reference to the devil), whose doctrine seems to be derived from the classic Finnish war novel The Unknown Soldier, in which decisions are pushed through without wasting time asking the opinons of others." Helsingin Sanomat, Apr. 6, 2004, In: Stefan Schmid, Strategien der Internationalisierung, 2006, p. 347.
  • Management by perkele at Wikipedia
puukkopuukko n.
from puukko "(sheath) knife": a Finnish style knife [from Finnish puu "wood"]. This entry suggested by Manu Pärssinen.

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