EDUCATION
Doctor of Science, Management and Organization (major), Turku University, Turku School of Economics
Topic of doctoral dissertation: “Subjectivity in strategy practices: discourse and practice theoretical perspectives” (In Finnish: Toimijuus strategiakäytännöissä: diskurssi ja käytäntöteoreettisia avauksia)
2010
Master of Science, Organization and Management (major),
Helsinki School of Economics 1991
CURRENT POSITION
Senior Lecturer, Management, University of Lapland
1.1.2012 – 31.12.2015
Adjunct Professor, Strategic Management, University of Eastern Finland
5.9.2011 –
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS AT THE ACADEMIA
Researcher, University of Eastern Finland 1.8.2011 – 31.12.2011
Professor (acting), Innovation Management,
University of Eastern Finland
1.10.2010 – 31.7.2011
Researcher, Aalto School of Economics, ‘Solvency and Strategic Management’ -‐Research Project, Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
1.8. – 30.9.2010
Lecturer, Management, University of Lapland
1.1.2009 – 31.7.2010
Assistant Professor, Management, University of Lapland
1.1.-‐31.12.2008
Researcher, Management and Organization,
Turku School of Economics, ‘Network-‐based working
environment as a challenge for collaboration, expertise and management’ –Research Project, Academy of Finland
1.5.2006 – 31.12.2006
Researcher, Management and Organization, ‘Competence and Learning in Organizations’ -‐Research Project, 15 months during 2002 – 2004, Academy of Finland
Part-‐time Lecturer, Management and Organization, Turku School of Economics
30.8.2004 – 3.12.2004 Assistant, Management and Organization,
Turku School of Economics
1.1.2004 – 29.2.2004 CONSULTING AND EXECUTIVE EDUCATION CAREER
Management Consultant, Strategic Consulting and Executive Education, Pikka-‐Maaria Laine Tmi
2001 -‐ Product Manager, Specialist Qualification in Management
Examination, EVTEK University of Applied Sciences, Mercuria Business School
1.10.1999 – 31.12.2000 Consultant, Recruiting and Career Orientation, EVTEK
University of Applied Sciences, Mercuria Business School
1.8.1998 – 30.9.1999
Project Manager, Research Project ‘Learning Organisation’, Helsinki School of Economics, Institute of Business Studies
1.1.1998 – 31.5.1998 Strategy Assistant and Junior Consultant, Strategic
Consultancy Company VIA (from Vision into Action) Group 1.1.1990 – 31.12.1997
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AT THE EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
’Strategic Management’ -‐courses in the Academic Executive Education programmes:
• eMBA, University of Lapland, Spring 2011
• JOKO 35 – 37; JOKO 38 – 39 and Future Excellence (in English); four in-‐house
JOKOs; all JOKOs as part of eMBA, Turku School of Economics, 2010 – 2013
• Jet 6 -‐ Special Qualification in Management Examination, Helsinki Business
Collage, September 2007 – November 2008
’Strategic management’ -‐courses in the In-‐House Executive Education programmes:
• Real Estate Agency Huoneistokeskus, May 2007 – August 2008
• Real Estate Agency SKV, Spring 2006 – Spring 2007
• HRM Centre, City of Vantaa, Spring 2006 – Spring 2007
• Lapland Vocational College (with Urpo Laakkonen), Autumn 2007
• Rehabilitation Foundation (with Urpo Laakkonen and Mia Aittola), Autumn 2007
• Rescue Department of Uusimaa County, Spring 2006
• EVTEK/Espoo-‐Vantaa technical university of applied sciences, Spring 2001
‘Leadership’ -‐courses in the In-‐House Executive Education programmes:
• Situational Leadership (in English), Publicly listed MNC company, Spring 2009
• Belbin Team Roles, Municipality Group of Kouvola Region, Spring 2004
• Brain Dominance Instrument of Ned Hermann, Publicly listed MNC company,
Spring 2000
Invited lectures and presentations at the Executive Education
• Guest speaker in two workshops on Leadership organized by Tekes – the Finnish
Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, March 19 and July 12, 2013
• Guest speaker in the Future Forum of Strategic Management at the JTO School of
Management: “Strategy as a co-‐operative practice – Reconstruction of strategizing
challenges’’ May 9th, 2008
• Teaching ‘Strategy implementation’ -‐courses at HAUS Finnish Institute of Public
Management Ltd, 2.11.2006, 21.11.2006 and 25.4.2007
• Presentations: “Challenges of strategic leadership” & “Theoretical perspectives on
strategic leadership” (with Susan Meriläinen) at a Round Table workshops on ‘Strategic Leadership’ in the Strategic Management Society of Finland, 2006-‐2007
FACILITATING STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE ORGANIZATIONS
• Co-‐facilitating strategy processes with senior consultants for various international
companies during years 1990 – 1997 at Strategic Consultancy Company VIA (from Vision into Action) Group
• Consulting the strategic development of various businesses of MNCs during
Executive Education Programmes, 1998 -‐ 2007
• Developing dialogical strategic development practices for two national police
departments, City of Vantaa and City of Lahti, Autumn 2009 – Spring 2011
• Facilitating strategy process of Media Factory, Aalto University, Autumn 2009
• Facilitating strategic development of HRM Centre, City of Vantaa, January 18, 2002
and January 29-‐30, 2009
• Facilitating strategy process of Cresco Psychological Agency Ltd, autumn 2002
DESIGNING AND MANAGING EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES Designing and managing ten (10) International In-‐House Executive Education Programmes for three publicly listed MNCs, 2000 -‐ 2007
• Planning the curriculum of the programmes
• Evaluating the Strategic, Operational, Team Dynamic and Personal Development
Plans of the participants
• Managing the programmes
Urpo Laakkonen, TCN Partners Oy) and two (2) open Executive Education programmes based on Specialist Qualification in Management Examination, 1998 -‐ 2007
• Planning the curriculum of the programmes
• Evaluating the Strategic, Operational, Team Development and Personal
Development Plans of the participants
• Managing the programmes
Designing In-‐House Executive Education programmes:
• Real Estate Agency Huoneistokeskus, May 2007 – August 2008
• Real Estate Agency SKV, spring 2006 – spring 2007
• HRM Centre, City of Vantaa, spring 2006 – spring 2007
Designing open Executive Education programmes:
• Jet 6 -‐ Special Qualification in Management Examination, Helsinki Business
Collage, September 2007 – November 2008
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AT THE ACADEMIA Doctoral level
• Practice-‐based Analysis, Qualitative Research –course at Aalto University School of
Economics, December, 2012, and February, 2013
• Practice-‐based research in business studies, KATAJA (The Finnish Doctoral
Program in Business Studies), June, 2012
Master’s -‐level
University of Eastern Finland:
• Advanced Readings in Innovation Management 1 and 2, Autumn 2010 – Spring
2011)
• Leadership and Managerial Work, Spring 2011
• Supervising the thesis work for Master’s Degree in Business, Spring 2011
University of Lapland:
• Supervising the thesis work for Master’s Degree in Business, 2012 -‐ 2013
• JOMA 1206 Leadership and Leadership research, 2012 -‐ 2013
• JOMA 1304 Strategic Management, Master level, 2008 – 2010, 2012 -‐ 2013
• JOMA 1202 Strategic Management, Undergraduate level, 2008 – 2010, 2012 -‐
2013
• JOKO 1202 Strategic Management (in English), 2008 – 2010
• JOKO 1204 Managerial Work, 2008
Aalto University School of Economics:
• Communication in Strategy Work, 2011 -‐ 2013
Bachelor’s –level
University of Eastern Finland:
• Supervising the thesis work for Bachelor’s level, Spring 2010 – Autumn 2011
University of Lapland:
• JOKO 1105 Introduction to Strategic Management (also in English), 2008 -‐2010
• JOKO 1103 Knowledge, action and organizations, 2008
• JOKO 1203 Supervising the thesis work for Bachelor’s level, 2008 – 2009
• Co-‐organizing and implementing an Innomaraton –course with the Rovaniemi
University of Applied Sciences and Kemi-‐Tornio University of Applied Sciences, 2009 – 2010
Turku School of Economics:
• Supervising the thesis work for Bachelor’s level, 2004
EVTEK Polytechnic/ University of Applied Sciences:
• Career Orientation for international BBA-‐students, European Management
Programme, 1998
Teaching in virtual e-‐learning environment
• JOKO 1105 Introduction to Strategic Management –course, teaching in virtual
learning environment, Master’s Program of Tourism Business, University of Lapland, 2009
Invited lectures and presentations at the academia
• Presentation in the ’Visual Analysis Workshop’, University of Eastern Finland,
3.-‐5.5.2013
• Guest speaker in the ‘Identity seminar’ of University of Eastern Finland,
September, 2012
• Guest speaker in the ‘Doctoral seminar’ of University of Eastern Finland, May,
2012
• Guest speaker in the seminar ‘Solvency and Strategic Management’ at Aalto
University School of Economics, November 26, 2010, and May 24, 2011.
• Rehersal pre-‐examiner and –opponent for the PhD Thesis of Rita Järventie-‐Thesleff
at Aalto University School of Economics, April 21, 2010.
• Guest speaker in the Qualitative Research –course (90L559602) at Helsinki School
of Economics: “Workpractices as Strategy – An Alternative to Strategy as Practice –research”, February 2, 2009
• Guest commentator of Paavo Järvensivu’s, Minna Mustonen’s and Rita Järventie-‐
Thesleff’s PhD Thesis at Helsinki School of Economics, August 21, 2008.
• Presentations in the seminar on Ethical Challenge in Global Business at Keropirtti,
Strategizing”, April 1-‐3, 2008.
• Guest Speaker in the PhD workshop of University of Lapland and University of
Oulu, Rovaniemi: “My PhD process”, December 4, 2007.
• Guest speaker in the Leadership –course at Lappeenranta University of Techology:
“The social construction of strategic management”, May 10, 2007.
• Guest speaker in the Leadership –course at Helsinki School of Economics:
“Development of strategic management in organizations”, February 2, 2007.
• Presentation (with Eero Vaara) at the research seminar: “Struggling over
subjectivity: A discursive analysis of strategic development in an engineering group”, Helsinki School of Economics, March 3, 2006.
• Presentation at an academic VerMeet –project seminar: “Different Theoretical
Perspectives on Identity”, Helsinki University of Technology, April 11, 2007.
ACADEMIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Academic Leaderships
Co-‐leader of EGOS Standing Working Group ‘Strategizing: Activity and Practice’
• Co-‐convener of the EGOS sub-‐theme: Identity, Power and Technology
with Claus Jacobs and Richard Whittington, Gothenburg, 2011
• Co-‐Organizer of the EGOS ‘Strategizing: Activity and Practice’ Paper
Development Workshop with Claus Jacobs, David Seidl and Richard Whittington, Gothenburg, 2011
• Commentator of the EGOS ‘Strategizing: Activity and Practice’ Paper
Development Workshop, Helsinki, 2012
2010 -‐
Board member of the Strategic Management Society of Finland
• Organizing and chairing the Strategy Master Thesis competition in
2010 and 2012
• Organizing and chairing the Strategy PhD Thesis Competition in 2011
2010 -‐ 2012
Member of the Organizing Committee of EGOS (European Group of Organization Studies) conference at Finland
Organizer of the Strategic Design and Dialogue Conference of Strategic Management Society of Finland for practitioners and academics
2012 2012
External examiner for Doctoral Dissertation Riku Oksman, Aalto yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu
Lehtinen Marjukka, Aalto yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu 2013 2011
Supervisor for Doctoral Dissertation
Iivanainen, Eeva, University of Eastern Finland 2011 -‐
Kettunen, Ilkka, University of Lapland 2010 -‐ 2013
Montonen, Tero, University of Eastern Finland 2011 -‐
Pohjonen, Marke, University of Eastern Finland 2011 -‐ 2013
Referee
Academy of Management Journal 2010
Californian Management Review 2010
Human Relations 2010 -‐
Organization Studies
Organization 2010 -‐ 2013 -‐
Scandinavian Journal of Management 2011 -‐
Strategic Management Society, Special Conference on ‘Intersections of
Strategy Processes and Strategy Practices’ 2010
MEMBERSHIPS
Institutional member of Strategy-‐as-‐Practice International Network
(www.sap-‐in.org) 2010
Member of ‘Strategic Target Area of Wellbeing’, Innovation Program,
University of Lapland 2009
Member of ‘Quality Bridge’, The co-‐operation group with local business community, University of Lapland
2008 RESEARCH PROJECTS
Agile co-‐creation practices for business development (AGILE), Project leader of the University of Lapland sub-‐project, University of Lapland and Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation/ Tekes
Managing and measuring innovation at work (INWORK), University of Lapland and Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation/ Tekes 2014 – 2015 2012 -‐ 2013 Innovation Practice (University of Eastern Finland)
2011 -‐ 2013
Solvency and Strategic Management, Aalto University School of Economics and Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation/ Tekes
Strategic Challenges of the Media Industry in Converging Media Markets, Aalto University School of Economics and Helsingin Sanomat Foundation 2010 -‐ 2012 PUBLICATIONS
Refereed articles in international journals and books
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria (2009) Workpractices as Strategy – An Alternative to Strategy as Practice –research (In Finnish: Työkäytännöt strategiana – vaihtoehto strategia
käytäntönä –tutkimukseen). The Finnish Journal of Business Economics, 58, 3-‐4, 181-‐
206.
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria & Eero Vaara (2010) Struggling over subjectivity: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Strategic Development. In Damon Golsorkhi, Linda Rouleau,
David Seidl & Eero Vaara (eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice.
Cambridge University Press, 310-‐325.
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria & Eero Vaara (2007) Struggling over subjectivity: a discursive
analysis of strategic development in an engineering group. Human Relations, 60, 1,
29-‐58.
Järventie-‐Theseff, Rita, Johanna Moisander & Pikka-‐Maaria Laine (2011) Organizational Dynamics and Complexities of Corporate Brand Building – A Practice
Perspective. Scandinavian Journal of Management, Special Issue on Marketing-‐as-‐
Practice, 27, 196-‐204.
Moisander, Johanna, Könkkölä, Saara & Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria (2013) Consumer workers as immaterial labour in the converging media markets: three value-‐
creation practices. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 37, 222-‐227
Vaara, Eero & Pikka-‐Maaria Laine (2006): A Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective
on Strategy. In Júlia Todoli, María Labarta & Rosanna Dolón (eds.) Critical discourse
analysis. L?analisi critica del discurs. Qauderns de Filologia. Estudis Linguistics, Universitat de València, 301-‐315.
Refereed articles in domestic books
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria & Eero Vaara (2011) Strategy belongs to Personnel! Dialogical Perspective to Strategy Making. (In Finnish: Strategia kuuluu henkilöstölle! Dialoginen näkökulma strategiatyöhön). In Saku Mantere, Kimmo Suominen and
Eero Vaara (eds.) Novel Perspectives for Strategic Management (In Finnish:
Toisinajattelua Strategisesta Johtamisesta). WSOY: Helsinki.
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria (2006) Strategic development as a dialogical practice (In Finnish: Liiketoiminnan kehittäminen koko organisaation vuorovaikutteisena
prosessina) In Lilli Sundvik (ed.) Viable organization. Leadership challenges and
solutions (In Finnish: Toimiva työyhteisö. Esimiehen haasteet ja ratkaisut). Edita: Helsinki.
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria (2005): The practice of teaching Strategic Management (In Finnish: Strategisen johtamisen opettaminen ja oppiminen). In Paula Kirjavainen,
Satu Lähteenmäki, Hannu Salmela & Essi Saru (eds.) Multible Paths to Learning
Organization (In Finnish: Monta tietä oppivaan organisaatioon). Turku School of Economics Series Discussion and Working Papers 9. Esa Print: Tampere, 107-‐126.
Vaara, Eero & Pikka-‐Maaria Laine (2006): A Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective on Strategy (In Finnish: Kohti uutta paradigmaa? Kriittinen diskurssianalyysi metodologiana strategiatutkimuksessa). In Marja-‐Liisa Kakkuri-‐Knuutila, Kristiina
Rolin & Elina Henttonen (eds.) Applied Social Science and Philosophy (In Finnish:
Soveltava yhteiskuntatiede ja filosofia.) Gaudeamus: Helsinki, 155-‐173.
Monographs
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria (2010) Subjectivity in strategy practices: discourse and practice
theoretical perspectives (In Finnish: Toimijuus strategiakäytännöissä: diskurssi-‐ ja
käytäntöteoreettisia avauksia). Doctoral Dissertation, Turku School of Economics Series A-‐1. Uniprint: Turku.
Other publications
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria & Meriläinen, Susan (2013) Strategic development in IT Service Company (In Finnish: Ohjelmistoyritys epäjohtaa uudistumista). In Eriksson, P. & Tienari, J. (eds.) Innovative Management and Work Practices. (In Finnish: Tarjolla
tänään: Toimivia uudistumisen käytäntöjä). Työn tuuli –aikakauskirja (Finnish
Journal for HRM). Henkilöstöjohdon ryhmä – HENRY ry, Euraprint Oy.
Conference Papers and Proceedings
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria, Moisander, Johanna & Saara Könkkölä (2013) Strategic Agency
of Consumer-‐Customers. Anthropology of Markets & Consumption Conference,
Irvine, California, March 7 thru 9, 2013
Organizations. SCOS (Standing Conference of Organizational Symbolism), Barcelona, July, 2012
Valtonen, Anu, Susan Meriläinen & Pikka-‐Maaria Laine (2012) Identity construction
in sleeping and knowledge work. 10 International Conference of Organizational
Discourse, Amsterdam, July, 2012
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria, Susan Meriläinen, Janne Tienari & Eero Vaara (2010) Strategizing as Identity Performance: A Critical Analysis of Identity Construction in
Talk about Organizational Strategy. European Group of Organization Studies, July 7-‐
9, 2011, Göteborg, Sweden.
Moisander, Johanna, Saara Könkkölä & Pikka-‐Maaria Laine (2010) Customers as Strategy Practitioners – Exploring the Strategic Agency of the Customer in
Converging Media Markets. European Group of Organization Studies, July 1-‐3, 2010,
Lisbon, Portugal.
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria (2010). Construction of Problems, Solutions, and Subjectivities:
Reflections on Four Approaches to Strategy as Practice Research. Workshop on
Practicing Organizing, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, June, 7-‐8, 2010.
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria & Johanna Moisander (2009) Strategy as the inherent logic of
employee work practices – rethinking strategic agency in SAP research. European
Group of Organization Studies, July 2-‐4, 2009, Barcelona, Spain.
Järventie-‐Thesleff, Rita, Pikka-‐Maaria Laine & Johanna Moisander (2009) Organizational dynamics and complexities of corporate branding – a practice
perspective. European Academy of Management, May, 11-‐14, 2009, Liverpool,
Great Britain.
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria (2006) Strategizing, resistance and identity work: business
development in a multinational consulting and engineering company. European
Group of Organization Studies, July, 6-‐8, 2006, Bergen, Norway.
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria & Eero Vaara (2004) On the discursive construction of strategy
and strategy work. European Group of Organization Studies, July, 1-‐3, 2004,
Ljubljana, Slovenia.
common business development’. Conference Proceedings Book III, Researching Work and Learning, July, 25-‐27, 2003, Tampere.
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria (2003) Locally constructed business development. Scandinavian
Academy of Management –conference, August, 14-‐16, 2003, Reykjavik, Island.
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria (2003) Discursive construction of strategy work, organizational development and participation. (In Finnish: Strategiatyön, organisaation toiminnan
kehittämisen ja osallistumisen diskursiivinen rakentuminen). Conference for Cultural
Studies (In Finnish: Kulttuuritutkimuksen päivät), December, 12-‐13, 2003, Helsinki.
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria (2002) Management training programme as an arena for
developing strategic capability of an organisation. Conference Proceedings, British
Academy of Management, September, 9-‐11, 2002, London, Great Britain.
Vaara, Eero & Pikka-‐Maaria Laine (2004) Strategy discourse as a subject for critical
discourse analysis. International Conference on Critical Discourse Analysis, May, 5-‐8,
2004, Valencia, Spain.
Articles in progress
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria & Eero Vaara (2014) Participation within Strategy Practices. In
Damon Golsorkhi, Linda Rouleau, David Seidl & Eero Vaara (eds.) Cambridge
Handbook of Strategy as Practice. Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition.
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria, Susan Meriläinen, Janne Tienari & Eero Vaara: Strategizing as Identity Performance: A Critical Analysis of Identity Construction in Talk about Organizational Strategy.
• R&R, Organization, November 2013
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria, Susan Meriläinen & Anu Valtonen: ApusApus: New Intersections of Sleeping, Waking and Knowing
• To be submitted to Organization Studies, January 2014
Moisander, Johanna, Sven-‐Ove Hors & Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria: Strategic agency of balanced scorecard – a socio-‐material perspective on strategy tools
• To be submitted to Strategic Organization, Spring 2014
Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria, Eriksson, Päivi, Merilänen, Susan & Thomas, Robyn: Strategy making in and around organization: strategy field through poststructuralist processual perspective
To be submitted to Organization Studies during Spring 2014
Järventie-‐Thesleff, Rita & Laine, Pikka-‐Maaria: ‘Get yourself a life’ – A discursive struggle of identities in a change of a knowledge intensive organization
To be submitted to Organization Studies during Autumn 2014