the lagom way
Access and availability
Superiors and mangers
Hierarchy for convenience only, superiors and mangers are accessible to everyone in an organization, being independent, equal rights, coaching leader, management facilities and empowers.
Young Swedes employed by foreign companies or international organizations often run into trouble being too informal or too disrespectful of structures. In a Swedish ministry, for example, it is quite natural for a newly employed, young person to stop the minister in the corridor and launch a fast idea. Wouldn't happen in Paris.
Decentralization
Swedish companies usually have flat, non-hierarchical organizations with more of informal decision-making compared with companies in other countries.
Decentralized work environment in general, where mangers expect that the employees contribute with their own experiences.
The lagom way,
Lagom, a word that does not mean anything really, and could be translated to adequate, just right in moderation. This mentality does exist in the Swedish business culture as well, meaning that employees and employers focus on performing exactly what is needed and often well instead of going the extra mile or spend time on parts around the essential task. Can be surreal and very difficult to understand if you ask someone about how much time should be spent on a specific task and they answer the lagom amount. The lagom amount is also the standard amount of milk pour in once coffee or tea.
Decision making process
We could also call it the meeting making process, in general making decisions in Sweden takes time. This is due to that there is as mentioned earlier, a flat ideal that everyone should be incorporated in the decision making, and that employees are to some extent expected to contribute to the development and decision making process. In practice meaning several meetings so that everyone have time to reflect and also check with their coworkers what decision they should make.
Punctuality –
Superiors and mangers
Hierarchy for convenience only, superiors and mangers are accessible to everyone in an organization, being independent, equal rights, coaching leader, management facilities and empowers.
Young Swedes employed by foreign companies or international organizations often run into trouble being too informal or too disrespectful of structures. In a Swedish ministry, for example, it is quite natural for a newly employed, young person to stop the minister in the corridor and launch a fast idea. Wouldn't happen in Paris.
Decentralization
Swedish companies usually have flat, non-hierarchical organizations with more of informal decision-making compared with companies in other countries.
Decentralized work environment in general, where mangers expect that the employees contribute with their own experiences.
The lagom way,
Lagom, a word that does not mean anything really, and could be translated to adequate, just right in moderation. This mentality does exist in the Swedish business culture as well, meaning that employees and employers focus on performing exactly what is needed and often well instead of going the extra mile or spend time on parts around the essential task. Can be surreal and very difficult to understand if you ask someone about how much time should be spent on a specific task and they answer the lagom amount. The lagom amount is also the standard amount of milk pour in once coffee or tea.
Decision making process
We could also call it the meeting making process, in general making decisions in Sweden takes time. This is due to that there is as mentioned earlier, a flat ideal that everyone should be incorporated in the decision making, and that employees are to some extent expected to contribute to the development and decision making process. In practice meaning several meetings so that everyone have time to reflect and also check with their coworkers what decision they should make.
Punctuality –