Exploring Humour as a Strategic Tool for Creating Innovative Business
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Nimeke: Exploring Humour as a Strategic Tool for Creating Innovative Business
Tekijä: Alatalo Sari; Vuorela Taina; Oikarinen Eeva-Liisa; Aro Päivi; Törmänen Miia
Aihe, asiasanat: huumori, liike-elämä, liiketoiminta, liikeviestintä, palvelumuotoilu, yritystoiminta, Business, Communication, Humour, Service design
Tiivistelmä: The video discusses the key results of the TEKES-funded project ‘Humour as a Strategic Tool for Creating Innovative Business’ (HURMOS). The project was carried out in co-operation with the University of Oulu and the Oulu University of Applied Sciences in 2015-2017.
The aim was to explore how humour can be incorporated into business. Among employees inside an organisation, humour offers business potential: affiliative, coping and reframing types of humour as well as telling stories enhance innovativeness at the individual level. In contrast, aggressive humour is negatively connected with innovativeness also when communicating with interest groups outside an organisation. Moreover, a playful attitude and atmosphere in general have a positive influence on work engagement.
The results of the potential and the limits of humour in business concern both internal and external corporate communication; they were explored in such contexts as recruitment advertising, service encounters, business development workshops as well as different forms of branding in social media. According to the studies where humour was used in peer-group mentoring and service design workshops, positive humour seems applicable in such activities.
Videon kesto: 6:17
Julkaisija: Oulun ammattikorkeakoulu, Oamk
Aikamääre: Julkaistu 2018-05-02
Pysyvä osoite: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201804176585
Kieli: englanti
Suhde: http://urn.fi/URN:ISSN:1798-2022, ePooki - Oulun ammattikorkeakoulun tutkimus- ja kehitystyön julkaisut
Oikeudet: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Alatalo, S., Vuorela, T., Oikarinen, E-L., Aro, P. & Törmänen, M. 2018. Exploring Humour as a Strategic Tool for Creating Innovative Business. ePooki. Oulun ammattikorkeakoulun tutkimus- ja kehitystyön julkaisut 19. Hakupäivä 19.4.2024. http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201804176585.
Are you serious – humour incorporated into business? There is potential in humour, that can be used in business. A playful attitude and atmosphere in general have a positive influence on work engagement. Affiliative, coping and reframing types of humour enhance innovativeness. In contrast, aggressive humour is negatively connected with innovativeness.
| Writer Sari Alatalo, Taina Vuorela, Eeva-Liisa Oikarinen, Miia Törmänen Director Miia Törmänen Camera Anne Peltola Editor Miia Törmänen, Anne Peltola Music Oakland Dreams, Wistia.com Producer Design Inspis and Oulu University of Applied Sciences |
The video discusses the key results of the TEKES-funded project ‘Humour as a Strategic Tool for Creating Innovative Business’ (HURMOS). The project was carried out in co-operation with the University of Oulu and the Oulu University of Applied Sciences in 2015-2017.
The aim was to explore how humour can be incorporated into business. Among employees inside an organisation, humour offers business potential: affiliative, coping and reframing types of humour as well as telling stories enhance innovativeness at the individual level. In contrast, aggressive humour is negatively connected with innovativeness also when communicating with interest groups outside an organisation. Moreover, a playful attitude and atmosphere in general have a positive influence on work engagement.
The results of the potential and the limits of humour in business concern both internal and external corporate communication; they were explored in such contexts as recruitment advertising, service encounters, business development workshops as well as different forms of branding in social media. According to the studies where humour was used in peer-group mentoring and service design workshops, positive humour seems applicable in such activities.
The video can be used in teaching, business studies and it is an example of the research co-operation between Oulun University of Applied Sciences and Oulu University.
References
1. Ahola, H., Aro, P. & Vuorela, T. 2016. Humour Matters in Service Design Workshops. European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE), 15th-16th September, 2016, Jyväskylä.
2. Hurmelinna-Laukkanen, P., Alatalo, S., Oikarinen E-L, Vuorela, T., Ahola H., Aro, P., Kallio, T. & Atta-Owusu, K. 2016. Relationships of Playfulness, work engagement and innovative performance. European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE), 15th-16th September, 2016, Jyväskylä.
3. Vuorela, T., Oikarinen, E-L., Hurmelinna-Laukkanen, P., Alatalo, S., Ahola, H., Aro, P., Poutiainen, A., Saraniemi, S., Estola, E., Siklander, P., Tähtinen, J., Sinisalo, J., Impiö, N. & Kallio, T. 2017. Research agenda with empirical results of using humour strategically in business. Yrittäjyyskasvatuspäivät, 21.-22.9.2017, Oulu.
4. Oikarinen, E-L. & Sinisalo, J. 2017. Personality or skill: A qualitative study of humorous recruitment advertising campaign on social media. International journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising 11 (1), 22-43.
