Author: Hugh Clack
Capturing the moment – Should you ask permission or apologise for being lazy?
We’ve all seen it, and we have all done it, some more so than others. So when did we all become so lazy? What am I talking about? The dreadful […]
The disappearing tip – the end of gratuities?
We have seen a decrease in the amount of personal cash transactions over several years in favour of electronic payments. People have long become used to payments via bank transfers, […]
International Partnerships through IBSEN – Prague 2023
Xamk belongs to IBSEN – the International Business Studies Exchange Network – along with Hochschule Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSBI), Czech University of Life Sciences, Hallym University, […]
Going paperless – an impossible dream?
Last issue I mentioned the probability that we might never see Insider in print form in the future mainly due to the diminishing number of students on campuses these days. […]
Kohoa City Campus week 18-20 September 2023
Last week saw the second part of the pilot project for having teaching and integrated content at the city campus venue Kohoa in Kouvola. The week was arranged by Xamk, […]
Benchmarking your competitor – in the spirit of cooperation
In business, it is a common approach to benchmark your competitors (competitor analysis) to see where their strengths and weaknesses are in relation to yours. Also, it is normal practice […]
Editorial – Business as usual?
Welcome (back) to the autumn semester 2023. After the chaos of the last few years, and a reduced presence of Insider, we are now full steam ahead for the coming […]
The disappearing workspace – it’s not personal
Vol. 25, Issue 23, 14 April 2023 Now that many companies and organisations have survived the remote work scenarios forced on them by the recent pandemic, and employees have experienced […]
Time was a constant, then it became relative, now it seems arbitrary – time will tell…
Vol. 25, Issue 21, 31 March 2023 Sir Isaac Newton’s theories assumed time was absolute or a “constant”. Along came Albert Einstein who proved that time is really relative to […]
When employees go on strike – what’s the deal?
Vol. 25, Issue 20, 24 March 2023 As we all know, VR (Finish Railways) workers went on strike this week forcing the company to cancel train services all over the […]