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Presentation: How the University of Helsinki Turned a Funding Crisis Into Lasting Administrative Efficiency
In 2015, federal austerity measures led to a €106M (15%) cut to the University of Helsinki’s budget. Nearly half of that loss landed in a single year. Rather than making piecemeal cuts, Helsinki’s leaders saw an opportunity to fundamentally rethink administrative services. The result was a rapid but carefully structured move to a shared services organization called University Services.
At the Re: University conference, David Attis, Managing Director at EAB, will share lessons learned from Helsinki’s transformation process, and Esa Hämäläinen, Head of Administration at the University of Helsinki, will join via Zoom to answer questions.
Presenters
Esa Hämäläinen
Head of Administration at the University of Helsinki
Related Resources
- How The University of Helsinki Turned a Funding Crisis into Lasting Administrative Efficiency
- The University of Auckland’s Blueprint for Improving Administrative Efficiency
- How Keele University Successfully Sustained a Large-Scale Organizational Transformation
- On-Demand Webinar: Organisational Transformation for Resilience
- Organizational Transformation Resource Center for Higher Ed
- Shared Services Primer
- Process Improvement Primer
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