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perkele, management by n.

a Finnish leadership approach that takes required actions in a quick and swift way. This entry suggested by Jarmo Saarikko.

• "He led by personal example and tenacious persistence that often resulted in maverick behavior, what Kairamo himself called 'management by perkele [Satan].'" Dan Steinbock, The Nokia Revolution: The Story of an Extraordinary Company That Transformed an Industry, 2001, p. 34.
• "Staffan Bruun and Mosse Wallén, two Finnish journalists (or more precisely, Swedish-speaking Finns), write in their popular book on Nokia: 'It is management by perkele – direct communication between management and employees, and quick, unemotional decisions.'" Anne-Marie Søderberg and Eero Vaara, Merging Across Borders: People, Cultures and Politics, 2003, p. 74.
• "The public perception of 'one-syllable Hintikka' is one of an archetypal boss of the Finnish school of management by perkele ('perkele', a popular Finnish swear word, is a reference to the devil), whose doctrine seems to be derived from the classic Finnish war novel The Unknown Soldier, in which decisions are pushed through without wasting time asking the opinons of others." Helsingin Sanomat, Apr. 6, 2004, In: Stefan Schmid, Strategien der Internationalisierung, 2006, p. 347.
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puukko n.

from puukko "(sheath) knife": a Finnish style knife [from Finnish puu "wood"]. This entry suggested by Manu Pärssinen.

• "Custom puukko style hidden tang with handle of musk ox horn and amber", Mark Knapp Custom Knives.
• "Making the stretcher wasn't too hard, now that he had the puukko knife and the saber saw from his survival pack." S. M. Stirling, Dies the Fire, 2004, p. 29.
• "In shape, it was like a Finnish puukko knife, but what I liked best about the Sable IV was its size." L. Neil Smith, The American Zone, 2002, p. 84.
• "Leather goods and 'puukko' knives are among the best buys in Lapland." Jane Hutchings, Insight Guide Scandinavia, 2003, p. 349.
• "In the heavily wooded land the ax and puukko ('sheath knife') were part of every man's daily equipment as both tool and weapon." Eino Friberg, The Kalevala: Epic of the Finnish People, 1989, p. 366.
• "He unsheathed his puukko, his short-bladed knife, and poked his face into the room next door, where his father was slumbering through it all..." Richard Rayner, The Cloud Sketcher: A Novel, 2002, p. 23.
• "A few months ago he dropped by to show off a set of Finnish Puukko knives and invited himself for dinner." Jim Shepard, "The Gun Lobby: A Short Story", The Atlantic, Apr. 2001.
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