Tässä tiivistahtisessa yrityksessä keskitymme työnjaon suunnittelemiseen.

Questions & Answers about Tässä tiivistahtisessa yrityksessä keskitymme työnjaon suunnittelemiseen.

Why does this sentence use suunnittelemiseen instead of just a basic infinitive like suunnitella?
The verb keskittyä (to focus on) requires its target to be in the illative case. Because the target here is an action (planning), we must turn the verb suunnitella into a verbal noun (suunnitteleminen) and then put it in the illative case, resulting in suunnittelemiseen.
Could we use the 3rd infinitive illative (suunnittelemaan) instead, since both end up in the illative case?
No, and this is a common mix-up! Verbs of movement or starting (like mennä or ruveta) take the 3rd infinitive illative (-maan or -mään). However, keskittyä strictly requires a noun as its target. To make a verb act like a standard noun, you must use the 4th infinitive (-minen), which declines to -miseen.
Why is the word for task allocation in the genitive case (työnjaon)?
When an action verb is turned into a verbal noun like suunnitteleminen, its direct object usually takes the genitive case. Instead of saying planning the work division, Finnish grammar works closer to saying the work division's planning.
How is the adjective tiivistahtisessa constructed?
It is a compound of tiivis (tight, compact) and tahti (pace, rhythm). Adding the suffix -nen creates the adjective tiivistahtinen (fast-paced). Here it is declined in the inessive case (tiivistahtisessa) to match yrityksessä (in the company).

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