This paper describes the participatory development process of a web-based communication system focusing on disease management, particularly infection control of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). These infections are becoming a major public health issue; they can have serious consequences …

The first part-time jobs came into development in the 1950's. Due to shortage of (female) workers companies started offering part-time jobs to married women. Only part-time jobs were offered since the norms and values of that time viewed raising children and doing the household as the primary task of …

Full text via link. Hoe zorgen we ervoor dat het enorme ledenverloop van fitnesscentra afneemt? De branchevereniging Fit!Vak stelde deze vraag ruimt 2 jaar geleden aan de Hogeschool Utrecht. Deze ondervroeg ruim 5000 klanten van geselecteerde fitnesscentra om aan de hand van de resultaten met oplossingen …

If being physically fit is of the outmost importance, then what can be said about the fitness of persons with severe or profound intellectual, visual and motor disabilities? Exactly how could their level of physical fitness be measured? Formulated differently, if a person sees little to nothing and in …

To perform at top level, all systems within an organization need to be aligned. When body and mind aren’t connected, you can’t function well. In the same way that it is important to align the mind and the body, a promising business vision (the mind) will not have the expected result when executed without …

The coming decades, the baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1965) are going to retire. This retirement wave will cause a loss of knowledge for organizations and thus threatens the organization‟s ability to make knowledge productive and thus competitiveness. As knowledge management (KM) is the formal …

Cities need to become environmental sustainable, they have to reduce their ecological footprint by reducing waste, CO² emissions, use land sustainably and take care of the biodiversity. This research took The Hague as an example to investigate the possibilities for an urban agriculture initiative to …

De Nederlandse bevolking wordt steeds ouder. Het aandeel 55-plussers in 2010 bedraagt meer dan 15% van de Nederlandse bevolking. De komende jaren zal de vergrijzing alleen maar toe blijven nemen. De vergrijzingspiek valt rond 2040. Dan is de verwachting dat meer dan een kwart van de bevolking 55 jaar …

Students' educational careers in Higher Education: a search into key factors regarding study outcome One of the political goals of the EU is to develop 'the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010'. The Dutch knowledge economy faces an increased demand for highly-educated inhabitants, …

Introduction Innovation is crucial for companies who have to react to constantly changing markets. Several national and European research institutes stress the importance of developing innovation for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). This was a trigger to design a minor on strategic innovation …