At our university, the University of Applied Science Utrecht (UASU) workload is a point of concern. Lecturers who teach courses are dissatisfied about the workload. Management has tried to reduce the workload, but figures show there has been no measurable impact as a result of these efforts.

Festivals are nowadays a cultural, social, and economic force to be reckoned with. This study will offer an overview of the Dutch festival landscape, which has been lacking. There are commercial initiatives that target only a portion of the festival sector, and there are specific branch organisations …

The research is conducted for Nissan Nederland. Since 2017, this company has changed their method of targets engagement. The goal of this change is dividing the method of targets of two car branches of Nissan Nederland, the private market versus the fleet market. The result of this change should help …

Will the Automotive era come to an end in the 21th century? Looking at today’s environmental and economic challenges of the use of last century technology cars and listening to some trend watchers one could think so. Cars can be regarded, as an old school status product indeed, for which there is no …

International business has become highly important. However, women entrepreneurs are less involved in international business than men. Therefore, this research was conducted for the women’s network and the department of international economic affairs of VNO-NCW / MKB-Nederland to provide an answer to …

In this paper we explain why Axiomatic design has not been applied in large system of systems information technology architectures in health care organizations in the Netherlands. We have found in extensive case studies of IT systems that the Independence axiom could not be found in the existing Information …

One of the most important societal trends affecting our workplace and workforce in the following decade concerns the combination of a smaller number of younger workers relative to their older counterparts, and the current ‘early exit’ culture in Europe. Because of the staff shortages and possible knowledge …

The significance of effective interprofessional teamwork to improve the quality of care has been widely recognised. Effective interprofessional teamwork calls on good collaboration between professionals and patients, coordination between professionals, and the development of teamwork over time. Effective development …

At our university, the University of Applied Science Utrecht workload is a point of concern. Lecturers who teach courses are dissatisfied about the workload. Management has tried to reduce the workload, but figures show there has been no measurable impact as a result of these efforts. In this case study …

The EU is confident it will reach its target of 20% renewable energy by 2020. But according to Martien Visser, professor at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen (The Netherlands), this 20% is in reality more like 14%. This is because a large part of our energy consumption is simply ignored …