This study deals with the ability of management to successfully innovate their organizations by means of adaptation. Two main theories, organizational ecology (OE) and contingency theory (CT) have used the concept of organizational form to debate if inertia (OE) or adaptation (CT) is more the order of …

Interne webpublicatie kenniskring duurzame bedrijfsvoering Avans Hogeschool

The paper describes the results of a pilot project for a novel approach to introduce sustainable development in engineering eduction. That concerns a full integration in the study with the goal that all students develop a basic understandingt and are trained in the specific aspects of sustainable issues …

geen samenvatting

The paper describes how the CIRRUS project, a pilot for a novel approach to introduce sustainable development in engineering education, has been implemented into the studies of the School of the Built Environment and Management. That concerns the implementation of sustainability in the curriculum of …

Over het non-combattantenbeginsel in de JWT.

Recensie

In dit boek analyseert de auteur een aantal actuele thema's: wat moet er geleerd worden in het onderwijs; moeten er waarden en normen worden overgedragen; etc.

Vanaf januari 1999 heeft op de Faculteit Techniek & Natuur (FTN) van de Hogeschool Brabant een omvangrijk project gelopen met als doel het invoeren van duurzame (technologische) ontwikkeling in het hoger onderwijs. Het was een van de eerste grootschalige en innovatieve projecten op dit gebied. Als zodanig …

Early 20th century management literature was very decisive about the role of efficiency; it was the ‘one best way’-criterion for organizational decision-making. This paper shows by means of a backward prediction that efficiency was indeed an important measure for organizations in the early 20th century. …