Power is needed to get things done in organisations. But who should have this power? Traditionally, power is exerted by managers at the top of the organisational hierarchy. This has led to a strong focus on individual performance, a call for strong leaders showing heroic management. In this technical-practical …

WMO, Jeugdzorg en AWBZ, arbeidsparti-cipatie, het hele sociale domein, het moet allemaal anders. Goedkoper, doelmatiger en integraler. Verschuivingen van taken, ver-antwoordelijkheden en geld – transities, moeten een antwoord geven op de huidige problemen zoals versnippering, langs elkaar heen werken, …

How do empathy and socioperception affect organisations in the Western world? Action research involving in depth interviews with 50 change agents operating in a dozen European companies showed that these men and women have highly developed socioperception skills. They pick up and interpret the weak signals …

De kwaliteit van het hbo moet omhoog. Daarvoor is een kwaliteitscultuur nodig die ruimte geeft aan vakmanschap en het innerlijk streven naar kwaliteit door hbo-docenten. Dit artikel gaat in op de manier waarop die kwaliteitscultuur gestimuleerd kan worden, met een aanpak die top-down kaderstelling en …

Corporate Social Responsibility is an emerging term often used in the globalizing world. The concept CSR has many definitions. The general idea is that companies involved in CSR improve their activities on economic, social and environmental level. This theory is called the Triple Bottom Line. Thus, a …

Contemporary economical problems require new innovative solutions. The potential role of higher education (HE) as a change agent for regional sustainable development is investigated. Stakeholders from firms, education and government within an R&D Campus form Innovation Teams and Communities of Practices …

This paper examines the importance of relationship marketing in the non-profit organisation, specifically focused on the alumni. Embracing the existing customers in an organisation is regarded to be more profitable in the long run. As non-profit organisations face a limited amount of resources, they …

Full text via link Chapter 11 in The Project as a Social System: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Project Management Sustainability is one of the most important challenges of our time. How can we develop prosperity without compromising the life of future generations? Companies are integrating ideas of sustainability …

Duurzaamheid wordt breed erkend als belangrijke factor in de economie. Veel bedrijven, met name uit het MKB, zijn er in de praktijk maar heel beperkt mee bezig. Duurzaam ondernemen beperkt zich tot relatief marginale activiteiten zoals energiebesparing, wat extra milieumaatregelen, iets leuks voor de …

Let us assume that organizations want to blossom in order to achieve their goals in the best possible manner. Why, then, does this fail to occur so often, despite major efforts in HRM such as education, development of competencies, and management training? This article deals with learning obstacles in …