Agriculture is the main driver of the economy and the source of living for the majority of the population in Ethiopia. However, its performance has been poor and unable to feed the ever increasing population. Thus there is a need to change this trend and ensure the food security of the population. Agricultural …

Het project Flexibele Toelating Fontys (FTF) beoogt flexibilisering van de toelating tot het hbo. Middels flexibilisering van de toelating tot het hbo kan het tekort aan kenniswerkers worden aangepakt en het verlies aan human capital worden bestreden. In het kader van het FTF-project is een instrumentarium …

In het eerste deel van mijn les presenteer ik u de demografische ontwikkelingen die leiden tot een sterke toename van het aantal senioren in onze samenleving en tot schaarste op de arbeidsmarkt. Vervolgens bespreek ik de maatregelen die de Nederlandse overheid heeft genomen om deze ontwikkelingen in …

This paper presents four research projects on organizational innovation in the Netherlands. These projects are still in a design and theoretical investigation stage, but the authors find it useful to share their findings and insights with the research community in order to inspire them with their ideas …

This book is about markets for intermediate skills. It is also about the coordination within and between the (vocational) education system and the (sub-baccalaureate) labor market, and the institutions that govern them. Our goal was to improve our understanding of how particular governance regimes influence …

In dit paper wordt het actor-centered institutionalism model toegepast om onderzoek te kunnen doen naar flexicurity startegieën. Eerst wordt het actor-centered institutionalism model van Renate Maynt, Frits Scharf en anderen samengevat; daarna wordt geschetst hoe dit model kan worden gebuikt om t.a.v. …

The purpose of the paper is to start a dialogue about differences between Western and Eastern cultures in the way they conceptualize knowledge and discuss the implications of these differences for a global intellectual capital (IC) theory and practice. A systematic metaphor analysis of the concept of …

The impact communities of practice (CoPs) make can be understood in several different ways, depending on which theoretical perspective is used. For example, CoPs have been studied from a learning-theory perspective, from organizational development theory, and from a small-group theory. To understand …

Purpose To analyze differences between Western and Eastern cultures in the way they conceptualize knowledge and discuss the implications of these differences for a global intellectual capital (IC) theory and practice. Design/methodology/approach A systematic metaphor analysis of the concept of knowledge …

In this chapter I would like to introduce the knowledge management concept known as communities of practice (CoPs) and show a direct link between CoPs and human resource development (HRD). CoPs are a proven way to effectively manage knowledge as well as promote organizational learning, so it is a logical …