Dit is de samenvatting van een onderzoek dat is uitgevoerd voor de afdeling Finance & Control van Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) ter optimalisatie van de diensten in het kader van het Turnaround project. Het onderzoek eindigt met enkele aanbevelingen voor de afdeling. Heerema Marine Contractors is …

There is mounting evidence that efforts to mitigate the adverse effects of human activity on climate and biodiversity have so far been unsuccessful. Explanations for this failure point to a number of factors discussed in this article. While acknowledging cognitive dissonance as a significant contributing …

In human-controlled environments and in cultivated landscapes, the plants accommodate social, cultural and economic needs. This article will focus on the use of plants for agriculture, urban planning, forestry, environmental education and indoor decoration in The Netherlands. This exploration, based …

In human-controlled environments and in cultivated landscapes, the plants accommodate social, cultural and economic needs. This article will focus on the use of plants for agriculture, urban planning, forestry, environmental education and indoor decoration in The Netherlands. This exploration, based …

In de afgelopen periode heeft een groot aantal mensen een veilig heenkomen gezocht in Nederland, waaronder veel vluchtelingen uit Syrië. Verschillende organisaties zetten zich in om deze vluchtelingen te helpen om een passende werkplek te vinden. Er is echter nog weinig bekend over wat daarbij effectief …

In de afgelopen periode heeft een groot aantal mensen een veilig heenkomen gezocht in Nederland, waaronder veel vluchtelingen uit Syrië. Verschillende organisaties zetten zich in om deze vluchtelingen te helpen om een passende werkplek te vinden. Er is echter nog weinig bekend over wat daarbij effectief …

In this chapter, we propose that the democracy we wish to see out in the world is influenced by the quality of our own “inner democracies”—that is: the quality of the democracies among and between the selves or voices in the landscape of the self. We must find ways out of the I-prisons we experience …

Curriculum development initiatives, especially those involving educational technologies, provide a rich learning space for university teachers. In-depth interviews with teaching staff (n = 11) were qualitatively analysed to gain insight into the variety of individual learning paths and to identify potential …

Western societies are quickly becoming less coherent (Giddens, 1991). As a result it is increasingly unclear how individuals should act in a range of situations or how they may understand themselves. To a certain extent this development towards more diverse perspectives and a broader range of ways to …

In our current and turbulent times, it is clear that some sort of organisational agility, in which-ever way achieved, is necessary to survive and thrive as an organisation. The question is how to achieve such manoeuvrability. We propose the use of design (thinking), with a focus on prototyping to iteratively …