What are successful companies? That question will be investigated. The determination of successful factors will be identified by explaining the successful factors of a company by the following questions: How come successful ventures are successful and non successful ventures are not? What are the most …

In het kielzog van post-Sputnik curriculumvernieuwing in het middelbaar onderwijs in de Verenigde Staten werd ook ruim aandacht gegeven aan natuurwetenschap in de basisschool. Er werden interessante programma’s ontwikkeld met nadruk op hands-on science en onderzoekend leren (inquiry). Voorbeelden zijn …

This Article presents the PSO matrix as a tool for making choices in change projects – choices for simplicity or for complexity. A good process structure is essential for a simple organization, but it is the employees and the managers who are expected to take the lead in the changes and the improvement …

This Article presents the PSO matrix as a tool for making choices in change projects – choices for simplicity or for complexity. A good process structure is essential for a simple organization, but it is the employees and the managers who are expected to take the lead in the changes and the improvement …

The aim of this study was to examine whether it is possible to utilize the fluctuations in human motor behaviour to induce a self-organizing process in the athlete, which takes advantage of individual movement and learning characteristics. This recently developed approach is known as differencial learning …

From the article This paper describes a joint effort by two educational and scientific institutes, the HU University of Applied Sciences and Utrecht University, in designing a BPM course that not only transfers theoretical knowledge but lets students also experience real life BPM-systems and implementation …

Development is a process of improvement in which many different factors play a role. In order to measure development different indicators can be used, such as the Human Development Index and the Millennium Development Goals. When talking about developing countries, aid is a factor that might come to …

The Centre of Research in Knowledge Organisations and Knowledge Management of Zuyd University has developed a knowledge management scan. The scan initiates from two models. The first model is based on the Value Based Knowledge Management approach (Tissen, Andriessen & Lekanne Deprez, 1998) and includes …

High 5 Rehab is een stichting die snel groeit. Op het gebied van revalidatie en rehabilitatie is de stichting in staat om erg veel te betekenen voor de Balinese bevolking. Op orthopedisch gebied zijn er echter een aantal tekortkomingen. Het grootste probleem voor High 5 Rehab is dat het niet mogelijk …

This paper describes a business process and organizational re-design and implementation project for an e-government service organization. In this project the initial process execution time of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection request has been reduced from some 60 days to 2 days. This has been …