Max Koops (1936) ademt sport. We kennen hem als speldocent van de Academie voor Lichamelijke Opvoeding (ALO) te Amsterdam. Met enkele jaren onderbreking in de negentiger jaren was hij daar van 1961 tot 2001 werkzaam, om vanaf 1974 het hockey te omarmen als jeugdtrainer/coach. Eerst drie jaar in Amersfoort …

This book has been written for musicians who want to engage with audiences beyond the concert hall and other traditional venues. The study is equally worthwhile for conservatoires and music academies aiming to change the increasingly unrealistic goal of training young musicians solely for the stage. …

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate clinical outcome of early cyclic intravenous pamidronate treatment in children with moderate-to-severe osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), commenced before three years of age. METHODS: A retrospective review of 17 patients with moderate-to-severe OI. Development, anthropometry, fracture …

Stichting Integrale Wijkaanpak Curaçao is in juli 2009 gestart met de uitvoering van wijkontwikkeling op Curaçao. Dit is gedaan door voor vijf wijken in kaart te brengen op welke manier deze wijken het best vooruit geholpen kunnen worden. Het is in kaart gebracht in de zogeheten PABO's (Plan Akshon di …

Weinig mensen weten dat de Europese Unie militaire en civiele missies uitvoert. Oorzaak daarvan is het ontbreken van een Europese veiligheidscultuur. De militaire dimensie daarvan werd immers lange tijd afgedekt door de NAVO. Maar de laatste jaren is vooral de civiele dimensie (‘soft power’) van de …

Different types of strategic renewal by the successor are identified: organizational change, innovation, combined actions and no action. The main assumption is that renewal after succession improves SME post-transfer performance compared to no actions taken. Also successor’s timing of the takeover is …

It can be argued that many potentialities within society are left unused by organising hospitality venues based on modern planning practices. These planning practises regard the setting as a rational space which is predictable and manageable. By applying modern management principles to spaces of hospitality …

The Afghan government is the subject of this contribution, which investigates how it has developed over time, what the efforts of recent years to build it up have resulted in, and – its actual objective– what it means for foreign militaries, such as the Dutch in Uruzgan at present, to have a weak …

Communities of practice (CoPs) are presented in literature as an efficient tool for creating and sharing knowledge by professionals. In order to learn more about CoPs, four CoPs within Hanze University Groningen, the Netherlands, were studied. Hanzehogeschool is a university for higher professional education, …