SummaryThe built environment accounts for 40% of the total energy consumption and over 38% of the totalcarbon dioxide emissions. Fortunately, the role of environmental sustainability has increased in thereal estate sector but unfortunately it is falling behind on implementing sustainability policies.Therefor …

Management Summary Litter is a social and environmental problem with undesirable consequences. Facility managers and cleaning companies of universities of applied sciences, consider indoor litter as a hot topic. Universities should take the litter issue serious. Less litter could contribute to cost …

At the end of January 2015 I was given a research assignment formulated and sponsored by two professors of professorships (hereafter lectoraten) associated with the Academy for Social Studies (SASS), and the manager of Professionals and Bedrijven (hereafter P&B). At a later stage, the research was expanded …

Bij de organisatie leeft de vraag in hoeverre medewerkers betrokken zijn. De directie, tevens de opdrachtgever, vraagt zich af hoe medewerkers het vinden om voor de organisatie te werken en of ze in de toekomst ook voor de organisatie willen blijven werken. Dit vragen ze zich af omdat de organisatie …

To adequately deal with the challenges faced within residential care for older people, such as the increasing complexity of care and a call for more person-centred practices, it is important that health care providers learn from their work. This study investigates both the nature of learning, among staff …

As was argued in Chapter One, street-level bureaucrats work in roles with bureaucratic and professional characteristics. In an era of complex social problems, professionalism may be seen by street-level bureaucrats, policymakers and public managers as a foundation for delivering public policy that looks …

Higher professional education in Europe has changed from teaching-only institutes to hybrids of teaching and research. The purpose of this study was to examine factors that influence the judgements of lecturers about new organisational goals and perceptions of their new research-related competencies. …

Dit onderzoekrapport levert inzicht in de kritieke succesfactoren en knelpunten die van belang zijn bij het toepassen van de circulaire economie in het bouwproces. Voor het onderzoek is onderstaande hoofdvraag geformuleerd: Wat zijn voor de verschillende stakeholders kritieke succesfactoren en knelpunten …

During the recent FMANZ Summit in Auckland we discussed the role of innovative suppliers and green procurement. Our one-hour workshop with 20-odd FMANZ professionals and managers started with the notion that we live in turbulent times with lots of changes (Rotmans e.a., 2012).

Presentation Eurashe conference Lisbon 17-04-2015 For institutional management, head of programmes, teaching staff, researchers, quality assurance managers, business representatives from all over Europe. Regional cooperation: Healthy Ageing in the Northern Netherlands: applied research and regional …