Succesvolle toepassing van zelfsturende teams zal men vooral aantreffen in organisaties die het niet zien als een ‘teamconcept’, maar een ‘organisatieconcept’. In de sociotechniek wordt dan ook gesproken van integrale organisatievernieuwing met aandacht voor de ontwikkeling van een passende structuur, cultuur, competenties en systemen. Zo zal ook het onvoldoende aanpassen van de zogenaamde personele systemen of het HR-instrumentarium de gewenste individuele ontwikkeling en teamontwikk...

In the practice and theory of organizations, the SocioTechnical Systems theory (STS) occupies a remarkable position with a long tradition of theoretical development and practical experience. It provides a key foundation for modern organizations. Elements of the STS are a process-oriented organization, self-management, participation, integrated management, and teamwork.

This book provides an overview of the practical Sociotechnical Systems theory as it is colored in the Netherlands. Organizati...

Editie 2023/24 van het succesvolle ‘Handboek ICT-contracten’ is geheel herzien: Een uitgebreid theoretisch kader behandelt de kernpunten van ieder ICT-contract, gevolgd door meer dan 120 modelclausules met alternatieven en onderbouwingen per alternatief en bijna 40 systematisch opgebouwde modelcontracten.

Het theoretisch kader gaat uit van zes principes: kwaliteit en prijs, continuïteit van dienstverlening, data-toegang, persoonsgegevens, intellectueel eigendom en contractbeheer. Dit kad...

EndStation C2: Lernspaß auf höchstem Niveau

Das Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch bietet in einem Band alles, was man auf C2-Niveau für die Vertiefung seiner Kenntnisse und/oder die Vorbereitung auf die Prüfung für das Zertifikat C2 braucht. Durch die Kombination von Aufgaben- und Prüfungsteil zu einer gemeinsamen Text-Basis steht den Lernern neben zehn prüfungsadäquaten Modelltests eine Fülle von abwechslungsreichen Wortschatz- und Grammatikaufgaben zur Verfügung. Die Lehrerhandreichungen ent...

Professional organizations - such as accounting and consulting firms, law firms, and investment banks - are fundamental to the functioning of the global economy. Yet many of the most powerful are notoriously private. This book uncovers the complex, messy, and surprisingly emotional challenges of leading professional organizations - revealing the realities that lies beneath the 'professional' surface which these organizations present to the outside world.

Individual professionals - highly educ...

Using a reader-friendly style and straightforward, interesting approach, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A LOGISTICS PERSPECTIVE, 11E blends logistics theory with practical applications. The latest content highlights emerging issues, technology developments, and global changes in the constantly evolving field of supply chain management today. This digital edition examines today's real companies and how public and private organizations are responding to the continual pressure to modernize and transfo...

Greek philosophers were among the first to contemplate how the world outside of us is represented inside of us. Henley's HERGENHAHN'S AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY, 9th Edition, examines the philosophical questions about the influence of nature and nurture -- experience and environment -- and the nature and existence of the human mind and brain. It explains that most of the "big questions" that still concern psychologists today are manifestations of themes that have recurred fo...

"Ellen Bennett is the platonic form of a go-getter who inspires go-getter after go-getter to become a better go-getter." Zooey Deschanel, actor and musician

You'll never know where to start…until you start. This gutsy guidebook will help anyone who's procrastinating on a goal, career change, or business idea stop the obsessive worrying and leap into action.

As a 24-year-old line cook, Ellen Marie Bennett couldn't stand the kitchen staff's poorly designed, cheaply made aprons. So when her he...

In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. Kathryn Petersen, Decision Tech's CEO, faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down ...

A friendly, fully-illustrated introduction to the most important computer programming algorithms. The algorithms you'll use most often as a programmer have already been discovered, tested, and proven. This book will prepare you for those pesky algorithms questions in every programming job interview and help you apply them in your day-to-day work.

And if you want to understand them without slogging through dense multipage proofs, this is the book for you. In Grokking Algorithms, Second Edition...