This book focuses on building and managing a strong network and reciprocal relationships for the entire organization by implementing a professional relationship management approach at strategic, tactical and operational level.

Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) is today hailed as the principal author of an influential account of the natural history of Northern Brazil and as compiler of the first accurate map of the area, which is considered as one of the most elegant products of seventeenth-century Dutch cartography. But initial he had the ambition to become known in astronomy. With the support Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen, then governor-general of colonial Dutch Brazil, he built in Recife the first European-style astr...

Het Hemels Mandaat vormde de basis van de heerschappij van de Chinese keizers als vertegenwoordigers van de hemel op aarde. Onder deze illustere titel behandelt Barend ter Haar op overzichtelijke en heldere wijze de geschiedenis van het Chinese keizerrijk. De auteur geeft een kritische analyse van cruciale gebeurtenissen als de zestiende-eeuwse globalisering, de opkomst en ondergang van het Mandsjoerijk en het westerse imperialisme in de negentiende en vroege twintigste eeuw. Ook de recentere...

This Volume presents a first introduction to a thought-provoking Model of Motivation developed by Menno Mennes over a period of almost thirty years.

The Model of Motivation in its approach presents a radical departure from everything that has appeared so far in literature on the subject.

And yet, it provides a surprisingly detailed account of how motivation works, which appears to be supported by findings from theories and research from current literature. In an unparalleled analysis, the M...

In recent years, more and more organisations have realised that diversity and inclusion in the workplace is both crucial and enormously beneficial. But how do you stop this realisation from remaining empty words and flashy statements, and turn awareness into action?

In 'The Inclusion Marathon', Kauthar Bouchallikht and Zoë Papaikonomou interview 41 practitioners and researchers about their knowledge and experience within the field of diversity, equity and inclusion in the Netherlands. These...

Nowadays it seems there is a manual for everything. What if there was a manual for how to interact with people so that we could all function optimally and succeed in life?

This book comes closest to being the definitive manual for life. It is based on over 50 years of groundbreaking scientific research on self-determination theory which has produced a structural approach to social interaction—the ‘ABC of life’—as a concrete and actionable approach to success. For if you do not unders...

'The Platform Company' will help you tackle your organization's key strategic challenges with out-of-the box concepts based on solid principles from game theory and ecology. Building blocks are introduced in an easy-to-read story of an executive on safari and translated into practical steps and methods. The book addresses the key challenges confronting any organization, such as branding, sales channels, innovation, supply chain, strategy formation, leadership, and purpose.

How did objects move between places and people, and how did they reshape the Republic’s arts, cultures and sciences?

‘Objects’ were vitally significant for the early modern Dutch Republic, which is known as an early consumer society, a place famous for its exhaustive production of books, visual arts and scientific instruments. What happens when we push these objects and their materiality to the centre of our research? How do they invite us to develop new perspectives on the early moder...

De van oorsprong zestiende-eeuwse Bibliotheca Enchusana of Librije van

Enkhuizen is een van de oudste institutionele bibliotheken in Nederland die nog

steeds in situ wordt bewaard. Sinds het begin van de zeventiende eeuw bevindt

de collectie zich in de Westerkerk in Enkhuizen. De Librije is een belangrijk

boekwetenschappelijk monument, maar biedt ook een uniek venster op het

verleden van de stad.

Daphne Wouts reconstrueert de eeuwenlange geschiedenis

van de bibliotheek aan de hand van histor...

Nieuwe opzet Fondsenboek 2025

Maatschappelijke ondernemers en organisaties, maar ook particulieren, zijn op zoek naar private bijdragen voor de realisering van hun projecten en idealen. Voor deze fondsenzoekers is het FondsenBoek al jaren dé complete en betrouwbare vraagbaak.

Deze editie van het FondsenBoek biedt een betrouwbaar en actueel overzicht van Nederlandse vermogensfondsen en is daarmee een ideale wegwijzer voor fondsenwervers. Door de veranderde vormgeving en opzet bevat de uitgav...