'7 Rollen voor duurzaam succes' is een praktische gids voor (toekomstige) professionals op het gebied van maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen (mvo), duurzaamheid en corporate social responsibility (csr) in alle soorten bedrijven en organisaties. Welke rollen zijn nodig om bedrijven en organisaties eff ectief naar een duurzame toekomst te leiden? En welke vaardigheden en competenties heb je als professional nodig om duurzame transformaties tot stand te brengen? In '7 Rollen voor duurzaam su...

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...

Economies are increasingly dependent on supply chains, which have grown enormously in the 21st century. The textbook 'Supply Chain Management in the 21st Century' prepares students in business and management sciences for this new reality. It is primarily written for undergraduate students, but is also suitable for MBA courses. The book is also a welcome addition to the curricula of technical courses in the field of industrial design and production technology.

'Supply Chain Management in the 2...

We are increasingly realizing that, as a result of technological developments and globalization, problems are becoming so complex that they can only be solved through cooperation between scientists from different disciplines. Healthcare, climate change, food security, globalization, and quality of life are just a few examples of issues that require scientists to work across disciplines. In many cases, extra-academic stakeholders must be involved in order to arrive at robust solutions. Young a...

Even though office gossip is generally frowned upon, many studies show that gossip in organizations is not only inevitable, but can even be a positive communication tool. However, by gossiping in the wrong way, employees can easily lose the trust of their colleagues and be perceived negatively very quickly.

Research shows that people who claim to never gossip tend to be considered as socially inept, but those that are constantly gabbing at the coffee machine are quickly seen as untrustworthy....

We horen voortdurend oproepen dat leraren hoge verwachtingen moeten hebben, maar wat dit in de praktijk betekent wordt nooit duidelijk gemaakt. Leraren met hoge verwachtingen beschrijft de overtuigingen en werkwijzen van leraren met hoge verwachtingen en biedt leraren praktische handvatten om hun lessen te verbeteren en hun onderwijs anders in te richten. Zo ontstaan klassen waarin van alle leerlingen een veel hoger leerniveau wordt verwacht dan leraren voorheen misschien voor mogelijk hielde...

The common saying is that people have a culture. This book argues that people live a culture – which may explain why they are so affectively attached to it. By considering cultural interactions on a global scale, this book investigates how cultures can be understood in terms of conflict and cooperation, in relation to the nationstate, a multiplicity of worlds, society, civilization and community. It considers how culture is at the basis of the construction of individual and collective selve...