Effective HRM Practices targeting Gen-Z in the Netherlands: Keeping up with the Next Generation of Workforce

One of the greatest challenges HR professionals face today is the management of a diverse multi-generational workforce. Each generation behaves differently at the workplace and requires different sets of strategies for effective management. Generation-Z or Gen-Z are individuals born in 1995 and after. They are called the 'digital natives since...

Aerodynamic Analysis of Engine Integration during the Preliminary Design Phase

To reduce the environmental impact of aviation, new aircraft configurations are investigated. One of these researches is the PARSIFAL project, that investigates an efficient box-wing aircraft for passenger transport. In previous work, an engine sizing tool is developed to design the engines of the PARSIFAL aircraft. The tool is developed as part...

Best practices for effective implementation of project strategy

This graduation research is carried out to investigate the problem of effective implementation of project strategy. The problem description is the following: Companies executing EPC projects in energy and chemicals industry encounter bottlenecks in effectively implementing project strategy. Based on this a research question is formulated: How...

Best Practices for a Responsible Innovation Process: Application to a Car Manufacturer

Responsible Innovation seems to undoubtedly becoming an inexorable and necessary trend. That is, society calls for a higher embedding of values and ethics within the innovation process, especially with regards to sustainability. However, so far practical application of Responsible Innovation frameworks remains mostly at policy or academic level,...

Measurement, Control and Reduction of DSM Carbon Footprint by Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Office Model within DFS: Green Office Ecological Model "GO-ECO"

The world will be faced with the challenge of accommodating nine billion people for 2050; the question is if our planet will have the resources necessary to provide a healthy and comfortable way of living for its habitants. That is why sustainability is important for DSM, and sustainability means “meeting the needs of the present without...

Rich insights for social entrepreneurs serving the poor

A case study with eight social entrepreneurs serving the BoP is done to examine which problems they experience in their development and to gain insight how managers can cope with these problems. The social entrepreneurs turn out to have problems with attaing a product market fit, organizing distribution and becoming financially sustainable....