Great Leaders Mix and Match is a manifesto for more beautiful combinations in (business) life. The world faces complex challenges and these challenges can only be resolved by mixing and matching ideas. The beauty here lies in the elegance of the solutions which actually make the (business) world a better place and how we are able to solve multiple challenges in one go. Think of a waste incarnation plant which doubles as ski hill. Or think of new solutions for care: an eldery home, combined wi...

The idea behind this book is to give both entrepreneurs and managers a better understanding of what strategy is all about. Even more importantly, we try to answer the question how to make the strategy work and how to get the people involved in the strategy more inspired and committed.

Formulating a strategy that provides a sustainable competitive advantage is one thing. We all know that so many well-formulated strategies fail in their execution. However, just because something is hard doesn�...

Keeping pace with the rapidly evolving field of sport management, Contemporary Sport Management, the authoritative introductory text in the field, returns with a thoroughly updated seventh edition. Over 50 contributors with a diverse array of cultural and educational backgrounds deliver a complete and contemporary overview of the field, presented in full color for a visually engaging read. With a simplified structure to reflect current demands of the profession and addressing all the Common P...

“The fact that hierarchical organisations require ever more rules, procedures and control to function is a clear indication that this model has reached the end of its operational life.”

Evert Bleijenberg MBA

In nature, groups of more than fifty members behave like self-organising swarms, while smaller groups are hierarchically led by alpha leaders. Human organisations, regardless of size, try to maintain control through hierarchy, assuming that the hierarchical leadership principles of sm...

The last year and a half has been a rollercoaster ride. The corona crisis turned daily life and our manner of working on its head. It was a difficult time, but one that also brought with it opportunities. The speed with which society has changed over the recent period is a sign of things still to come. We have to learn to live in an increasingly efficient era, which means we keep getting busier and busier. To ride the wave of change, youʼll have to work smarter, not harder—otherwise you mi...

Learn MANAGEMENT YOUR Way with MGMT! Extensively updated to reflect the latest research in the field, MGMT makes concepts and theories accessible and relevant with timely, interesting examples of their applications at real businesses. Now available with MindTap, the digital learning solution designed to help you think and act like a manager. MGMT's easy-reference, textbook presents course content through visually engaging chapters as well as Chapter Review Cards that consolidate the best revi...

This pocket guide to Scrum is the one book for everyone who wants to learn or re-learn about Scrum. The book describes the framework as it was designed and intended, with a strong focus on the purpose to the rules and adding an historical perspective to Scrum and the Agile movement.

As the balance of society keeps shifting from industrial labor to digital work, complexity and unpredictability keep increasing. The need for agility through Scrum increases equally, in and beyond software and pro...

Nowadays, job positions are not as clearly defined as they used to be. Increasingly, work is carried out in varying roles where the only constant is the employee – but even he or she has to keep growing and adapting. Our current systems of remuneration are the one thing that has not been moving along. Not only are they unable to keep pace with the dynamics of modern business but they are time consuming and expensive. If you want to abandon them, however, you first have to change the basis f...