Publications

Is there such a thing as a philosophy that rather than being concerned with profound statements and important conjectures, concerns itself with clarifying the issues we are battling each day? Yes, such a philosophy exists. Paul Wouters takes the reader by the hand and shows that this philosophy includes a wide range of ‘thinking tools' designed to tackle issues.

In this edition of the survey, HR strategy takes centre stage. Berenschot consultants share both tried-and-true and cutting edge methods for creating an HR strategy that works. And nine leading HR executives

What drives and moves people to assume leadership roles at the top of an organisation? In Leiderschap en motivatie (Leadership and Motivation), Ber Damen formulates an answer to this intriguing question. On the basis of interviews with seventy members of the executive management boards of twenty five large Dutch organisations, he maps out the motivations, motives and backgrounds of Dutch top managers.

How are other HR departments doing? Are other organisations in the sector also experiencing difficulties as a result of labour market shortages and if so, how are they dealing with this? How did other organisations of the same size organise their HR department? Berenschot’s Ken- en Stuurgetallenonderzoek Personeelsmanagement (Personnel Management Survey – Key Figures and Performance Indicators) provides you with answers to these and other questions.

The quality of an organisation stands or falls with the quality of its management. Many people will support this assertion without question. This is why libraries full of books have been written about leadership. The number of people receiving direction is, however, many times greater than the number of managers. Notwithstanding this fact, professional literature up until now has devoted little attention to the question of accepting direction and the various ways in which this can be done.