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Expertise Interview

June 16, 2017

By Lili Matthys

How do you get the most out of mentorship?

Human Resources

Mentoring is underestimated. And, according to several studies, that is an understatement. Mentoring has a demonstrable impact on your career, and possibly even beyond that. But how well is it utilized? And how is it different to coaching?

Expertise

June 7, 2017

By Ans De Vos

Can HR learn something from Supply Chain?

Human Resources

According to Professors Peter Cappelli (Wharton) and John Boudreau (USC), yes, they can! The authors give several reasons for this. Cappelli says talent management and supply chain management are basically the same: it’s about guessing and predicting future demand and then planning to

Expertise Research

May 17, 2017

By Steven De Haes

4 key questions to unlock the value of digital transformation

Digital & IT

How can organizations ensure they successfully handle digital transformation? Certainly not by wildly investing in every new technology that comes along. Blundering into hype cycles and blindly following the advice of so-called gurus is definitely not the best strategy. And yet it is what

Expertise

April 21, 2017

By Lars Moratis

A structured CSR policy in 7 steps

Sustainable Transformation

In 2017 it is vital that companies be sustainable. Sustainability is not just about company car emissions, but the whole production process and business strategy. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a company’s strategy for assessing and taking responsibility for its impact on the

Expertise

April 19, 2017

By Tim Huygh

Towards the dynamic governance of digital assets

Digital & IT

In the early 1990s, the early days of research into IT governance, there was a certain preoccupation with the division of IT-related decision-making. One of the dominant research themes was the centralization/decentralization of decision-making power (or a combination of the two), and the

Expertise Opinion

April 14, 2017

By Remco Lenstra

Three reasons why you are the one holding back innovation

Strategy & Innovation

In the many conversations we at the Business Design & Innovation Expertise Center have with people from various companies, we will regularly hear people say something along the lines of: “I know that we have to apply Design Thinking, but it’s so hard to get the rest of the

Expertise

April 11, 2017

By Koen Marichal

Which leadership style is most effective?

Human Resources

The search for the most effective leadership is as old as time and starts with the idea that behavior is developable and that certain acts by leaders have a better effect on their employees than others. So if we know which behavior is most effective, then we just need to teach it to our

Expertise

April 7, 2017

By Sofie Jacobs

Diane Von Furstenberg and the success of Belgian fashion designers

Strategy & Innovation

Fashion is big business. It is certainly big business in Antwerp, a fact which is now being increasingly recognized around the world. Diane Von Furstenberg, born in Brussels and now the embodiment of the American dream, received an honorary degree from the University of Antwerp on March

Expertise Section

April 5, 2017

By Jesse Segers

Leaders of paradoxes: 4 important organizational types

Human Resources

In the blog series ‘Leaders of paradoxes’ Prof. Dr. Jesse Segers explains us what the invisible tensions are to what leaders get exposed. In this first part he illustrates which 4 important organizational paradoxes can be defined.

Expertise Opinion

March 30, 2017

By Hans Mulder

The Software Assembly Line

Digital & IT

From x hours per function point to x function points per hour Automating software production increases productivity. However, progress in this area is only sporadic. Why? What is holding things back? On the other hand, it’s just a matter of time. We’re on the eve of a breakthrough. We are

Expertise Interview

March 28, 2017

By Antwerp Management School

The 'purple' integration in HRM

Human Resources

Human Resource Management is often perceived as the company’s ‘soft side’. When HRM take employees’ talents and wishes into account, this adds value to a company; however, it can be a mistake to focus on people knowledge too much to the exclusion of other factors. So how should you tackle

Expertise Opinion

March 19, 2017

By Ronald Bas

My experience with the Executive Master Enterprise IT Architecture

Digital & IT

At the start of this year I enrolled in the ‘Executive Master Enterprise IT Architecture’ at Antwerp Management School. Last week the master kicked off with a residential seminar in the charming Belgian town of Oud-Turnhout. In a beautiful setting at Priorij Corsendonck, a former