Water related problems such as floods, droughts, declining groundwater tables or polluted rivers have a major impact on numerous societies throughout the world. Despite these serious problems, policy makers seem to make scant use of the knowledge that is available with water experts. Conversely, water experts face the task of finding out how they should position themselves to ensure that their analysis contributes to policy making.

Dit is het eerste Nederlandstalige boek over een vorm van online marketing die sterk in opkomst is: affiliate marketing. Een toenemend aantal adverteerders schakelt een netwerk van affiliate websites in om haar producten of diensten onder de aandacht te brengen van uiteenlopende doelgroepen. Vaak met succes; affiliate marketing kan, mits zorgvuldig toegepast, zorgen voor snel groeiende bezoekersaantallen en verkopen. Maar hoe zet je als adverteerder een succesvolle affiliatecampagne op? En hoe kan je als affiliate optimaal rendement halen uit de advertenties op je website?

In the 21st century, there is an enormous need worldwide for a basic knowledge of management in the cultural sector. Art Management Entrepreneurial Style provides this fundament; it is the result of more than 15 years of experience at the Utrecht School of the Arts. This knowledge fills the existing gap between general management theory and cultural praxis. It helps students, teachers, artists and practical art managers in translating management theory into successful cultural organizations.

This book deals with the role of natural resources for social security and livelihood in a Minangkabau village in West Sumatra. First of all it touches on problems of property rights; an analysis of communal land rights in this matrilineal society, the clash between adat and state law and perceived changes therein.

In the northwestern corner of Russia lies the Barents Sea: a region of natural resources that has yet to be fully exploited. Future actions taken in the Barents Sea region will create environmental, political, and economic ripples around the globe. Big Oil Playground, Russian Bear Preserve or European Periphery? explores three plausible and thought provoking scenarios for the region’s future over the next two decades.

Large Group Intervention methods have gained their own place in the practice of organisational change and development. However, sustainable change is not to be expected from a one-time and short large group event. This book presents an evidence based guide for the practice of participative organisational change, in particular with the whole system approach called Large Scale Interventions (LSI), also known as Whole Systems Change.

When the first TEDxDelft was created in the spirit of TED's mission "ideas worth spreading" and Hans Buskes was asked to live mind map all talks, the match was perfect. Mind maps to capture and spread ideas. This ebook contains all mind maps of the TEDxDelft Talks.

In een wereld gekenmerkt door pluriformiteit en verandering, wordt organiseren op basis van beheersing en externe sturing steeds problematischer. Als organiseren op basis van meer van hetzelfde niet werkt, hoe kan dan het andere worden ontwikkeld? Organiseren op basis van interne sturing, zelforganisatie en samen leren en creëren. Het wordt steeds belangrijker om in wisselende samenwerkingsverbanden te kunnen werken: organiseren met behoud van diversiteit.

Demografische ontwikkelingen laten zien dat de potentiële beroepsbevolking in Nederland in toenemende mate vergrijst en ontgroent, waardoor mensen in de nabije toekomst tot op hogere leeftijd zullen moeten blijven werken. Dit roept de vraag op: als ouderen langer aan het arbeidsproces deelnemen, hoe blijven ze dat dan op competente wijze doen?

The Faculty of Art and Economics of the Utrecht School of the Arts (the Netherlands) has two main pursuits: education and research. The research group Art and Economics is focused on innovation to strengthen the quality of these two tasks. Staff members and (external) researchers are involved with this ongoing process of professionalization. But what are they really doing in their day by day practice?