Expertise center

Strategy, Organization & Leadership

Our mission

Nyenrode's Center for Strategy, Organization & Leadership aims to provide future leaders and managers with strategic knowledge and knowhow, so they can be of added value to their organization.

In the center we work closely with the business community. We focus on tech-driven academic education and research, allowing our students to gain strategic insights and the ability to set up optimum business architectures and strategies, using their leadership skills.

Our activities

Professors from within our faculty support PhD students and their research projects – individually and with accountability to the dean. We also develop and execute a number of programs, the most important being:

The Nyenrode Supervisory Board Cycle – NCD

The New Board Program
Foundations of Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance for Top Leaders' Secretaries
Strategic Leadership Program
Your Leadership Development Program – YMP

Additionally, we participate in all Nyenrode's Master Programs:

International Master of Business Administration
Part-time Master of Business Administration
Public Sector Master of Business Administration
NyVu Executive Master of Business Administration
Full-time Master of Science in Management
Part-time Master of Science in Management

Our research

Most of Nyenrode's Center for Strategy, Organization & Leadership
publications and research revolve around at international affairs, and we do not apply standard research methods. This forces our researchers to consistently and continuously defend their methods.

Themes

The themes we conducts research around are:

Strategical learning
Knowledge-based network organizations
New ways of working
Innovation and new business development
Using the corporate dialogue to manage strategic outlining

Topics

Our research is focused on the EU and Asia. Some of the topics on which we have participated are:

Strategies for growth
Spin-outs
Performance effects of various forms of internationalization
Vertical and horizontal synergies
Effects of EU competition policies

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Collaboration as a strategic asset

Research | December 20 2022

The better organizations work together, the better the performance. That sounds like pushing at an open door, yet the importance of working together is often underestimated. What are the success factors play an important part in good collaboration? How do you make working together more efficient and effective? Jeroen van der Velden, Associate Professor of Strategy Alignment and director of the Nyenrode Faculty Expertise Center Strategy, Organization & Leadership at Nyenrode Business University can, after more than 25 years of research and consulting work, provide the answers to these questions in great detail.

Breaking routines within your organization requires guts, playfulness as well as reflection

Research | December 2 2022

Changing to a more sustainable or more social organization means changing existing patterns. And to be able to do so, you need to address three challenges: giving meaning to what you want to do, learning how to do it, and creating space to eliminate resistance. This is according to research conducted by Irene Jonkers, who is receiving her PhD at Nyenrode Business University today. 'If you understand the three challenges, the process becomes more manageable and also more fun,' Jonkers said.

Jaap Schaveling, 25 years of cooperation

Community | October 27 2022

"The reason to apply for a position at Nyenrode 25 years ago? The combination of teaching executives and the uniquely beautiful estate!" Speaking is Jaap Schaveling, Professor of Cooperation and Leadership at Nyenrode Business University.

Annemieke Roobeek, Jacques de Swart, Myrthe van der Plas

Corporate Responsibility Framework

Research | September 21 2022

If an organization wants to do business responsibly and make strategic decisions that benefit people, the environment, and the market, the golden rule is: to measure is to know.

Dealing with the insecurities of modern society

Research | September 8 2022

With their book Authentic Confidence, Jacqueline Brassey, Nick van Dam and Arjen van Witteloostuijn offer a how-to-guide on how to start building authentic trust.