Expertise center

Strategy, Organization & Leadership

Our mission

Nyenrode's Center for Strategy, Organization & Leadership provides (future) leaders and managers of companies with strategic and organizational knowledge and skills. This makes them of added value to their organization.

We do this in close collaboration with the business and academic world and are constantly optimizing our teaching and research. This keeps us at the forefront of business and management practice. Our students gain strategic and organizational insight and can use their leadership qualities to set up and implement optimal business architectures and strategies.

Our activities

The Center for Strategy, Organization and Leadership contributes to a large number of Bachelors, Masters, Post-Masters, MBAs, Executive programs and Doctoral programs at Nyenrode Business Universiteit.

Our education is provided from four clusters:

Strategic Management and Transformation
Organization and Humar Resource Management
Leadership and Leadership development
Methods for Research

Modules and courses that are provided from the center:

Academic Writing Skills
Business English
Communication Skills
Digital Business and Society
Digital Transformation
HR Strategy and the Future of Work
Innovation and Creativity
Leadership and Leadership Development
Employee participation
Organizational Behavior and Dynamics
Research Methodologies in Behavioral Sciences
Strategic Human Resource Management
Strategy, Policy and Organization in the Public Sector
Strategic Alignment
Strategic Management
Talent Economics, Investment & Management
Change Management
Work Values
Workplace Learning

In addition, a number of PhD trajectories are supervised from the center.

Our research

The center focuses on the following research areas:

Ambidexterity and Dynamic Capabilities
Appreciative Inquiry
Digital Strategy and Transformation
Dual Leadership
Engagement and Productivity
Human Resource Management
Innovation and Creativity
Knowledge Based Network organizations
Knowledge Management
Labor Relations and Talent Management
Leadership and Cooperation
New Ways of Working
Organization Behavior and Psychology
Organization Design
Strategic Talent Management
Stress Management
The Adaptive Organization
Work-family Interference

Peaceful coexistence requires self-awareness and self-love

Education | June 5 2023

Peaceful coexistence is under threat worldwide, states Professor Jaap Schaveling in his farewell lecture as Professor of Collaboration and Leadership. To create a safe environment again, we need to work on our self-awareness. According to Schaveling, this leads to more self-love and love energy.

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Strategic Talent Management at Nyenrode: we Practice what we Teach

Research | April 18 2023

The vision on talent is changing. Nyenrode Business Universiteit has been researching talent management for years. Not only does this change education, but it also changes its policy. Now all employees are given the opportunity to develop their talents, instead of only the best ones.

Transition to sustainability requires an innovative mindset

Opinion | April 13 2023

To support organizations in the transition to sustainability, Nyenrode Business Universiteit and KPMG jointly founded the ESG Innovation Institute. Dr. Jeroen van der Velden and Prof. Jeff Gaspersz are both connected to this institute and explain how innovation contributes to business transformation.

Transition to sustainability requires an innovative mindset

Opinion | April 13 2023

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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.

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