Looking for synergy in organizations: The role of the concept of configuration in contemporary theory

The aim of this article is to add to organization theory by exploring the theoretical concept of organizational configuration and identifying its added value. Why is it used and what possibilities does it offer for organizational theorists? We will examine the underlying assumptions and try to produce a sound definition of configuration. This article is based on 77 articles and books from which we identified 6 authors as being the main theorists for configuration theory.microeconomics ;

Denk- en doegroepen voor een duurzaam toerisme in Hasselt. Beleidsvoorstellen

Voorliggend rapport vormt het antwoord op de vraag vanuit Stad Hasselt (B) om een focusgroep samen te stellen en te begeleiden bij haar zoektocht naar voorstellen die tot stedelijke vernieuwing met betrekking tot het Toerismebeleid moeten leiden. Het betreft hier het verslag van een half jaar "Denk - en Doegroepen" en de voorstellen die eruit voort kwamen.Economics ;

Designing plans for organizational development, lessons from three large-scale SME-initiatives

This paper reflects upon the way that we balanced design and development in three specific case projects in order to contribute to creating and accumulating knowledge that is both relevant to practitioners and academics. More specifically, it is shown how learning within one project was used to improve the design of the next project. The three projects were set up in the context of government-sponsored social science programs and aimed at improving innovation in SMEs. As the paper shows, looking at these three projects shows the contribution from seeing design and development as two sides of the same coin.design-oriented research, organizational development, large-scale projects