Nijmegen School of Management
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Nijmegen School of Management (NSM) is an academic centre of research and higher education, focusing on institutional and managerial issues within complex organisations in both the public and private domains. NSM houses seven disciplines: Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, Economics and Business Economics, Social and Political Sciences of the Environment, Human Geography, and Spatial Planning. NSM strives for a multidisciplinary approach whenever required and possible. Altogether, NSM employs 280 FTEs, 75% of whom are academic staff.
Both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees are offered in the seven focus areas, which are organised in NSM’s educational institute. The study programmes are characterised by interactive teaching methods and stimulate students’ learning processes, among which the development of academic skills. NSM currently has about 4,800 students. Besides the programmes offered during the day, classes are also taught in the evenings to postgraduates who hold a professional Bachelor's degree and who seek to obtain a Master’s degree in Business Administration. NSM's research activities fall under the responsibility of the interdisciplinary Institute for Management Research (IMR). Having as its motto ‘Creating Knowledge for Society’, IMR focuses on academic research into the development, design and effectiveness of the public and private structures that regulate, govern or manage human interactions.
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Department of Business Administration is responsible for the BSc programmes in Business Administration (including a full track offered in English, and a track in International Business Administration) as well as eight specialisations within the MSc programme in Business Administration (all in English). The department consists of five chair groups: Strategic Management, Organisational Design and Development, Marketing, Methods, and Strategic Human Resource Management. The department’s profile for research and teaching is Responsible Organisation. To further develop this profile, this position in Designing Responsible Organisations will be embedded in the Chair Group of Organisational Design and Development. The Chair Group of Organisational Design and Development consists of 12 staff members, including two full professors, and several PhD candidates. The focus of these two professors is on (1) Organisational Change and Design and (2) Organisational Development and New Organisational Forms. This new position is especially meant to strengthen the chair group's emphasis on Organisation Design.