THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR (CMOB) RESEARCH GROUP AIMS TO GROW CHANGE LEADERS AND LET YOU EXCEL THROUGH PROVIDING FRESH, EVIDENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT OR BEHAVIOURAL INSIGHTS VIA CUTTING-EDGE HIGH-TECH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION WITH A HUMAN TOUCH.
In today’s organizations, change is the only constant and professionals must learn to adapt to the high-tech workplace of the future. We study change processes at the organizational, team, dyadic and individual level as well as leadership and followership behaviours in a wide array of organizational settings, including:
- Public and private sector
- Healthcare
- Agile, Lean Management and Continuous Improvement
- Performance measurement
- Large and small organizational change programs
- Coaching and consultancy
CMOB is specialized in a unique video-based behavioural observation method in which we also involve our so-called Leadership Lab at the Ravelijn building. This method is used to analyze minute verbal and non-verbal behaviours of managers, employees and change agents in regular work settings. In cooperation with the BMSLab powered by Tech4People at the DesignLab, we experiment with additional biometric and other high-tech assessments. Our research thus fits well in the High Tech Human Touch ambitions of the University of Twente.
Valorization
In order to reach out to practitioners and share our evidence-based insights and experiences we also regularly publish our work in professional journals including Binnenlands Bestuur, Openbaar Bestuur, Holland Management Review, Management Executive, Sigma, M&O Tijdschrift voor Management en Organisatie and even YouTube summaries of PhD theses.
Also in cooperation with our research (see below) we develop knowledge that is aimed to inspire and support professionals in the workplace.
Your research within CMOB?
We are open to hear your thoughts if you would like to finish your Bachelor, Master or PhD thesis at the University of Twente within the field of Change Management & Organizational Behaviour. Quite a few of our (international) students are also part-time practicing consultants or managers. Contact one of our faculty members to discuss your research ideas.
Resources
We strive to support our students in doing their Bachelor, Master or PhD research both effectively and efficiently. Through this link you can therefore freely download a handy checkbox tool to check whether your draft paper is ready to be submitted, including also a list of useful websites for your BSc/MSc/PhD research. You can help us improve this list by telling us about your additions or favourite resources!
Partnerships
The CMOB research group is open to explore with you how we can cooperate in providing deep-level learning within your organization through our research projects. Our areas of expertise lie especially in video-based observation of both meeting and non-meeting team settings, action research and surveys with stakeholders at diverse organizational levels, including top managers, senior management, unit managers, team leaders, employees, internal consultants and coaches. Our way of working enables people’s learning-on-the-job through video-based reporting and, if needed, coaching of the participants.
We have the experience, time, ambition and project management skills to operate complex, innovative and practice-oriented research programs. Out network consists of a broad range of specialists who can contribute to grow local change leaders within your organization.
Our partners include:
- Grolsch Brewery
- Province of Overijssel
- Dutch Tax Authority
- SeederDeBoer, who also grant the Annual ‘SeederDeBoer Prize’ for the best BSc-Thesis in Business Administration at the University of Twente
- House of Performance
- TNO/RONT
If you are interested to collaborate, please contact Prof.dr. Celeste Wilderom or Dr. Desirée van Dun.