Two awards from Emerald for André de Waal’s publications!
We are pleased to inform you that your article entitled “The Evolutionary Adoption Framework: explaining the budgeting paradox” published in Journal of Accounting & Organiz ...
André de Waal appointed as Associate Professor High Performance Organizations at the Maastricht School of Management (MSM)
André de Waal was appointed as Associate Professor High Performance Organizations at the MSM (Maastricht School of Management). A nice and fitting new title for the most quoted and hi ...
What Makes A High Performance Organization: Five Validated Factors of Competitive Advantage that Apply Worldwide
What Makes A High Performance Organization Five Validated Factors of Competitive Advantage that Apply Worldwide by Andre A. de Waal The title and book cover are definite… The wri ...
UK HPO Partner Manley Hopkinson selected to carry the Olympic Torch
Manley Hopkinson, our UK HPO partner, has been selected to carry the Olympic Torch on June 1st between Bolton and Liverpool. Great news and well deserved! Manley is a true adventurer. He wa ...
The HPO diagnosis is the key to successful leadership courses and MD
Management Development (MD) and leadership courses that really help to improve and change: To improve organizational performance requires a clear understanding of WHAT your organization ...
Namibian Organisations strive for High Performance
Exclusive co-operation between Namibia Business School and HPO Centre signed. Today Mac Hengari, Director of the Namibia Business School (NBS) and Dr. André de Waal, Academic Direc ...
Organizations fail to get the focus right in reorganizations
Organizations fail to get the focus right in reorganizationsGlobal study shows what organizations should concentrate on when reorganizing. Global research performed by the HPO Center in The ...
How a quick external fix for your internal problems will never work!
Setting to work before you know WHAT is really at issue is never a wise move Suppose your organization is experiencing a major problem. You may be grappling with poor employee performance, ...
Strategy Only Matters A Bit
The role of Strategy in the High Performance Organization Ever since Porter’s book Competitive Strategy (1980), developing a generic strategy and then executing this strategy well has ...
Peru Mining Case: Does the application of corporate social responsibility (CSR) support a high performance organisation (HPO) in achieving better results?
The case of mining multinationals in Peru Recent literature indicates that the application of corporate social responsibility (CSR) can lead to better organisational performance. It is ther ...
Grohe: The advantage of HPO is that it is very practical and easy to implement
The HPO Center spoke with Rob van den Maagdenberg, Vice President of Grohe North Western Europe, the world’s leading single-brand manufacturer and supplier of sanitary fittings. The r ...
Book review: Different, Escaping the Competitive Herd by Youngme Moon
What does it mean for a business to be different? Book review by Andre de Waal (HPO Center): Different, Escaping the Competitive Herd (succeeding in a world where conformity reigns but exce ...
Rembrandt Mergers and Acquisitions: You can’t let the saw blade become dull
The HPO Center spoke with Ab van Urk, Managing Director of Rembrandt Mergers and Acquisitions, a company that specializes in mergers and acquisitions involving family-run businesses. "We co ...
HPO Center on expedition with Manley Hopkinson in the UK
The HPO concept is being echoed in numerous countries. In some of them, we work actively with partner organizations on expanding our international research. In the UK, for instance, we work ...
Longfellow Benefits: a true HPO!
The first comprehensive HPO diagnosis of an American organization has now been completed. And what an organization it is! A true HPO. The company showed an average HPO score of 8.7 (minimum ...
HPO research in the USA grant happy customers
Concord, Massachusetts, USA The recent evaluation of Andre de Waal of my company’s economic and cultural condition yielded the most comprehensive, dynamic, sensible and uplifting sta ...
The most downloaded paper ’Lessons learned from performance management systems’ by Andre de Waal
Last year the HPO Center became more and more active outside continental Europe. Recent months we are busy with large HPO-diagnoses in the UK and the US. Our High Performance Organizati ...
Working on high performance in the UK: an overview of current research and practical application
Working on high performance in the UK: an overview of current research and practical application It is our distinct pleasure to present you with an overview of the high performance organisa ...
Bank manager challenge: Are you spending your precious time on the right things?
Dynamic, challenging and philosophical are three words that best describe the ING change session this past week. During the session, Chiel Vink and Simon van der Veer ‘entertained&rsqu ...
Saudi Arabia becomes acquainted with the HPO Center
The Performance Measurement Center of Government Agencies (PMCGA), part of the Institute of Public Administration (IPA), was recently established - on the instructions of the King of Saudi ...
De Beers Marine in South Africa: leading diamond mining company joins forces with HPO Center
André de Waal will be discussing his recommendations in response to the High Performance Organisation (HPO) Diagnosis (online scan and subsequent interviews) with the Board of Directo ...
International Expansion online HPO Scan
From the start of our HPO Center we performed research in upcoming continents, such as Africa, Asia and South America. In the near future we are also focussing on the growing attention from ...
The five most common pitfalls in performance measurement
Andrew Likierman, a good friend of André de Waal, wrote an interesting article in the Harvard Business Review about performance measurement pitfalls, which provides an excellent argum ...
A comparison of 26 High Performance Organization (HPO) studies
By drs. Erik Belt, RC - Rabobank Introduction comparison High Performance Organization (HPO) studies While studying to become a Register Controller at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, ...
