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Thijs Homan

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Hoogleraar (em.) Organisatieverandering en Ontwikkeling at Open Universiteit
📍 The Randstad, Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Thijs Homan is an emeritus Professor of Change and Implementation at the Open Universiteit Nederland. As a prominent author and speaker, he critiques traditional change management, approaching organizational dynamics from a sociological complexity and chaos theory perspective. He holds a doctorate from IIB and a bachelors from Nyenrode Business University.

There is no publicly available information about his personal life or hobbies, as his focus remains entirely on his academic and consulting work.

He uniquely describes his advisory role as being an "organisatie-landschaps-architect" (organization landscape architect) and "zoeklicht-woord-brenger" (searchlight-word-bringer), reflecting his deep examination of organizational processes.

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Experience
44 Years
Current Role
Hoogleraar (em.) Organisatieverandering en Ontwikkeling
Location
The Randstad, Netherlands
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Priorities

Topics Thijs cares about

Organizational Dynamics
His core research focuses on what really happens during organizational change, detailed in his evergreen book "Organisatiedynamica. "
Complexity Theory
He applies principles from complexity and chaos theory to understand that organizational order emerges from countless interactions, not just top-down management.
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Career

Work history

9-2005
Hoogleraar (em.) Organisatieverandering en Ontwikkeling
Open Universiteit
Organisatieadviseur, organisatie-landschaps-architect, spreker / trainer, zoeklicht-woord-brenger
Thijs Homan
2-1981 - 3-2006
Associate Professor Organizational Behavior
Nyenrode University
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Media appearances

The inner side of Organizational Change: | Thijs Homan. Featured in YouTube
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125 Thijs Homan en Rob Wetzels. Featured in Spotify
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Education
1978 - 1981
Dr.
Interuniversitaire Interfaculteit Bedrijfskunde (IIB)
1975 - 1978
Bachelor's degree
Nyenrode Business University
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